UN sets steep emission cuts to reverse 1.5C overshoot by end of century
The United Nations has said the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 6% per year to limit global warming enough to be able to return to the 1.5C goal by 2100, as…
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California restoration project turns sinking farmland into wetlands
The Nature Conservancy is flooding portions of a delta island to slow land subsidence and create habitat for wildlife. Source: Yale Climate Connections.
Canada Stabs Trump In Back With New Offshore Wind Plan
Canada plans to send offshore wind power from the Nova Scotia coast towards energy-thirsty communities including parts of the US. The post Canada Stabs Trump In Back With New Offshore Wind Plan appeared first…
Turkish giant sponsoring COP31 cut climate goals then cashed in on oil boom
COP31 sponsors should be screened for “climate integrity”. Yet Koç Holding has become a top partner while its oil refiner runs flat out and its climate targets slip The post Turkish giant sponsoring COP31…
The Okefenokee’s Next Chapter
A new UNESCO designation is putting the Georgia swamp on the world stage, bringing opportunities for tourism, investment and conservation. But not everyone is supportive.By Ryan Krugman FOLKSTON, Ga.—This quiet town of about 4,800…
Town leaders chided residents for warning of flash floods. Then, the river took two children.
After wildfires scarred the Sacramento Mountains above Ruidoso, New Mexico, the community was under heightened threat of catastrophic flooding. Officials were aware but continued to promote the town to tourists who were oblivious to…
Britain Rethinks Its Nature Protections to Unlock Nuclear Development
As Britain pursues a “golden age” of nuclear power, it faces the industry’s endemic time and cost overruns. Proposed environmental regulatory reforms promise to accelerate development, raising questions about whether ecosystems will be damaged…
Engineering discipline, bankability and operational performance become differentiators as India’s BESS market ‘faces biggest test’
IndiGrid COO discusses India’s BESS growth, challenges, tariff pressures, safety standards and localisation as the market scales up. Source: Energy Storage News.
Enertrag and Axpo reach FID, order equipment on French BESS projects totalling 239MWh
German IPP Enertrag and Swiss utility Axpo have launched BESS projects in France, including what could be the country’s first 3-hour project. Source: Energy Storage News.
From Hiding to Civic Presence: How Wastewater Plants Entered the City
When London’s main drainage was completed north of the Thames in 1868, the Metropolitan Board of Works marked the occasion with a banquet held inside a sewage pumping station. Abbey Mills had been built…
At the Wall of Wind, engineers blow homes apart to learn how to save them
Extreme weather threatens millions of manufactured homes. Researchers are looking for practical ways to make them more more wind resilient. Source: Grist.
UNEP: Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.5C warming limit without ‘overshoot’
A temporary breach of the 1. 5C global-warming limit is now “inevitable” following “decades of insufficient climate action”, says the UN… The post UNEP: Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.