climate change
Public-Owned Australian Power Grid Could Solve Energy Issues, Paper Argues
Australia’s electricity woes could be solved through a unified and publicly owned national power grid, a discussion paper has said. The paper authored by University of Queensland economist Prof John Quiggin says the creation of the national electricity market in…
Climate Scientists Say Likelihood of Extreme Summers Surging Due to Global Warming
New South Wales, which has just experienced its hottest summer on record, is 50 times more likely to experience another similarly hot summer and 10 times more likely to experience extremely hot days under climate change, according to a group…
Court Forces Turkish Coal Plant to Suspend Operations
Izdemir coal power station opened in April 2014. Now, a Turkish court has revoked its environmental permit. Without it, the 350MW generator cannot legally run. The judge cited its impact on the ancient Aeolian city of Kyme, a nearby archaeological…
This Map Shows the Countries with the Most ‘Toxic’ Environments on Earth
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been named the most “toxic” nations on Earth in a new report. The Eco Experts gathered data on and then ranked 135 countries based on five environmental factors: Energy consumption per capita, CO2 emissions from…
‘Paris Agreement Not Enough’ to Prevent Catastrophic Coral Bleaching, Marine Biologists Warn
Current targets for reducing damaging greenhouse gas emissions are not enough to prevent catastrophic loss of the world’s coral reefs, marine biologists have warned. Rising sea surface temperatures are having a devastating effect on coral reefs, many of which are…
EU Carbon Market at Risk of Another Lost Decade
Next week, EU environment ministers are to strike a deal on the reform of the Emissions Trading System (ETS). If governments do not treat the reform with more seriousness, the EU risks setting its carbon market up for another decade…
MPs Warn Heathrow Expansion is ‘Magical Thinking’
UK MPs have said that the Heathrow Airport expansion can only be justified if the government proves it will not break laws on climate change and pollution. Ministers say a third runway would not exceed environment limits. However, the Commons…