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The important change sends a direct signal for more investment in renewable energy, and comes not a moment too soon.
Technology operating today can capture carbon dioxide from the air, but it’s expensive.
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One estimate suggests at least a sixth of all emissions cuts expected from the Inflation Reduction Act would come from carbon capture.
Today’s EVs rely heavily on China and other countries for materials.
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No electric vehicle maker currently meets all the bill’s supply chain requirements, not even Tesla. One big reason: China.
Slow progress: a freight train negotiating one of the many tight curves between Goulburn and Yass.
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Improving the rail link between Australia’s two biggest cities will have many benefits, not least in meeting our carbon-reduction goals
This direct air capture plant in Iceland was designed to capture 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.
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A climate scientist looks at what works and some popular ideas that aren’t as cheap or effective as people hope.
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The new federal government wants to supercharge state renewable targets. But financial headwinds pose real challenges to the rapid rollout.
Women use energy in different ways to men.
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My research shows how urban design can make it harder for women in some countries to make sustainable choices.
Going to plan? Victoria’s transport infrastructure minister, Jacinta Allan, tours Melbourne’s Parkville Station site in April.
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Infrastructure has been rife with controversy for years. Can a new department secretary make a difference?
The severe heat wave in western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest, between June and July 2021 caused 1,400 deaths.
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North America’s 2021 extreme heat event should compel governments to scale innovations from leading cities and countries to advance resilient, restorative and renewable cities.
It’s running out.
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Even before the war, Moscow was acknowledging the problems in its energy industry.
Clean energy and electric vehicles are key to a successful energy transition.
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The road map for a more sustainable future starts with clean energy and fossil-fuel-free transportation.
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The underlying reason for the price increases is the acceleration in the international price of crude oil, linked to the Russian war in the Ukraine.
President Joe Biden authorized use of the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of several climate-friendly technologies.
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Other presidents used the Defense Production Act to boost fossil fuel supplies. Biden is now using it to boost clean energy. But just ramping up production isn’t enough to succeed.
Whenever we eat, speak or yawn, the movement of our jaw deforms the ear canal. These deformations could be converted into electrical energy used to power in-ear technology.
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We have underestimated the energy potential of our ears: deformations in the ear canal could be used to power in-ear technologies.
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Can one department adequately tackle climate change, energy, the environment and water? It’s unlikely.
The Akosombo Dam in Ghana has been a reliable source of power for decades.
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The 2012-2015 power crisis was the most intense, protracted and severe in the history of Ghana.
Ukrainian soldiers unload their guns after fighting on the front line in eastern Ukraine.
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Ideology informs foreign policy practice. Behaviour that could – for better or worse – influence individual lives.
An oil tank at Hungary’s Duna Refinery, which receives Russian crude oil through the Druzhba pipeline.
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Former Soviet bloc nations have reason to worry about an embargo on Russian oil, but Europeans are finally recognizing the true costs of their longstanding energy dependence on Russia.
The price of bitcoin has tumbled.
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Bitcoin has lost over half of its value since November 2021.
The threat of expensive payouts may already be having an effect.
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A new study adds up the potential legal and financial risk countries could face from hundreds of agreements, like those under the Energy Charter Treaty.