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Clean Energy's Dirty Secret

ALMOST 150 years after photovoltaic cells and wind turbines were invented, they still generate only 7% of the world's electricity. Yet something remarkable is happening. From being peripheral to the...

A Trifecta of Green Lunacy: Law of Unintended Consequences

Green Lunacy #1: 450 Million Lost Over Failed Green Power That Is Worse Than Coal The Times, 23 February 2017 Ben Webster Britain is wasting hundreds of...

How Clean is Solar Power?

A new paper may have the answer. That solar panels do not emit greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide when they are generating electricity is without...

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Many of France's nuclear units are down for inspection. As a result, coal and natural gas generation has more than doubled. Last month, generation from fossil fuels was the highest in 32 years in...

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Emails sent to Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta reveal $3m campaign aimed to put media mogul on the defensive' and help conservative politicians support global warming action

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Gov’t Action Against Global Warming May Cause Next Financial Meltdown

“…if [Asia] implements the coal-based plans right now, I think we are finished,” Jim Yong Kim, World Bank president, told Washington’s Climate Action Summit in early May.

Hurricane Season This Year May Be Strongest Since Sandy

In its annual hurricane outlook for the Atlantic, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it has ratcheted up the number of storms it expects to see this year from a previous...

Clinton Takes Pragmatic Tone on Fuels, Climate

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Thursday she would seek to phase out fossil fuel extraction and increase fees on companies operating on public lands in a way that does...

EU Climate Chief Says 'No Plan B' for Climate Talks

There is 'no plan B' if the Paris climate conference ends in failure, Europes climate chief has warned, urging world leaders to intervene to force their ministers to agree a landmark deal this...