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Month: March 2021
Natural but deadly: huge gaps in US rules for wood-stove smoke exposed
The government spent millions subsidizing new wood heaters supposed to burn more cleanly. But an investigation…
Don’t believe hydrogen and nuclear hype – they can’t get us to net zero carbon by 2050 | Jonathon Porritt
Big industry players pushing techno-fixes are ignoring the only realistic solution to the climate crisis: renewables…
‘Reading the writing on the wall’: why Wall Street is acting on the climate crisis
The industry has backed polluters for decades. Now, amid growing pressure, Wall Street says it’s going…
Senate’s No. 2 Dem runs a tricky double act under Biden
Dick Durbin recently won the toughest race of his long career — and then immediately started…
‘Skybrator’: bladeless wind turbine creates quite a buzz before rollout – video
Play Video 0:59 Bladeless turbines that waggles like a dashboard toy could be the wind-harnessing tool…
China’s taste for beef drives record exports from Brazil
Over dinner in a busy barbecue restaurant in Shenzhen, Lei Yong and Zhao Xu, two businessmen…
Ministers watering down green pledges post-Brexit, study finds
Ministers are weakening the UK’s environmental protections in the aftermath of leaving the EU, an assessment…
West Lothian’s sleeping giants: wastelands that shivered into life
Fifteen miles south-west of Edinburgh, a knuckled red fist rises from a soft green landscape: five…
Good vibrations: bladeless turbines could bring wind power to your home
The giant windfarms that line hills and coastlines are not the only way to harness the…