Bio Fuel
Using microbes to make carbon-neutral fuel
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make a readily usable biofuel.
Energy News
FTSE 100 companies sign up to UN net zero campaign: UK govt
More than half of the firms listed on London's leading FTSE 100 Index have pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050, the British government said on Thursday.
Energy News
Climate adaptation cash one tenth of amount needed: UN
Developing countries need up to 10 times more funding to protect themselves from increasingly ferocious effects of climate change than the world has currently earmarked, the UN said on Thursday.
Energy News
CO2 rebound as climate summit sees emissions pledges
Global CO2 emissions are set to rebound to pre-pandemic levels next year, according to an assessment published on Thursday as countries signed up to fossil-fuel cutting pledges criticised as too vague by campaigners.
Oil and Gas
19 countries vow to end overseas fossil fuel finance
Nineteen countries, including the United States, vowed Thursday to end direct funding for all unabated overseas fossil fuel projects by 2022, though major coal, oil and gas funders China, Japan and South Korea were absent from the pledge.
Energy Tech
A new dimension in magnetism and superconductivity launched
Traditionally, the primary fideld, where curvature is playing a pivotal role, is the theory of general relativity.
Energy News
Tidal power can generate 11% of UK’s electricity demand
Tidal stream power has the potential to deliver 11% of the UK's current annual electricity and play a significant role in the government's drive for net-zero, according to new research.
Bio Fuel
Turning plastic grocery bags into sustainable fuel
More than 300 million tons of plastic waste are produced annually, which causes serious environmental issues because of plastic's life cycle and the difficulty of eliminating it.
Energy News
Using building science to achieve 100% renewable energy
Renewable energy has the potential to decrease electricity costs, create jobs, improve environmental health, and reduce medical costs for issues related to pollution and climate change.
Energy News
UK accused of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ as political row stalks COP26
"Shameless." "Sleazy." "Guilty." British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced damning headlines on Thursday that cast his government in a dismal light just as he browbeats world powers to show moral leadership over climate change.
Bio Fuel
Oil-rich UAE to burn waste to make power
With rubbish piling up in the desert, the United Arab Emirates has found a new way to get rid of its trash -- incinerators that will turn it into electricity.
Oil and Gas
Climate ‘reality check’: 2021 global CO2 emissions near record levels
Global CO2 emissions caused mainly by burning fossil fuels are set to rebound in 2021 to pre-Covid levels, with China's share increasing to nearly a third of the total, according to an assessment published Thursday.
Bio Fuel
Aircraft can get higher and greener from doped fuels
The goal of creating a cleaner fuel for aircraft engines is creating a spark at UBC Okanagan.
Oil and Gas
From slurry to high-purity hydrogen
Green hydrogen is seen as a beacon of hope in the energy and mobility revolution, but it is not yet suitable for mass production.
Energy News
Power line corridor through Maine in jeopardy after rebuke by voters
Maine voters have passed a referendum intended to stop construction of Central Maine Power's $1 billion hydropower corridor, a proposed 53-mile transmission line through undeveloped forest in Maine's North Woods.
Energy News
Industry must prepare now for a new world of green electricity
Industry must speed up investment in new technologies that allow manufacture of materials using renewable electricity if net zero emissions targets are to be met, research led by the University of Leeds warns.