Climate, Energy & Conservation
The backlash continues, and no, the opponents aren’t Luddites.
Whether one believes in the CO2 hypothesis or not, more fossils are existential. Both to ensure progress and growth, and to cope with climate change, manmade or not.The postUtopian Dreams of Net-Zeroa...
Vietnam is now the world’s largest producer of robusta, the bitter, sturdy bean behind instant coffee, supermarket blends, and the overall global appetite for cheap caffeine. But behind its meteoric r...
Spending time outdoors in the great state of Alaska can bring a plethora of new adventures to seek, but one fisherman had the experience of a lifetime while on the water.
India to Climate Cartel: Count Us Out India to Climate Cartel: Count Us Out The narrative of a rapidly degrading Indian environment due to energy consumption is demonstrably false. By Vijay Jayaraj Ex...
El Niño is expected to intensify in the weeks ahead, fueling more severe heat across the globe, according to the U.N. World Meteorological Organization. The forecast comes as blistering heat shatters ...
When carbon dioxide (CO2) is released from a factory or power plant, the gas can be captured and permanently stored…The postQ&A: Does the world need ‘carbon capture and storage’ to reach net-zero?appe...
A Net Zero zealot meets an energy realist superpower. What could go wrong?The postBritain’s Collision Course With Trump’s Energy Counter-Revolutionappeared first onWatts Up With That?.
Three days away from shore, in the darkened control room of a huge ship, all eyes are fixed on a glowing wall of screens. Live images of mussels and snails appear. The animals are packed around a deep...
Two Michigan residents who contracted the diarrhea-causing parasitic illness cyclosporiasis have died, according to the state's Department of Health and Human Services.
Is there anything that cLiEmAtE cHaNgE can’t do? BBC News claims that climate change is causing an “unprecedented” slowing of Earth’s rotation. 🔗 https://t.co/yGPJ3G8Q9D They cite a new study publishe...
Traditional desalination has involved reverse osmosis, in which salty water is pressed against a membrane hard enough that freshwater squeezes through and the salt stays behind. On land, this requires...
Several members of the Ebola response gathered on July 15, 2026, outside the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to protest their working conditions. Dem...
The Buxton Beach Nourishment Project has officially begun to combat coastal erosion in North Carolina's Outer Banks. Since 2020, 31 beach homes in Rodanthe and Buxton have collapsed into the ocean due...
Tom Nelson Podcast #417: “Willie Soon and Jonathan Cohler on natural atmospheric CO2 rise” is now published. @cohler Willie Soon and Jonathan Cohler argue the rise in atmospheric CO2 is mostly natural...
In Nicaragua, the mining sector has steadily grown over the last two decades, with gold becoming a top export and a pillar of the national economy. For most of that time, the growth was gradual. But i...
Stretching 450 kilometers (280 miles) from Cape Columbine, two hours north of Cape Town, to the Orange River which marks the country’s natural border with Namibia, South Africa’s West Coast is vast, r...
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Bangladesh plans to plant 250 million trees over the next five years...
Peak hurricane season is approaching, though El Niño is continuing to strengthen — acting like a buffer that is limiting tropical activity as waves move off the coast of Africa.
Disturbances are moving off Africa on schedule. If they take a northern track, they quickly run into Saharan dust and lose their moisture. If they take a southern track, they last longer, but they sti...