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IPCC report urges for action to limit global warming to 1.5C

Edouard Stenger

If renewables are booming and energy efficiency is gaining some traction, greenhouse gases emissions are still growing and the atmospheric concentration of carbon is still rising. Deforestation and environmental destruction are still a reality in many countries around the world. PSEG, a large utility in New Jersey will spend $2.8

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8 ways to save our climate, and our lives

Edouard Stenger

Reduce methane emissions Methane essentially comes from the decay of vegetation, animals’ digestion and the exploitation of fossil fuels, methane is a greenhouse gas with a massive footprint, 80+ times more potent than carbon dioxide in the first 20 years. Solar and wind power I think this one has been the most talked about.

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A Global Biogas Revolution Is Taking Place

Edouard Stenger

While solar PV and wind power are grabbing headlines, another clean energy revolution is silently taking place. Capturing and putting to good use these methane emissions from our many waste streams could limit climate change drastically. Food waste from producers, retailers and consumers. This accounts for 4.4

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

It had been widely known thanks to various travel volumes that deserts were anything but lifeless wastes. A growing problem in the 1960s concerning such issues as pollution and public health led to the development of a number of environmental standards and conservation issues for the assembly of world powers. Leisure and Tourism.

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Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries

Union of Concerned Scientists

When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. Generating and storing clean energy is a lifeline for the planet’s future; burning coal, oil, and gas fossil fuels causes 75% of greenhouse gas emissions.