Maria Walsh votes ‘with conscience’ in bid to block EU gas projects
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Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh broke party lines this morning and voted with her “conscience” in favour of a motion that would...
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Parliament votes down motion to block gas from EU energy project list
February 12th, 2020
The European Parliament today backed the EU’s list of priority energy projects that includes dozens of gas schemes critics say are incompatible...
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Across vast swaths of the northern hemisphere’s higher reaches, frozen ground holds billions of tonnes of carbon.
As global temperatures rise, this “permafrost” land is...
One million solar panels! If only we knew where they were…
Pinpointing solar panels and knowing exactly where the sun is shining can cut carbon emissions by reducing the need to keep fossil-fueled generators on...
Climate Change Could Trigger More Landslides in High Mountain Asia
More frequent and intense rainfall events due to climate change could cause more landslides in the High Mountain Asia region of China, Tibet and...
Global energy emissions ‘flatlined’ in 2019, new data
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Global energy-related emissions flatlined in 2019, new data released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicates.
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