The Biden administration’s climate agenda is facing an unexpected challenge in drought-prone Corpus Christi, Texas, where a proposed clean hydrogen hub would require the installation of energy-intensive, expensive and potentially environmentally damaging seawater desalination plants. The Gulf Coast port is in the running for up to $1 billion available under President Joe Biden’s 2021 Infrastructure […]
Climate Change
Oil giants drill deep as profits trump climate concerns – EQ Mag
LONDON : Oil and gas companies have intensified the hunt for new deposits in a long-term bet on demand, as they reinvest some of the record profits from the fossil fuel price surge driven by the Ukraine war, according to data and industry executives. The exploration revival – on the part of European majors in […]
Four North American cities now near worst air quality in the world – EQ Mag
New York; Washington, D.C.; Montreal; and Toronto have some of the worst air quality in the world, according to an AQI tracking service. Canadian wildfires have sent smoky air around much of North America over the last few weeks. The effect of the wildfires has been significantly worsened by climate change, researchers have found. Four […]
Global Challenge: Effective Recycling of Solar Panels Emerges as Key to Averting Ecological Disaster
As the world takes leaps toward a more sustainable future, the emergence of a new environmental challenge looms large—solar energy recycling. Solar energy plays an instrumental role in combating climate change and decelerating carbon emissions, however, the life span of solar panels—roughly 25 years—introduces a significant problem: the inevitable disposal and replacement of billions of […]
Climate change: It’s all about money – EQ Mag
It is abundantly clear that the world is being battered by extreme weather events because of climate change. It is also equally clear that the burden of these devastations is disproportionate — they hit the poor in the poorest countries hardest. Climate finance is not just payment or reparations needed to mitigate and adapt to […]
Climate goals need clean energy surge in Global South: IEA – EQ Mag
PARIS: Financing for clean energy in developing and emerging economies excluding China must increase seven-fold within a decade if global warming is to be capped at tolerable levels, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday. To keep Paris climate temperature goals in play, annual investment for non-fossil fuel energy in these countries will need to jump […]
Net Zero 2050: Swiss vote for clean energies over fossil fuels – EQ Mag
Proposal to cut carbon dioxide emissions, accelerate renewables receives almost 60% votes The people of Switzerland have voted in favour of a new climate law that aims to slash fossil fuel use and reach Net Zero by 2050. The results were announced June 18, 2023. The legislation received the support of 59.1 per cent of […]
Third G20 FWG concludes; discussed risks of climate change, transition pathways, says India’s Chief Economic Advisor – EQ Mag
Kochi : The Third G20 Framework Working Group (FWG) meeting held here deliberated on key areas like macroeconomic risks stemming from climate change and transition pathways, V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, said on Wednesday. After the conclusion of the two-day long FWG meeting, Nageswaran interacted with reporters at a […]
India vulnerable to climate change due to heavy population: UNEP Executive Director Erik Solheim – EQ Mag
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim has said that India is particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its heavy population. COIMBATORE : United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim has said that India is particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its heavy population. “You see the effects of […]
Fossil fuelled: Climate talks begin with spotlight on oil chief – EQ Mag
PARIS, FRANCE : The future of fossil fuels — the leading source of planet-heating emissions — will face scrutiny at UN climate negotiations Monday with an under-fire Emirati oil chief poised to step into the driver’s seat. As the world struggles to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, pressure is on the […]