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Why This Could Be Renewable Energy’s Biggest Moment

September 12, 2018 Anand Gupta

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Why This Could Be Renewable Energy’s Biggest Moment In July this year, the United Kingdom set a new record for use of renewable energy. One of the five biggest economies in the world, the UK’s electrical grid did not burn any coal for 1,000 hours in the year for the first time ever, and with […]

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World must prevent runaway climate change by 2020: UN chief

September 11, 2018 Anand Gupta

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UNITED NATIONS: UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the world is facing “a direct existential threat” and must rapidly shift from dependence on fossil fuels by 2020 to prevent “runaway climate change.” The UN chief called the crisis urgent and decried the lack of global leadership to address global warming. “Climate change is moving […]

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How Solar & Wind Farms In The Sahara Desert Can Make It A Green Paradise With Regular Rainfall

September 11, 2018 Anand Gupta

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Despite being a barren wasteland, the Sahara Desert is actually major real estate for companies involved in renewable energy. But even as these companies develop it for solar green energy farms, they may also have another positive effect on the region. The baking sun and harsh winds of the Sahara, combined with the few pockets […]

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Global protests as key UN climate talks stumble

September 10, 2018 Anand Gupta

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Thai fishermen and labourers whose livelihoods are threatened by rising sea levels kicked off an international day of protests in Bangkok on Saturday, where key UN talks are attempting to breathe life into the Paris Agreement on climate change. As global warming races ahead of efforts to contain it, the discussions are deadlocked over a […]

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Solar lamps for rural children

September 10, 2018 Anand Gupta

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Ranchi: Around 5.4 lakh school students of underserved communities in the state have been provided with solar study lamps and another 2.6 lakh are likely to get it soon under a central scheme powered by the Union ministry of new and renewable energy. Addressing a news meet here on Saturday, state energy secretary Nitin Madan […]

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Big wind, solar farms could boost rain in Sahara and slow global warming: Study

September 10, 2018 Anand Gupta

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It could cause ecological, environmental, and societal impacts on a large scale, the report reads. Installing massive wind and solar farms in the Saharan desert could slow global warming, and also give a small but beneficial boost to rain in the dry African region, researchers said Thursday, 6 September. The study, published in the journal […]

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Climate change is speeding up. Our response needs to be even faster

September 10, 2018 Anand Gupta

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The race is on. This northern summer’s deadly, record-breaking heatwaves and wildfires leave us in no doubt that the impacts of global warming are accelerating, in many cases much faster than scientists predicted. One of the most important, but least understood, aspects of the Paris Agreement is that it legally obliges every country to deepen […]

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Global climate protests peak in US as UN talks falter

September 10, 2018 Anand Gupta

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The rolling, 24-hour protest peaked in San Francisco, where thousands snaked through the city chanting and carrying handmade signs and banners. Tens of thousands of people across the globe took to the streets on Saturday to demand that governments step up action on global warming, even as United Nations climate talks tasked with breathing life […]

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Global marches seek urgent measures to combat climate change

September 10, 2018 Anand Gupta

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Crowds overflowed a plaza in front of City Hall before marching east to the Place de la Republique, carrying an urgent message that it’s up to the public to put global warming at the top of the political agenda PARIS: More than 18,000 people marched Saturday in Paris as part of an international mobilization to […]

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Transition Of Funds To Renewable Energy: Setting Directives For The Future

September 10, 2018 Anand Gupta

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Burning fossil fuels is one of the major causes of climate change throughout the world (NASA, 2018). As communities across the planet are being affected by the devastating impacts of climate change, it has become essential to transition funds from fossil-fuel projects to the renewables. This is relevant because what the governments are deciding right […]

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