A Sustainable Life: Here’s one way to burn less fossil fuel – use human energy to heat buildings instead
In an article first published on The Conversation, AMIN AL-HABAIBEH, a professor of intelligent engineering systems at Nottingham Trent University, looks at how body heat could play a role in heating buildings…
“Now or never”: Only severe emissions cuts will avoid climate extremes – UN report
Reuters Drastic cuts to fossil fuel use. Growing forests and eating less meat. These are just some of the actions needed in this decade to contain global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures, a major report by the UN climate science agency said Monday. Despite climate change warnings issued by the Intergovernmental Panel […]
In the UK, all of the Church of England dioceses join eco initiative
UK All 42 dioceses within the Church of England have signed up as ‘Eco Dioceses’ in order to reach carbon net zero by 2030, the church has announced. The Eco Church initiative was launched in 2016 and is run by Christian conservation charity A Rocha UK in partnership with Christian Aid, the Church of England, the Methodist […]
Postcards: Solar power projects see the light on former Appalachian coal land
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a former coal field is being transformed into a solar energy hub in the US…
Act swiftly and fairly to ease shift from fossil fuels, say labour experts
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation From retraining coal miners in solar tech to job programs focused on tree-planting, companies and governments must act fast to implement measures promoting a so-called just transition away from fossil fuels, labour rights experts said last week. Failure to quickly pull finance out of fossil fuel industries or explain to workers […]
Major US Catholic newspaper divests from fossil fuels
RNS The National Catholic Reporter, a Kansas City-based Catholic newspaper with a readership of about a million readers a month, has divested its $US12.7 million endowment from fossil fuel companies. The National Catholic Reporter’s board ratified the move in May, 2021, and the decision went into effect on Thursday. “I’m very proud of NCR,” said […]
Air pollution costs each American $US2,500 a year in healthcare – study
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Air pollution from fossil fuels costs each American an average of $US2,500 a year in extra medical bills, researchers said on Thursday, as climate change hurts both health and finances. The national pricetag was put at more than $US820 billion a year, with air pollution contributing to an estimated […]
One billion people live in cities shifting away from fossil fuels
Toronto, CanadaThomson Reuters Foundation The number of cities working to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy surged in 2020, representing a quarter of the world’s urban population, or one billion people, green energy policy network REN21 said this week. More than 1,300 cities had set targets or introduced policies to boost renewable energy by the […]
US to end overseas fossil-fuel funding as rich world urged to boost climate finance
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation The United States will produce a plan to end international financing for fossil fuel projects, its special climate envoy John Kerry said Wednesday, as senior British and UN officials urged donor nations to meet a flagship climate finance promise. Speaking at an online panel organised by the World Economic Forum, Kerry […]
A Sustainable Life: Outdoor heaters are very inefficient – here’s how to keep warm outdoors more sustainably
As the northern hemisphere heads into winter, SHARON GEORGE, a lecturer in environmental science, looks at the most sustainable way to stay warm outside…