BAKU – A carbon capture and storage (CCS) company owned by an oilfield giant was given the opportunity to address the UK’s pavilion at COP29, DeSmog can reveal. The firm in question, SLB Capturi, is 80 percent owned by the world’s largest offshore drilling firm SLB, which operates in moreContinue Reading
In most people, the lung-infecting pathogens known as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) trigger mild cold-like symptoms. But in infants and seniors, these viruses can cause severe pneumonia and even death. Vaccines against both viruses, however, have been difficult to design. Now, scientists have analyzed the structureContinue Reading
The fracking executive selected by President-elect Americas Worst Traitor to run the U.S. Department of Energy, Chris Wright, has called the concept of carbon pollution “outrageous” and says that the influential climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg is a “friend.” Wright is chief executive officer of Liberty Energy, a Colorado-based frackingContinue Reading
A video of this interview can be seen by registering for the Climate Consciousness Summit 2024, staged by the Pocket Project in partnership with DeSmog. Building cases on laws she wrote into the statute books 30 years ago, Melinda Janki is deploying every conceivable legal strategy in her bid to halt ExxonMobil’s fast-growingContinue Reading
The high-level diplomatic push for climate action shifted southward on Tuesday as G20 leaders meeting in Rio sent a clear signal to negotiating teams at stalled UN climate talks in Baku on the need to rapidly and substantially ‘scale up climate finance from billions to trillions from all sources.’Continue Reading
With the agency running a $221 million deficit after Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, it’s unclear whether ReBuild will get state funding for disaster recovery in western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. By Lisa Sorg State Rep. Brenden Jones furrowed his brow, pursed his lips and seemed to spit his wordsContinue Reading
Peatlands, formed by ancient wetlands, store more carbon than the world’s forests. But when they’re drained for farming, they vent heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air.Continue Reading
A new study shows the imperiled bird declines as free-roaming horses exceed the land’s capacity. The post Where horses roam, sage grouse struggle appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Some are looking to Biden to make the designations before the arrival of an administration that has advocated for opening public lands to oil drilling and other development.Continue Reading
Alongside carbon dioxide, methane is a key driver of global warming. To detect and monitor the climate pollutants in the atmosphere precisely, scientists have developed an advanced laser technology. A high-power ytterbium thin-disk laser drives an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) to generate high-power, stable pulses in the short-wave infrared (SWIR)Continue Reading
Nuclear power is in the spotlight at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Azerbaijan, where both countries and industries presented plans to deploy the carbon-free energy technology, building on the historic consensus to accelerate its use that emerged from last year’s climate summit., Read MoreContinue Reading
The IAEA Director General has been granted a major honour – the Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award – for outstanding service in developing and guiding the peaceful uses of nuclear energy., Read MoreContinue Reading
BAKU – Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial agriculture have shown up at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, new analysis shows. This year representatives are back from some of the world’s largest agribusiness companies – such as Brazilian meatpacker JBS, animal pharmaceuticals company Elanco, and food giant PepsiCo –Continue Reading