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Extreme weather cost $4 trillion in economic losses over the last 50 years
A half-century of extreme weather events turbo-charged by man-made global warming has caused over two million deaths and $4.3 trillion in economic losses. The World
Global warming will expose 2 billion people to dangerous heat by end of century
Some 2 billion people will be exposed to dangerous heat conditions if global warming reaches 2.7 degrees. Two countries with the greatest population exposed to
Italy’s Enel to invest in a solar cell and panel factory in Oklahoma
Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas, Enel, will invest more than $1 billion in a solar cell and panel factory in Oklahoma.
Plastic-eating microbes could solve the planet’s waste problem
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL have discovered microbes in the Arctic and from the Alps that can
Renewable energy industries set to generate tons of waste
Renewable energy industries are key to reducing the dependence on fossil fuels, lowering carbon emissions and mitigating climate change. But, they will soon generate large
El Niño is likely to make a comeback
The climate pattern system El Niño is making its comeback and is expected to make its return within a few months and has a good
Hydrogen energy storage could ensure China’s energy security
Hydrogen, as a zero-carbon fuel, emits only water when burned and can be used to store energy for future needs and to meet shortages. The
UNCTAD calls for a ‘Global Blue Deal’ to protect the ocean
According to the UN Trade and Development body UNCTAD, climate change, pollution and overfishing threaten the livelihoods of some three billion people who rely on
NGOs call out the chip-making energy usage of TSMC
Environmental group Greenpeace and two other NGOs have called on the world’s largest contract chip maker, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), to reduce its
