The Trump Presidency may not be the climate disaster that many fear, writes Joe Ware. The transition to clean energy is increasingly driven by technology and economics, not politics. it was Obama's 'all of the above' energy policy that enabled the fracking revolution. And pro-fossil fuel measures instituted by Trump will now galvanise massive domestic and international opposition.
… Don't despair about Trump and climate change! Joe Ware | 14th … Change Energy Renewables COP21 wind-power-trump-cut.jpg The Trump Presidency may not be the climate …
So the Trumpapocalypse has happened. He has finally withdrawn the US from the Paris climate agreement. Understandably there is righteous anger around the Globe over such a reckless act of climate vandalism, which imperils the natural world and the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. But here's the good news, it may prove to be just the kick up the jacksie that we needed, writes JOE WARE
… Trump has given us an opportunity to save the … Joe Ware | 6th June 2017 News Paris Agreement Trump Renewables Climate Action trump .jpg So the Trumpapocalypse has …
President Donald Trump stunned the world yesterday (June 1, 2017) by announcing his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord - a landmark global agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions and minimize the harm from climate change. The Conversation has assembled a panel of American academics and scientists to analyse what this dramatic move means for the planet, U.S. businesses and the world's poor...
… Trump's decision to leave the Paris Agreement … The Conversation | 2nd June 2017 News Trump Paris Agreement Climate Change … Farming Ethics us flag.jpg President Donald Trump stunned the world yesterday (June 1, …
Mexico's oil looks set to run out within a decade, writes Jeremy Leggett, and it can hardly rely on Trump's America to make up the difference. But Mexico enjoys abundant sunshine, and the cost of solar power generation is falling fast. Let Trump tie America's economy to debt-financed fossil fuels. Mexico's future prosperity will come from harnessing its inexhaustible solar riches.
… Mexico's expiring oil and Trump's wall: the future is solar Jeremy … Jeremy Leggett, and it can hardly rely on Trump's America to make up the difference. But … solar power generation is falling fast. Let Trump tie America's economy to debt-financed …
Believers in the possibility of a better civilization, one rooted in increasing co-operation and harmony, find ourselves in a world where demagogues are empowered to bring about the polar opposite, writes Jeremy Leggett. A new despotism rooted in isolationist nationalism and conflict is gaining strength. The battle is not lost: but first we must understand the dangers.
… versus 'new despotism': one month into the Trump Presidency Jeremy Leggett | 22nd … Technology Energy Media Renewables War trump-fake-news=cut.jpg Believers in the … covering seven. After the evidence of Donald Trump's opening month as US President, I no …
In a potentially devastating blow to the Earth's climate, President Trump's new executive order ends the Interior Department's moratorium on coal mining on public land and begins a repeal of the landmark Clean Power Plan, writes Trip Van Noppen. But this reckless move will not pass unchallenged - the Supreme Court has ruled that the EPA must tackle climate pollution, and clean energy policies can still be defended and advanced at state level.
… blow to the Earth's climate, President Trump's new executive order ends the Interior … to climate change. This stance from President Trump's appointee reflects an … than protecting our public health. Today, Trump solidified this trend. In a potential …
President Trump comes into office determined to discard huge swathes of his predecessor's legacy on day one, writes Mark Barteau. But he will struggle to undo Obama's clean energy regulations. It's not just that they are legally robust, it's also that energy markets in the US and the wider world have shifted firmly, and irreversibly, towards efficiency and renewables. Sorry, Mr Trump.
… Fossil Fuels obama-cut.jpg President Trump comes into office determined to discard … towards efficiency and renewables. Sorry, Mr Trump. In the closing days of President … Not only are we confronted by Donald Trump's less-than-consistent pattern of sound …
President Trump's withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate accord - a decision designed to satisfy his campaign pledges - will go down in history as significantly anachronistic and self-harming, writes FREDERIK DAHLMANN
… Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement … Frederik Dahlmann | 2nd June 2017 Comment Trump Paris Agreement Renewables Climate Change reneweables.jpg President Trump's withdrawal of the US from the Paris …
With European climate policy in post-Brexit lockdown, and US delegates gripped by uncertainty (even for their own jobs) following Trump's election, a new global climate leader is emerging, writes Natalie Bennett. China is stepping up as the country with the finance, technology and industrial might to take forward the Paris Agreement - and for its companies to reap the benefits.
… (even for their own jobs) following Trump's election, a new global climate leader … As you might expect, the election of Donald Trump as American president has cast a pall … wasn't hard to distinguish the name "Donald Trump" regularly peppering his side of the …
UK politicians (aside from the Green Party) may not have the environment high on the agenda but the British public want to remain part of the Paris Agreement and care deeply about climate change according to a new poll released today. JOE WARE reports
… the G7 meet in Italy this weekend and Donald Trump tries to work out whether he's going to … will, when she discusses it with President Trump, be highlighting the recently-expressed … by the Paris Agreement. The irony is that Trump has spoken as if pulling out of the …
In an open letter to the UK's political party leaders, Scientists for Global Responsibility urge those politicians to take the global threat of climate change seriously and to exploit science and technology to create jobs, tackle fuel poverty, and reduce local air pollution
… Climate Change Politics Science Renewables Trump Paris Agreement ocotillo, california.jpg … of the ill-informed decision of President Trump to withdraw the USA from the Paris … have in the USA to try to convince President Trump that climate change is a serious threat …
Ultimately the UK Government's new industrial strategy has the potential to use government investment to shift the country in the right direction for the environment. But we need more than just ‘public money,' we need the public's money too writes JOE WARE
… may be busy dealing with Brexit and President Trump but climate change isn't going to wait … in decarbonising Britain. With Donald Trump squandering the good work on the …
2014 Goldman Prize winner Suren Gazaryan took on the Kremlin in trying to block illegal development at the Sochi Olympics and on the Black Sea coast, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron. Forced to flee to Germany, he can finally get down to researching his beloved bats.
… his family behind, he fled Russia to avoid trumped up charges of murder threats and now …
Renewable energy may play a huge part in helping to achieve the ambitions of the Paris Agreement, now in force and under discussion at COP22 climate talks in Marrakesh, writes Steffen Böhm. But it can never be the whole story, and nor does it relieve the need for deeper changes in how the world works.
… officially come into force. Although Donald Trump and other climate change deniers have …
The fossil fuel industry could take important measures to mitigate climate change, but devotes itself to the opposite. The real scandal is their unwillingness to invest in renewables.
… of political leaders such as Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro to cooperate …
UNESCO's Lake Ohrid-Prespa Biosphere Reserve at Mount Galicica, Macedonia, is at risk from a raft of aggressive developments, write Elena Nikolovska & Daniel Scarry: tourism complexes, a new expressway and ski resort all threaten its tranquility and stunning diversity of wildlife, backed by loans from the EU's taxpayer-funded Bank, the EBRD.
… them whatever way it can. Short-term cash trumps long-term sustainability. And, if a …
When Prime Minister Theresa May went to Brussels to hand in her 'Article 50' Brexit notice, she was also pursuing a separate, covert objective, writes Zachary Davies Boren. Leaked papers show that the UK was lobbying to gut new EU rules and targets on renewable energy and energy efficiency - even though they will only come into force after Brexit.
… at the G7 meeting . "This leak shows Donald Trump has a mole in the EU, and she is called …
With today's news that badger culling will continue in Gloucester, Somerset and Dorset, and take place in three other counties, writes LESLEY DOCKSEY, there could be no more opportune moment for Dominic Dyer's new book 'Badgered to Death' to appear - expertly exposing the total absence of scientific evidence that badgers transmit bovine TB to cattle.
… business." Short term economics and politics trumped the protection of nature Asked to …
A 5,000-house development has just won planning permission on a SSSI nature area in Kent which is home to over 1% of the UK's nightingales. It violates government planning policies, and ministers have the power to stop it. But will they? Yes they will, writes Martin Harper - provided enough people show they care!
… Houses which are important locally must not trump nationally important wildlife sites. The …
A new carbon 'tax and dividend' climate strategy would strengthen our economy, reduce regulation, help working class Americans, shrink government, promote national security, and reduce emissions, write eight senior US conservative politicians, financiers and academics. Now Republican control of all branches of the US government makes it an opportunity not to miss!
… working-class Americans President Donald J. Trump's electoral victory stems in large part …
WWF’s support for 'fortress conservation' has led to serious human rights abuses for indigenous peoples, writes Lewis Evans, and nowhere more so than in Cameroon, where the Baka are considered trespassers and poachers in their own ancestral forests. A formal complaint against WWF's behaviour is now in process.
… is an important cause but it does not trump human rights, and it can never be a …
Ample peer-reviewed science says that the number one threat to condor survival is lead poisoning from eating bullets and pellets in carcasses, reports Dawn Starin. But the powerful NRA is fighting hard against bans on lead ammunition.
… release condors into the wild, concurs: "Lead trumps everything in condor recovery. I don't …