Climate Change News

MIT produces low-cost renewable energy battery

Membraneless device stores and releases energy in a device that relies on a phenomenon called ‘laminar flow’

Japan set to install US$20 billion worth of PV systems in 2013, up 82% from US$11 billion in 2012

By 20 August 2013, humanity had exhausted the earth’s bank natural resources for the year – and the date is getting earlier and earlier

$Green 'biogas' has potential to quash UK fracking debate$

Supporters say biogas could supply 10% of UK demand, and cut 7.5m tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year

Multinational team will measure a range of parameters of the sea ice, icebergs and how they interact with their ship

India’s electricity grid needs US$7.9 billion investment to incorporate increasing use of wind and solar energy sources

Morning summary: Ohio quakes triggered by the disposal of wastewater from fracking operations in the neighbouring state of Pennsylvania

President Correa blamed funding shortfall for initiative’s failure, but wider problems with Yasuni persist

Damage from extreme weather to world’s biggest coastal cities expected to reach 0.7% of global GDP in 40 years

Follow RTCC’s live blog as protests against drilling for shale gas and oil spread across the UK

$Thousands march through West Sussex in anti-fracking protest$

Morning summary: On Sunday, thousands marched through Balcombe in the biggest demonstration yet against Cuadrilla’s exploratory drilling in the area

$RSPB warns fracking will blow UK climate targets$

The arguments for and against fracking seem clear-cut, but there is mounting evidence that exploiting shale gas may be neither necessary nor sensible

Dutch scientists have thought up a new use for all the carbon dioxide that pours from the chimneys of fossil fuel-burning power stations

Co-founder of sustainable investors WHEB says business is leading a green revolution in the UK

Draft of IPCC AR5 report seen by Reuters says experts are sure of global warming causes

Tiny county of Rutland consumes the most energy in England and Wales, which Council attributes to its picturesque houses

The 6-10% leakage rate of methane at a US gas field means that burning natural gas could warm the planet more than coal

US window coating can stop around 50% of heat and 70% of visible light, generating huge energy savings

Greenpeace’s latest Arctic campaign is a double decker sized polar bear marched through London by 15 puppeteers

Smart phone users that consume a huge amount of data are contributing to climate change says new report