India shows strong climate leadership
India is the world’s most populated country and still relatively poor. As thus, its energy choices will influence in a major way our common future.
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Paris floods linked to climate change
It has been raining a lot lately in large parts of France, to the point that Paris got flooded. Masterpieces in Le Louvre had to be evacuated… But was all this linked to climate change ?
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2015 was another record year for renewables
According to two recent studies, 2015 was yet another record year for renewable energy sources as no less than $285.9 billion (256 billion euros) have been invested in that sector last year.
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G7 to phase out fossil fuels subsidies by 2025
This could be another turnaround for the fight against climate change as the G7 is willing to eliminate subsidies for oil, coal and natural gas within the decade.
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Five reasons to oppose nuclear
One of the most read articles on this blog is ” 10 reasons to support nuclear power “, which I wrote in 2009 when the situation was very different. A lot happened since then that has made me reconsider my stance on nuclear, so here is a counter-point.
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Energy and the healthcare sector
This article is a slightly re-written assignment I had to write for my Certficate in Sustainable Energy Solutions at Pinchot University. Hope you will like it !
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Climate change to make Middle East and North Africa unhabitable
Here is another scary climate change story: according to a new study, the Middle East and North African regions could become unhabitable by 2050 because of rising temperatures.
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Book review : Thinking in systems, a primer
For our System Thinking class this quarter at Pinchot, we had to read this book and I daresay it is an excellent primer indeed.
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America is ditching coal
I stated early this year that 2016 would be a bad year for fossil fuels. It seems I was quite right as bad news keep on piling for coal in the United States.
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Our energy landscape abounds with missed opportunities
For my Certificate in Sustainable Energy Solutions we have had classes all year long on various topics such as renewable energy, water, waste, heat and more. Every month we have indeed been privileged to talk to guest speakers who are specialists in their respective areas.
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