Petrol pump in Rome. Credit: Paul Virgo/IPS by Paul Virgo (rome) Thursday, November 03, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Nov 03 (IPS) – When it comes to moral endorsements, having the Vatican’s backing takes some beating. So the international campaign for a legally binding Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty took a huge step…
There are over 8,500 coal power plants in the world, with over 2,100 GWs of capacity. These plants generate about 10 gigatons of CO2 emissions per year, nearly 30% of the global total. Credit: Bigstock Opinion by Philippe Benoit, Chandra Shekhar Sinha (washington dc) Wednesday, November 02, 2022 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON…
View of the bulk fuel plant in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Because the kingdom needs oil prices to remain high to balance its budget, it pushed OPEC and its allies to decide on a production cut as of Nov. 1. CREDIT: Aramco by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Tuesday, November 01, 2022 Inter Press…
Achieving the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement requires not only slowing new construction, but also retiring existing coal power plants early, worldwide. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Opinion by Philippe Benoit (paris) Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Inter Press Service PARIS, Oct 26 (IPS) – With COP 27 approaching, pressure is mounting on…
Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm) Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Oct 26 (IPS) – In his treatise On War, the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) stated that war is “merely a continuation of policy with other means”. With his experience from the Napoleonic Wars von Clausewitz knew…
European Union leaders struggle to find solutions for the energy crisis. Credit: Bigstock by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday, October 24, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Oct 24 (IPS) – European politicians continue to run in all directions to find a way out of their energy crisis. One of them – Simonetta…
Residents of the Fontanar neighborhood in the Cuban capital are pleased with the incorporation of electric three-wheel vehicles to shorten distances between sectors within Boyeros, one of the municipalities that make up Havana. CREDIT: Jorge Luis Baños/IPS by Luis Brizuela (havana) Monday, October 17, 2022 Inter Press Service HAVANA, Oct 17…
The administration of President Gabriel Boric, a self-described environmentalist, is facing a growing rift between scientists, social leaders and energy companies that have differences with regard to the production of green hydrogen in Magallanes. The first wind turbines have already been installed in the Magallanes region, in the far south…
A view of the new Caucaia landfill, near Fortaleza, capital of the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil, which receives about 5,000 tons of garbage a day. It already produces biogas, but will do so on a larger scale in a few years. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS by Mario Osava (fortaleza, brazil)…
Félix Morffi, an 84-year-old retiree, shows a self-made solar heater and solar panels installed on the roof of his house in the municipality of Regla in Havana. His hope is that his house will soon become an experimental site for the use of renewable energies and that students will learn…
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