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Methane emissions rose in 2023 despite reduction initiatives

Methane emissions rose in 2023 despite reduction initiatives

Graph credit: IEA. By Anders Lorenzen The emissions from methane, a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG) with 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2) rose in 2023 despite several pledges and initiatives to reduce emissions. Analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) has declared methane emissions in the energy sector remained near a record-high in 2023 – this is […]

Entries Invited for the Eleventh Annual Yale Environment 360 Film Contest

The eleventh annual Yale Environment 360 Film Contest is now accepting entries. The contest honors the year’s best environmental films from around the world, highlighting work that has not previously been widely seen. Submissions should focus on an environmental issue and be a maximum of 20 minutes in length. Films that are funded by an organization or company and are […]

A Nuclear Power Revival Is Sparking a Surge in Uranium Mining

A Nuclear Power Revival Is Sparking a Surge in Uranium Mining

After sitting dormant since the 1980s, the Pinyon Plain uranium mine began operating in January on the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona, about seven miles south of the Grand Canyon. Thanks to new interest in expanding nuclear power, the price of uranium is on a tear, making undeveloped and long-shuttered mines viable. Pinyon Plain, which has some of the highest-grade […]

Fashion: Smartwool unveils the first-ever circular sock

Fashion: Smartwool unveils the first-ever circular sock

<img data-attachment-id="15105" data-permalink="https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/2024/04/04/fashion-smartwool-unveils-the-first-ever-circular-sock/s24/" data-orig-file="https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/smartwool_hike-classic-edition-full-cushion-2nd-cut-crew-socks_22.99_www.smartwool.co_.uk_.jpg" data-orig-size="2400,2400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"OMS","camera":"","caption":"Hike Classic Edition Full Cushion 2nd Cut Crew Socks","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"S24","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="S24" data-image-description data-image-caption=" Hike Classic Edition Full Cushion 2nd Cut Crew Socks ” data-medium-file=”https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/smartwool_hike-classic-edition-full-cushion-2nd-cut-crew-socks_22.99_www.smartwool.co_.uk_.jpg?w=300″ data-large-file=”https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/smartwool_hike-classic-edition-full-cushion-2nd-cut-crew-socks_22.99_www.smartwool.co_.uk_.jpg?w=829″ width=”1024″ height=”1024″ src=”https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/smartwool_hike-classic-edition-full-cushion-2nd-cut-crew-socks_22.99_www.smartwool.co_.uk_.jpg?w=1024″ alt class=”wp-image-15105″ srcset=”https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/smartwool_hike-classic-edition-full-cushion-2nd-cut-crew-socks_22.99_www.smartwool.co_.uk_.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/smartwool_hike-classic-edition-full-cushion-2nd-cut-crew-socks_22.99_www.smartwool.co_.uk_.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/smartwool_hike-classic-edition-full-cushion-2nd-cut-crew-socks_22.99_www.smartwool.co_.uk_.jpg?w=150 150w, https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/smartwool_hike-classic-edition-full-cushion-2nd-cut-crew-socks_22.99_www.smartwool.co_.uk_.jpg?w=300 300w, https://agreenerlifeagreenerworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/smartwool_hike-classic-edition-full-cushion-2nd-cut-crew-socks_22.99_www.smartwool.co_.uk_.jpg?w=768 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px”>The Second Cut™ Hike Sock. Photo credit: Smartwool. By Anders Lorenzen The […]

Noisy Summer Ahead for U.S. as Dueling Broods of Cicadas Emerge

This month will see swarms of big, noisy, chirping cicadas begin to emerge in the U.S. as two large broods take flight at the same time. Cicadas spend years underground feeding on sap from tree roots, before they eventually arise for a single summer of mating and revelry, and then die. This summer two separate broods, one that emerges every […]

In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence

In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence

Charles Darwin upset a lot of people with his 1859 publication On the Origin of Species. Like Copernicus and Galileo before him, Darwin radically revised the place of humans in the natural world. Victorian society believed that a beneficent creator made Earth and all its species in one fell swoop, installing Homo sapiens near the top of the great chain […]

Unexploded WWII Bombs Have Grown More Dangerous Over Time

Long-buried bombs leftover from World War I and World War II have become more volatile, a new study finds, raising the odds that a dormant explosive detonates. During those wars, bombs sometimes lodged in the ground or sunk to the bottom of the sea, but did not explode. Leftover bombs are still occasionally unearthed in a back garden, found washed […]

Europe’s largest banks are speeding up the climate and biodiversity crisis – Greenpeace

Europe’s largest banks are speeding up the climate and biodiversity crisis – Greenpeace

Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace Netherlands protests against Rabobank’s agricultural policies in the Dutch city of Utrecht last year. Photo credit: Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace. By Anders Lorenzen A coalition of green groups led by Greenpeace has in a report, found that Europe’s largest banks have failed to stop investing in climate and nature-destructive projects. The report which was published […]

Ahead of the November election, the US awards $6bn to CO2 reduction projects in key battleground states

Ahead of the November election, the US awards $6bn to CO2 reduction projects in key battleground states

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm delivers a keynote address. Photo credit: Department of Energy. By Anders Lorenzen In a bid to shore up its climate agenda ahead of the November US election, the Biden Administration has unveiled $6 billion worth of funding for carbon reduction projects. The US Department of Energy announced funding that would subsidise 33 industrial projects in 20 […]