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Opinion: Electric Aircraft May Have More Potential Than We Thought
Batteries are doing such a great job replacing petroleum in car engines that it's natural to think they might do the same in the skies.
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The Positive Climate News You May Have Missed This Year
The past year hasn't generally been a cheerful one for those hoping the world will get a grip on climate change. We're now around the middle of the 2020s, a decade when carbon dioxide emissions need to decline by about half.
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Opinion: The Year's Worst Climate News You Haven't Heard About
It was a year when the world experienced its hottest 12 months on record.
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Opinion: India Is Encouraging The Heatwaves That Will Cripple It
Back in 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the country would install 175 gigawatts of wind, solar, and small-scale hydro power by the end of last year. In practice, the country fell roughly 31% short.
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Opinion: India's Heatwaves Are Testing The Limits Of Human Survival
New Delhi feels like it is on fire. The heat comes off the road in blistering waves, and the water that flows from the cold tap is too hot to touch. Daytime temperatures have hit 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit).
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Opinion: The Pandemic Will Be More Deadly This Year - Look At India
Covid-19 is going to kill more people in 2021 than it did last year. If you want to see why, look at what's happening in India.
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Opinion: How Saudi Arabia Can Thrive In A Post-Oil World
On the face of it, no country has more to lose from the transition away from fossil fuels than Saudi Arabia. Before the discovery of oil, it barely existed as a nation.
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Opinion: Google And Facebook Lose A Battle To Win The War
When prospectors made what was the biggest oil discovery in history at Texas' Spindletop well in 1901, the world's premier oil monopolist was absent from the scene. Standard Oil Co., a decade away from being split up in an antitrust suit, was content to sit back and let smaller local rivals establish themselves.
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Opinion: Electric Aircraft May Have More Potential Than We Thought
Batteries are doing such a great job replacing petroleum in car engines that it's natural to think they might do the same in the skies.
-
The Positive Climate News You May Have Missed This Year
The past year hasn't generally been a cheerful one for those hoping the world will get a grip on climate change. We're now around the middle of the 2020s, a decade when carbon dioxide emissions need to decline by about half.
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Opinion: The Year's Worst Climate News You Haven't Heard About
It was a year when the world experienced its hottest 12 months on record.
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Opinion: India Is Encouraging The Heatwaves That Will Cripple It
Back in 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the country would install 175 gigawatts of wind, solar, and small-scale hydro power by the end of last year. In practice, the country fell roughly 31% short.
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Opinion: India's Heatwaves Are Testing The Limits Of Human Survival
New Delhi feels like it is on fire. The heat comes off the road in blistering waves, and the water that flows from the cold tap is too hot to touch. Daytime temperatures have hit 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit).
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Opinion: The Pandemic Will Be More Deadly This Year - Look At India
Covid-19 is going to kill more people in 2021 than it did last year. If you want to see why, look at what's happening in India.
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Opinion: How Saudi Arabia Can Thrive In A Post-Oil World
On the face of it, no country has more to lose from the transition away from fossil fuels than Saudi Arabia. Before the discovery of oil, it barely existed as a nation.
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Opinion: Google And Facebook Lose A Battle To Win The War
When prospectors made what was the biggest oil discovery in history at Texas' Spindletop well in 1901, the world's premier oil monopolist was absent from the scene. Standard Oil Co., a decade away from being split up in an antitrust suit, was content to sit back and let smaller local rivals establish themselves.
