Tag: fossil fuels
Analysis: How can one country thwart the attempts of others to save the world time after time? | Foreign countries
This fall, the UN environmental meetings have failed in their goals. One country has prevented both the withdrawal from fossil fuels and the plans to reduce plastic waste in the…
Trump’s choice for energy minister is the head of a water fracturing company, Chris Wright | News in brief
Wright has denied the role of climate change in causing extreme weather events. Future President of the United States Donald Trump has chosen the CEO of the water fracturing company…
Britain’s last coal-fired power station to cease operation | News in brief
Britain, the birthplace of coal power, intends to produce all its energy from renewable sources from 2030 at the latest. Britain’s last coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Shoar, will be shut down…
Britain’s last coal-fired power plant to close | News in brief
Britain’s last coal-fired power station will close today in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, England. At the same time, Britain will become the first leading G7 industrial country to completely transition away from coal…
Fossil energy: what is it?
A energy fossil is a energy whose reserves were formed a very long time ago, millions of years ago, by sedimentary decomposition of organic materials. Reserves, in other words, made…
Nuclear energy: is it fossil or renewable?
Can nuclear energy be considered a renewable energy? The answer is no: uranium, used today for fission, remains a limited resource. However, if Man managed to master fusion, the situation…
Is natural gas synonymous with green energy?
The term “green energy” is used to designate renewable energies such as solar, wind or hydraulic energy. Thus, natural gas, a fossil fuel, cannot be qualified as green energy. Biogas,…
We know when sea level rise has suddenly exceeded natural variability
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Jean Jouzel: “We are going against the wall because we already know that emissions will continue to increase between now and 2030”
The climate negotiations at COP26 resulted in the Glasgow Pact, a declaration deemed disappointing by many observers. The climatologist Jean Jouzel draws up a more nuanced first assessment of the…