Articles on or after 4/9/2024: |
|
Organizations |
|
Organizations |
| Guardian,Guardian - Energy,Guardian - Climate Change |
|
|
England could produce 13 times more renewable energy, using less than 3% of land – analysis - Guardian - Energy  (Apr 9) |
|
Apr 9 · Onshore wind and solar could provide 226GWh of electricity without impairing food production, says Friends of the Earth England could produce 13 times more renewable energy than it does now, while using less than 3% of its land, analysis has found. Onshore wind and solar projects could provide enough electricity to power all the households in England two and a half times over, the research by Exeter University, commissioned by Friends of the Earth (FoE), suggested. Currently, about 17 terawatt hours of electricity comes from homegrown renewables on land. But there is potential for 130 TWh to come from solar panels, and 96TWh from onshore wind. These figures ... Read more ... |
|
|
World’s biggest economies pumping billions into fossil fuels in poor nations - Guardian - Energy  (Apr 9) |
|
Apr 9 · G20 countries spent $142bn in three years to expand operations despite a G7 pledge to stop doing so, study finds The world’s biggest economies have continued to finance the expansion of fossil fuels in poor countries to the tune of billions of dollars, despite their commitments on the climate. The G20 group of developed and developing economies, and the multilateral development banks they fund, put $142bn (£112bn) into fossil fuel developments overseas from 2020 to 2022, according to estimates compiled by the campaigning groups Oil Change International (OCI) and Friends of the Earth US. Canada, Japan and South Korea were the biggest sources of such finance in the ... Read more ... |
|
|