We’re in Copenhagen, Denmark and behind me is CopenHill. It’s a waste to energy plant, which turns the city’s rubbish into heat and power. But one of the most remarkable things about it is that there’s a dry ski slope on the roof. It’s been […]

So, we’ve all heard of global warming and climate change and that carbon dioxide is causing our planet to heat up. But what exactly is the science behind it? To get there, we first have to understand the greenhouse effect The greenhouse effect is a […]

Taxpayers around the world are giving fossil fuel producers 5 TRILLION dollars in free money… every. Year. That’s as much as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars put together. This is based on a new study by the International Monetary Fund, that estimated the amount of […]

so weather and the climate are making news in more than one reach flooding has killed at least 72 people under siege in the grip of unmitigated disaster the evidence is now clear industrial civilization has caused irreparable damage our political and corporate leaders have […]

In a world in desperate need to go carbon-free, solar, wind, and renewables are the future. But our present ability to store their excess energy falls short. In fact, most of the time, that power goes missing. Of the many solutions swirling around, air—or rather, […]

Fredi: In June this year I was at a conference on extreme weather in the city of Toulouse in France and it was a conference where basically all the researchers who work on extreme weather come together and meet. And while we were there we […]

SUBJECT: New York City, October, 2012– Hurricane Sandy left more than eight million customers without electricity. But in some hospitals, universities, waste treatment plants and residential complexes, the lights stayed on. How’d they keep the power running? The answer to that question has big implications […]

since decommissioning was completed in 2009 SMUD’s closed Rancho Seco nuclear plant is a shell of its former self after an extended federally inspected decommissioning process that began in 1997 most of the shuttered plant consists of empty buildings vacant lots and concrete foundations we […]

I’ve never been an environmentalist, I still don’t think of myself as an environmentalist. I’ve lived my whole life in one city: New York City. I walk down these concrete streets, looking up at these steel buildings…and felt myself always my whole life that I […]

There is no doubt that solar panels do offer some great benefits, you can have cheaper electricity in your home and even sell some of that electricity back onto the grid. So, you can save money and potentially make money. The look of the solar […]