Renewables and Clean Energy

14+ hour, 49+ min ago   (949+ words) U.S. irrigation prevents billions of tons of carbon emissions by boosting crop yields and reducing the need to convert natural land into farmland. Watering crops takes energy, and that energy has a carbon cost. The study was led by Avery Driscoll,…...

9+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1638+ words) Across much of the U.S., people have little way to know when the air they breathe turns dangerous. Over recent decades, federal funding for public air monitoring has declined, the number of monitors has fallen, and much of the remaining equipment…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (815+ words) Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to fall by around 0.5% in 2026 amid the fallout from the Hormuz crisis, according to Carbon Brief analysis. The US-Iran war has severely disrupted trade through the strait of Hormuz, causing a spike in oil and…...

18+ hour, 13+ min ago   (1123+ words) Pappert Passivhaus (Image credit: CCG) As Scottish Housing Day 2026 highlights the links between housing and health, Carbon Futures considers how better building performance can support healthier, more comfortable and more affordable homes. The quality of the homes people live in…...

18+ hour, 22+ min ago   (332+ words) On the other hand, China’s unwillingness to share hydrological data and non-compliance alongside water-sharing treaties with downstream countries is a profound concern for the region. A report by UNDP and ICIMOD highlights 47 Potentially Dangerous Glacier Lakes (PDGL), major river basins…...

18+ hour, 42+ min ago   (295+ words) Updated: Sep 16, 2026, 03:29 PM IST Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh on Wednesday launched India's Net Zero Portal and the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) Dashboard in Mumbai on World Ozone Day…...

23+ hour, 22+ min ago   (608+ words) State planning minister Sonya Kilkenny approved the Western Renewables Link (WRL) Environment Effects Statement (EES) earlier this week. A statement from the Premier Ben Carroll shortly after said he had ordered an independent look into the costings of the WRL…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (190+ words) Drawing from his bestselling book, Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization, acclaimed environmentalist and author Bill McKibben will speak about our climate and our democracy, both melting down. But McKibben,…...

18+ hour, 46+ min ago   (368+ words) High shares of renewable generation make intraday dispatch sensitive to forecast error, reserve deliverability, and credible equipment outages. This paper presents a Polynomial Chaos Expansion (PCE)-guided reliability-aware reserve policy that coordinates thermal reserve, withheld wind-power headroom, and fast-start backup....

15+ hour, 17+ min ago   (178+ words) Hong Kong SAR: Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID) secured regional support for action on airport and airspace capacity, modernising airport slot policies and strengthening climate resilience at the 61st ICAO Conference of Directors General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)…...