“IEA accused of undermining global shift from fossil fuels” by emphasising scenarios that do not hit Paris targets 5 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
Shell knew about the dire implications of climate change before the first IPCC report came out in 1990 5 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
“China Vows to Fight Trump Tariffs ‘to the End’ as Tension Rises”: Bloomberg headline 5 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
AI experts call for boycott over killer robots project teaming a South Korea university with Hanwha 5 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
Renewables, mostly solar and wind, are on track to replace all coal, oil and gas by 2032: ANU scientists 5 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
Solar leads charge as global renewables build tops 2 terawatts (2,179 gigawatts) 5 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
Global investment in renewables grew only 2% to $279.8 bn in 2017: it has been essentially flat since 2011 5 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
12.1% of world electricity is now generated by electricity – up from 11% in 2016 5 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
Solar was the biggest single sector for new global power capacity additions for the 2nd year in 2017 5 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
For the first time, global solar capacity grew faster in 2017 than all fossil fuels and nuclear combined 5 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
Google owner Alphabet, biggest corporate renewables buyer, reaches 100% renewable power 4 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
“We believe that Google should not be in the business of war”: so say more than 3,000 Google employees 4 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
Facebook improperly shared data of 87m people with Cambridge Analytica, company now says 4 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
Portugal’s electricity consumption was met 104% by renewables in March, mostly wind and hydro 3 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
The corrupt hide billions in shell companies: US, UK Beneficial Ownership Registries could stop them 3 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
UK’s first horizontal well completed in Lancashire shale by Caudrilla, who now await clearance to frack 3 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
“The world doesn’t need a new Facebook, it needs a new internet” – Arjun Hassard 2 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
Underwater melting of Antarctic ice far greater than thought, ESA satellite altimetry study finds 2 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
China’s Belt and Road grand plan: serious delays, ballooning debts, mounting sovereignty concerns 1 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
“Wary shale investors warn against drilling at all costs”: Financial Times on the buildup of debt in US shale 1 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
Analysis of developments will take the form of periodic blogs, presentations, and interviews 1 Apr 2018 jeremyl News
2018 Q1: A chronology in pictures & charts of developments in climate, energy, tech & the future of civilisation 1 Apr 2018 olisb News, Presentations
