renewable energy

How to make sustainable batteries that won’t wreck the planet

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The batteries we need to power the transition to 100-per-cent renewable electricity require rare metals, and that means destructive mining – but researchers are working on alternatives Technology 2 March 2022 By Katharine Sanderson Graham Carter If we are going to stop burning fossil fuels, it is critical that we have access to electricity from … Read more

Mike Cannon-Brookes: Can a tech billionaire squash Australia’s coal industry by buying it?

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Frustrated with the Australian government’s inaction on climate change, software king Mike Cannon-Brookes is trying to buy several big coal plants so he can shut them down in favour of renewables Environment | Analysis 22 February 2022 By Alice Klein Open-cast coal mining in Hunter Valley, Australia PETER HARRISON/Getty Images Mike Cannon-Brookes, the third-richest person … Read more

Climate change: Most schemes to capture and reuse carbon actually increase emissions

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Carbon capture and utilisation technologies, which aim to pull carbon dioxide from the air and use it for emissions-lowering processes, emit more carbon than they remove Environment 18 February 2022 By Alex Wilkins A carbon capture facility at the Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids Recovery Plant in Saudi Arabia Maya Siddiqui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Most carbon … Read more

Most carbon capture technologies create more emissions than they save

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Carbon capture and utilisation technologies, which aim to pull carbon dioxide from the air and use it for emissions-lowering processes, emit more carbon than they remove Environment 18 February 2022 By Alex Wilkins A carbon capture facility at the Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids Recovery Plant in Saudi Arabia Maya Siddiqui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Most carbon … Read more