UN climate chief Simon Stiell delivers a speech during the opening of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29)
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Dark energy: could the mysterious force seen as constant actually vary over cosmic time?
Globular cluster NGC 2005. ESA/Hubble & Nasa, F. Niederhofer, L. Girardi, CC BY-SA As I finished my PhD in 1992,
Plants can grow in near-darkness, new research shows – here are three promising benefits
New Jadsada Plants can grow with much less light than previously thought, according to a new study on tiny water-based
Fusion power could transform how we get our energy — and worsen problems it’s intended to solve
Art showing the interior of a tokamak – a doughnut-shaped fusion “reactor”. MeshCube / Shutterstock Harnessing energy from nuclear fusion
Young people are losing sleep over energy drinks – but a ban won’t be enough to protect them
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock There’s no calming the buzz around energy drinks. And it’s not just because of their notoriously high
Building wind power, canceling coal — it’s all drowning under borrowing costs
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Plans to push South Africa and Indonesia off coal sputtered. So have offshore wind farms
A winter energy crunch in Europe looks a distinct possibility
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine imposed a sudden energy shock on Europe 18 months ago. Faced with the prospect of much
How families can get a cheque, rather than a bill, from power providers
Imagine if instead of getting a bill in the mail every month, you got a cheque. That’s the reality for
Wednesday’s letters: Suspending green energy projects immoral
An early morning rainbow shines over wind turbines near Pincher Creek, Alberta on Thursday May 11, 2017. PHOTO BY LEAH HENNEL /Postmedia
The oil industry has succumbed to a dangerous new climate denialism
Opec predicts oil demand will be 10% higher by the 2040s. Iurii If we have not been warned of the