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Biden administration’s effort to increase offshore wind energy is part of plan to generate power for more than 10m homes by 2030 The Biden administration is moving to sharply increase offshore wind energy along the US east coast, saying on Monday it is taking steps toward approving a huge windfarm off New Jersey as part

In this paper we conceptualize transformations as societal shifts from one basin of attraction to another. Such shifts occur when a society’s information processing system is no longer fit to deal with the dynamics with which the society is involved. To understand when this might be the case, we conceive of a dynamic interaction between

Australia Institute calls for rule change to allow renewables to replace fossil fuels in underpinning grid reliability Renewable energy and batteries can secure Australia’s electricity grid as effectively as coal and gas, new research suggests. The research, commissioned by the Australia Institute thinktank and released on Monday, found clean technologies provided the fast frequency response

Relentless student pressure and the cold facts of the bottom line forced an institution with close ties to the car industry to reverse course in just six years If you want proof of how decisively the climate zeitgeist has begun to shift, you could look to Washington and the transition between the Trump and Biden

Sacred groves are under-researched in Muslim countries so that their overall contribution to biodiversity conservation remains unknown. We studied 22 sacred groves and 45 surrounding woodlands in Northern Zagros, Iran, to compare taxonomic diversity, vegetation composition, and the conservation status of plant species. Sacred groves had higher taxonomic diversity and a more valuable species pool

Once-in-a-century weather extremes could become commonplace by 2080 unless carbon emissions are curbed Once-in-a-century weather extremes that pose the highest danger of wildfires could occur every year in parts of the UK as the climate changes, scientists have said. A study led by the University of Reading aimed to predict how the danger of blazes