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After the international board of EUROSOLAR e.V. had passed the call for the Renewable Decade in February, it is now putting in a ten-point plan to ring in a renewable age. The tenor: 100 percent renewable energies are only the beginning of necessary climate stabilization.
Environmental editor Damian Carrington explains in his new piece why the International Energy Agency expects green electricity to end coal’s 50-year reign by 2025. Read on in The Guardian.
Scientist find 'Sleeping giants of the carbon cycle' Arctic methane deposits starting to release. Right now they are unlikely to have any major impact on global warming. But this process has now been triggered. Find out more in Jonathan Watts' piece.
Fikile Ntshangase was involved in legal dispute over extension of coalmine in KwaZulu-Natal, operated by Tendele Coal near Somkhele, close to Hluhluwe–Imfolozi park, the oldest nature reserve in Africa. Last week, she was shot in her home. Investigations are ongoing. Read more about this cruel act and its background in The Guardian.
According to a new report, an aggressive push towards 100% renewable energy would save Americans as much as $321bn in energy costs, while avoiding climate-damaging emissions. Oliver Milman explains details in The Guardian.