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Exclusive: "More grids, more electricity, less fossil fuels," energy leaders tell Euronews
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (668+ words) Europe is not facing an immediate fuel supply crisis despite renewed tensions in the Middle East, but the continent remains dangerously exposed to fossil fuel supply and price shocks and must rapidly electrify its economy while resisting calls to return…...
Forgotten fossil turns out to be Antarctica's first dinosaur
1+ week, 4+ day ago (366+ words) A bone discovered almost 40 years ago during a British scientific expedition has now been officially identified as the first dinosaur fossil ever found in Antarctica. The find is a vertebra from a titanosaur, a group of sauropod dinosaurs that includes…...
Greece: multiple earthquakes around magnitude 5. 2 hit northern Evia
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (131+ words) A series of earthquakes struck the northern Gulf of Evia at around 13: 00 on Sunday, with the shaking lasting about 20 seconds and several more quakes following within minutes. According to preliminary data, the strongest quake reached a magnitude of approximately 5. 2. Scientists…...
This EU city just banned all public ads for meat and fossil fuels
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (202+ words) Amsterdam has become the first capital city in the world to ban climate-damaging advertising in public spaces. Since 1 May, billboards promoting fossil fuel products and meat have been stripped from the streets - marking a new era of green marketing. The…...
Christian leaders call for "permanent tax" on fossil fuel profits
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (462+ words) A coalition of Christian organisations has issued an urgent appeal to EU institutions: phase out fossil fuels and tax those who profit from them. 120 organisations from 20 EU countries have signed the first ever appeal of its kind. The appeal calls…...
Santorini introduces restrictions as volcanic activity is monitored
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (718+ words) The Greek authorities have put in place new Civil Protection measures for Santorini, following the recommendations of scientific committees monitoring the seismic and volcanic risk, following the recent extraordinary meeting of the Standing Scientific Committee for Seismic Risk Assessment and…...
Fossil fuelled war" could give rise to a historic climate reset"
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (647+ words) European leaders could rewrite history at high stakes meetings in the next few weeks. During a time of massive geopolitical tension, governments will meet to discuss how to transition away from fossil fuels - the source of the current energy shock…...
Inside Italy's fight against a coastal erosion emergency
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (685+ words) Italy has more than 8, 000 kilometres of coastline, ranging from long sweeps of sandy beach to striking rock formations. But erosion of these natural wonders is now a critical environmental emergency. The country risks losing about 20 per cent of its beaches…...
Fossil fuel shocks strengthen Gulf investment in African renewables
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (587+ words) Investors made wealthy by the Middle East's abundant oil and gas increasingly are turning to Africa's clean energy sector. They are attracted by rising electricity demand, rapid urbanisation and the continent's growing role in global supply chains tied to critical…...
Top polluters controlled by nations that blocked fossil fuel phaseout
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (712+ words) An increasingly concentrated group of fossil fuel giants is dominating global emissions and "actively sabotaging" climate action to weaken government ambition. New analysis from Carbon Majors" dataset found that just 32 companies were responsible for 50 per cent of the world"s…...