2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (682+ words) Taipei Times - All Front Page Taiwan News Business Editorial & Opinion Sports World News Features Bilingual Pages Taiwan's geothermal problem is above ground Japan built the institutions Taiwan lacks for managing long-cycle energy risk, yet still failed to unlock its geothermal…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (470+ words) France on Tuesday announced a "first of its kind" plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels. The "road map" was published as dozens of nations…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (472+ words) Economic security is the ability to counter foreign coercion via economic means, an academic said yesterday, calling for cooperation among like-minded countries within the Asian region to achieve a geo-economic power balance. The "Asia Visions and Voices: Geopolitical Implications of…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (595+ words) Nations sealed a modest agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in the Brazilian Amazon on Saturday as many countries swallowed weaker terms on a fossil fuel phase-out to preserve unity. Nearly 200 countries approved the deal by consensus after two…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (523+ words) Negotiators were divided yesterday on the last day of fire-delayed UN climate talks, as Europe rejected UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) host Brazil's latest draft agreement which lacks a road map to phase out fossil fuels. At stake is nothing less…...

7+ mon, 4+ day ago  (215+ words) Examining the relationship between permeability and depth of slate might provide an easier means to evaluate the feasibility of geothermal projects before a detailed site investigation, Chinese-language media reported on Monday, citing a National Central University researcher. "While the fluid…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (195+ words) The Central Weather Administration (CWA) yesterday issued a geomagnetic storm alert, forecasting a space weather disturbance to begin at about 5am today and continue for about 33 hours. A geomagnetic storm is a temporary disturbance in Earth's magnetic field caused when bursts…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (577+ words) Taiwan could deal with China's tightened export controls on rare earth metals by turning to "urban mining," a researcher said yesterday. Rare earth metals, which are used in semiconductors and other electronic components, could be recovered from industrial or electronic…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (726+ words) A historic climate ruling by the world's highest court could make it legally riskier for fossil fuel companies to do business and embolden lawsuits against oil and gas expansion, experts said. The International Court of Justice's (ICJ) first-ever advisory opinion…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (424+ words) From carbon pollution to sea-level rise to global heating, the pace and level of key climate change indicators are all in uncharted territory, more than 60 top scientists said yesterday. Greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and deforestation hit a…...