Earlier this month, the French nuclear safety institute IRSN released data showing the existence of a “cloud” of radioactive pollution hovering over much of Europe (as of November 9th), with the speculation being that an “accident” had likely occurred at a nuclear facility located either in Russia or in Kazakhstan.
American political commentator and author Chris Matthews is the latest person of influence to use an appearance on a late night talk show to bring up the topic of climate change.
I drafted the title for this article weeks ago and have had it open since. Don’t tell Aaron Fishbone that I’m writing it now, as I should be focused on an EV charging white paper. But I felt it was finally time to roll through it as a wait for and then drink some late-night coffee.
The 2016 presidential election was historic not just for the outcome, but for the circumstances that contributed to that outcome, most notably Russian efforts to mislead the American public using fake news articles, fake Facebook accounts and fake Twitter accounts to disseminate all manner of misinformation.
New figures from the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency have confirmed global greenhouse gas emissions levels continued to increase in 2016, albeit at a relatively slow rate, reaching 49.3 gigatonnes in CO2 equivalent.
Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy company, Rosatom Corporation, is now planning to begin mining and selling lithium and other metals used in battery production, according to reports.
A Swiss couple just finished driving their Tesla Model S from Switzerland to Kazakhstan and back, often in countries where no electric car charging infrastructure exists. How did they do it and what did they learn along the way?
As we revealed in our previous article, air pollution is a serious problem that costs millions of lives each year and is a drain on the world economy. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) air pollution is now a bigger health threat than HIV and Ebola. You might now be wondering how your own city measures up against others from around the world, where it sits in the rankings, and what the health effects of air pollution might be.
Trump has big plans to help Big Oil in Alaska — including Arctic offshore drilling, the Salmon-destroying Pebble Mine, and of course, opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for more energy exploration (a wet dream of the GOP for almost 50 years). But now all that could be at risk, since he’s annoyed at Alaskan GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski for voting against Trumpcare.
It hasn’t even been two years since Shell abandoned it’s stupid and expensive arctic oil drilling campaign. But the Trump administration — that never met a stupid idea it wasn’t gung-ho in favor of — has reopened the can of worms. And, of course, there’s a hefty Russian connection.
