The fall of crude and the death of king coal

Something very unusual took place in 2014, that changed the course of the global economy. In June 2014, global oil prices began to fall. Brent Oil prices almost reached $115 in late June, and then began to fall precipitously. In early October 2014, with Brent prices about 20% lower at $90 per barrel, the PIRA …

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Transport and the Climate

Happy to share the next set of articles that deals with how we move and it's impact on the climate: We start with a general overview of why care and how big an impact transport has on the climate http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/climaction-transport-and-the-climate/article7354172.ece We then moved on the how, given the world is becoming increasingly urban, we should …

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Solutions to Climate Change

If you were to type, as I suspect many of my students did, "Solutions Climate change problem", you would receive around 79 millions responses from Google. Most of these boil down to 10-12 main solutions that maybe categorized as follows. Changes in power generation Use less coal Increase % of nuclear power Increase alternative energy …

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