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Environment

Decarbonising the shipping industry will cost more than $1 trillion

Powering all shipping vessels with zero-emission fuels by 2050 would slash the industry's emissions, but it would require between $1 trillion and $1.4 trillion of investment

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (12834270d) A Tesla electric car using an EV Charging Point in London. According to the consumer group Which?, 31% of electric car owners reported problems with their vehicle in the first four years compared with 19% with petrol cars, and 29% with diesel cars. The survey found that the most common faults with electric vehicles were software issues, not motor or battery problems. Electric cars may be less reliable than petrol and diesel cars in London, UK - 03 Mar 2022

Technology

Too many electric cars charging at night may overload electrical grid

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Engine based on Maxwell’s demon concept may help us understand entropy

Physics

Engine based on Maxwell’s demon concept may help us understand entropy

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka/AP/Shutterstock (13032695ae) Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivers her remarks during the High Level Seminar on Strengthening Global Collaboration for Tackling Food Insecurity on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia G20 Finance Ministers Meeting, Nusa Dua, Indonesia - 15 Jul 2022

Environment

World’s richest countries fall short on renewable energy targets

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Technology

Tiny static electricity generators could produce power from waves

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Technology

Ethereum Merge: What will the radical update mean for cryptocurrency?

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Environment

Can Liz Truss kick-start UK fracking by lifting the shale gas ban?

Analysis

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Environment

We should pursue speculative climate solutions like quantum batteries

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Jacob Rees-Mogg

Environment

Jacob Rees-Mogg: Climate change concern over new energy policy chief

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Wood burning in a wood-burning stove

Environment

UK energy crisis sparks rush for firewood despite air pollution fears

People are buying up firewood and installing wood-burning stoves to heat their homes to reduce the impact of the hike in UK energy prices

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Environment

UK toilets and showers will need water efficiency labels by 2025

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Humans

How I gave a TED talk on dark matter

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Humans

Why I love the proliferation of green roofs and living walls

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Technology

Floating artificial leaf converts energy from sunlight into fuel

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