Energy

IRENA was founded a decade ago to solve the world's energy problems. It's like the United Nations of Renewable Energy and anyone who is a serious stakeholder in renewables from government to news to suppliers goes to this annual event.

Remember ten and 15 years ago when everyone was talking about investing in biofuels? Scientists like Helmut were against the efficiency claims... While we love the idea of renewable energy crops for palm oil and sugarcane used in ethanol and biofuels have pushed out food producers, causing an alarming shift to rising costs for food. While we might not feel it in the price of a falafel or hummus, biofuels threaten those people already food insecure.

"We don't want to play Russian roulette with our children's health," a Haifa resident said before the natural gas purge.

Israel's natural gas well starts flowing, amid protests and fears over pollution at sea and in the air. Conflict constraints have forced well operators to build rigs closer to shore than normally recommended.

Why is so little reported about potential danger to Israel's northern coast town from the first stages of the Levianthan gas drill operation?

Refugees don't plan on staying for a long time, but a new study in Iraq shows how renewable energy can make temporary living more bearable.

The Energy and Mines World Congress shows that 2019 will be considered the tipping point for solar and wind projects in the mining sector The...

It's kind of like the Shaggy song, even when he's caught red handed: it wasn't me. Greenhouse gas production from coal and oil are...

We hate this picture. From the West Bank in Israel all the way to China, children are picking through e-waste for pennies or dollars a day. There is no way to trace the polluters, maybe, until now.

Air conditioners pull water from the air, literally. It's distilled so not great to drink, but useful in other ways.

Natural gas is an earth-friendlier option to fuel our needs. Some options are better than others

There is something romantic about living off the grid and off our own devices. Every summer I go to Northern Canada with my kids and experiment with off-grid living ideas and applications. While we own 200 acres and the last home on the grid for miles and miles, it is tempting to cut off from the polluting power industry and power our own needs from the sun and Mother Earth. 

Last year the UK government announced that the feed in tariffs (FIT) for small-scale renewables will end in 2019 and this caused many supporters of renewables to be alarmed.

Israeli startup SG Tech created a technology that creates energy and fuel from cow patties, with almost no residual waste.

The Green New Deal is a term that has been thrown around recently as a potential option to address serious issues related to climate change. While many people have heard about this proposal, there are still a lot of questions about what it actually entails.