Tag: fossil fuels

Desert art and solar energy in Oman

Highlighting this beautiful scene is the French-Swiss artist Saype who laid out a mural of hope in the sands of the Wahiba Desert at an Oman solar power plant.

Greenpeace says COP28 is for making oil and gas the past

Looming over the 28th UN Climate Conference (COP28) is whether governments will finally heed the calls, that grow stronger by the day, to phase out fossil fuels and deliver on climate justice, writes Greenpeace.

Saudi Arabia’s oily lies at COP26

Saudi Arabia plans to be carbon neutral by 2060, and says it will use carbon capture and storage technologies to get it there. Greenpeace calls its bluff.

Will COP 21 finally deal with climate change ?

This year's Conference of the Parties, known as COP21, may turn out to be the one that finally addresses...

Google Earth reveals 10-year impact of 39 square mile desert mangrove project

The 'historical imagery' function on google earth is particularly helpful in tracking changes to landscapes since about the turn...

Climate change “worst” is yet to come, UN report warns today

The United Nations has issued a five years in the making report on climate change, and our future. It...

Futek’s Solar Cell Plants Shrink Egypt’s Fossil Fuel Addiction

 Futek is about to break ground on a new solar cell manufacturing plant in Egypt, which is expected to...

Saudi Turns to Solar, Israel Stuck on Shale

Incredulously, despite everything that we know about climate change and its inevitable consequences of drought, food insecurity, rising sea...

Hard To Breathe In the Middle East – Latest NASA Images

Cold weather and a booming industrial economy is making it hard to breath in the Middle East says NASA Air...

Israel Takes Messianic Stance on the Rio+20 United Nations Conference

Israeli diplomats and ministers have taken a quasi-Messianic tone as the Rio+20 United Nations conference approaches."Our main message is...

It’s Game Over for Global Warming Unless We Act This Decade

Scientists warn that we are about to hit a tipping point beyond which it will be impossible to curb...

Politics Makes Scrapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Gulf Difficult

Making fuel subsidies a thing of the past may 'half the global carbon target', but politics is a real...