Researchers create first functional semiconductor made from graphene(techxplore.com)

132 points by wglb 2 years ago | 34 comments

Lithium-sulfur battery retains 80% charge capacity after 25,000 cycles(techxplore.com)

78 points by T-A 1 year ago | 54 comments

Engineers invent high-yield atmospheric water capture device for arid regions(techxplore.com)

7 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 2 comments

Future gigantic solar farms might impact solar power elsewhere in the world(techxplore.com)

59 points by gumby 2 years ago | 76 comments

Waste-based perovskite solar cell achieves 21.39% energy efficiency(techxplore.com)

43 points by wglb 1 year ago | 26 comments

AI adoption in US adds ~900k tons of CO₂ annually, study finds(techxplore.com)

71 points by geox 11 months ago | 57 comments

The US polluters that are rewriting the EU's human rights and climate law(somo.nl)

368 points by saubeidl 10 months ago | 208 comments

SOMO investigation into how US fossil fuel companies are lobbying to weaken the EU's corporate sustainability due diligence rules on human rights and climate.

Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040(cbc.ca)

518 points by geox 4 months ago | 358 comments

CBC News article on Canada's federal nuclear strategy planning up to 10 new reactors by 2040, potentially costing over $100 billion.

The same AI request emits 8.5 times more CO2 in Texas than in Sweden(berget.ai)

100 points by jlundberg 3 days ago | 140 comments

A Berget AI blog post comparing per-request CO2 emissions of AI inference in Texas versus Sweden; the page returned a 502 Bad Gateway error.

Companies with good ESG scores pollute as much as low-rated rivals(ft.com)

341 points by jredwards 3 years ago | 143 comments

Financial Times article reporting research that companies with high ESG scores pollute as much as lower-rated rivals, even on the environmental component.

Cities can cost effectively start their own utilities(kevin.burke.dev)

374 points by kevinburke 1 year ago | 336 comments

Kevin Burke blog post arguing Northern California cities can cost-effectively create their own electric utilities to undercut PG&E's high rates.

EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy(weplanet.org)

942 points by mpweiher 1 year ago | 948 comments

A WePlanet blog post reporting that an EU court ruled nuclear energy counts as clean energy.