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Fossil Fuel Industry Profits Soar Amid Record-breaking Climate-related Losses

The Urgent Need for Accountability and Transition to Renewable Energy Source: Union of Concerned Scientists The five biggest fossil fuel...

REL Study Shows Wind and Solar Power Can Decarbonize US Power Sector with Minimal Land Use

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently published a study showing that wind and...

Film Review: Re-evaluating M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening in light of the current climate crisis

by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat When The Happening was released in 2008, most American film critics hated it, as did film audiences....

US: A Better Way of Paying for a Reliable Electricity Grid

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Last spring, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which operates the electricity...

High and dry

Winter drought in Nepal affects agriculture, hydropower and air quality Source: Nepali Times On average, Kathmandu Valley used to get...

Building higher islands could save the Maldives from sea-level rise, says study

Source: Tyndall Centre Artificially raising island heights or building completely new higher islands have been proposed as solutions to...

Film Review: Darwin's Nightmare: An impactful documentary shows the dark side of globalization

by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat Darwin's Nightmare (2004) is one of the most impressive documentary films of the early 2000s. First...

Film Review: The New World, Pocahontas's story

by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat When it opened in theatres at the end of 2005, The New World was only Terrence Malick's fourth film in...

Film Review: The Bay & Co: How horror films can successfully deal with ecological themes

by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat It is common, especially in American cinema, to find social and political messages hidden inside...

US: How Are Wind Turbines Made?

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Many humans feel at least a bit of “megalophilia”—a love of very, very big things. This might be...

Save Nepal’s orchids

Himalayan orchids need urgent protection before they are smuggled to extinction Source: Nepali Times There are about 30,000 species of...

Film Review: The Thin Red Line, using war as a metaphor for humanity's disconnect from nature

by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat There was a lot of curiosity in the film industry about The Thin Red Line, which had its theatrical...

Film Review: Avatar, The Way of Water dives deeper into ecological themes

by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat Thirteen years after the release of James Cameron's Avatar, which continues to hold the title of...

US: Want Clean Energy? Then You Also Want Battery Recycling.

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Lithium-ion batteries are essential for decarbonizing transportation through electric vehicles and...

US: Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the...

Who now owns Nepal’s forests?

Forest area has nearly doubled in the past 40 years, raising new questions about who should manage it under Nepal’s new federal structure...

Reviving Nepal’s community forestry success story

After restoring forest cover, Nepal should now prioritise harvesting and regeneration of forests to raise living standards Source: Nepali...

Indigenous communities in Brazil

Interview: Kaime Silvestre By Alessandra Bonanomi Despite their negligible ecological footprint, Indigenous people are often the first to...

Film Review: Princess Mononoke: The pro-environment messaging of Miyazaki’s films

by Alberto Sclaverano for Citiplat Many consider Hayao Miyazaki one of Japan's best animation directors. While his films were primarily...

Including local knowledge to study climate change

Source: Nepali Times Scientist couple spend six months researching climate impact on glaciers and biodiversity below Kangchenjunga When...

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