9 Results for: coal

The Global Coal Exit List: The Digital Database Encouraging Impact Divestment

A German NGO is tackling the fossil fuels problem at the source - with the "Global Coal Exit List", an invaluable digital database that encourages influential investors to stop supporting the coal industry.

A New Form of Carbon Capture: Turning CO2 Back Into Coal at Room Temperature

Returning to a pre-industrial era before we started burning coal to try and avert climate change might sound like the stuff of dreams for some environmentalists. Now researchers in Australia have come up with a method of "undoing" emissions by turning them back into coal.

RecyCoal: an All-In-One Solution For the Health, Environmental and Financial Burden of Solid Fuel Burning

A quarter of the world’s population uses coal or wood for cooking and heating inside their homes - with dire consequences for their health. RecyCoal has a solution.

Ecoalf: Transforming Fishing Nets, Coffee Grounds and Plastic Bottles Into Sustainable Fashion

A Spanish fashion company is using discarded plastic bottles, fishing nets, tyres and even coffee to produce a range of upmarket upcycled clothing.

The German Town Planning to Store Clean Energy in a Disused Coal Mine

What do coal mines and renewable energy have in common? More than you think, if you fill a disused coal mine with water to store energy from a renewable source - as one German mining town is planning to do.

Just How Effective Is Social Media in Tackling the Climate Crisis?

While social media amplifies activism, it also fuels misinformation. As our planet hurtles towards 1.5C, we deep dive into social media's impact on the fight against climate change.

Consume Energy When It’s Cheap and Green With Dynamic Electricity Tariffs

When the wind blows and the sun shines, there is plenty of cheap, green energy. Tibber passes this on to customers with a dynamic electricity tariff.

How Digitalisation Can Help Neighbourhoods Share Electricity

More players in the market are key to driving the shift away from fossil fuels — and digitalisation plays an important role. However, digital technologies themselves are also energy-hungry. But there are ways to keep the additional energy consumption low.

100 Percent Renewable Energy Needs Efficiency and Intelligence. Interview with Severin Beucker (Borderstep Institute)

How can we successfully transform our energy system towards climate neutrality? For Severin Beucker, co-founder of the Borderstep Institute, the most important prerequisites are efficient and intelligent grids and consumers.