Cleaning up the blockchain: the boom in cryptocurrencies and the metaverse raises the stakes on climate-friendly crypto

Blockchain technology can be made greener if we change the way transactions happen.

Iwa Salami, Reader (Associate Professor) in Law, University of East London • conversation
Feb. 8, 2022 • ~7 min

Los Angeles' long, troubled history with urban oil drilling is nearing an end after years of health concerns

Photos from the early 1900s show LA’s forests of oil derricks. Hundreds of wells are still pumping, and research shows how people living nearby are struggling with breathing problems.

Bhavna Shamasunder, Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College • conversation
Feb. 3, 2022 • ~10 min

Los Angeles' long, troubled history with urban oil drilling is about to end after years of health concerns

Photos from the early 1900s show LA’s forests of oil derricks. Hundreds of wells are still pumping, and research shows how people living nearby are struggling with breathing problems.

Bhavna Shamasunder, Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College • conversation
Feb. 3, 2022 • ~10 min

How Extinction Rebellion can make climate action successful without antagonising the public

Extinction Rebellion’s 2022 climate action strategy needs to focus on stigmatising the fossil fuel industry if it’s to be successful.

Aliette Lambert, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Bath • conversation
Jan. 31, 2022 • ~8 min

An energy revolution is possible – but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Providing government subsidies for emerging clean technologies could unlock their transformative potential.

Michael Grubb, Professor of Energy and Climate Change, UCL • conversation
Jan. 19, 2022 • ~5 min

How 'mechanical trees' pull carbon dioxide from the air and lock it away – an inventor of direct air capture tech explains

Using machines to pull CO2 from the air could help as the world tries to slow climate change. Klaus Lackner is developing new ways to cut its high costs and energy demand.

Klaus Lackner, Professor of Engineering and Director of the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, Arizona State University • conversation
Jan. 18, 2022 • ~11 min

These machines scrub greenhouse gases from the air – an inventor of direct air capture technology shows how it works

Klaus Lackner is finding new ways to cut the technology’s high costs and energy demand, and he’s about to launch the first ‘mechanical tree.’

Klaus Lackner, Professor of Engineering and Director of the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, Arizona State University • conversation
Jan. 18, 2022 • ~11 min

Energy prices are unlikely to fall in 2022 or beyond – not until major importers get serious about green transition

Oil and gas have been on a roller coaster these past two years – here’s why.

Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick • conversation
Jan. 6, 2022 • ~9 min

Here's why China probably won't dominate the electric car market this year

China is powering ahead with EV production, but Chinese EVs might not be ready to face the global market.

David Tyfield, Professor in Sustainable Transitions and Political Economy, Lancaster University • conversation
Jan. 6, 2022 • ~7 min

Here's why we need climate protests: even if some think they're annoying

Joining a protest doesn’t just help attract others to supporting important causes - it comes with personal and psychological benefits too.

Yasemin Gülsüm Acar, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Dundee • conversation
Dec. 16, 2021 • ~6 min

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