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Reaching net zero will cost billions more due to interest rate rises

Environment

Reaching net zero will cost billions more due to interest rate rises

It is vital that we clean up our energy sources and shift away from fossil fuels, but rising interest rates mean green energy projects are becoming more expensive and risk being cancelled

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACA/Shutterstock (13625754c) ? The LINE ? exposition by NEOM in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 15, 2022. The Line Expo - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 15 Nov 2022

Environment

Does oil-rich Saudi Arabia really want to mend its ways and go green?

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Technology

Solar panels could be about to get much better at capturing sunlight

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Earth

Gold hydrogen: Is there a huge reserve of clean fuel in Earth's crust?

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Wind turbine with black and white stripes

Life

Stripy wind turbines could prevent fatal seabird collisions

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Sheep lying under solar panels

Life

Putting solar panels in grazing fields is good for sheep

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US President Joe Biden celebrating the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act

Environment

US action on climate change will start to get serious in 2023

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WALTER TOSTO COMPANY REPORT https://www.flickr.com/photos/fusionforenergy/52231537313/ Final assembly of Europe's sector 4 of the ITER Vacuum Vessel, Walter Tosto, Italy, May 2022.

Physics

Unlimited energy from fusion became a more feasible prospect in 2022

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Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers his keynote address to delegates third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north west England, on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Could Labour's Great British Energy firm spark a green revolution?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka/AP/Shutterstock (13032695ae) Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivers her remarks during the High Level Seminar on Strengthening Global Collaboration for Tackling Food Insecurity on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia G20 Finance Ministers Meeting, Nusa Dua, Indonesia - 15 Jul 2022

Environment

World’s richest countries fall short on renewable energy targets

Eleven of the 20 largest economies got a C or worse on a renewable energy report card, which assessed their plans to reach net zero and their targets for producing and using renewable energy

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Technology

Tiny static electricity generators could produce power from waves

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