A study estimates that countries could face up to US$340 billion in financial and legal risk from cancelling fossil fuel projects covered by investor-state dispute settlement clauses.
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Researchers at Lawrence Berkley Labs found that even a modest system of solar plus one battery can power critical loads in a home for days at a time, practically anywhere in the country.
Satellites can offer forecasters a basic view, but hurricane hunters flying into the storm itself can really pick the hurricane apart.
Aside from inflammatory anti-immigration rhetoric and Qanon fantasies, the conspiracy theory white nationalist are pushing in campaigns across the country is Trump’s “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 election.
While the New York Attorney General's massive lawsuit against Donald Trump, his children and companies is a civil suit, it marks a beginning and an acceleration of legal actions against him.
Still recovering from the 2017 disaster of Hurricane Maria, which killed 3000 Americans in Puerto Rico, the islands have been blacked again out by much smaller Hurricane Fiona. Two professors explain the issues.
Electric Airplanes are already here in spite of the fact that aircraft are some of the most complex vehicles out there. The biggest problem in electrifying them is the battery weight.
The majority of front-line Ukrainians surveyed viewed the idea of Russia keeping seized Ukrainian lands as “absolutely unacceptable.”
The Sacklers became the public face of the opioid crisis despite not being the only players. They were the first to hypermarket opioids and then led the pack in blaming consumers for becoming addicted.
The consequences of inadequate infrastructure maintenance are compounded by climate change, which is accelerating failures with increased flooding, extreme heat and growing storm intensity.
Elizabeth II inherited a monarchy whose political power had been steadily ebbing away since the 18th century but whose role in the public life of the nation seemed, if anything, to have grown ever more important.
Concrete production one of the most difficult industries to decarbonize. However, difficult does not necessarily mean impossible.
Liz Truss will has replaced Boris Johnson, who was compelled to step down as Conservative leader and prime minister in July after a mass resignation of around 60 ministers and other political appointees.
Results of a recent study show that many Americans think they know much more about politics than they really do. And political overconfidence can make people more defensive of factually wrong beliefs.
Researchers have struggled to find a solution that can rapidly reach millions of people to inoculate them against the constant barrage of misinformation bombarding them.
Without Mikhail Gorbachev the political changes surrounding South Africa would not have taken place, and without them it is unlikely that De Klerk would have moved as he did, unbanning the ANC and freeing Mandela.