The World Meteorological Association argues for more urgent action on mitigation and adaptation. Intense heat is gripping large parts of the Northern hemisphere. New daily and station temperature records have been broken and it is possible that some national records may fall. June saw the warmest global average temperature on record, which continued into July, according to […]
From BBC News The past seven years have been the hottest on record, according to new data from the EU’s satellite system. The Copernicus Climate Change Service said 2021 was the fifth-warmest year, with record-breaking heat in some regions. And the amount of warming gases in our atmosphere continued to increase. Governments are committed to […]
The effect of the North American west coast ‘heat domes’ have been a massive wake up call – watch video explanation. Human deaths because of the heat, more wildfires and host of other unwanted ‘records’ are accumulating. Climate scientists left questioning their estimate of the timing of climate change events. The BBC’s Ros Atkins presented […]
Mine remediation Mine waste project starts £6m https://www.gov.uk/government/news/work-starts-on-6m-river-clean-up-project & Innovation for use of Minewater to heat cities. The Environment Agency and Coal Authority has started work on Nent Haggs Mine Water Treatment Scheme to address a harmful legacy of the industrial revolution. The River Nent is the second most metal polluted river in England with […]
The measurements have been published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Guardian: ‘Our oceans broke heat records in 2018 and the consequences are catastrophic Rising temperatures can be charted back to the late 1950s, and the last five years were the five hottest on record Last year was the hottest ever measured, continuing an upward […]
Given the scale of ongoing issues with managing mine-water and its treatment this could provide a useful revenue stream. EU funding for £9.4m project to use mine-water to generate geothermal energy A multi-million-pound initiative at Caerau, near Maesteg, to generate green energy by using underground mine-water to warm homes has been awarded £6.5m EU funds, Welsh […]
Scottish Water Horizons has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that it, along with alliance partner SHARC Energy Systems, has been awarded grant support to facilitate the installation of heat from sewer systems at five locations across Scotland. Funding from the Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme (LCITP), managed through the Scottish Government, has been granted to […]
MPs on the Energy and Climate Change Committee have warned the Government that, on its current course, the UK will fail to achieve its 2020 renewable energy targets—to provide for 15% of its energy needs from renewable sources. The overall obligation includes three sub-targets: 30% in electricity, 12% in heat and 10% in transport. The […]