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According to latest report by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, the collapse occurred at 10:51am on, the 26th of September, 2022

TVC News Nigeria

Nigeria Electricity Grid Collapses Again

Power outages can strand electric car owners on the road or leave home owners without power for days. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports for TODAY on how new innovation can help electric cars power homes during an outage.

today

Hurricane Ian Puts Electric Vehicles To The Test Amid Power Outages

On Mongolia’s coal highway to the Chinese border, truck driver Maikhuu dreams of a better life and financial security for her three children. However, the road from the mines to China is riddled with accidents, toxic pollution, poor hygiene and now,  amid the Covid crisis, drivers face days of quarantine on the border. Trapped in a hazardous industry, Maikhuu's journey reflects the human and environmental costs of Mongolia’s mining boom



The Guardian

Lady of the Gobi: trucking coal across the desert to China

‘Some fatalities’ and widespread power outages reported

Politico

Ian batters Florida: ‘Some fatalities’ and widespread power outages reported

World Bank president not considering resigning after climate change comments

The Amazon Rainforest’s biodiversity impacts weather patterns, crop growth and carbon levels around the world. However, gold mining in the area is having a devastating ecological effect. In an NBC News Investigation, Cynthia McFadden travels to Peru to report on the issue.

NBC News

Amazon Rainforest severely impacted by gold mining

U.S. poet Amanda Gorman opened the 2022 U.N. General Assembly week with a poem about the planet: "Though this fight we did not choose for preserving the earth, isn't a battle too big to win, but a blessing too large to lose."

CBS News

U.S. poet Amanda Gorman opens 2022 U.N. General Assembly week

Nuclear power is one of the safest, cleanest forms of energy -- yet to most people, it might not feel that way. Why is that? Isabelle Boemeke, the world's first nuclear energy influencer and creator of the social media persona Isodope, deftly debunks the major objections to nuclear power and explains her unconventional way of educating people about this clean energy source.

Nuclear Power Is Our Best Hope to Ditch Fossil Fuels

When it comes to climate change, transport is one of the most important factors we need to consider.

Euronews

Why tech companies are wrong to think electric cars are a solution to climate change

The world needs clean power, but decarbonization calls for a massive increase in the mining and extraction of minerals like lithium, graphite and cobalt. Environmental peacemaking expert Olivia Lazard sheds light on the scramble for these precious mineral resources -- and how the countries that control their supply chains (including China and Russia) could find themselves at the center of the new global stage.

The Blind Spots of the Green Energy Transition

Residents are already being urged to cut their power use during those hours due to a previously declared Flex Alert, but Cal-ISO is calling on people to step up their conservation efforts further to avoid rolling blackouts.

Energy Emergency Alert 1 issued from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday to conserve state power grid

France plans to restart the nation’s entire nuclear fleet by early next year. One of the largest producers of nuclear power in the world, state-owned EDF is trying to avoid disruption to its energy supply over the winter at all costs. 

 France's EDF plans to restart nation’s entire nuclear fleet by early next year

ABC News’ Tom Soufi Burridge has the latest from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, after U.N. officials inspecting the nuclear plant were caught in the crossfire between Ukrainian and Russian forces.

ABC News

UN officials inspect nuclear power plant in Ukraine as fighting intensifies

Hydrogen is number one on the periodic table, but it’s still a straggler in the renewable energy race. Like many other renewable technologies, hydrogen has dominated headlines for years now, but inefficiencies in the production and storage of green hydrogen hold it back. There’s a lot of pieces to the hydrogen puzzle and one of those pieces, a hydrogen electrolyzer, has had some recent breakthroughs that may help with producing green hydrogen. Is green hydrogen within reach? Let’s see if we can come to a decision on this.

Undecided with Matt Ferrell

Why this Hydrogen Breakthrough Matters

As the world searches for a way to avoid climate catastrophe, dozens of fusion startups are putting billions of dollars into the risky quest for unlimited clean power.

Bloomberg Quicktale: Originals

Why Private Billions Are Flowing Into Fusion

Freyr CEO Tom Jensen joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the company's growth in the U.S. and Europe, how the Inflation Reduction Act will accelerate clean energy technology, and the outlook for battery development and manufacturing.

Yahoo Finance

Clean energy: Demand for batteries ‘is quite strong,’ Freyr CEO says

John Oliver explains what carbon offsets are, what they claim to do, how they might be making climate change even worse, and, of course, how Oscar Isaac is getting hotter. 

Carbon Offsets Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 

ABC News’ national security and defense analyst Mick Mulroy discusses the growing fears of a nuclear disaster as Russian strikes are inching closer to a major Ukrainian nuclear power plant.

Russian strikes near Ukraine nuclear plant cause fears of disaster

President Biden's signing of the Inflation Reduction Act is changing the landscape for Americans interested in buying an electric vehicle. The law replaces a previous tax break for EVs with a new set of credits, although that depends on where a car is assembled.

These electric vehicles qualify for tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act

Formula E became the first sport series to have a net zero carbon footprint. We spoke with CEO Jamie Reigle about how they are mapping out the road for sustainability in sports. 


Bloomberg

Formula E Driving Change in Motorsport

Europe is battling an energy crisis as Russia reduces its gas supply. A decade ago, Japan faced a similar conundrum. Here's what Europe could learn from Japan.

World Economic Forum

Lessons From Japan On How To Handle An Energy Crisis

Malcolm Davis, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, gives his assessment of the risk posed to the nuclear power plant that is located in Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia,

Analyst assesses risk at Ukrainian nuclear power plant

The northern and central parts of the Great Barrier Reef have more coral than any time in the past 36 years.

Great Barrier Reef Sees Record Coral Cover In Some Parts

On a multi-country tour of Africa this week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been making the case that the U.S. can be a quote "equal partner" with African nations. In that vein, he recently announced a new partnership between the U.S. and the Democratic Republic of Congo in an effort to protect some of that nation's natural treasures. William Brangham reports.



PBS News Hour

Rainforests in the Congo Basin are under threat as the DRC opens land to oil, gas drilling

The Amazon absorbs huge amount of CO2 and helps to cool the world, but recent studies have shown the rainforest is approaching a tipping point, with profound implications for the global climate and biodiversity. The section in Brazil, which has suffered the most deforestation since 2006, is already producing more carbon than it absorbs, and there are worrying signs that the rest of the forest is not far behind. 

How Brazil's Amazon started heating the planet

A heat wave is scorching parts of Europe, but that hasn’t stopped the continent from burning more coal as Russia’s war in Ukraine disrupts fossil fuel resources. 

Europe's Heat Wave Putting Pressure on Power Grid

The echo of artillery shells thundering in the distance mingles with the din of people gathered around Sloviansk's public water pumps, piercing the uneasy quiet that smothers the nearly deserted streets of this eastern Ukrainian city.


Water crisis looms for Ukrainian city of Sloviansk

Warmer weather is harming production of wasabi and catches of skipjack tuna.

The Impact Of Climate Change On Sushi In Japan

Electric vehicles have the potential to be better for the environment but the supply chain needs to work in a responsible way. Mapping the journey of the raw materials allows the environmental impact of electric cars to go on record.


Are electric cars being made sustainably?

From quick fixes to long term planning, here are 3 things cool countries can learn about living with rising temperatures.

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