IRENA: Solar, wind power costs defy inflation with massive price drop
The cost of electricity from onshore wind fell by 15% in 2021, compared to 13% for offshore wind and 13% for photovoltaics, IRENA said
Birol (IEA): World is in middle of first global energy crisis
Fatih Birol said at the Sydney Energy Summit that the world has never witnessed an energy crisis of such great depth and complexity
Jadar Declaration unites activists in global resistance against lithium mining
The Jadar Declaration opens the way for an international solidarity network for environmental protection and against lithium mining
Earth Overshoot Day – resource consumption in Balkans is above global average
The Earth Overshoot Day for 2022, the date when humanity spends all the planet's renewable resources for one year, lands on July 28
Plastic Bag Free Day, Plastic Free July – not all responsibility is on consumers
Recent studies revealed that microplastic pollution is taking on new forms and shapes that threaten human health
Record 21.1 GW of new offshore wind capacity deployed in 2021 – GWEC report
By the end of this decade, 260 GW of new offshore wind is forecast to be added globally, with total capacity reaching 316 GW
G7 reverses climate policy with support for LNG, gas, nuclear power
The G7 reaffirmed its commitment to climate goals, but it backed the deployment of gas, particularly LNG, and of nuclear power
NASA sets out to develop nuclear power plant on the Moon
Success in building such power systems would pave the way for long-term missions on the Moon and Mars, NASA said
