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WGC2023 in Beijing, China highlights global geothermal growth and potential

ThinkGeoEnergy

The three-day WGC 2023 is attended by more than 1,400 guests from 54 countries and regions, hosting 88 forums and seminars in parallel with technology and equipment exhibition, which is joined by a record-setting number of companies. It is China’s first time hosting the international geothermal event of this kind.

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No, the Fukushima water release is not going to kill the Pacific Ocean

Envirotec Magazine

But the Japanese government, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and independent scientists have declared the planned release to be reasonable and safe. Contaminated water is produced daily by ongoing reactor cooling. One academic publication claimed the total global social welfare cost could exceed US$200 billion.

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What Jeremy Leggett did next: The British solar pioneer turning his hand to 'ethically profitable' rewilding

Business Green

deal that saw the Norwegian state-owned energy giant take control of the firm's 6GW project pipeline. In between all that, and various other advisory roles besides, the 68-year-old also managed to write five books on climate and energy. Highlands Rewilding - Leggett's "last climate campaign" as he calls it - was born. "I

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