How to Keep Subways and Trains Cool in an Ever Hotter World
TfL, to its credit, has made many efforts over the years to try to deal with the problem of hot tunnels, including attaching cooling panels to tunnel walls. The panels, which circulate water to remove heat from the air, were deployed in a trial in 2022, though they are not currently in use. Paul argues […]
Climate conferences are dying. How to save the world now? – POLITICO
BAKU, Azerbaijan — As the red-eye flight from London made its final descent into Baku, the sunrise lit up the eastern sky, turning the Caspian Sea into a blaze of orange. Most of the passengers were heading to COP29, a two-week climate conference featuring almost 200 nations held in oil-rich Azerbaijan. The mood on the […]
How to rein in Russia’s shadow fleet – POLITICO
Last month delivered a frightening dose of reality: The tankers Hafnia Nile and Ceres I collided in Malaysian waters, resulting in blazes on both ships and a major hassle for the Malaysian authorities. The Hafnia Nile, sailing under the Singaporean flag, was operating legally, with some 300,000 barrels of naphtha on board. The Ceres I, […]