Ahead of COP31, Brazil offers a global fossil fuel exit plan
A new agreement on fossil fuels is unlikely at the two-week COP31 conference, which begins on Monday in Turkish Mediterranean resort Antalya.
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Türkiye Showcases Renewables Surge, but Leaves Coal Intact
On a windy hillside about an hour's drive northwest of Istanbul, the Catalca power plant was one of Türkiye's first large-scale wind farms and has been feeding electricity into the grid for 18 years. With an installed capacity of 93 megawatts, it generates 287 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, enough for around 115,000 households, said AFP. "By replacing electricity that would otherwise come from fossil fuel-fired power plants, this output avoids 185,936 tons of carbon emissions each year," operator Sanko Enerji says.
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NASA's Swift space telescope plunges back to Earth in fiery demise
NASA's Swift orbital observatory fell back to Earth after running its mission for more than two decades. A rescue attempt to raise its sinking orbit had earlier failed.