<![CDATA[Stories by Precious Awonge on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@preciousawonge?source=rss-13710321543c------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*gyMXgOVK_4a4wFCGhi8rOQ.jpeg Stories by Precious Awonge on Medium https://medium.com/@preciousawonge?source=rss-13710321543c------2 Medium Fri, 06 Nov 2026 04:25:05 GMT <![CDATA[On Super El Niño, and Why A People Believe Only What Burns Them]]>

Super El Niño has arrived. And what seemed distant, now arrives with heavy bags on the doorstep like an unwelcome visitor

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These rice mills ran on diesel generators. Until a study asked, what would happen if the mills burned their own waste husks instead?

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]]> https://medium.com/the-new-climate/forget-diesel-cant-factories-run-on-waste-biomass-5df1426b0170?source=rss-13710321543c------2 https://medium.com/p/5df1426b0170 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:31:02 GMT 2026-10-14T06:31:02.836Z <![CDATA[The Paper Bag Isn’t Innocent, and the Plastic Bag Isn’t Guilty]]>

Which is better for the environment, plastic or paper?

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The Strait of Hormuz, limiting overshoot, and the polycrisis knocking at Africa's door

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]]> https://medium.com/the-new-climate/how-the-current-energy-crisis-affects-us-all-0bc744b1157a?source=rss-13710321543c------2 https://medium.com/p/0bc744b1157a Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:01:01 GMT 2026-10-05T07:01:01.635Z <![CDATA[Why Nigeria’s Clean Energy Transition Isn’t Moving]]>

Photo by Opeyemi Adisa on Unsplash

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]]> https://medium.com/the-new-climate/why-nigerias-clean-energy-transition-isn-t-moving-3b165022d3a6?source=rss-13710321543c------2 https://medium.com/p/3b165022d3a6 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:58:31 GMT 2026-09-16T07:58:31.620Z <![CDATA[Elon Musk’s Orbital Data Centers Won’t Save Us From the Ones He’s Building on the Ground]]>

Before we celebrate solar power in space, we should ask about ‘negawatts’

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]]> https://medium.com/the-new-climate/elon-musks-orbital-data-centers-won-t-save-us-from-the-ones-he-s-building-on-the-ground-db5876cfc2ab?source=rss-13710321543c------2 https://medium.com/p/db5876cfc2ab Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:56:27 GMT 2026-09-09T12:57:24.997Z <![CDATA[Is Nuclear Energy The Future of Renewable Energy?]]>

When a comment said that nuclear is the more responsible renewable solution with a lower waste problem than wind or solar, I went digging.

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]]> https://medium.com/the-new-climate/is-nuclear-energy-the-future-of-renewable-energy-6a311fb5d54a?source=rss-13710321543c------2 https://medium.com/p/6a311fb5d54a Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:13:24 GMT 2026-09-09T12:58:24.731Z <![CDATA[The Cleanest Kilowatt-Hour Is the One That Was Never Used]]>

Introducing the ‘negawatt’, and how to separate efficiency from conservation.

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]]> https://medium.com/the-new-climate/the-cleanest-kilowatt-hour-is-the-one-that-was-never-used-d4d4e6a1c124?source=rss-13710321543c------2 https://medium.com/p/d4d4e6a1c124 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:23:25 GMT 2026-08-17T08:23:25.694Z <![CDATA[Clean Energy's Dirty Problem]]>

A mature climate movement should be capable of holding two ideas at once: that clean energy is the path forward, but it has problems

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]]> https://medium.com/the-new-climate/clean-energys-dirty-problem-4bf0728f0161?source=rss-13710321543c------2 https://medium.com/p/4bf0728f0161 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:18:52 GMT 2026-07-24T09:18:52.388Z <![CDATA[The Dirty Secret Behind The World’s Biggest Sporting Event]]>

The World Cup isn’t just a sporting tournament. It’s one of the largest logistical operations humanity voluntarily creates.

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