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16 07 2020 | 08:58

Bankrupt Fracking Companies Are Harming the Climate and Taxpayers.

Fracking companies are going bankrupt at a rapid pace, often with taxpayer-funded bonuses for executives, leaving harm for communities, taxpayers, and workers, the New York Time reports.

16 07 2020 | 08:57

Renewables associations issue statement on the green recovery.

The world’s leading renewable associations today issue a joint statement setting out policy priorities for a green recovery involving accelerated clean energy deployment. Under the banner of the…

16 07 2020 | 08:42

Joe Biden unveils aggressive $2tn climate and jobs plan.

Proposal outlines $2tn for clean energy infrastructure and climate solutions, to be spent as quickly as possible in next four years. Joe Biden has unveiled a new, more aggressive climate and jobs…

16 07 2020 | 08:30

Offshore wind energy investment quadruples despite Covid-19 slump.

Investors give greenlight to $35bn worth of projects worldwide in first half of 2020. Global offshore wind investment more than quadrupled in the first half of the year even as the coronavirus…

16 07 2020 | 08:22

U.S. Offshore Wind Power Blown on Course.

Investment in U.S. offshore wind projects are set to hit $78 billion (€69 billion) this decade, in contrast with an estimated $82 billion for U.S. offshore oil and gasoline projects, Wood Mackenzie…

16 07 2020 | 08:17

WMO sees ‘enormous challenge’ to hit Paris targets as 1.5°c warming looms.

There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five years, and a 70% chance that at least one month will exceed that…

13 07 2020 | 17:00

Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns.

As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns

12 07 2020 | 09:10

MEPs ban nuclear from green transition fund, leave loophole for gas.

The European Union is split over which fuels deserve support from the bloc’s flagship green transition fund, after lawmakers on Monday (6 July) called for rules that could allow the money to be spent…

12 07 2020 | 09:09

LEAK: ‘Efficiency first’ is top priority of draft EU energy strategy.

Efficiency must be at the core of Europe’s energy policy, the European Commission says in a draft policy document outlining its vision of a more agile, low-carbon energy system powered chiefly by…

12 07 2020 | 08:54

OLADE and IRENA Put Renewables at Heart of Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Accelerating renewables could bring 3 million jobs to Latin America as region battles COVID-19.

12 07 2020 | 08:53

US push to ease global energy controls as it hands fossil fuels $3bn.

Trump’s energy secretary Dan Brouillette promotes ‘all fuels’ free-market strategy at climate and sustainability summit. The US has argued for less regulation of the world’s energy systems, speaking…

12 07 2020 | 08:47

Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive agreement opens way for battery trains across Britain.

Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive Innovation have signed an exclusive agreement to develop batteries to power zero-emission trains and create a battery hub in the Northeast. Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive…

12 07 2020 | 08:38

Renewables offer coal-dependent European countries a low-cost transition option

With the energy transition in Europe at a significant crossroads and the European Union looking to increase its climate ambitions to a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the…

12 07 2020 | 08:37

Australian banks 'undermining Paris agreement' with $7bn in fossil fuel loans.

Exclusive: Australia’s big four banks have loaned $7bn to 33 new or expansionary fossil fuel projects between 2016 and 2019, analysis finds Since the Paris agreement was signed, Australia’s big four…

12 07 2020 | 08:35

EU Energy System Integration and Hydrogen Strategies: no climate neutrality without renewables-based electrification.

With today’s presentation of the EU Energy System Integration Strategy and the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the EU sets course for a greener future by promoting direct electrification across the whole…

12 07 2020 | 08:35

Siberian temperatures hit June record, fires spread.

Temperatures in Arctic Siberia soared to a record average for June amid a heat wave that is stoking some of the worst wildfires the region has ever known, fresh EU data showed on Tuesday (7 July).…

12 07 2020 | 08:29

German transmission operator 50Hertz begins planning for 100% renewable energy grid.

German transmission system operator 50Hertz has launched an economic and climate initiative aiming to draw 100 per cent of the electricity delivered from renewable sources by 2032. 50Hertz supplies…

12 07 2020 | 08:28

VW to ditch petrol and diesel cars manufacturing at key factory.

Volkswagen is set to remove production lines for all internal combustion engine vehicles from one of its key factories this year, replacing them with electric vehicle production capacity.EURACTIV’s…

12 07 2020 | 08:22

No business need at all now for a Chinese nuclear plant in the UK.

Halting Huawei hurts 5G rollout and Sino-British ties, but stopping a Chinese nuclear power plant in Essex has virtually no fallout. Get ready for the “new Huawei” is the word from Westminster,…

12 07 2020 | 08:21

Protecting 30% of planet could bolster economy, study says.

Scientists claim widespread conservation can bring rewards if right policies are followed. Nearly a third of the world’s oceans and land area could be placed under environmental protections without…