GWEC's Ben Backwell is calling on the world to declare a climate emergency, take fossil fuels off the grid and push renewables installations as he talks to Windpower Monthly.
The argument for…
NAIROBI - Kenya said on Saturday it had started aerial spraying in three counties in the country’s north to try to head off a locust invasion which has already caused extensive damage to farmland in…
Equinor has committed to slash greenhouse gas emissions in Norway.
Equinor has launched a new climate ambition to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its operated offshore fields and…
The Co-op has announced a new commitment to only use 100% recyclable packaging for its own brand products.
The Co-op has banned black plastic packaging from all its products and by the summer of…
Last week, a whistle rang out in a buzzing conference fairground on the edge of Madrid. Instantly, a swell of protesters rose up, determined to “bring in the streets and tear down the walls”, enraged…
NGO delegates at the UN's COP25 conference express their anger at the lack of progress by world governments to act on climate change. 'Stop taking up space with your false solutions and get out of…
Η ευρωπαϊκή πολιτική για τα απόβλητα και την κυκλική οικονομία έχει θέσει φιλόδοξους στόχους για την ανακύκλωση πλαστικών και τη χρήση ανακυκλωμένων πλαστικών υλών, με την Ελλάδα ωστόσο να επιδιώκει…
Morrison government criticised for planning to use accounting loophole to meet emissions target.
Disagreement over Australia’s plan to use an accounting loophole to meet its climate target will…
Tension over water scarcity is increasing across the globe. A new system flags up where this threatens to erupt into violence.
Researchers from six organisations have developed an early warning…
Every year, about 15 billion trees are cut down globally, and across Africa, deforestation rates has surpassed the global annual average of 0.8 percent.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. So Tanzania, where 80 percent of the population has no reliable access to electricity, is planning to import biomass as fuel from Ethiopia this year and…
During the latest midterm election cycle, the fossil fuel industry paid at least $359 million for federal campaign donations and lobbying.
Corporations, special interest groups, and individuals…
Nexeon – the UK company developing silicon materials for next generation Li-ion batteries – has reached the halfway stage in its £10million SUNRISE project, and has already produced silicon
battery…
In climate terms, 2019 was a calamitous year for the planet. Hurricanes, cyclones and flooding killed and displaced thousands across Asia, Europe and Africa and in both North and South America;…
A new ground-breaking hydrogen trial has begun in the UK.
A new pilot to inject zero carbon hydrogen into a gas network to heat homes and businesses is now fully operational. This is the first time…
The Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain has vowed to prioritise the environment in the March budget.
Sajid Javid has this week launched the beginning of the Budget process and announced…
The “State of the States”: How State and Local Action Drove Climate Action in 2019 – and What to Watch For in 2020
Part of NRDC's Year-End Series Reviewing 2019 Climate & Clean Energy…
With the Trump Administration trying to drive science out of environmental decision making and climate change out of environmental impact statements, it is easy to be pessimistic about our ability to…
A new year has already begun, and it won’t be long before we roll out our 2020 workshops starting from February. Last year, 500+ practitioners benefited from GORD’s training series and many qualified…