Traffic pollution is putting our children at risk. We meet campaigners – many of them concerned mothers – fighting back.
In the winter you can taste and smell the pollution,” says Kylie ap Garth,…
We just got some massive news in the ongoing drive to switch to renewable energy: scientists have identified 530,000 sites worldwide suitable for pumped-hydro energy storage, capable of storing more…
Copenhagen, 3 April 2019 —With the urgency of climate action at an all-time high, global experts and leaders meeting in Copenhagen identified key immediate action areas to better serve both the world…
When we think about schools, we first come up with subjects such as math, science, reading, and writing. However, these subjects, while important to success, are not all that schools teach. Schools…
Lithium-ion storage battery costs have fallen 35% since the first half of 2018, making unsubsidized renewable energy with storage cost-competitive coal and gas to deliver reliable, “dispatchable”…
Saudi-based Almarai owns 15,000 acres of an irrigated valley – but what business does a foreign food production company have drawing resources from a US desert?
Four hours east of Los Angeles, in a…
Ukraine in the first quarter of 2019 commissioned 861.1 MW of renewable energy facilities, which is 5.4 times more than in the same period last year, and 16% more than in the whole 2018. These data…
Over the past year, several companies have outlined plans to build solar-and-storage systems around the world—from Australia to Arizona and to the heart of the Permian oil patch in West Texas.
The flamingo population of India’s largest city has tripled. Is it thanks to sewage boosting the blue-green algae they feed on?
There is an air of anxious excitement among the urban professionals…
Businesses should be liable for the harm they do. Polly Higgins has launched a push to make ecocide an international crime.
Why do we wait until someone has passed away before we honour them? I…
Study reveals extent of chytrid fungus and how devastating it has been for frog, toad and salamander species worldwide
A deadly disease that wiped out global populations of amphibians led to the…
Around 75% of coal production is more expensive than renewables, with industry out-competed on cost by 2025.
Around three-quarters of US coal production is now more expensive than solar and wind…
Study finds that places where people have never had the diseases could see bad outbreaks if they aren’t prepared.
Half a billion more people could be at risk from mosquito-transmitted diseases…
A solar-powered canoe, just the second of its kind, is scheduled for launch around April 20 in the village of Sharamentsa on the Pastaza River in the Ecuadorean Amazon.
The canoe is part of a…
The global installed capacity of renewable energy grew by nearly 8 per cent last year as clean energy sources grew to account for a third of all generation worldwide, according to new statistics from…