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03 01 2021 | 08:59

Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen’s carbon footprint.

To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The goal is to electrify processes like heating homes and powering cars, and then generate the…

03 01 2021 | 08:58

50 MW PV plant ready to connect in Bangladesh.

A 50 MW PV project, located in northern central Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, has begun supplying electricity to the national grid. Full commercial operations for the plant are expected to begin…

03 01 2021 | 08:55

Biden must be our 'climate president'. He can start by ending pipeline projects

There is no way to mine fossil fuels without driving the planet past 1.5C of warming and putting Indigenous communities at risk. As we prepare to turn the page on 2020, and inaugurate Joe Biden as…

03 01 2021 | 08:54

EU Bans Exporting Unsorted Plastic Waste to Poorer Countries.

The European Union's executive branch on Tuesday announced new rules for plastic waste shipments—including a ban on some exports to poorer countries—that will take effect on January 1 as part of the…

03 01 2021 | 08:53

Greece gives go-ahead to 2.8 GW of wind, solar plans

The Greek government has given its nod to investment plans supporting the deployment of over 2.8 GW of wind and solar power capacity. The four projects call for a combined investment of EUR 2.02…

03 01 2021 | 08:52

Pollution is affecting the pandemic, not the other way around.

This material first appeared in The Climate Barometer, our weekly email newsletter covering climate and environmental issues.

03 01 2021 | 08:44

Boxing Day sets new record for wind power generation in Britain.

Storm Bella heralds first 24-hour period where turbines supply more than half of country’s electricity. Boxing Day saw yet another record broken for wind power generation in Britain. It was the…

03 01 2021 | 08:41

JPMorgan’s Lee Raymond Steps Down From Board After 33 Years.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Lee Raymond, the company’s longest-serving director, is resigning from the board.

03 01 2021 | 08:38

Establishing a solar module recycling system in India.

Ankit Kapasi and Kishore Ganesan from SOFIES India are working on Solar Waste Action Plan (SWAP) project in India, which is looking to investigate both the technical and economic feasibility of a PV…

03 01 2021 | 08:34

How a 'tree mortgage' scheme could turn an Indian town carbon neutral.

Kerala villagers are reaping the benefits of a scheme that pays them to leave their trees rooted, reducing risk of deforestation. In the misty, hilly terrain of Wayanad, in the southern Indian state…

03 01 2021 | 08:29

'It's as if we've learned nothing': alarm over Amazon road project.

Memories of Brazil’s dictatorship as plan threatens biodiverse home of three indigenous communities. Brazilian activists have voiced alarm over their government’s plans to bulldoze a 94-mile highway…

03 01 2021 | 08:27

Alastair Campbell: I couldn’t stop Brexit, but I could do my bit to save the planet.

I needed something to fight for after the People’s Vote campaign collapsed. So I unleashed my inner ecowarrior. Anyone who objects to my incessant posting of tree photos on social media can blame…

03 01 2021 | 08:26

Massachusetts city to post climate change warning stickers at gas stations.

Bright yellow stickers warn drivers burning of gasoline has ‘major consequences on human health and the environment’ Cambridge, Massachusetts, has become the first US city to mandate the placing of…

01 01 2021 | 14:39

Pollution killed nearly 1.7m people in India in 2019 – study.

Lancet report finds that toxic air caused rise in lung cancer, stroke and other diseases. Pollution accounted for nearly 1.7m premature deaths in India in 2019, or 18% of all deaths, according to a…

01 01 2021 | 14:29

This Year Was A Disaster For The Planet.

From record-breaking wildfires to devastating hurricanes, human-driven climate change keeps killing us. The climate is changing, its effects are deadly, and it’s getting worse every year.

01 01 2021 | 14:12

Here comes the Sun

Indian state of Maharashtra sets goal of adding 17GW of renewable energy capacity by 2025 The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has come out with a renewable energy policy that has set a target of…

01 01 2021 | 13:59

Weather disasters cost $150bn in 2020, revealing impact of climate change – report.

From Australian bushfires to Atlantic hurricanes, insurance damages were the highest annual total ever, says Christian Aid study. The world’s 10 costliest weather disasters of 2020 saw insured…

01 01 2021 | 13:51

Renewables picking up speed.

Renewable energy will supply 46.3% of Germany’s electricity this year—utility group Renewable sources met 46.3% of Germany’s power consumption in 2020, 3.8 percentage points more than in 2019,…

01 01 2021 | 11:41

Could Covid lockdown have helped save the planet?

Slowdown of human activity was too short to reverse years of destruction, but we saw a glimpse of post-fossil fuel world When lockdown began, climate scientists were horrified at the unfolding…

01 01 2021 | 11:36

2020 vision: A meeting of smoke and storms (NASA Earth Observatory)

No-one needs another litany of all the terrible things that happened this year, but there are three areas relevant to climate science that are worth thinking about: