Investing in energy and projects helped pave the way out of the Great Depression: it can now help build a greener world.

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal saw infrastructure and energy as a crucial part of getting the country back to work. The world currently faces four interconnected crises: public health, economic, energy and climate.

The important role of women in El Salvador’s geothermal industry.

With 30% of the staff at national geothermal company LaGeo being women, females play a crucial role in El Salvador's current geothermal operations and further development, so a blog post by the World Bank earlier this year.

Another 11 solar mini-grids for Mozambique.

The public body responsible for expanding access to electricity is seeking consultants to prepare a tender for rural PV mini-grids.

FORBES: In A Post-Pandemic World, Renewable Energy Is The Only Way Forward.

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Looming Coal and Nuclear Plant Closures Put ‘Just Transition’ Concept to the Test.

In Europe, the fate of displaced power plant workers is increasingly a matter of national concern. So far, things look very different in the U.S.

Greta Thunberg and children's group hit back at attempt to throw out climate case.

Brazil, France and Germany say UN can’t hear complaint against five countries of flouting child rights to clean air

In a Victory for Women in Sudan, Female Genital Mutilation Is Outlawed.

A new law criminalizes genital cutting, a harmful practice that nine in 10 Sudanese women are said to have endured. But some warned laws alone cannot eliminate the practice.

Vattenfall secures new deal to provide low carbon heating to London homes.

Vattenfall Heat UK has secured the right to capture heat from Cory Riverside Energy’s energy from waste facility at Belvedere, developing a heat network that could supply local households.

We created the Anthropocene, and the Anthropocene is biting back.

It’s clear from a recent litany of disasters – from the coronavirus pandemic to America’s deadliest wildfire in a century – there are forces that cannot be domesticated

Gas stoves making indoor air up to five times dirtier than outdoor air, report finds.

Gas stoves are making people sick, contributing pollution that makes indoor air up to two to five times dirtier than outdoor air, according to a new report.

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One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years – study.

Human cost of climate crisis will hit harder and sooner than previously believed, research reveals.

Forest fire season is coming. How can we stop the Amazon burning?

We found the first fire without looking, crackling and roaring on farmland beside the busy Amazon highway, the flames consuming a road sign with its name – BR-163 – lying in the grass.

Why Nigeria needs to manage electronic waste better.

In most of Nigeria’s cities, there are visible piles of refuse that have built up on roads, river banks and swampy land. These waste dumps smell bad and are breeding grounds for germs that cause diseases.

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Mideast Petro-States Look Past Oil Rout to Chase Solar Power.

Some of the Middle East’s biggest oil producers are pushing into solar energy even amid the rout in crude prices.

Financiers join EU ‘green recovery alliance’.

More than 50 CEOs from the banking and insurance sector – including household names such as BNP Paribas, AXA, Allianz, and Santander – have joined the “green recovery alliance” in the European Parliament.

EU weighs options for gas grid in zero carbon world.

The European Commission is considering three options for future investments in gas infrastructure as Europe moves towards “climate neutrality” by 2050, according to a leaked memo seen by EURACTIV.

Power grid operators launch blockchain for home and car batteries.

European electricity grid operators TenneT, Swissgrid and Terna have launched a cross-border blockchain platform, saying it will help stabilise the grid while allowing households to earn “a few hundred euros per year” from their home and car batteries.

‘Postcard from the future’: Virus and solar cause record fall in CO2.

Business interruption during the coronavirus crisis has caused a 14% fall in demand for electricity in Europe over the past month. Combined with record solar output, this has caused a 39% drop in related CO2 emissions, according to a new analysis.