Environmental Advocates Call for Ban on SUV Ads.
To meet its climate targets, the UK should ban advertisements for gas-guzzling SUVs, according to a report from a British think tank that wants to make SUVs the new smoking, as the
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Physicists: 90% Chance of Human Society Collapsing Within Decades.
Deforestation coupled with the rampant destruction of natural resources will soon have devastating effects on the future of society as we know it, according to two theoretical physicists who study complex systems and have concluded that gre
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Meet the Woman Making Bamboo Bikes in Ghana.
Bernice Dapaah calls bamboo "a miracle plant," because it grows so fast and absorbs carbon. But it can also work wonders for children's education and women's employment – as she's discovered.
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Throng of new penguin colonies in Antarctica spotted from space.
Satellite images reveal guano patches, boosting known emperor penguin colonies by 20%.
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Flooding could occur daily in Sydney by the end of this century because of climate change.
Human-caused sea level rise likely caused eight out of 10 floods in the region between 1970 and 2015, a study finds.
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Climate explained: could electric car batteries feed power back into the grid?
Why can’t I use the battery from my electric car to export solar power to the grid when I don’t need it?
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BP enjoys share bounce after unveiling plans to shift away from fossil fuels.
Despite reporting one of its worst quarterly results on record BP shares closed up 6.5%.
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Letter from economists: to rebuild our world, we must end the carbon economy.
The carbon economy amplifies racial, social and economic inequities, creating a system that is fundamentally incompatible with a stable future.
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Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases – study.
Poorer, hotter parts of the world will struggle to adapt to unbearable conditions, research finds.
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Mothballing of Petra Nova carbon capture project shows likely fate of other coal-fired CCS initiatives.
Red flags for investors - risks for Enchant Energy’s initiative in New Mexico and Project Tundra in North Dakota. August 3, 2020 (IEEFA) — A
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Total rooftop solar installations in Australia topped 2.5 million mark in July—Sunwiz.
Australia’s rooftop solar market has defied the disruption caused by Covid-19, setting new installation records in the month of July, and pushing Australia past 2.5 million total rooftop solar installs.
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South Africa’s coal-dependent state utility seeking bids for first battery storage project.
South Africa’s state-owned power utility, which relies on coal to generate most of the nation’s electricity, issued a request for bids to build its first battery-energy storage system, according to a tender document seen by Bloomberg.
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Greece awards contracts for 472MW of new wind power, including a new record-low bid.
Wind power prices continued to fall as Greece in its latest onshore auction awarded contracts for more than 472MW of projects with combined average levelised cost of energy of €55.67/MWh ($65.37/MWh).
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Kenya: As wildebeest migrate, COVID-19 keeps tourists at bay.
In Kenya's Maasai Mara game reserve, livelihoods are suffering as coronavirus guts tourism. Maasai Mara, Kenya - You have to wake up at dawn to catch the sun rising while having breakfast in the wild at the Maasai Mara game reserve in southwest Kenya.
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BP Aims to Build 50GW of Renewables by 2030, Cut Fossil Fuel Output by 40%.
The oil supermajor lays out further details on its path toward net-zero, keeping ahead of its fossil fuel rivals in its energy transition ambitions.
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Pandemic takes toll on funding for low-carbon innovation.
“Recovery plans rooted in the energy transition represent a far-sighted investment.” So claims Irena, the International Renewable Energy Agency.
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Deadly diseases from wildlife thrive when nature is destroyed, study finds.
Rats and bats that host pandemic pathogens like Covid-19 increase in damaged ecosystems, analysis shows.
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China poised to power huge growth in global offshore wind energy.
Report finds the offshore industry could create 900,000 jobs globally over next decade.
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What can you do to fight the climate crisis?
Individual acts alone won’t stop the climate crisis, but there are things we can do. We asked experts what they do in their daily lives to make a difference.
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How Australia Plans to Recycle its Way to Recovery After COVID-19.
The Australian government has announced a A$190 million (US$130 million)investment in the nation's first Recycling Modernization Fund, with the aim of transforming the coun
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