Democratic Bill Banning Toxic Pesticides Applauded as 'Much-Needed' Step to Protect Kids and Planet.
Democrats in the House and Senate on Tuesday introduced sweeping legislation that would ban some of the
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Wildfires Can Poison Drinking Water – Here’s How Communities Can Be Better Prepared.
In recent years wildfires have entered urban areas, causing breathtaking destruction.
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General Motors and EVgo Commit to Much Larger EV Fast Charger Network.
General Motors (GM) continues its push towards an all-electric, zero emissions future with theannouncement last Friday of the company’
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Your iPhone is a Demonstration of the Importance of Embodied Carbon.
It matters so much more than operating emissions. If we are truly going to get a handle on climate change and carbon emissions then we have to deal with
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WindEconomics: Renewables could assist economic post-pandemic recovery.
In June it was a little uncertain how the wind industry would be affected by the global pandemic, as its competitive position had been eroded by falling gas and oil prices.
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Sowing doubt: people around world receive mystery seed parcels.
Packages marked as ‘earrings’ spark biosecurity concerns and global investigations into origins. There is not much that Jan Goward does not grow in her small Eastbourne garden. “I grow everything,” she says. “I’ve got the exotics: the aubergines, the chillies …”
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New research links Asia's air pollution with heavy economic impacts, thousands of premature deaths.
BANGKOK: For Bangkok’s “Spiderman Team”, dangling on ropes and rappelling down the city’s tallest buildings is just one of the risky parts of their job.
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As the buying and selling of solar energy becomes reality, Singapore could gain further ground on solar target.
SINGAPORE: Imagine generating renewable energy via solar panels on your rooftop and being able to sell this energy to others.
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Investors launch climate plan to get to net zero emissions by 2050.
LONDON (Reuters) - An investor group managing more than $16 trillion (12.2 trillion pounds) on Wednesday launched the world’s first step-by-step plan to help pension funds and others align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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Europe Weighs Higher Targets For Renewable Energy in Green Deal.
Europe may lock-in raised targets for renewables and energy efficiency as part of its Green Deal strategy to zero-out greenhouse gases by the middle of the century.
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World's three hottest Julys happened in the last five years.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Last month was the world’s third-hottest July on record, new data show — the latest milestone in a global warming trend that has seen the three hottest Julys within the last five years.
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In tackling the global climate crisis, doom and optimism are both dangerous traps.
Overheated polemics won’t solve this emergency – and the apocalypse is a needlessly high bar for action.
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Extreme droughts in central Europe likely to increase sevenfold.
Researchers say moderate reductions in CO2 emissions could halve their likelihood.
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Warming climate may bring more West Nile outbreaks to Southern California.
As climate change heats up the weather in Southern California, coastal populations from San Diego to Santa Barbara may face an increased risk of contracting West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, suggests a new st
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2020 Hurricane Season Expected to Be Most Active Since 1980s
The 2020 hurricane season is now expected to be the most active since at least the early 1980s, meteorologists at Colorado State University, a standard bearer for seasonal hurricane predictions, announced Wednesday.
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This Is Inequity at the Boiling Point.
It was a record 125 degrees Fahrenheit in Baghdad in July, and 100 degrees above the Arctic Circle this June. Australia shattered its summer heat records as wildfires, fueled by prolonged drought, turned the sky fever red.
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Toxic Chemicals From Fossil Fuels Are Poisoning East Coast Dolphins and Whales, Study Finds.
A new study gives a first look at the presence and potential effects of plastics and new forms of synthetic
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Nautical not nice: how fibreglass boats have become a global pollution problem.
Fibreglass fuelled a boating boom. But now dumped and ageing craft are breaking up, releasing toxins and microplastics across the world.
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Digitalisation and Africa's renewable energy sector post-Covid.
Rapid progression in increasingly more affordable storage technologies has enabled renewable energy units to become progressively more reliable.
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China promotes grid price parity for renewable energy.
BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- China will strengthen the construction of projects that facilitate wind and photovoltaic power to connect to the grid with price parity, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Wednesday.
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