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Hunter Valley coal center to be replaced by Australia “Hydrogen Valley”.

Australia’s first “hydrogen valley” would be created in New South Wales and run entirely on renewable energy under a $2bn proposal supported by local and global energy companies.

Energy

Twenty firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste, report reveals

Twenty companies are responsible for producing more than half of all the single-use plastic waste in the world, fuelling the climate crisis and creating an environmental catastrophe, new research reveals.

Environment

A brilliant 100-year-old Nikola Tesla invention is just beginning to make sense.

The patent never received too much attention, but scientists think it could have modern uses. Eccentric scientist and inventor extraordinaire Nikola Tesla is known for developing the basis for AC electric power that, today, most of the planet uses.

Energy Technology Solutions

Antarctica is headed for a climate tipping point by 2060, with catastrophic melting if carbon emissions aren’t cut quickly.

While U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken draws attention to climate change in the Arctic at meetings with other national officials this week in Iceland, an even greater threat looms on the other side of the planet.

Climate

5 Ways the World Bank’s Climate Action Plan Could Go Further.

The recent 2021 World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund spring meetings took place during challenging times. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused loss of life and exacerbated global poverty and inequality, while draining governments resources.

Climate

‘Catastrophic’: Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese harbour.

Controversial deal with China would be ‘disastrous’ for fishing and protected rainforest, say opponents.

Environment

Rwandan, Zambian energy startups secure funding from impact investor

Rwanda’s Munyax Eco and Zambia’s WidEnergy have secured investment from female-focused fund Opens-LCEF, an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets.

Energy

Ed’s note: Is renewable energy breaking the electricity network?

A decade has passed since the inception of South Africa’s renowned renewable energy auction programme – the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).

Energy

UNCDF and KIT Form Partnership to Address Financial Needs of Migrant Households

(New York, New York USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

Climate Environment

Emissions trading system central to environment goals.

The Government of Kenya considers Green Finance and Co-operation as critical to Kenya’s full realisation of its development goals as set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Vision 2030, the Big 4 Agenda, the Paris Accord and the African Union Agenda 2063, among others.

Energy

UK plastics sent for recycling in Turkey dumped and burned, Greenpeace finds.

Turkey has become the latest destination for British plastic waste, which ends up dumped, burned or left to pollute the ocean, a Greenpeace investigation has found.

Environment

The Particular Psychology of Destroying a Planet.

What kind of thinking goes into engaging in planetary sabotage?

Energy Climate

EU presses ahead with tariff on embedded emissions.

The EU wants its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to increase carbon prices at home and drive climate ambition abroad.

Environment

Spanish aid volunteer abused online for hugging Senegalese migrant.

Luna Reyes targeted by far-right supporters after footage of gesture goes viral. The image captured the raw humanity of the moment: a Red Cross volunteer tenderly consoling a Senegalese man moments after he stepped foot in Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta.

Environment