Adidas reveals new 100% recyclable footwear.
Adidas has launched a new 100 per cent recyclable shoe aimed at unlocking a circular future for the sports industry.
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UK breaks coal-free power record over bank holiday weekend.
The UK has broken a coal-free record over the bank holiday weekend. The National Grid has revealed that the UK had a coal free weekend over Easter, breaking the previous record which was set in April 2018.
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Kenya signs US $65m deal for construction of Menengai III geothermal power plant.
Kenya’s independent power producer (IPP) Sosian Energy has signed a deal worth US $65m with Chinese company Kaishan Renewable Energy Development, a subsidiary of Zhejiang Kaishan Compressor, build the Menengai II
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Researchers Create ‘First-of-its-Kind’ Roadmap for Saving Earth From Climate Change Years Before 2050 Deadline.
A Finnish university has published a comprehensive global road map on how the world can reduce its carbon emissions before the 2050 deadline – and the research says that it is quite feasible.
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Greta Thunberg tells UK leaders ‘You did not act in time’.
Greta Thunberg visited Parliament today to meet with British MPs to discuss the climate crisis.
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Latin America & Caribbean and Asia-Pacific Climate Weeks Announced.
UN Climate Change News, 23 April, Bonn – Dates and locations for two major events on the 2019 international climate change calendar have been confirmed today: Latin America & Caribbean Climate Week will take place from 19 to 23 August in Salvador, Brazil; while Asia-Pacific C
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Banking on renewable energy - and the future.
Singapore banks OCBC and DBS's new coal ban is an Asian game changer.
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Lower Prices For Renewables Mean Fewer Coal-Powered Generating Stations In China.
China has a moratorium on building new coal-fired generating stations in ten regions of that vast country because they have more electricity available than there is demand for it.
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Earth Day 2019 — reasons for optimism through renewable energy, electric cars, and more.
We know our planet is in deep trouble — but that’s not what this particular Earth Day post is about. This is about what we can do to improve our state of affairs, and the technologies and initiatives that can help us along the way.
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Climate change is at the heart of the Future of Europe.
EU leaders must prioritise climate action to combat dangerous climate change when they gather in Sibiu for the ‘Future of Europe’ summit on 9 May, write the plaintiffs of the People’s Climate Case, who are taking the EU institutions to court to protect their fundamental rights and to prevent dang
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‘Renewables could supply almost 80% of heating and cooling by 2050’.
Reaching the EU’s target of increasing renewable heating and cooling by 1.3% each year will require a diverse array of solutions, says the European Commission’s Hans van Steen.
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British football clubs want to lead the way in reducing single-use plastics.
Football can bring joy or frustration to supporters… but also a lot of waste. UK football teams have decided to introduce reusable cups in stadiums, as part of a joint initiative by the Premier League and British TV channel Sky News.
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Climate change will be key issue in EU elections, poll shows.
As many as 77% of potential voters identify global warming as an important criterion when deciding who to vote for at the May European elections, according to an opinion poll published on Tuesday (16 April).
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Solar CEO: ‘Heating electrification is one of the biggest mistakes of the energy transition’.
Wind and solar photovoltaic are way too small to cope with Europe’s massive demand for heating, especially in winter, says Christian Holter, who calls for allocating scarce renewable energy resources to economic sectors where they can bring the most in terms of carbon reduction.
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Millions of jobs up for grabs in Africa, in renewable energy transition.
Johannesburg, 9 April 2019 – At least 4.7 million jobs will be created by 2050 across energy sectors in Africa through a shift to renewable energy according to a new report released by Greenpeace today.
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How China is Looking to Create The Next Green Wave.
China was nearly ten years late to the global green bond party, but when the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide did show up it certainly made an entrance.
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Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks wiped out.
Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which they were being raised was destroyed in severe weather. The catastrophe occurred in 2016 in Antarctica's Weddell Sea.
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The Next Frontier In Energy Storage.
A materials science lab at Rice University has developed a relatively green lithium ion battery recycling process that allows for the retention and subsequent reuse of valuable component elements such as cobalt.
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Nevada Grid Works Smoothly with 50% Renewables.
Nevada’s grid would work smoothly and reliably while delivering 50 percent of the state’s electricity from clean, renewable energy sources like solar, geothermal, and wind according to an analysis conducted by the respected consultancy ICF.
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