1.7 million people have signed a petition in favor of suing France over climate-change inaction
More than 1.7 million people have signed a petition in favor of suing the French government, accusing it of inaction on climate change.
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ABB champions climate-saving technologies at COP24
Technology holds the key to running the world without consuming the earth.
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What 'South Park' got right about climate change
The show dug deeper into the changing climate's origins and hard truths than most news reports.
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A major U.S. utility company just pledged to go carbon-free for the first time in American history
For the first time in American history, a major utility company declared to dive fully into clean energy. Xcel Energy, a major utility company based out of Minneapolis, just pledged to go completely carbon-free.
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Amazon rainforest deforestation 'worst in 10 years', says Brazil
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has hit its highest rate in a decade, according to official data. About 7,900 sq km (3,050 sq miles) of the world's largest rainforest was destroyed between August 2017 and July 2018 - an area roughly five times the size of London.
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California Moves to Replace Gas Plants With Battery Storage
PG&E Corp. plans to replace three natural gas-fired power plants in California with battery-storage systems as the state continues its push to squeeze fossil fuels out of the electricity mix.
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'Miss Environment': The 11-year-old girl 'saving Lagos'
Misimi Isimi, aka "Miss Environment", is an 11-year-old environmentalist determined to clean up pollution in Nigeria. She says she loves teaching other children about environmental issues.
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The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard?
HANOI, Vietnam — Coal, the fuel that powered the industrial age, has led the planet to the brink of catastrophic climate change.
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Samsung, IKEA get behind Korea’s ‘Right to Renewable Energy Initiative’
Seoul, Korea – 12 corporations, including Samsung Electronics, IKEA Korea and AB InBev, have publicly shown their support for the Right to Renewable Energy Initiative which launched today at the Korean National Assembly. [1]
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Solar is saving the University of Virginia $1 million per year
The University of Virginia says it’s leading in higher education when it comes to sustainability. The school’s efforts to go green have resulted in nearly a million dollars saved in utilities per year.
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EU unlocks €800 million for African investment vehicle
The EU’s much vaunted private investment vehicle in Africa has moved a step closer to becoming reality after €800 million was unlocked to leverage multi-billion euro investments on the continent.
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Immediate fossil fuel phaseout could arrest climate change – study
Climate change could be kept in check if a phaseout of all fossil fuel infrastructure were to begin immediately, according to research.
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UK revealed as EU champion of fossil fuel subsidies
The United Kingdom spends the most in the EU on subsidising fossil fuels, according to a new report by the European Commission, which also found that EU-wide payments have failed to decrease despite the bloc’s commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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Siemens Gamesa Launches 10 MW Offshore Wind Turbine
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy said Wednesday that it has launched an offshore wind turbine with the capacity to generate more than 10 megawatts of
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With climate change, life in the Gulf could become impossible
In the second half of the century, most of the territory bordering the Gulf, Red Sea and Arabian Sea could experience “wet bulb temperatures” making outdoor activities practically impossible, writes Jonathan Gornall, warning this could create social upheaval on the grandest of scales.
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