World’s first hydrogen double-decker buses introduced to curb London’s toxic air.
TfL announces world’s first hydrogen double decker buses that are being introduced to curb London’s toxic air. TfL has today ordered 20 hydrogen buses, which will produce no pollution from their exhausts, as part of its drive to make London’s transport zero-emission.
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UK power stations have enough stock-piled coal to last until 2025.
UK power stations now have enough stock-piled coal to last until 2025, figures reveal. Now, Communities Secretary James Brokenshire is being urged to rethink approving plans to build an opencast coal mine in Northumberland.
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Sir David Attenborough: "Plastic killing up to one million people a year". Read the report.
A new report has found that plastic pollution is having a detrimental effect on human health.
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Why ships of the future will run on electricity.
The ship floats peacefully in the deep blue water, surrounded by enormous cliffs and waterfalls. Here, in Norway's fjords the world seems to stand still. But the tranquility is just an illusion: The diesel engine starts, the cruise liner begins to move – and it’s loud.
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Climate change threatens to wreak havoc on the global economy.
It is becoming more and more apparent that the developing threat of climate change is not simply damaging the earth’s natural ecosystem, but is also harming the world economy.
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Humans are greening the planet, but the implications are complicated.
New study shows humans are influence the growth patterns of plants, but it’s not as simple as ‘greener is better’.
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Egypt awards contract for construction of US $739m water treatment plant.
The Egyptian government, through the country’s Armed Forces Engineering Authority has awarded Arab Contractors and Orascom C
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India plans 400 MW storage-linked renewable projects.
In order to provide a leg-up to the power storage industry — which is still in a nascent stage in the country — the government is coming up with 400 MW of renewable energy tenders for round-the-clock (RTC) electricity supply.
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Merkel sends first strong message for climate neutrality by 2050.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has indicated for the first time that Germany may join a European alliance to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050.
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The evolving role of gas storage in Europe.
Departing from its usual supply security role, gas storage is vying for a central position in Europe’s vision of a hybrid energy system combining renewable electricity and low-carbon gases like hydrogen. But getting there won’t be a smooth run and regulators are watching closely.
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Juncker insists 2030 climate target is EU’s top priority, not 2050 plan.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday (9 May) that the EU should “concentrate on immediate and urgent” climate policies for 2030 rather than a proposed 2050 target defended by eight EU countries to reach net-zero emissions.
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Ernst & Young: Υποχώρησε στην 30η θέση η Ελλάδα στο Δείκτη Ελκυστικότητας για επενδύσεις ΑΠΕ
China and the US have maintained the top two places, respectively, in the EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index, with France moving up two places into third on the back of developments in floating offshore wind and bigger onshore targets.
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Netherlands ready to start taxing air travel.
The Dutch government will introduce a €7 levy per air passenger in 2021 if the EU does not manage to set up a pan-European tax, as momentum builds behind calls to crack down on aviation’s environmental impact.
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A Major Coal Company Went Bust. Its Bankruptcy Filing Shows That It Was Funding Climate Change Denialism.
THE BANKRUPTCY OF one of the largest domestic coal producers in the country has revealed that the company maintains financial ties to many of the leading groups that have sowed doubt over the human causes of global warming.
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Lessons on a ‘just transition’ from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Moving to what is termed a just transition is not an overnight event. It requires careful planning, implementation, oversight and high-level political guarantees.
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Large Scale Companies Bet Big on the Future of Renewable Energy and Smart Energy Tech.
Large Scale Companies Bet Big on the Future of Renewable Energy and Smart Energy Tech
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Google teams up with Stella McCartney for new sustainable fashion initiative.
Google has teamed up with fashion designer Stella McCartney for a new sustainable fashion initiative. Google has announced the launch of an experiment in collaboration with innovation consultancy Current Global.
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Here’s why Zimbabwe faces worst power cuts in 3 years.
HARARA (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s state power utility imposed the worst rolling blackouts in three years on Monday, with households and industries including mines set to be without electricity for up to eight hours daily.
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Microsoft to set up a technology development centre in Kenya.
American technology giant Microsoft Corporation has unveiled plans to set up an African technology development centre in Kenya, Gaming Vice President Phil Spencer said on Monday.
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