British insurer Legal & General Group Plc became the largest-yet Exxon Mobil Corp. investor to support an activist campaign to overhaul the oil giant’s board and make its climate goals more…
Just two weeks after young environmental activists won a lawsuit over insufficient climate protection in Germany, an amended version of the country’s climate law has been passed, which could result…
Mizuho Financial Group Inc (8411.T), Japan’s third largest bank by assets, said on Thursday it would stop financing new thermal coal mining projects from June 1, as global investors and environmental…
Kevin Good is the president of a small solar power company in Kansas – a state that tends to be so sunny you’d think he’d have it made.
“I got into solar at maybe the worst point to do so in the…
This week’s decision by Australia’s Woodside Petroleum Ltd (WPL.AX) to pull out of a big Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) project was the latest blow to a sector that has been heralded for its…
The federal government should invest in clean energy industries of the future, not a stranded asset.
The Hunter has the answer to Australia’s energy debate, and it’s not a new gas plant at Kurri…
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is pushing the Group of Seven economies to impose mandatory reporting of environmental risks on their big companies, people familiar with the matter said…
ABU DHABI, 20th May, 2021 (WAM) -- The Biden Administration’s ambitious plans to scale up renewable energy in the U.S. will have a wider impact on the energy landscape in the Middle East, especially…
A solar boom is helping Poland take a big step towards weaning itself off coal as a new homegrown photovoltaic technology is poised to be a game-changer in harnessing the power of the sun.
Poland…
Firm settles over allegations claimants were shot, stabbed and beaten by guards at mine that produced one of Queen’s favourite gems.
The British mining company Petra Diamonds has agreed to pay £4.3m…
An insufficient supply of potable water in many countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa, has given rise to a new plastics economy driven by the increasing popularity of water sachets.
More than 30…
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…
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…
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…
Controversial deal with China would be ‘disastrous’ for fishing and protected rainforest, say opponents.
A $55m (£39m) deal struck by the government of Sierra Leone with China to build an industrial…
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,…
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.
Led by renewables…
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