Offshore fixed-in-place wind farms are not new, but they are providing renewable power in many locations around the world. But there’s a limit to the water depth — and thus distance offshore — that…
As world powers and polluters end a two-day climate summit with heavy promises to prevent the global warming crisis from spiraling -- are declarations enough and what are the current flaws in Europe'…
Global economies forecast to pour stimulus money into fossil fuels as part of Covid recovery
Carbon dioxide emissions are forecast to jump this year by the second biggest annual rise in history, as…
Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that globally 2020 was on par with the warmest year ever recorded, marking the end of the warmest decade on record, while CO2 …
The hysteria about urban density that arrived with the coronavirus is—like the pandemic itself—already easing. Regardless of how quickly or slowly urbanites return to their cramped apartments,…
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Europe and China are leading the installation of new pumped storage capacity – fuelled by the motion of water.
Batteries are now being built at grid-scale in countries including the US, Australia…
Climate group is calling on insurers to stop giving cover to fossil fuel projects.
Climate activists have dumped fake coal outside the headquarters of a major insurance market in London to protest…
UNEP-FI has brought together 43 of the world’s leading banks to form the UN-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance.
The newest net-zero alliance, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) brings together an…
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My Octopus Teacher, the heartwarming story about a man's friendship with a common octopus, took home the Oscar for best documentary feature Sunday night.
The movie brought international attention to…
A joint venture in Japan has scrapped plans for a coal-fired power plant, leaving the country with no new construction on the horizon as companies drop the dirty fuel amid tighter emissions rules and…
The consortium behind Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. pulled out of the planned 660-megawatt coal-fired facility in Zambales province.
RP Energy is a joint venture among Meralco PowerGen Corp., a unit…
Company’s shareholder wealth destruction is extreme and ongoing
Whitehaven Coal has long set its strategic direction on the implicit assumption that the world would fail to deliver on the Paris…
The French energy firm Total SE announced yesterday that it has halted all operations on its $20 billion investment in a liquefied natural gas project in northern Mozambique as a result of the…
Concerns around energy independence and high costs have led many places in rural Alaska to look for renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. The Department of Energy recently announced the awardees of…
New research undermines compensation claims for coal phaseout.
Coal assets held by RWE and Uniper in the Netherlands are already economically unviable and have largely been written-down, according…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is approving €340 million for water and renewable energy in Africa. The loans are for the construction of sustainable infrastructure in Mali, Chad, Guinea, Malawi…
Colorado lawmakers, following lead of other major funds, seek to drop coal, oil and gas stocks
A Colorado bill that would require the state’s employee retirement fund to drop investments in fossil…