Chief economist tells committee that coronavirus recovery is an opportunity to create jobs and greener planet
The British government should prioritise spending on green projects to create jobs and…
Samples from illegal refineries in Niger delta found to be of a higher quality than imported petrol in new analysis.
Black market fuel made from stolen oil in rudimentary “bush” refineries hidden…
The Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) latest auction saw a record low bid of ₹2.36 (~$0.0313)/kWh.
The auction was conducted for 2 GW of the interstate transmission system (ISTS) connected…
Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN)The shooting of two Zimbabwean workers by a Chinese boss shows the "systematic and widespread" abuse that locals face in Chinese mining operations, says the Zimbabwe…
The major asset swap between RWE and Eon has completed, with RWE Renewables now taking on Innogy’s operations to make the new company one of the largest renewables players.
The closing of the deal…
Badru Kyewalyanga’s home-produced cooking devices use less wood and mean villagers are breathing cleaner air.
People are “constantly cutting down trees”, says Badru Kyewalyanga, as he squelches his…
Market design failures and poorly conceived incentives burden consumers with high power prices and unstable supply.
Southeast Asia is young. Its median age is under 30, and its demand for energy has…
With restaurants closed and less food discarded on UK streets, rats have had to find new places to feed. Luckily for them, people are eating more in their houses, flats and gardens …
Lockdown has…
Extreme weather has contributed to the vast blazes – with the pandemic complicating the emergency response
For residents of Tucson in southern Arizona, the Santa Catalina Mountains in the Coronado…
US, Russia are among many G20 nations helping coal, oil and gas more than clean energy as part of recovery packages, a major study will show.
Major nations including the United States and Russia are…
A fast growing mountain of toxic e-waste is polluting the planet and damaging health, says new report.
At least $10bn (£7.9bn) worth of gold, platinum and other precious metals are dumped every year…
Η Ελλάδα έχει πολύ δρόμο να διανύσει για να περιορίσει αποτελεσματικά την πλαστική ρύπανση, όπως προκύπτει από νέα έκθεση του WWF Ελλάς, ενόψει της διαβούλευσης για την ενσωμάτωση της οδηγίας της ΕΕ…
A new study warns that the strain of H1N1, common on China’s pig farms since 2016, should be “urgently” controlled to avoid another pandemic.
HONG KONG — A new strain of the H1N1 swine flu virus is…
Dramatic change in Antarctica’s interior in past three decades a result of effects from tropical variability working together with increasing greenhouse gases
Climate scientists long thought…
Coal continues to disappear from the western United States. Two utilities in the region announced plans Friday to close their coal stations — the latest in a series of moves by Western power…
Solar energy capacity addition is set to expand 125 per cent globally over the next decade as countries switch from fossil fuels to greener alternatives, according to a study by Fitch Solutions.…
NTT will enter the renewable energy market and invest more than 1 trillion yen ($9.3 billion) by 2030 to set up its own transmission network, Nikkei learned on Monday.
NTT hopes to generate 7.5…
Chesapeake Energy, the poster child of the U.S. shale revolution, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday. The move comes as the company and industry more broadly has been rocked by a drop in oil…
A growing movement for sustainable agriculture in Brazil has taken on new urgency with the coronavirus pandemic.
The cumaru trees could have been planted elsewhere in this Amazon reserve, where they…
Environmentalists have welcomed news that the 43-year-old Fessenheim reactor will close, nine years after it was first planned.
France’s oldest nuclear power plant will shut down on Tuesday after…