Competition and Markets Authority says rising demand may lead to ‘greenwashing’.
Companies that market their products or services as eco-friendly are to be scrutinised by the UK competition watchdog…
Exclusive: The amount of land burning at ‘high severity’ is also accelerating due to climate change, researchers say.
The number of severe forest fires across the western US has increased eightfold…
In April, the price of oil turned negative for the first time in history, just after the coronavirus pandemic hit. As lockdowns were ordered across the world, demand for black gold plummeted,…
For three months from November 1973, the Dutch government banned private motor vehicles on Sundays to curb oil consumption during the Opec energy crisis
Holland saddle-sore but fume free
Richard…
Roadmap could increase share of renewable energy in state from 16% today to more than 60% by 2030.
The New South Wales government is promising a $32bn private investment boom in renewable energy in…
Japanese resources company Marubeni Corp will pull out of the Thabametsi South African coal plant project, the Japanese group told Reuters on Wednesday, following the withdrawal of some South African…
Transitioning to cleaner fuel sources, Talen Energy Corp. will stop burning coal at three of its wholly owned facilities in Pennsylvania and Maryland by the end of 2025 and develop new renewable…
The world’s largest private coal company Peabody Energy Corp. said it is in danger of its second bankruptcy filing in five years on the back of poor performance and worsening market conditions amid…
Siemens Energy, which builds steam turbines for power plants, will no longer take on new business to supply coal-fired powered stations, it said on Tuesday, making it the latest firm to scale back…
Toshiba will stop taking orders for coal-fired power plants in line with growing global trends toward reducing carbon emissions, Nikkei learned on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledges to…
Eos Energy Storage LLC will supply more than 1,000 MWh of zinc-based energy storage systems over the next two years for installations in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, after it signed a preliminary…
International Energy Agency expects green electricity to end coal’s 50-year reign by 2025.
Global renewable electricity installation will hit a record level in 2020, according to the International…
The outskirts of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, is under siege by swarms of locusts that officials fear will ruin vegetation and potentially impact tourism.
The locusts arrived outside Mogadishu on…
New report confirms global investment rise in 2013-2018, but calls for considerable mobilisation of capital to recover from COVID-19 and build a climate-safe world
Water biodiversity is on the brink, with dire consequences for the region known for the zebra and wildebeest migration, says WWF.
Fish are being driven to extinction in the Mara River basin, putting…
Temperatures across continent 1.6C above average in October, Copernicus data shows.
Europe has just experienced its hottest October on record, new data shows.
Temperatures across Europe were 1.6C…
In wake of Covid, leading figures call for bold green measures to boost economy.
World leaders are running out of time to forge a green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, with only a year to go…
Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf experienced its highest rate of melting since records began 40 years ago from 2019-2020, a new study has found.
The unprecedented melt at Larsen C, which is…