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15 01 2019 | 12:25

Climate change: Protecting the poor from green taxes

As President Macron caved into the yellow vest fuel tax protests, President Trump was triumphant. The French humiliation showed people rejected the sort of carbon taxes supported by the UN’s climate…

15 01 2019 | 12:23

I tried using a zero waste kit

Reusable containers, straws and utensils are making a comeback. A week or two ago, a company sent me their {Zero} Waste Kit. I'm always kicking myself for not having some reusable essentials around…

15 01 2019 | 12:20

Climate change: LED lights making dent in UK energy demand

Installing a single low-energy LED bulb may make a trivial contribution to cutting the carbon emissions that are overheating the planet. But if millions choose LEDs, then with a twist of the…

15 01 2019 | 12:19

Antarctic ice shelf makes ghostly sounds as winds whip across its surface.

The barren and desolate Antarctic is an intimidating sight to behold. But as if that wasn’t enough, scientists found that when the wind blows across its surface, the ice shelf hums eerie soundscapes…

15 01 2019 | 12:17

Arctic Glaciers Add 14,000 Tons of Water Per Second to World’s Oceans

Melting Arctic glaciers have contributed nearly 2.5 centimetres (one inch) to sea level rise since 1971, dumping an estimated 14,000 tons of water per second into the world’s oceans between 2005 and…

15 01 2019 | 12:15

Norway EV Sales Grow Dramatically to Nearly One-Third of All New Cars

Norway has cemented its position as the world leader in electric vehicle deployment with the news that 31.2% of the new cars sold across the country last year were all-electric, a dramatic increase…

15 01 2019 | 12:10

New York Offers Free Community Solar to 10,000 Low-Income Households

New York State is supplying free access to community solar to 7,000 low-income households across the state, and plans to extend the program to a total of 10,000 homes by the end of this year.

15 01 2019 | 11:54

The end of coffee: could Australia save the world's beans?

Climate change may devastate the globe’s major coffee-growing regions through extreme weather events – but Australia could be the solution If a future of relentless fires, droughts, superstorms and…

15 01 2019 | 11:19

Tech Investments are powering up clean energy

Spending on renewables is good for sustainability goals while being good PR. It’s also great for business.

15 01 2019 | 11:11

Why The Solar Energy Market Will Thrive In Africa And Globally - Lou Kraft, SolSuntech CEO

Lou Kraft is the CEO of SolSuntech Inc. – a solar panel manufacturing company that recently introduced 3D solar panels producing an ultra-high 33% efficiency. Currently, no other solar panel on the…

15 01 2019 | 09:34

Antarctica ice loss increases six fold since 1979, new study finds

Global warming is melting ice in Antarctica faster than ever before - about six times more per year now than 40 years ago - leading to increasingly high sea levels worldwide, scientists have warned…

15 01 2019 | 09:27

Australia extreme heatwave: 'code red' issued as Port Augusta hits 48.9C

Port Augusta in South Australia has reached 48.9C on Tuesday, as a heatwave sets in across much of Australia threatening more record hot days.

14 01 2019 | 12:44

Bloomberg slams Trump on climate change, which Brown likens to Nazism

Michael Bloomberg slammed Donald Trump’s inaction on climate change on Sunday and said any candidate for president in 2020 – he himself might be one – must have a plan to deal with the problem.

14 01 2019 | 12:42

COP24 outcomes do not reflect the urgency of the global climate threat

The 24th Conference of Parties (COP24) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recently concluded in Katowice, Poland. While scheduled to run from 2 to 14 December,…

14 01 2019 | 12:39

Self-sufficient solar parking lot in Dresden

The first self-sufficient parking lot is located on Scharfenberger Straße in Dresden. It has six parking spaces shelves under a solar carport with charging options and 42 additional parking lots. The…

14 01 2019 | 12:08

Canada’s National Building Code will include climate change obligations

New durability requirements for new buildings in the works. Designers will be obligated to create durability plans for new structures under Canada’s National Building Code.

14 01 2019 | 12:02

Largest PV plant in Western Sweden supplies manufacturer of prefabricated houses

Solkompaniet, Swedish premium partner of the German IBC Solar, has planned and installed a self-consumption photovoltaic (PV) system for the prefabricated house manufacturer Derome Plusshus. With the…

14 01 2019 | 11:56

It’s plug-ins vs. pickups in newest culture crash

2018 is shaping up to be a record year for electric vehicles. My Bloomberg NEF colleagues expect 1.9 million EVs will have been sold last year, up from 1.1 million the year before, with the bulk of…

14 01 2019 | 10:33

Weather records to fall as heatwave smashes the country

Every state and territory will bake through a heatwave this week with a “big burst of heat” likely to smash weather records across the country. The Bureau of Meteorology said western Sydney could…

14 01 2019 | 10:16

Climate Change Caused the World's First Empire to Collapse

Gol-e-Zard Cave lies in the shadow of Mount Damavand, which at more than 5,000 meters dominates the landscape of northern Iran. In this cave, stalagmites and stalactites are growing slowly over…