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07 06 2019 | 13:48

India weather: Temperature passes 50C Celsius in northern India.

A heatwave has suddenly borne down on millions of people, killing several as the temperature passes 50C Celsius. Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave…

07 06 2019 | 13:34

Trump Lied To Prince Charles's Face—And To The World

To say that Donald Trump's jaw-dropping display of environmental ignorance while in the United Kingdom is an embarrassment to all Americans would be an understatement. But the worst part of his…

07 06 2019 | 13:23

Earth Overshoot Day 2019 is July 29. Join the global campaign!

Earth Overshoot Day 2019 lands on July 29.

07 06 2019 | 13:14

Waitrose introduces ‘refill’ scheme to fight plastic pollution.

Waitrose has announced the start of their new plastic free trial. The British supermarket has introduced a new initiative to combat the wide use of plastic packaging in grocery shops, including a…

07 06 2019 | 13:11

Kenyan Youths See Green Future in Collecting Garbage.

Cleaning the streets of garbage while creating jobs for unemployed youth. This is what a youth group is doing in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. According to the United Nations, uncollected garbage is…

07 06 2019 | 12:43

Tanzania’s Mbeya coal to power project receives greenlight.

Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) has received green light for the development of the Mbeya coal-to-power project (MCPP). Aim and JSE listed Kibo received the notice. The green light now…

07 06 2019 | 12:40

Botswana railways to establish a coal railway line.

Botswana Railways has aired its plan to start construction of a coal railway line – the Mmamabula-Lephalale line- in 2021. The projects key objective is to establish a higher capacity, heavy-duty…

07 06 2019 | 12:34

UK Government announces new wave of marine protected areas.

The UK Government has announced plans to increase the numbers of marine protected zones. Environment Secretary Michael Gove has created 41 new marine conservation zones, marking the most significant…

07 06 2019 | 12:22

Massachusetts Officials Recommend Another 1.6GW of Offshore Wind.

The Bay State should schedule several more offshore wind solicitations running into the mid-2020s, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources concluded. State officials recommended that…

07 06 2019 | 09:59

In Quest for Bigger Batteries, California Mulls Century-Old Idea: Pumped Storage.

As the sun sets on California’s solar farms, a backup energy source deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains springs to life. The huge system of reservoirs and turbines can store energy during the day…

06 06 2019 | 18:14

People eat up to 200,000 plastic particles a year, study finds.

A new study has found that humans are ingesting up to 200,000 pieces of microplastic every year. Evaluating the number of microplastic particles inside commonly consumed foods, a study, published by…

06 06 2019 | 15:12

Uganda’s Karuma power project soon to be commissioned.

Sinohydro Corporation Ltd, the Chinese firm undertaking the construction of the 600MV Karuma power dam in Kiryandongo District, has revealed that the project is 95% complete. The project which…

06 06 2019 | 15:11

Ethiopia to receive US $200m for its renewable energy program.

Ethiopia is set to receive US $200m from World Bank for its Renewable Energy Guarantees Program (REGREP) aimed at supporting the country’s ongoing power sector reforms and leverage private sector…

06 06 2019 | 14:42

300MW Kam’mwamba coal-fired power project in Malawi underway.

Construction works on the 300MW coal-fired power project Malawi is underway. This is according to Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Liu Hongyang. “Kam’mwamba Coal-field Power Project is…

06 06 2019 | 10:57

On World Environment Day, world turns spotlight on air pollution.

05 June 2019, Hangzhou, China -Governments, industry, communities and individuals around the world today commemorated World Environment Day, the United Nations’ biggest annual event for positive…

06 06 2019 | 10:51

Nine governments join BreatheLife on World Environment Day, commit to action on air pollution.

The BreatheLife campaign is proud to announce that nine new governments have joined its ranks, making fresh commitments to demonstrate their dedication to bring air quality to safe levels by 2030 and…

06 06 2019 | 08:45

Air pollution kills 7 million people a year, says UN on World Environment Day 2019.

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, has declared air pollution a critical culprit of lowering life expectancy and damaging global economies on World Environment Day 2019, held…

06 06 2019 | 08:37

Tennis World Unites in Fight against Climate Change - All four of the world's Grand Slam tournaments are joining UN's Sports for Climate Action Framework.

Tennis World Unites in Fight against Climate Change All four of the world’s Grand Slam tennis tournaments are uniting in the fight against climate change by joining the Sports for Climate Action…

06 06 2019 | 08:25

Naeras: a pumped storage clean energy plant on the island of Ikaria, Greece.

Ikaria creates a new paradigm for the clean energy transition. A pumped storage energy project comes on line on the Greek island of Ikaria on World Environment Day. The  Public Power Corporation of…

05 06 2019 | 18:10

As America retreats on climate, China and Russia confirm commitments.

The US president’s gambit to make the Paris Agreement collapse failed. Now China and Russia are taking advantage of the power vacuum left by the US to shape the accord’s rules – and show no signs of…