From singing birthday cards to baby food pouches, a growing trend of mixing materials is making recycling even harder.
The cheerful, singing voice inside your musical “Happy Birthday” card is enough…
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-The report reflects on the ‘Wastewater: From Waste to Resource’ initiative implemented in the LAC region, arguing lessons learned from this region are applicable globally.
-The…
Global co-operation is required for dealing with both a pandemic like COVID-19 and climate change. Environmentalists argue that COVID-19 economic rescue plans must be green to meet requirements for…
Green groups come together to warn that welcome financial support from government is failing to go far enough
A group of leading UK nature, science and conservation organisations have today warned…
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-To help countries deliver on climate and environmental targets related to buildings, the report shares best practices on adopting, implementing, and enforcing energy efficiency…
This is the last article of a five-part series examining the technology we’ll need to fully decarbonize our energy system, relying on as few technology “moonshots” as possible.
I. The Electric…
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have created a record-shattering new solar cell. The device can convert sunlight to energy at nearly 50% efficiency, much better than…
“No drop-off, no slowdown”: NextEra’s well-oiled renewables development machine powers forward during the coronavirus pandemic.
Companies across the global renewable energy industry are anxiously…
A country fuelled by hydropower has become the world’s electric vehicle leader.
In 1995, the lead singer of the 1980s band A-ha and the head of the Norwegian environmental group Bellona climbed…
Most of us see the COVID-19 pandemic as a health crisis. Big polluters saw an opportunity.
We’ve all heard the line. Never waste a crisis.
Well, the nation’s top polluters took it to heart this…
A broader focus of sustainable finance is needed to support sustainable business models covering both environmental and social elements, argues Constance Chalchat from BNP Paribas CIB
Car owners underestimate total vehicle costs. Giving consumers this information could encourage the switch to cleaner transport and reduce emissions.
The government has told people living in Tana…
Did you know that each year, mangroves store the equivalent of carbon emissions from 26 million cars? And that just 100 meter of mangrove can reduce the force of a wave by half?
The 50th annual call for environmental reform falls at a time when the health of people and nature has never been more urgent
Fifty years ago today, the first Earth Day was marked in the United…
Africa has passed the grim milestone of 10,000 reported cases of coronavirus, along with more than 500 deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC).
As the daily…
John Houghton chaired the tense IPCC meeting without which there would be no Kyoto Protocol. Here he recalls how science won the day.
Climate change is increasingly recognized as one of the most…
A 100% renewable energy system enables the EU to become climate neutral before 2050 in the most cost-effective manner, a new report of SolarPower Europe and LUT University states.
The Green Revolution – the introduction of new higher yielding seed varieties, increased use of fertiliser, irrigation and other mechanisation introduced since the 1960s – brought about a great …
Over 80% of the nation’s voters favor offshore wind energy.
Widespread support comes from both major political parties and every demographic group across the country, according to a national survey…
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