Coalition of actors from the US rejects Trump's stand on climate change.
As the US federal government steps down from the Paris Agreement, a group of representatives from local governments, business…
The world is still not taking climate change seriously, and the planet’s largest polluters are still not committed to real change. Not all is lost, but this is a major alarm and a massive call to…
More people are eating meat in China, leading to farmers using more fertilizers.
Can a larger meat consumption be linked to more premature deaths and air pollution? That seems to be the case in…
Approved in 2018 after six years of negotiations, the Escazú Agreement is the first and single environmental human rights treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean – the region with one of the world’…
With countries such as Iceland, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and Norway adopting green energy practices, renewable energy now accounts for a third of the world's power. As this trend continues, more and…
The Orkney archipelago is at the cutting edge of renewable energy development.
On Orkney a revolution is underway, made of wind, sun, and sea. The 20 islands of the Orkney archipelago lie in the…
From the waters of Antarctica to the food we eat, microplastics are all over the place, with scientists still trying to understand the consequences they have for the environment and our health.…
Christmas is said to be the most wonderful time of the year - but it's certainly the most wasteful. As the big day approaches, edie rounds up some of the most shocking resources and waste statistics…
WASHINGTON — As his coal mining company hurtled into bankruptcy, Robert E. Murray, the former chief executive, paid himself $14 million, handed his successor a $4 million bonus and earmarked nearly $…
The electricity sector has been a cornerstone of the energy transition. But with the pace of change increasing, are power markets helping or hindering?
Centralized markets with prices set by the…
The case for hardwiring social justice into climate action
The very fact that this year’s COP25 climate summit had to be hastily moved to Spain, after street protests against economic inequality…
Believe it or not, with 12.74% of its total energy consumption driven by renewables, Germany leads the world, according to a new study. In addition, renewables accounted for 40% of Germany’s…
Dell, Microsoft and Tesla also among tech firms named in case brought by families of children killed or injured while mining in DRC.
A landmark legal case has been launched against the world’s…
In our business and personal lives, the subject of ‘power’ has historically been viewed as a challenge focused primarily on measured and incremental changes in technology, government and consumer…
The longest United Nations climate talks on record have finally ended in Madrid with a compromise deal.
Exhausted delegates reached agreement on the key question of increasing the global response to…
The General Election is a huge opportunity for a new government to make a transformative difference to climate change through investment in renewables, Juliet Davenport, chief executive and founder…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has recently partnered with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) to open a USD 120 million credit line. It is intended to finance…
Eskom is too big to fail. The fate of the power utility and the fate of this country are one and the same. And right now plans to rescue Eskom lie in doubling down on its coal-fired power plants, on…
A declaration on climate crisis, energy transition and extractivism in Latin America.
Social movements were organising their opposition to COP25 - in which those most affected by climate violence…
Global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity is expected to exceed 8,000 Gigawatt (GW) by 2050, 18 times the current levels, according to an analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).