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13 12 2021 | 06:53

Indonesia's biodiesel drive is leading to deforestation

Indonesia pledged at the recent COP26 climate summit that its greenhouse gas emissions would peak by 2030 and then start to fall.

13 12 2021 | 06:28

UK ‘embarrassed’ into funding Mozambique gas project, court hears

The UK was “embarrassed” into funding a huge gas project in Mozambique while considering ending overseas support for fossil fuels, a court has heard.

13 12 2021 | 06:23

‘We can’t save everybody’: could biobanking offer Australian animals a last hope against extinction?

As Australia faces an extinction crisis, some conservationists say that, to save some endangered species, we must have a national plan to freeze them On 15 December 2014, inside a repurposed…

13 12 2021 | 06:18

‘Gushing oil and roaring fires’: 30 years on Kuwait is still scarred by catastrophic pollution

Oilwells set alight by Iraqi forces in 1991 were put out within months, but insidious pollution still mars the desert For 10 months in Kuwait, everything was upside down. Daytime was full of…

13 12 2021 | 06:17

Concern over impact of Norfolk Boreas offshore windfarm on seabirds

Project backed by Boris Johnson likely to get go-ahead but is on site that rare birds travel though, campaigners say A major new windfarm project that will power millions of homes is likely to be…

13 12 2021 | 06:11

Hold the beef: McDonald’s avoids the bold step it must take to cut emissions

The company has announced big sustainability initiatives – but absent are the menu changes needed to significantly reduce beef production

10 12 2021 | 10:35

World’s largest lab-grown steak unveiled by Israeli firm

MeaTech 3D created the 4oz steak using 3D printing with real bovine cells that mature into muscle and fat The largest lab-grown steak yet produced has been unveiled by the Israeli company MeaTech…

10 12 2021 | 10:18

New US energy standards would reverse Trump’s war on lightbulbs

Trump’s energy department blocked a rule intended to phase out less efficient bulbs. Now Biden plans to move forward, slowly The Biden administration has moved to reverse the depredations endured…

09 12 2021 | 09:17

‘Vague and weak’ policies mean Scotland could miss emission targets

Climate Change Committee says Holyrood administration cannot show how it will cut CO2 by 75% There is an “acute risk” that Scotland will miss its targets to heavily cut carbon emissions because…

07 12 2021 | 09:21

Fashion must stick to climate pledges to prevent waste crisis, says UK economist

Dame Vivian Hunt warns of overproduction at summit attended by Tommy Hilfiger and Kris Jenner The fashion industry is facing a waste and overproduction crisis if it continues on its current…

06 12 2021 | 09:28

Woodside’s new Western Australian gas project ‘a bet against’ global 1.5C goal, report finds

Climate Analytics says Scarborough project’s emissions expected to be 1.37bn tonnes of CO2, which would slow push to reach net zero Energy giant Woodside and Australian governments are betting…

06 12 2021 | 09:10

Why some of your favorite podcasts are filled with oil company ads

Exxon and other fossil fuel companies are running podcast ads that suggest they are taking aggressive climate action. Climate experts call them greenwashing If you’re a regular listener of the New…

06 12 2021 | 09:06

COP26: UK 'nowhere near' meeting targets agreed at Glasgow climate summit

The UK is "nowhere near" meeting emissions targets enshrined at the Glasgow climate summit, official advisers have warned. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) says that, at current rates, the UK…

06 12 2021 | 09:02

Adding substance to Vietnam’s climate commitments 3 December 2021

In his speech at 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announced that the country would aim for…

06 12 2021 | 08:58

Biomass energy brings clean electricity to remote Indonesian islands

Land, livelihoods and climate to benefit, experts say Indonesia is an energy-rich country, but electricity poor, a situation that Jaya Wahono is determined to change. As director of Clean Power…

06 12 2021 | 08:52

India, Indonesia and Philippines join coal transition programme

India, Indonesia and the Philippines will join South Africa as the first recipients of a multibillion dollar pilot programme aimed at accelerating their transition from coal power to clean energy,…

06 12 2021 | 08:48

Indonesia’s largest mining firm may drop coal for gas

Pushed by its American shareholders, banks and mounting climate change pressures, Indonesia’s largest mining company is actively studying a plan to switch from coal to natural gas to power its…

06 12 2021 | 08:45

Nova Innovation to conduct study in Indonesia

Nova Innovation has won funding that could deliver the first ever tidal turbine array in Indonesia. Innovate UK has awarded £200 000 to Nova’s Feasibility of Larantuka and Indonesian Tidal Energy (…

04 12 2021 | 09:12

China creates vast research infrastructure to support ambitious climate goals

Carbon-neutrality institutes, and other initiatives to support a pledge to achieve net zero by 2060, are popping up like mushrooms across China. China, the world’s top carbon emitter, has for the…

02 12 2021 | 09:27

Ο ενεργειακός άξονας Ελλάδας-Κύπρου-Αιγύπτου-Ισραήλ μετατοπίζεται νότια στην ΑΟΖ Ελλάδας-Αιγύπτου

Η από δεκαετίας προσήλωση της ελληνικής ενεργειακής πολιτικής στο φυσικό αέριο στη νοτιοανατολική μεσόγειο, μετατοπίζεται τώρα στην ελληνοαιγυπτιακή ΑΟΖ και επενδύει στην μετάβαση προς την…