Agreement on the EU’s renewable energy directive brings to a close an 18-month process to upgrade the bloc’s climate policies and achieve a 55% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
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After a unanimous vote in the legal affairs committee last week, the European Parliament adopted on Wednesday (29 March) its position on the protection of the environment through criminal law,…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlined limits to EU backing for nuclear power under the bloc’s Net-Zero Industry Act, which seeks to support home-made production of clean…
A group of seven EU countries led by Germany have rejected calls to incorporate nuclear-made hydrogen into the bloc’s green transport targets, reigniting a dispute with France that has held back an…
Two rival alliances of EU countries held final-hour talks in Brussels on Tuesday (28 March), ahead of negotiations on whether to recognise nuclear power under the EU’s renewable energy goals.
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EU energy ministers were divided into two camps at the EU Council meeting on Tuesday (28 March): the pro-nuclear alliance, which includes France and 10 other member states, and the “renewable…
At an industry conference, top executives lamented they had “lost the narrative” on natural gas, and outlined an effort to sell their product as the “cleanest energy in the world.”
Natural gas has…
The rulings, while legally non-binding, could still carry significant moral and legal weight. A group of 18 climate-vulnerable nations are seeking an opinion from the “World Court,” with support from…
Gross has been awarded an Izzy Award for her investigation of oilfield wastewater, and Campa has won the Shaufler Prize for her reporting on a Superfund site in Atlanta.
Inside Climate News staff…
Coal industry influence and climate change denial paved the state’s race to the clean energy bottom. As one lawmaker put it: “God created coal for people.”
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Andy McDonald recalls a…
A new GOP bill calls for a moratorium on wind farms after dozens of dead whales washed ashore since December. Scientists say no evidence suggests wind projects are to blame.
Republican lawmakers and…
References to fossil fuels and meat consumption were removed from the report summary, while language bolstering controversial carbon removal technologies were added.
Fierce negotiations between…
A new study suggests developers of artificial intelligence are failing to prevent their products from being used for nefarious purposes, including spreading conspiracy theories.
A team of…
Let me introduce this amazing group of young people who took their lives in their own hands and are changing it alone.
Living under the most difficult conditions in one of Nairobi's slums they…
A new report from a two global energy research groups found that China last year approved its most new coal-fired power generation projects since 2015.
Mathare slums is the second largest slum after Kibera slum and home to 206564 thousand people according to census 2019. The settlement is classified into 13 villages. Within Mathare there is a ward…
THE RECHARGE VIEW | Twelve months after the invasion, an unprecedented green-led response is one of the few consolations of Russia's terrible conflict in Ukraine – but Big Oil has a new spring in its…
The bloc has made achieving a global phase out of coal, oil and gas “well ahead of 2050” a priority of its climate diplomacy
EU countries have agreed to “systematically” call for a global phase-…
Last year was marked by a record-breaking heatwave and China’s weather agency has warned of more this year, as the climate crisis escalates
China’s weather agency warned regional authorities to…
China’s Supreme People’s Court issued the first judicial document to encourage and guide case handling on carbon emissions
One of China’s top courts has encouraged judges to hear climate-related…