Australia’s main grid came close to a new record for wind energy output over the weekend, as two new wind projects began production for the first time, although the contribution of the newly…
Some of the biggest names in renewable energy are calling on the leaders of the Group of 20 nations to take action to speed up the deployment of green power to prevent dangerous global warming.
Even…
Vistra on July 19 said it would close its 1.3-GW Zimmer coal-fired power plant in Ohio on May 31, 2022, five years earlier than previously announced, after the plant failed to clear the PJM capacity…
Latest phase a milestone in controversial Blue Nile hydropower project long opposed by downriver countries Egypt and Sudan.
Ethiopia has completed the filling of a massive, controversial dam on the…
The UK Government and Ofgem have announced plans for smart technologies to help consumers cut their bills and boost energy efficiency.
Published jointly by the government and Ofgem, the Smart…
Aviva Investors has announced the launch of a new Climate Transition Real Assets Fund.
The fund will aim to provide various investor groups, including defined contribution (DC) schemes, with access…
Top debt and equity investors committed over $300 billion in 2020 into building renewable energy capacity
Despite the economic disruption from COVID-19, top global debt and equity investors are…
Amid a deadly northwestern heatwave that scientists have described as "the most extreme" in recorded history, footage uncovered by CNN shows Republican Sen.
Worldwide energy body warns more must be done to help developing countries give up fossil fuels
Global greenhouse gas emissions are likely to rise to record levels in the next two years, as…
Torrential rainfall and burst rivers swamp Henan cities, with commuters trapped in underground trains in the capital Zhengzhou
Days of torrential rain and massive flooding have hit China’s Henan…
Research reignites need for a ‘worldwide curb’ in emissions, an Amazon scientist tells The Independent
Droughts and fires in the Amazon continue to cause CO2 emissions for years after they first…
Leaked documents have revealed the "limited progress" in negotiations on a revision of the highly-controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) - triggering renewed calls from environmental activists to…
New normal. Record-breaking. Unprecedented.
In recent days, as Western Canada and the United States have been broiling under a climate-fuelled heat crisis, all sorts of superlatives have been used…
Asset owners, including Europe’s largest public sector pension fund ABP, have committed to net zero emission portfolios by 2050 or sooner.
A cohort of new signatories have joined the PAII: Europe’s…
Vital signs – Temperature check:
Never before did I even think that this planet of ours would be affected by the three simultaneous threats of global warming, air pollution and COVID-19, any one of…
'Urgent policy action needed'; UN publishes first draft of global agreement aimed at addressing the nature crisis.
The draft plan has been released yesterday (12 July) by the UN Convention on…
Last month conservationists working with SeaLife Aquarium in Australia dropped 18 biodegradable "hotels" into Sydney Harbor and Port Stephens to help one of the region's most endangered species: tiny…
EREF welcomes the Commission’s launch of the Fit for 55% package and congratulates the Commission officials in the various services who have worked relentlessly to meet this timeline. EREF, as so…
Alaska's thawing permafrost is undermining the supports that hold up an elevated section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, putting in danger the structural integrity of one of the world's largest oil…
Institutional forces continue to prop up the fossil fuel economy, while both the market and public opinion are leaving it behind. This is as foolish as it is dangerous, writes Tom Steyer
As far as…