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15 04 2020 | 08:58

'It's positively alpine!': Disbelief in big cities as air pollution falls.

Delhi is one of many capitals enjoying improved air quality since restrictions were introduced due to the coronavirus The screenshots began to circulate on Delhi WhatsApp groups last week, captioned…

15 04 2020 | 08:56

Ph.D. student turns recycled plastic into face shields for Ugandan medics.

In 2016, Paige Balcom fell in love with Uganda. It happened in Lukodi, a village outside of the town of Gulu, where she was on a Fulbright research grant. Working with farmers and a school for child…

15 04 2020 | 08:43

The climate crisis is still here.

As workers battle on the frontlines of COVID-19, a devastating Cyclone and Big Oil's latest moves show why we need a Just Recovery that builds climate resilience As the global response to COVID-19…

15 04 2020 | 08:43

Tackling climate change is vital for the strongest economic recovery after coronavirus.

The Covid-19 pandemic is a harbinger of climate disasters to come and the resilience we need to build into our systems. Recovery from coronavirus must reckon with climate change. The current and…

15 04 2020 | 08:42

New California battery storage project aims to cut need for gas peaking plants.

Big things are happening in California this week. In the political sphere, Gov. Gavin Newsom is invoking the powers of a “nation-state” to provide life-saving medical supplies that the federal…

15 04 2020 | 08:35

Coronavirus: World Bank predicts sub-Saharan Africa recession.

Sub-Saharan Africa will this year suffer its first recession for 25 years as a consequence of the coronavirus outbreak, a World Bank report predicts. In a grim assessment, the bank says that the…

15 04 2020 | 08:24

Price crash, pandemic put fossils in peril as investors get nervous.

Apart from a bit of wishful thinking from a veteran oil and gas financier in Calgary, the North American fossil industry is being devastated by the combination of low oil prices and plummeting demand…

15 04 2020 | 08:13

Will we learn lessons for tackling climate change from our current crisis?

Crises tend to bring out some of the best and the worst in us. We have watched in awe and admiration as health care professionals have responded with superhuman dedication to the Covid-19 pandemic.

13 04 2020 | 08:21

Chile steps up.

Chile, which presided over the last round of climate talks, has joined only a handful of nations by publishing a more ambitious climate action plan for coming years. Megan Darby reported on the news…

13 04 2020 | 08:20

Renewables Boomed In 2019, But This Year May Be Different.

enewable energy projects constituted three-quarters of all new power generation capacity projects in the world last year, the International Renewable Energy Agency said in a new report. In even…

13 04 2020 | 08:20

EU urged to bring building ‘renovation wave’ into recovery plan.

The European Commission should make its future pandemic recovery plan conditional on commitments to the green transition, says Bendt Bendtsen, a former MEP who is now leading a Danish interest group…

13 04 2020 | 08:15

IRENA sees solar growth in Asia and renewables trends continuing.

As had been the case in 2018, Asia reaped the lion’s share of IRENA’s solar addition figures for 2019. The global body believes 60% of solar installs worldwide was commissioned in the continent,…

13 04 2020 | 08:08

Florida Power wants out of the biggest coal plant in the U.S.

Florida Power & Light Co. no longer wants to own part of the nation’s largest operating coal-fired power plant. FPL, the state’s largest electric company, told utility regulators in the Sunshine…

13 04 2020 | 08:05

Great Barrier Reef endures third mass bleaching in five years.

One of the seven wonders of the natural world is suffering from back-to-back bleaching, with the third mass bleaching in five years. The Great Barrier reef system covers over 2,300km (1,400 miles)…

13 04 2020 | 08:01

An existential moment for oil companies around the world.

Usually it’s the world’s major oil-producing countries that step in when a big drop in prices roils the oil market. But these are not normal times. On Friday, a day after the Organization of the…

13 04 2020 | 08:00

Southeast Asia’s renewable energy transition likely to take hit from COVID-19: Experts.

BANGKOK: Regional aspirations for a swift transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy are likely to be dashed by the economic and market crises triggered by the global COVID-19 outbreak, experts…

13 04 2020 | 07:55

U.S. Slashes Carbon Emissions Forecast as People Stay Home.

Greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, cars and other sources in the U.S. are forecast to decline by a whopping 7.5% this year as people use less energy amid a slowing economy and stay-at-home…

13 04 2020 | 07:54

Pandemic worsens outlook for U.S. coal.

Add U.S. coal to the list of industries threatened by the novel coronavirus. Part of its problem is conditions that precede the pandemic. U.S. coal plants are an aging bunch. Weak electricity demand…

13 04 2020 | 07:52

Climate Week NYC to go ahead in 2020 as organisers announce new virtual platform: 21-27 September 2020

Climate Week NYC will still go ahead in September 2020 with launch of new virtual platform. The Climate Group, has announced that Climate Week NYC will not be postponed and will take place as…

13 04 2020 | 07:49

Africa’s green renewal gathers pace.

Despite myriad challenges, Africa’s uptake of renewable energy is belatedly moving in the right direction. David Thomas examines how the exciting potential of new technologies is making progress in…