Scots universities signed up to a COP26 green network of academic institutions committed to tackling climate change have shares worth nearly £5.2 million in fossil fuel firms and arms companies.
The United States helped bring the world into the Paris climate accord, the groundbreaking global agreement reached in 2015 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to slow climate change.…
Climate neutrality by 2050 means renewables growth will further accelerate
Ember and Agora Energiewende’s fifth annual report tracking Europe’s electricity transition was published on 25th January…
Global study finds that species numbers reported in the wild fell sharply between 1990 and 2015.
The number of wild bee species recorded by an international database of life on Earth has declined by…
With the completion of a major investment treaty between the European Union and China, the new year will begin on a promising footing. Now is the time for the world's leading powers to stop casting…
The Sines coal plant in Portugal went offline at midnight yesterday evening (14 January), leaving the country with just one remaining coal power station in operation, which is scheduled for closure…
Statement by the Secretary-General – on US steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
I warmly welcome President Biden’s steps to re-enter the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and…
BHP Group, the world’s biggest mining company, has invested in a startup company seeking to develop less-polluting ways of making steel.
While many in the mining industry have outlined how they plan…
Rescinding permit is on list of executive actions thought to be scheduled for first day in office.
Joe Biden is planning to cancel the permit for the $9bn Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his…
Joe Biden’s new climate envoy says: ‘All nations must raise ambition together – or we will all fail, together’.
The world is lagging behind the pace of change needed to avert catastrophic impacts…
TOTAL SE TOT announced that it has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with 174 Power Global, a unit of Hanwha Group, to develop 12 utility-scale solar and energy storage projects in the United States…
Electricity cable stretches 149 miles on seafloor between UK and France.
A new high-voltage subsea cable linking the UK to France has begun importing enough electricity to power 1m British homes.
Equinor ASA is considering selling its holdings in the Bakken play of North Dakota and Montana, part of a comprehensive review of its international oil and gas portfolio as the Norwegian state-…
Florida Power & Light’s last coal-fired plant in that state has officially closed.
The formal retirement of Indiantown Cogeneration Plant came as the clock struck midnight on Dec. 31. FPL…
Solving the climate crisis by boosting investments in new technologies will be at the center of the Biden administration's job creation agenda, the incoming top economic White House adviser said on…
Utility commission launches investigation of Comanche Unit 3 costs; seamless replacement of power adds to case for early closure
Xcel Energy’s troubled Unit 3 at the Comanche Generating Station in…
Exclusive: Kwasi Kwarteng accepted funding as part of 2019 election bid despite Tories’ green pledges
The UK’s new business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, accepted substantial donations from fossil fuel…
Kristalina Georgieva says investing to create resilient economies is a ‘win-win-win-win’ scenario.
Helping the most vulnerable people to cope with the climate crisis can boost the global economy…