NGOs report fourfold increases in investments in carbon-reducing projects in developing countries.
Growing concern about the climate crisis and the “Greta Thunberg effect” are driving huge increases…
Global oil demand will reach its peak in the mid-2020s and plateau around 2030, the International Energy Agency said in its World Energy Outlook for 2019.
Yesterday, presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren released a plan (!) calling for companies who have misled federal regulators to be prosecuted under a new corporate perjury law. She also…
In the aftermath of the recent PG&E shutdowns, we wrote about the hardships that Californians faced–especially those who didn’t have solar and battery storage available to them.
Orkney-based offshore marine energy construction specialist Green Marine is exporting its skills to Japan as part of a tidal energy demonstration project.
Simec Atlantis Energy, which developed and…
This week Italy got an A+ — thanks to its education minister, Lorenzo Fioramonti,who announced that starting next year all schools and students in all grades in Italywill be required to spend 33…
India may fall around 7 GW short of its ‘60 GW by 2022’ utility-scale solar target if the power purchase agreement revision proposal by the state government is implemented.
McDonald’s has unveiled innovative packaging solutions to tackle plastic pollution under their new scheme ‘Better M’.
Today, McDonald’s announced a wide-ranging programme to remove and minimise…
Sometimes, a study or report comes to such an obvious conclusion you wonder why the study needed to be done in the first place. Here’s an example. A new study from the Center for Climate, Health and…
The Extinction Rebellion launched another high profile protest, this time floating down the River Thames in London a “model” of a suburban home that is literally partially under water as a way to…
The European Investment Bank has agreed to phase out its multibillion-euro financing for fossil fuels within the next two years to become the world’s first ‘“climate bank”.
The bank will end its…
Mirova has announced the final close of an €857m fund to invest in clean energy projects.
The Mirova-Eurofideme 4 fund has already made its first investments and deployed more than €300m, financing…
Pulling on makeshift roped hooks along a sun-drenched bank of the Seine River in Paris, Youva Hadjali and Edison Gompo fish out two electric scooters -- not the most ecological fate for devices…
Corporations around the world use two-thirds of the electricity produced globally.
Meanwhile, here in Korea, companies consume over 50 percent of the electric power generated from coal-fired power…
I cover energy and climate change, and yet even I do little to reduce my own environmental footprint.
Why it matters: Because most people don't! Recent polling and research show that most of us don'…
The Liberal Democrats are pledging to invest £15 billion over the next parliament insulating homes to tackle climate change and fuel poverty.
Plans to upgrade the energy efficiency of 26 million…
Daily power cuts lasting up to 18 hours are common after a severe drought reduced water levels at a key hydro plant.
Zimbabwe's state-owned electricity distributor, grappling with drought and ageing…
DNV GL has released an updated version of its battery performance scorecard, which ranks and evaluates of different types of batteries used for energy storage.
The scorecard also provides industry…
Earlier this year, French-born energy company Engie made a bold proclamation — it will add at least 9 gigawatts of renewable energy between now and 2021, at least half of which will come from power…
Funds are being re-channelled away from traditional projects to more sustainable ones, such as those involving cleaner renewables. In April this year, Singapore’s three local banks announced their…