Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will suspend in principle new loans for coal-fired thermal power plants, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The move is aimed at showing its consideration for the…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday weakened one of the nation’s most aggressive efforts to combat climate change, releasing new fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks that handed…
The Parliament pension fund has revealed a step up in renewable investment, but MPs have called on the trustees of the fund to end investments in fossil fuels altogether.
This week, MPs from the…
Africa cannot afford to be left behind in the global transition to renewable energy, but many challenges lie in its way, says Dianna Games
As efforts to combat climate change gather momentum, the…
The Shipping Industry is leaving no stones unturned in order to contribute towards a greener marine environment. At both manufacturing and administrative levels, the maritime industry is taking…
Poland, along several other European Union Member States, is unlikely to meet its national 15% renewable energy target for 2020 on time[1]. However, despite the possibility to impose sanctions for…
Analysis of 35 leading investment banks shows financing of more than $2.66tn for fossil fuel industries since the Paris agreement.
The world’s largest investment banks have funnelled more than £2.…
From shifting disease patterns in a warming world, to shrinking animal habitats, to the impact of air pollution in making people more vulnerable to infection, news stories over the last several days…
Vietnam, a key customer in the critical Southeast Asian market, is turning away from the fossil fuel.
Hanoi is smudging coal’s prospects.
Battered in green-minded Europe, thermal coal producers…
In the last few months, a number of questions have come in asking if NASA has attributed Earth’s recent warming to changes in how Earth moves through space around the Sun: a series of orbital motions…
With the launch of streaming services from Disney and Apple, the rollout of 5G and the growth in cryptocurrencies, experts are warning about the impact this huge rise in data use could have on the…
Emissions from electricity generation and agriculture decline, but tiny overall decline shows shortcomings of Coalition policy
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions have dipped slightly on the back…
Azem Hoti, Engineering Recruitment Specialist at VHR Global Technical Recruitment, explores the extent to which the world is in the midst of an energy crisis. One area explored concerns Taiwan’s…
Just 15 countries dominate the pipeline for new coal. Together, they are responsible for 90% of coal capacity under development. This guest post explains what is happening in each of these key…
Ukraine’s climate activists clamor for the speedy transition to carbon-neutral sources of energy. Activists assembled in front of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy in Kyiv. Ukraine’s…
Study indicates human fossil methane emissions have been underestimated by up to 40%.
The oil and gas industry has had a far worse impact on the climate than previously believed, according to a…
RBS has announced they will be ending coal, oil and gas funding to support the climate emergency.
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced they will be withdrawing support from non-net zero…
Climate change is one of the biggest threats to the Arctic and therefore the entire plant. And while numerous nations speak of the importance of limiting their carbon footprints, nonetheless are…
New CEO Bernard Looney reveals plan to invest more in low-carbon businesses
BP’s new chief executive has set an ambitious target to shrink the oil firm’s carbon footprint to net zero by 2050 by…