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More Than 300 Companies Have Set Ambitious Science-Based Climate Targets
More than 300 companies worldwide have now committed to setting ambitious Science Based Targets to reduce emissions, with more than 90 new companies joining this year alone, which also now includes 50...
UK: Government Confirms 2020 Renewable Fuels Target
The government has this week confirmed it will raise the target for renewable fuel use in the UK transport sector to 9.75 per cent, a move hailed by the industry as a...
Veolia Unveils ‘Cupcycling’ Scheme to Turn Coffee Cups into Shopping Bags
From today shoppers in Selfridges will be able to give their green credentials a polish thanks to a new partnership between the department store, waste giant Veolia and papermaker James Cropper, which...
Government To Push Four Stalled Hydro Power Projects For Completion This Year
The government is planning to commission at least four hydro-power projects fully or partially this year, especially in the northeast region, which has over 40 percent of India’s stalled projects, a senior...
Plastic Fibres Found in Tap Water Around the World, Study Reveals
Microplastic contamination has been found in tap water in countries around the world, leading to calls from scientists for urgent research on the implications for health.
Scores of tap water samples from more...
How Model Grace Mahary is Bringing Renewable Energy to Impoverished Communities Across Africa
As one of the most in-demand faces in modelling, she scores regular gigs for the likes of Givenchy and Chanel, in addition to having walked down that coveted Victoria’s Secret runway. But...
Evolutionary ecology could benefit beekeepers battling diseases
Some commercial beekeeping practices may harm honeybees more than help them, scientists warn in a paper published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution."Western honeybees -- the most important pollinators for U.S....
VOJISLAV MILIJIC: There Is an Easy – Solution Replacing Fossil Fuels with Biomass
In March 2015, UNDP presented the project ‘Reducing barriers for rapid biomass market development in Serbia.’ It’s just one of many projects that encourage the increase of biomass participation in energy production...
Public call for support to local self-government units to introduce energy management system and to use locally available biomass for energy production
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is announcing the Public Call for support to local self-government units in Serbia to introduce the Energy Management System and to use locally available biomass for energy...
Protein From Solar Energy & Carbon Dioxide Could Slow The Pace Of Climate Change
Humans need protein to survive, but growing the food that supplies the much needed protein adds carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere, speeding up the pace of climate change. Agriculture has...
Study: Climate Change To Wipe Out Half Of Ethiopia’s Coffee-Growing Area
The birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia, is likely to lose up to half of its total coffee-growing area by the end of the century as a result of anthropogenic climate change and its...
1 Million Plastic Bottles Bought Every Minute, That’s Nearly 20,000 Every Second
A new report highlights the astounding amount of plastic bottles humans go through and the environmental havoc it wreaks.
Citing figures from consumer market research company Euromonitor International, The Guardian reported that 1...
Plastic Pollution Endangering UK Wildlife, Greenpeace Finds
Wildlife along the UK coastline is under threat from mounds of plastic pollution caused by discarded plastic bags, bottles, fishing nets and microplastics, campaigners will warn today.
A two-month expedition by Greenpeace around...
Carlsberg Brews Up Science-Based Zero Carbon Targets
Carlsberg has unveiled an ambitious new sustainability programme aimed at wiping out the carbon footprint of its breweries by 2030 and putting the company in line with a 1.5C climate scenario.
Launched today,...
Denmark Intends to Be the World’s FIRST 100% Organic Nation
Bhutan announced its plan to become the world’s first 100% organic nation in 2013, but it now has some competition. That’s right, Denmark’s government announced its plan to become Earth’s first 100%...
The Sun Irrigates a Carrot
Droughty, hot, summer day will no longer worry Marko Čarnić, vegetable grower from Begeč, near Novi Sad. From now on the sun also works for Čarnić, who is one of the biggest...