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Report: China Risks Wasting $500bn On Unneeded Coal Plants
China is at risk of wasting almost half a trillion dollars on new coal plants which could quickly become stranded assets as a result of the country's pursuit of a lower carbon...
VW Shifts Focus to Electric Cars with US Expansion Plan
Volkswagen said it wants to be the world leader in electric cars by 2025 as it unveiled a major shift to clean-energy vehicles in the wake of the dieselgate emissions cheating scandal.
The...
NIS Successfully Completes the Project of Modernisation of Pančevo Oil Refinery
NIS successfully completed investment works at the Pančevo Oil Refinery within the framework of further modernisation of refinery processing at NIS. In this manner, the company improved energy efficiency, and ensured a...
Air Pollution more Deadly in Africa than Malnutrition or Dirty Water, Study Warns
Africa’s air pollution is causing more premature deaths than unsafe water or childhood malnutrition, and could develop into a health and climate crisis reminiscent of those seen in China and India, a...
To Avoid the Worst Climate Impacts, Obama Tells Leo DiCaprio, ‘We’re Really in a Race Against Time’
Capping a day-long futurist fair and alternative music fest on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, President Obama told actor Leonardo DiCaprio and atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe “we’re really...
Good Emissions Trading Programs are Unique, Not One-Size-Fits-All
Climate change is a global problem — but its solution relies on national, regional, and local policy actions. Take the issue of greenhouse gas emissions markets, which put a price on, say,...
More than 8 Million People Were Employed Worldwide in the Renewable Sector
A boom in solar and wind power jobs in the US led the way to a global increase in renewable energy employment to more than 8 million people in 2015, according to...
In Ontario, Going Coal-Free Costs Less Than a Coffee and a Donut
How electricity generation from coal in Canada’s most populous province went from 25 percent to zero in just over a decade.
On April 8, 2014 the last remaining coal-fired power plant in Ontario,...
EBRD financing Albania’s power system overhaul
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will conduct a final review of the project for the restructuring of Albanian Power Corporation (KESH sh. a.) and the energy sector of Albania in...
Earth Hour shines a light on climate action
This Earth Hour, Saturday, 19 March 2016 8:30 p.m. local time, as the world’s most iconic landmarks prepare to switch off their lights, supporters will be invited to take a stand for...
Britain abandons onshore wind just as new technology makes it cheap
Vestas chief Runevad says UK rules shut out the latest hi-tech turbines, leaving Britain behind as the global wind boom spreads. The world’s biggest producer of wind turbines has accused Britain of...
