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Blenheim Palace to Phase Out Single Use Plastic
Oxfordshire stately home Blenheim Palace has become the latest British attraction to announce plans to cut plastic waste on its grounds.
The 300-year old estate said on Friday it is phasing-out single use...
Shell Confirms its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose in 2017
Shell's global greenhouse gas emissions increased last year due to increased fossil fuel output in some of its key markets, according to its latest sustainability report,
Published yesterday, the report shows Shell's direct...
Melting Permafrost Emits More Methane Than Scientists Thought
Methane emissions are the source of the greenhouse gas which, after carbon dioxide, probably causes climatologists more sleepless nights than any of the other gases. And now it appears they have quite...
Reports: McDonald’s to Pilot Alternatives to Plastic Straws
McDonald's has become the latest big name brand to step up efforts to tackle plastic waste, revealing it is to trial more sustainable alternatives to plastic straws and is closing in on...
Vojin Djordjevic: Preciousness of Unprocessed Water
When VODAVODA first appeared on our market in 2004, in just three months, it won millions of consumers and a third of the domestic market of bottled water. The water factory stopped...
This College Could Become the First 100% Renewable Campus in U.S.
As a growing number of U.S. cities make pledges towards 100 percent renewables, it's easy to forget that the entire state of Hawaii set this important benchmark three years ago when it...
BNEF Predicts Mexico To Add 24 Terawatt-Hours Of Clean Energy By 2022
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has predicted that Mexico’s recent reforms to the corporate power market and the introduction of clean energy certificates will result in an addition 24 terawatt-hours of clean energy...
Anchovies and Chips: WWF Warns of Climate Threat to Iconic Dishes
Many of the UK's most popular dishes could become much more expensive, or even disappear altogether, over the coming decades as a result of climate impacts.
That is the stark warning contained in...
Facebook & Adobe Sign PPAs For Electricity From Enel’s 320 Megawatt Rattlesnake Creek Wind Farm
Enel Green Power North America announced on Monday that it had signed two Power Purchase Agreements with Facebook and Adobe for the electricity generated from its soon-to-be-completed 320 megawatt Rattlesnake Creek wind...
St. Patrick’s Cathedral In New York City Goes Green With $35 Million Geothermal Installation
St. Patrick’s Cathedral on New York’s Fifth Avenue is undergoing a $200 million renovation. Part of that upgrade is a new $35 million geothermal heating and cooling system that replaces the steam...
Marija JEVTIC: We Have Upset the Planet – Now It Retalitates against Us
On the occasion of the World Environment Day, we had the opportunity to listen to the lecture by professor Marija Jevtic, Ph.D. on air, climate, energy and their importance for health. Marija...
Researchers Unveil Several Ways to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C by 2100
A group of researchers led by International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis has used new modelling scenarios to showcase several ways with which to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C by 2100.
According...
IKEA Enjoys Sustainable Product Sales Growth and Clean Energy Uptick
IKEA has revealed further growth in global sales across its sustainable products range last year, as the Swedish furniture giant today reported progress on renewable energy generation as part of its latest...
Goshen College Set for Campus Solar Energy Project
A Mennonite college in northern Indiana is planning to install more than 900 electricity-generating solar panels on its campus.
Goshen College says the solar panels will be placed atop the school's Rec-Fitness Center....
Microsoft Inks First Asia Renewables Deal in Sunseap Rooftop Solar Tie-Up
Microsoft has signed its first renewables deal in Asia, inking an agreement with Singaporean solar firm Sunseap to buy all the electricity from a new 60MW rooftop solar project.
The deal, announced yesterday,...
Pret Asks Customers: Should we Introduce Charge for Plastic Bottles?
Sandwich chain Pret A Manger is considering adding 10p to the cost of all its plastic bottles, which would be refunded if the bottles are returned for recycling, as part of its...
