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Calls for greater collaboration to enhance resource efficiency and economic growth
Scientists, industry-leaders and policy-makers gathered in Paris on saturday to discuss the economic potential of resource efficiency, as well as its role in limiting global warming and putting the world on a...
Climate change is changing nature so much it may need ‘human-assisted evolution’, scientists say
Life on Earth has already been fundamentally altered by global warming, affecting the genes of plants and animals and altering every ecosystem on the planet, according to a major review of the...
Southill Solar Flicks Switch On Community Renewables Project
The UK's latest community renewables project came online on Friday as Southill Community Energy (SCE) flicked the switch on the 4.5MW Southill Solar farm in West Oxfordshire.
The project, which was built by...
Indian Farmers Fight Against Climate Change Using Trees As A Weapon
In 19 years, Ramu Gaviti’s six acres of land have gone from barren, dry and sparsely vegetated to fertile, moist and thick with biomass. Peacocks, wild pigs and rabbits have reappeared and...
Investing in Infrastructure that Unites: First Gas Interconnector Between Finland and Estonia Ends Energy Isolation
A first gas interconnector between Finland and Estonia will end the long lasting gas isolation of Finland and help, boosting security of supply and bringing an economic lift to the region.
European Commission...
What the Ancient Carbon Dioxide Record May Mean for Future Climate Change
The last time Earth experienced both ice sheets and carbon dioxide levels within the range predicted for this century was a period of major sea level rise, melting ice sheets and upheaval...
South Australian Windfarms Revise Safety Settings after Statewide Blackout
Several windfarm operators in South Australia have already revised their settings to allow them to ride through larger network disruptions, following the storm in September that caused a statewide blackout, according to...
Elon Musk’s Magnificent Seven: How Dream Deal May Test Boardroom
Elon Musk has brushed off doubts about his plan to marry Tesla Motors Inc. and SolarCity Corp. with reassurances the idea is sound, including that his board is unanimously behind him.
That’s hardly...
Cheers to This: Beer That’s Good for the Climate
A new beer from Patagonia Provisions and Hopworks Urban Brewery is made with Kernza, a perennial grain designed to save water, protect soil, and absorb carbon.
Long Root Ale, a pale ale hitting...
US Firm in Battle for East African Multimillion Dollar Wind Power Project
A sustained seven-year effort by U.S. wind power firm Cordisons International Ltd. to put up a multimillion dollar 90-MW wind farm in Kenya may have come to an end after the country’s...
Mapping Europe’s quiet areas
One-third of Europe’s countryside is potentially affected by noise pollution caused by human activity, according to a new report published in June by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Protecting areas not yet...
Threat of wildfires expected to increase as global temperatures rise – UN
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has warned that wildfires could become more frequent and more destructive as global temperatures rise and drought conditions plague many regions of the...
Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation Makes Historic Grant Announcement
LDF announces its largest-ever portfolio of environmental grants, increasing the organization’s total direct financial giving to over $59 million since 1998. Additionally, after a period of increased grantmaking and a goal of...
Solar Panels Study Reveals Impact on Earth
Environmental Scientists at Lancaster University and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology monitored a large solar park, near Swindon, for a year.
They found that solar parks altered the local climate, measuring cooling...
Tackling Plastic pollution Should Begin at the Source
Marine Litter Vital Graphics, highlights why it is important to act now if we want to avoid living in a sea of plastic by mid-century. Though short-term fixes do exist, any lasting...
Which Are the World’s Most Environmentally Friendly Countries?
Nordic nations often appear at the top of rankings for the world’s greenest places, so the countries dominating Yale's Environmental Performance Index (EPI) will come as no surprise – with the exception...
