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Vehicles are Now America’s Biggest CO2 Source but EPA is Tearing Up Regulations
Some of the most common avatars of climate change - hulking power stations and billowing smokestacks - may need a slight update. For the first time in more than 40 years, the...
Dutch Utility Proposes Artificial North Sea Island & Massive Offshore Wind Farm
TenneT, the Dutch equivalent of the UK’s National Grid, is thinking about future offshore wind power for a decade or more from now. It proposes to construct a man-made island on Dogger...
Indian Insurers Launch Products For Solar Power Sector
With the rapid boom in the solar power market in India, increasing competition, and collapsing tariff bids, Indian insurance companies have launched products to protect lenders as well as developers.
HDFC ERGO General...
Ice Will Return but Extinctions Can’t Be Reversed. We Must Act now
We have to develop digital forecasts of species’ responses to climate change, design robust strategies to protect as many as possible, and help nature to adapt.
Each day increasingly dangerous hurricanes, wildfires, and...
UK Clean Energy Records Make 2017 ‘Greenest Year Ever’
This year is set to be the “greenest ever” for the UK, according to data provided by the National Grid.
Over the course of 2017, 13 different renewable energy records have been broken.
“It’s...
Germany Sets New Renewable Energy Record
Germany has broken another renewable energy record, with clean power providing a third of of the country's electricity in 2017.
Preliminary data from the Association of Energy and Water Industries show that renewable...
Trina Solar Suspends Plans For 1 Gigawatt Solar Fab In India
The world’s largest solar module manufacturer has suspended plans set up a fabrication facility in one of the fastest growing markets – India.
The head of sales for Trina Solar in India recently...
An Argentine Startup Makes Shoes from Discarded Tire Scraps and Employs Single Mothers
More than 100,000 tons of rubber tires are disposed of every year in Argentina. The majority of them are burned, contributing to the country’s already huge air pollution problem. So, when Alejandro...
South Korea Aim: 5 Times More Solar Energy Generation By 2030
The government of South Korea has unveiled new plans for the country to boost its solar energy generation 5 times over by 2030, as revealed by the country’s Minister of Trade, Industry...
Think Big Oil’s a Problem? “Big Meat” Emits More Greenhouse Gas Than Most Countries
The meat and dairy industry now produces more greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than the transportation industry. For a chance to stave off global warming, we need to radically change how we produce...
California Poised to Hit 50% Renewable Target a Full Decade Ahead of Schedule
Every year, the California Energy Commission releases its Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) report, which gives details about the mix of energy experienced by all utilities within the state during the preceding 12...
Scotland promises 50 per cent clean energy by 2030 under first ever Energy Strategy
The Scottish government has unveiled sweeping new plans to scale up the use of renewable fuel in electricity, transport and heat across the country, under its first ever Energy Strategy.
The Strategy, released...
France Bans All Fossil Fuel Extraction & Fracking
This is a story that leaves people scratching their heads. The French parliament has passed a new law banning fossil fuel extraction within its borders, or in any of its territories, by...
Germany Predicted To Set Renewable Energy Record In 2017
Clean Energy Wire is reporting that renewables will account for 33% of Germany’s total electricity usage once all the numbers for 2017 are in. That’s up from 29% last year. The projections...
Macquarie Sells Off Solar Assets to Canada’s Fiera Infrastructure
Australian bank Macquarie has sold a 41MW bundle of solar assets to Canada's Fiera Infrastructure, a subsidiary of investment giant Fiera Capital Corporation, for an undisclosed sum.
The deal, announced yesterday, sees Macquarie...
CCC Calls for Deep Waste and Energy CO2 Cuts in Wales’ Carbon Budgets
The UK's Committee on Climate Change has today given its recommendations for CO2 cuts in Wales over the next decade, setting out how the region can play a leading role in tackling...
