Even though the Trump administration used its only public forum at the COP23 climate talks in Bonn to promote coal, it's clear that many individual U.S. businesses, cities and entire states would...

At the COP 23 climate conference in Bonn, Germany this week, Canada and the UK announced that they are spearheading a global alliance to phase out the use of coal completely. The...

By approaching 2100, a world set for 3.4˚C will, on present trends, probably be the reality confronting our descendants—slightly less warm than looked likely a year ago, analysts think. That's the good...

More than 15,000 scientists have signed a chilling article titled “World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice," urging global leaders to save the planet from environmental catastrophe. The plea, published Monday in...

A series of economic 'tipping points' could lead to a surge in renewables deployment in the UK and Germany over the next decade, paving the way for the countries to rely entirely...

After years of flat growth, global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise again in 2017 to hit a record high, according to new data that seriously threatens international efforts to avert...

A long-running legal battle between Mainstream Renewable Power and RSPB Scotland over the fate of the 450 megawatt Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm has finally come to a close, with Scotland’s...

Renewables combined with energy storage technologies could generate enough secure power to cover the world's entire electricity demand by 2050 while proving cheaper than the current fossil-fuel dominated system, according to a...

The US looks set to become the only country outside the Paris Agreement, after Syria reportedly signalled it would ratify the international climate change accord. The New York Times reported today that a...

GE Renewable Energy and the Green Investment Group are teaming up to deliver a 650MW wind project in Sweden, having acquired what they claim will be one of the largest single-site onshore...

Global temperature records look likely to be smashed once again this year, with 2017 on course to be one of the three hottest years on record, according to the World Meteorological Organisation...

New Zealand's incoming government is hoping to make the nation greener by planting 100 million trees each year, ensuring the electricity grid runs entirely from renewable energy, and spending more money on...

Atmospheric methane levels rose fairly rapidly in 2016, as did atmospheric carbon dioxide levels (which saw the yearly average rise up to 403.3 parts per million), according to a new report from...

The hotel industry must eliminate 90 per cent of its carbon emissions by 2050 if the sector is to stay within the limits set out under the Paris climate agreement. That is the...

The carbon intensity of the global economy is falling faster than ever before, but the pace of change is still not enough to hit global climate targets, new research published by PwC...

Vestas has become the latest high profile name to officially join the RE100 initiative, after reiterating its commitment to sourcing 100 per cent renewable power as its turbine manufacturing operations expand. The wind...