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Report Shows Half of Public Buses Will be Electric by 2025
The total number of electric buses servicing the public will more than triple by 2025, according to a new report released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). In 2017, there were 386,000...
Worst Wildfire in California History Threatens State’s Climate Goals
As predicted, the Thomas Fire in Southern California was officially declared the largest wildfire in state history, surpassing the 2003 Cedar Fire which burned 273,246 acres and killed 15 people.
The vast blaze,...
New Climate Study: Most Severe Warming Projections Are Now the Most Likely
Global warming, under the notorious "business-as-usual scenario" in which humans go on burning fossil fuels to power economic growth, could by 2100 be at least 15 percent warmer than the worst UN...
Why Transportation Is now the Top Source of US Pollution
With the holidays coming around, it may be a good time to note that the countless miles that Americans will drive, train or fly has a big planetary impact.
In fact, the transportation...
France Won’t Achieve Goal Of Reducing Nuclear Share Of Power Mix To 50% Until 2030–2035, Environment Minister Reveals
France won’t achieve its goals of reducing the share of its power mix held by nuclear energy to 50%, down from 75%, until the 2030–2035 timeframe (rather than by the 2025 target),...
Study: It’s Easier For Cities To Reduce Residential Emissions Than Transportation Emissions
It’s easier for cities to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions through the residential sector than it is through the transportation sector, a new study authored by an MIT professor has found. The...
France Planning New Ways To Get Old, Heavily Polluting Cars Off The Road
The government of France is reportedly now planning a series of tax and incentive implementations meant to get some of the oldest and/or most heavily polluting cars off the country’s roads.
In addition,...
Dutch Government Ordered By Court To Take Immediate Action To Reduce Air Pollution
The government of the Netherlands has been ordered by a court in the country to take immediate action to reduce air pollution levels, as current levels in some parts of the country...
ENGIE To Develop 55 Megawatt Mongolian Wind Farm With EIB Investment
French utility ENGIE has announced that it will develop and operate its first renewable energy project in Mongolia, the 55-megawatt Sainshand wind farm, which will also benefit from $120 million in financing...
Almost 140 Countries Can Switch to 100 Per Cent Clean Energy
A team of US scientists have set out an ambitious roadmap they say will lead to 139 countries around the world switching to 100 per cent renewable power, a result that would...
Report: There is Enough UK CO2 Storage Capacity for Decades to Come
There is ample capacity for storing captured carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new report that argues low cost storage sites could support a series of carbon capture hubs along the east...
Energia Opens Ireland’s Largest Ever Wind Farm in Donegal
Ireland’s largest ever windfarm officially has opened following a €145m investment by Energia at Meenadreen in south Donegal.
Ireland’s leading competitive energy provider Energia will use power from Meenadreen to supply green electricity...
Brilliant or Bizarre: The world’s strangest sources of biofuel
Seemingly biofuel can be made out of almost anything, from chocolate to human fat. But what are the weirdest biofuel sources out there?
Biofuel can be made from a variety of weird and...
Pacifico Energy Begins Work On Japan’s Largest Solar Project
Tokyo-based solar power developer Pacifico Energy has initiated work on the largest solar power project in Japan.
Pacifico Energy has started construction at Sakuto solar power project, claimed to be largest in Japan....
GreenWish Partners Doubles Plans For Nigerian Solar Capacity Addition To 200 Megawatts
Investment company GreenWish Partners has doubled its planned capacity addition in Nigeria’s solar power market.
GreenWish Partners now plans to set up 200 megawatts of solar power capacity in Nigeria after entering into...
CO2 Emissions Stay Same for Third Year in Row – Despite Global Economy Growing
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy have not increased for three years in a row even as the global economy grew, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.
Global emissions from the energy sector were...
