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Will Burberry Set a Green Trend with New 2022 Emissions Goal?
Burberry has committed to slash its direct emissions by 95% in the next three years.
The luxury fashion brand set the target against a 2016 baseline and has had the ambition independently assessed...
There Will Be 9.7 Billion on Earth by 2050, but the Growth Rate Is Slowing
“The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights”, estimates that the next 30 years will see the global population add an extra 2 billion people to today’s figure of 7.7 billion, and, by the...
HP Aims to Power Global Operations with 100% Renewables by 2035
HP has set a target to ensure its global operations are powered with 100% renewable electricity by 2035.It is part of the printing and personal systems manufacturer’s latest commitments to drive a...
Greenland Lost 2 Billion Tons of Ice This Week, Which Is Very Unusual
Over 40% of Greenland experienced melting Thursday, with total ice loss estimated to be more than 2 gigatons (equal to 2 billion tons) on just that day alone.While Greenland is a big...
Renewable Jobs Around the World Topped 11 Million in 2018
Renewable jobs around the world topped 11 million in 2018.That’s according to the latest analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) – this figure compares with 10.3 million clean energy jobs...
US Defense Operations ‘Create More Emissions Than Sweden’
The defense operations of the US create more greenhouse gas emissions than Sweden and Portugal.That’s the conclusion reached in a new study published by Brown University in Rhode Island, which states the...
Methane Emissions from US Industry ‘100 Times Higher Than Reported’
Methane emissions from US industry are up to 100 times higher than commonly reported.
That’s the conclusion reached by researchers from Cornell University and the Environmental Defense Fund, who used a Google Street...
Climate Crisis and Antibiotic Use Could ‘Sink’ Fish Farming Industry – Report
The climate crisis, drug use and feeding farmed fish with wild stocks risks “sinking” the $230bn (£180bn) aquaculture industry, according to an ethical investment network.Fish farms now surpass wild fisheries as the...
What’s the Cheapest Country to Run an EV?
What’s the cheapest country to run an electric vehicle (EV)?A new set of statistics calculated by Compare the Market suggests it might be the South American nation of Chile, where it costs...
Donald Trump’s State Visit ‘to Emit 2,619 Tonnes of Carbon Dioxide’
Donald Trump’s state visit will produce as much carbon dioxide as an average British home does in 970 years.That’s the verdict from renewable energy supplier Pure Planet, which has calculated the US...
Malaysia to Send Plastic Waste Back to UK and Other Foreign Countries
The Malaysian Government has ordered several thousand tonnes of imported plastic waste to be sent back to the countries it came from, including the UK and US.Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said...
Most Technologies and Sectors ‘Not Keeping Pace with Long-Term Energy Goals’
Most technologies and sectors are not keeping pace with the long-term goals of the clean energy transition.That’s according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which suggests many types of energy asset are...
Clean Energy Transition ‘Will Be Harder and Costlier Without Nuclear’
The transition to a clean energy economy will be much harder and more costly without nuclear power.That’s according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which suggests four billion...
US to Become World’s Largest Market for Grid-Connected Energy Storage
The US is projected to take over South Korea as the world’s largest market for grid-connected energy storage this year.That’s according to new research, which suggests solar combined with battery storage as...
Nearly Every US National Park Is Plagued by ‘Significant’ Air Pollution
A new report outlines the disastrous effects that air pollution is having on our national natural treasures.In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act, a federal law that...
EPA Releases Report Advising Communities to Prepare for Climate Change-Related Disasters
Policymakers at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a report in the Federal Register outlining how local communities should start planning for near-future catastrophes associated with climate change.As first reported by...
