Cobalt production needs to nearly double to make and charge enough electric vehicles (EVs) for the UK to meet its 2050 climate targets.That’s according to a letter co-authored by the Natural History...

Geminor has signed a deal to handle what it claims is the first ever export of treated waste from Iceland.The Norwegian resource management firm penned a five-year contract to ship refuse-derived fuel...

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 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 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...

Renewable power is already the cheapest source of electricity in many parts of the world.That’s the verdict from a new report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), which suggests the...

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...

Rarely does mention of the pharmaceutical industry conjure up images of smoke stacks, pollution and environmental damage.Yet our recent study found the global pharmaceutical industry is not only a significant contributor to...

A new £65 million plastic recycling plant will be powered by electricity made from non-recyclable rubbish. Pennon Group, the parent company of waste giant Viridor, will use power generated from its £252 million...

A new €100 million (£88m) clean energy investment fund has been launched by a fund led by Bill Gates, the European Commission and European Investment Bank (EIB).Initially announced in October last year,...

Public electric vehicle (EV) charging locations now outnumber petrol stations across the UK.New data from charging point locator service Zap-Map shows that as of the 22nd of May, the country was home...

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...

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...

Healthy ecosystems can provide around 37% of the mitigation needed to limit the increase in global temperatures.That’s according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who warned against the “unprecedented threats” facing the world’s...

You would think streaming music is more eco-friendly than CDs, tapes and records, right? Afterall, there’s no waste. A new study by the Universities of Glasglow and Oslo calculated the carbon footprint...

India invested more money in solar energy than coal-fired generation for the first time ever last year.That’s according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which also highlights how...