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Great Barrier Reef Reaches ‘Terminal Stage’
Warming oceans have caused a large bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef for the second year in a row, new aerial surveys show. This year’s bleaching extends much further south than areas impacted by the 2016 event and two…
Myanmar’s Eco-Friendly Startup Transforms Trash into Treasure—and Jobs
Trash is a big problem in Myanmar. Garbage is scattered in the streets with smells of burning trash never far behind—but an innovative social enterprise has found a way to turn that adversity into advantage. Tucked in the rural backwaters…
5 Ways China Is Becoming the Global Leader on Climate Change
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt called the Paris agreement a “bad deal.” He claimed China has made no significant efforts to curb carbon pollution, while the U.S. has sacrificed jobs to meet the terms…
Tonik Energy and Powervault to Trial Home Battery Storage and Smart Tariff Combo
Renewable electricity supplier Tonik Energy has teamed up with clean tech firm Powervault to trial a ‘revolutionary’ smart electricity tariff model designed to cut bills by bringing battery storage into more UK households, the two firms will announce today. The…
Study: UK Leads G7 at Cutting Emissions and Growing Economy
The idea that cutting carbon emissions damages a country’s economy needs to be consigned to history once and for all, according to a major new study that reveals how the UK has delivered the deepest carbon cuts and the strongest…
Climate Scoreboard: EU Member States Fail To Convince With Patchy 2050 Plans
Only eleven EU Member States delivered a 2050 emissions reduction strategy by 2015 as required by EU law – and the strategies that were submitted vary hugely in quality. These are the findings of the EU LIFE-funded MaxiMiseR project from…
Households to Dump 235 Million Tonnes of Clothing in Landfill this Spring
Hundreds of millions of tonnes of clothing is set to be dumped in landfill this spring by UK consumers unaware that much of it can be reused or recycled, according to new research published today. In total, UK consumers are…