Playful in its design and highly functional, SunMade Cheese features a charger for flashlights, lighters, radios and even cellphones powered by mere sunlight. The device was developed by YOLK, the solar company...
The River Thames has become a ‘wild west’ unbound by new laws to clean up the city’s roads, say campaigners.
A huge new cruise ship terminal planned for the River Thames would lead...
They aim to reduce emissions from upstream operations to below 0.25% by 2025.
Thirteen of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies have agreed a first collective target to reduce methane emissions.
They have announced a goal...
Park lands have warmed twice as fast as the rest of the country.
America’s national parks have warmed twice as fast as the US average and could see some of the worst effects...
House and Senate leaders included a provision in legislation to fund the Federal Aviation Administration and strengthen disaster programs that will give commercial airports the option to switch to firefighting foams that do not...
Unfortunately, mainstream climate scientists are still right, and we’re running out of time to avoid dangerous global warming.
We’re currently on pace to double the carbon dioxide-equivalent (including other greenhouse gases) in the...
Link Solar says its technology can be used to replace diesel generators and other polluting energy sources.
New portable solar panels have hit the market and are enabling people to generate clean energy on the...
Co-op has announced plans to scrap single-use plastic bags at its stores and replace them with biodegradable ones.
The supermarket expects the move to eliminate around 60 million plastic bags as part of its phased rollout.
Lightweight...
The Ocean Cleanup has developed a new technology it says will be able to collect vast amounts of rubbish.
The Ocean Cleanup has pledged to remove plastic waste from the world’s seas by 2050.
It plans...
In drought-ravaged East Africa, the cracks in the plains echo the fault lines splitting tribes.
Across the globe, the devastation of deadly brawls is being exacerbated by tensions over access to water. Water...
Norway has become the first country to ban deforestation. The Norwegian Parliament pledged May 26 that the government's public procurement policy will be deforestation-free.
Any product that contributes to deforestation will not be...
More than 30,000 Ukrainian households have benefitted from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) energy efficiency programme.
The Residential Energy Efficiency Financing Facility has now invested a total of UAH1 billion...
California became the first state in the U.S. to ban plastic straws in dine-in restaurants Thursday when Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation to that effect, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The law, which will enter into...
Barriers could halt slide of undersea glaciers and hold back sea level rises predicted to result from global warming.
Building walls on the seafloor may become the next frontier of climate science, as...
Boston University (BU) has announced plans to buy wind energy to meet 100% of its electricity consumption.
It has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy company ENGIE North America, which will provide renewable electricity...
The carmakers allegedly held meetings where they discussed clean technologies to limit harmful car exhaust emissions.
The technologies aim to make passenger cars less damaging to the environment
The Commission will assess...
