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Kenya Introduces World’s Harshest Law on Plastic Bags
Kenya has been a major exporter or plastic bag in the past – but now the country is cracking down on the plastic pollution with the toughest law of its kind in the world. Kenyans selling, producing, or just using…
Extensive Coral Bleaching in the Pacific Shocks Scientists
A crew of scientists who are spending two years aboard a research ship traveling around the world have said they were shocked to find basically all of the Pacific Ocean’s reefs to be affected by bleaching. “What we’ve seen in…
Netherlands’ Airports Switching 100% To Wind Energy
On January the 1st of 2017, Dutch National Railway company NS made a monumental step towards a world in which we no longer compromise the wellbeing of future generations for the sake of our own livelihood. NS is switching to…
Seattle to Ban Plastic Straws, Utensils at Restaurants Next Year
Starting next year, Seattle restaurants will no longer provide plastic straws and plastic utensils to its patrons after a 2010 ordinance finally takes effect. “As of July 1, 2018, food services businesses should not be providing plastic straws or utensils,”…
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 from the European Investment Bank. Normally there’s a…
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 limit global warming to under 1.5 degrees and…
Renewable Energy To Exceed Thermal Power Capacity In India By 2027, Says Government Study
The rapid growth in renewable energy sector in India will easily overtake that in the thermal power sector and would result in more renewable energy capacity being operational than thermal power capacity by 2027, the latest economic survey of the…