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Kellogg, Estée Lauder, and DBS Bank Join Growing Ranks of RE100 Clean Power Initiative
The global RE100 initiative has added yet more high profile companies to its ranks this week, after Kellogg Company, Estée Lauder, DBS Bank, and Clif Bar & Company all pledged to source 100 per cent of their power from renewable…
UK: Government Confirms 2020 Renewable Fuels Target
The government has this week confirmed it will raise the target for renewable fuel use in the UK transport sector to 9.75 per cent, a move hailed by the industry as a vote of confidence in the carbon cutting benefits…
Bottoms Up: EU Drinks Carton Recycling Rate Pushes Past 45 Per Cent Mark
Europe is now recycling almost half its cardboard drinks cartons as progressing on cutting waste within the trading bloc continues. The recycling rate for cardboard drinks cartons hit 47 per cent in 2016 – up from 44 per cent the…
U.S. Solar Industry Sees Phenomenal Growth
The U.S. solar market continued its years-long expansion in the second quarter of 2017 as the industry installed 2,387 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaics (PV), the largest total in a second quarter to date. This tops Q1’s total and represents…
Scotland Breaks Another Wind Power Record
Scotland is celebrating yet another record-breaking month for wind power, new figures show. Scottish wind turbines provided 846,942 megawatt hours of electricity to the National Grid, enough to supply the power needs of 2.25 million, or 93 percent of, Scottish…
NEW UNCCD REPORT: Governments Tackle Interlinked Challenges of Land Loss and Climate Change
A new UN report says that mismanagement of land coupled with the impacts of a changing climate are key factors responsible for the loss of valuable agricultural land. Current management practices in the land-use sector contributes to about 25 per…
Massachusetts Solar Marketplace Changing
Solar power continues to grow in Massachusetts and around the country, but new data shows the source of new installations is changing. Nationally, the industry installed 2,387 megawatts of solar capacity in the second quarter of this year, up 8…