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California & China to Cooperate on Carbon Emissions Reduction
California governor Jerry Brown is in China this week. He will be the keynote speaker at the Under2 Clean Energy Forum in Beijing on June 7. That event will bring together leaders...
ALEKSANDAR JOVOVIC: The Key Problem Is the Situation in the Society and in Public
Our interlocutor is Aleksandar Jovovic, a full professor at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The focus in research and scientific work of the Professor Jovovic is process engineering and...
Reports: South Korea Mulls Pro-Renewables Energy Policy Shift
South Korea's newly-elected government is considering a rapid shift in focus away from coal and nuclear power towards renewables and natural gas, in what would mark a major change in energy policy...
‘World’s Most Ambitious Target’ to Go 100% Renewables just Passed the California Senate
California took a major step in ditching fossil fuels after the state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that aims for 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. The legislation, Senate Bill 100, was...
Tiny Air Quality Monitors Are Helping Air Pollution Tracking Go Public (PHOTO) (VIDEO)
Last summer, about a dozen high school and college students fanned out across the South Bronx and Brooklyn into four neighborhoods heavily trafficked by waste-hauling trucks. They counted the trucks and used...
Eco-Friendly Graphene-Based Paint Launches in the UK
A new paint made with graphene could save energy and cut the heating and cooling bills of buildings across the UK, following its national launch in the country earlier this month.
Graphenstone, which...
FRENCH PRESIDENT: If Trump Pulls out of the Paris Agreement, U.S. Climate Scientists Can Go to France
Where U.S. president Donald Trump stands on climate change is no secret, and his administration has already put into effect a number of efforts that clearly demonstrate this. Now, perhaps the biggest...
M&S Targets Zero Waste and 90 Per Cent CO2 Cut in New ‘Plan A 2025’
Marks & Spencer unveiled a raft of ambitious zero waste and CO2 reduction targets across its business and supply chains with the launch of its new Plan A 2025 sustainability programme today.
Under...
EU Transport Emissions Ticked Up in 2015
Greenhouse gas emissions from transport across the EU grew by 0.5 per cent in 2015, bucking a five year downward trend, latest statistics reveal.
European Environment Agency (EEA) figures published yesterday suggest the...
Ecology Plays Important Part in Serbia-UN Partnership (PHOTOS)
On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and the UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia Karla Robin Hershey, signed today the...
German and Italian Firms Join Forces on Hydrogen Bus Development
A group of German and Italian public transit companies are seeking tenders for the development of 63 hydrogen fuel cell buses as part of an EU-funded low emission transport project to help...
84% of People Now Consider Climate Change a ‘Global Catastrophic Risk’
A majority of people in eight countries say they are ready to change their lifestyles if it would prevent climate catastrophe, a survey on global threats released Wednesday found.
The poll of 8,000...
Climate Change to Reduce Global Yields of Staple Crops 23% by 2050s
Global production of the 4 most important staple crops in the world — maize/corn, wheat, rice, and soybeans — will be reduced by around 23% by the 2050s as a result of...
Traffic Air Pollution Directly Damages DNA In Children, Research Finds
Exposure to high levels of traffic-related air pollution is seemingly a direct cause of the type of DNA damage that is known as telomere shortening, according to new research from the University...
India Cancels Nearly 14 Gigawatts Of Proposed Coal Plants
The transformation of India’s electricity market continues to deliver, as shown this month by the cancellation of 13.7 gigawatts of proposed coal-fired power plants, an admission that 8.6 gigawatts of operating coal...
Smart Cities Hub Launches to ‘Bridge Gap’ Between Cities and Innovators
Our cities may soon be greener, cleaner and more efficient thanks to the launch of a new initiative yesterday to match urban centres with smart technology.
The Sustainable Smart Cities Hub, launched by...
