The New South Wales government has launched an ambitious climate change policy that could see the state achieve zero emissions by 2050.
On Thursday NSW’s environment minister, Mark Speakman, released draft plans for...
Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to a greater incidence of high blood pressure, according to the largest study to investigate the effects of both air pollution and traffic noise by...
Solar energy has the potential to provide abundant power, but only if scientists solve two key issues: storing the energy for use at all hours, particularly at night, and making the technology...
Puducherry government will implement the Municipal solid waste management rules, 2016, notified by the Union environment, forest and climate change ministry within a month following a direction from the National green tribunal...
Ministers have rejected calls for a charge on the 2.5bn disposable coffee cups thrown away each year because they believe coffee shop chains are already taking enough action to cut down waste.
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Burning global issue of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reduction was the topic of last week in Belgrade meeting that gathered representatives of Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, UNDP, Embassy of France...
Nelt has released its first “Distribution with care” Sustainability Report in line with the international GRI reporting standard.
The Report uses measurable indicators to show important aspects of the business and objectives that...
While thermal solar power plants have had a bit of trouble catching on in the US, solar energy company SolarReserve is hoping to change that. The company recently announced it’s hoping to...
ABB has received orders to supply gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) and shunt reactors to Red Eléctrica de España, (REE) the transmission agent and operator of the Spanish electricity system to support the upgrade...
In 19 years, Ramu Gaviti’s six acres of land have gone from barren, dry and sparsely vegetated to fertile, moist and thick with biomass. Peacocks, wild pigs and rabbits have reappeared and...
A year ago, a group of poverty-fighting organizations from the global North and South, including our own, began a discussion about coal.
We were keenly aware of how important energy is to improving...
The Green for Growth Fund (GGF) announced a EUR 1 million senior loan to Agency for Finance in Kosovo (AFK) in a deal that further expands and diversifies the fund’s geographic and...
Low-carbon microgrids have assumed a place in the strategic agendas of some of the world's largest power and industrial engineering corporations. That includes Swedish-Swiss ABB, whose roots in the now fast moving...
The EU strategy for liquefied natural gas (LNG) must make energy supplies more secure, cut carbon emissions and deliver affordable prices say MEPs in a resolution voted on Tuesday. Parliament calls on...
Mexico’s wide-ranging energy reform, which began in 2013, is expected to reverse the country’s declining oil production, increase the share of renewables in the power sector, and slow the growth in carbon...
A new study shows that hypoxia, i.e. low oxygen conditions, in European lakes started in 1850, becoming more widespread after 1900, long before the use of chemical fertilizers and climate change. A...
