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Mexico, Canada, U.S. to Make Clean Power Pledge
The U.S., Mexico and Canada are expected to pledge Wednesday to collectively generate 50 percent of their electricity from zero-carbon sources by 2025, according to White House officials.
The agreement is expected to...
Scientists Plead with Australia to Get Off Coal to Save the Great Barrier Reef
Coral reefs around the world are in a dire predicament, as warmer-than-usual waters are causing widespread bleaching and death among these crucial marine organisms. Now, more than 2,500 marine scientists and policy...
Harvard Study Finds $38 Billion of Public Health Benefits from Carbon Reduction Rule
While the Clean Power Plan (CPP) works its way through the court system, researchers continue to look into what it could mean for consumers.
The results of a new Harvard study show there’s...
Independent Power Projects Essential to Electrify Sub-Saharan Africa, New Report Finds
A new World Bank report draws from experiences in five African countries to explain why independent power projects (IPPs) are crucial to help deliver electricity to the 600 million people without it...
Which countries have plans for all new cars to be electric, and when?
Plug-in electric cars currently make up a fairly small percentage of the millions of new vehicles sold globally. But within the next two decades, they may be the only new cars available...
Solar Impulse Arrives in Europe, Pointing the Way to the Future of Transportation
Seville, Spain, and Zurich, Switzerland, June 23, 2016 – Earlier yesterday, Solar Impulse, a groundbreaking solar aircraft, completed a 71-hour transatlantic flight from New York to Seville in the course of its...
Maldives Urges Rich Countries to Rapidly Ratify Paris Climate Agreement
Rich countries must ratify the climate change agreement reached in Paris last December, one of the world’s most at-risk nations has warned.
Thoriq Ibrahim, environment and energy minister of the Maldives, told the...
EIB Agrees New Investment Totalling EUR 7.4 Billion
The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank approved EUR 7.4 billion of new financing for 38 projects across Europe and around the world. Negotiations for the approved loans are expected...
Australians Have Spent almost $8bn on Rooftop Solar since 2007
Solar Citizens says since the 2012-13 financial year, rooftop solar owners have saved about $1bn on their household bills each year.
Australian households and small businesses have invested more than $1bn a year...
ABB Inverter Dramatically Boosts Performance of Solar Power Installations
Zurich, Switzerland, June 20, 2016 – ABB’s PVS980 central inverter – an essential component in every solar installation that converts direct current (DC) produced in solar panels into alternating current (AC) for...
Ball Packaging Europe’s recan fund celebrates 10 years of sustainability success within the Serbian marketplace
Ball packaging announce recently that 3.5 million cans collected, 2.5 million people reached and 20.000 school-age children educated - with these note-worthy statistics, the Serbian-based recan fund proudly celebrates its 10-year-anniversary. Founded...
Antarctic CO2 Hits 400ppm for the First Time in 4m Years
We’re officially living in a new world.
Carbon dioxide has been steadily rising since the start of the Industrial Revolution, setting a new high year after year. There’s a notable new entry to...
Marks & Spencer Crowdfunds Solar Panels for its Stores
Marks & Spencer is using crowdfunding to back the installation of solar panels on its stores.
The retailer is partnering with Energy4All, a not-for-profit group that helps community groups set up energy co-ops,...
Peru Brings Electricity to Rural Communities
Peru increased access to electrical power to more than 105,000 low income rural households, through a World Bank-supported program to extend the electrical grid and install solar power systems. This electrification effort...
ABB Connects Power to the Indian Grid from one of the World’s Largest Solar Plants
ABB has successfully commissioned five substations to integrate a 648-megawatt (MW) solar project at Kamuthi in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to the national transmission grid. The project was awarded...
Alaska Continues to Bake, on Track For Hottest Year
Alaska just can’t seem to shake the fever it has been running. This spring was easily the hottest the state has ever recorded and it contributed to a year-to-date temperature that is...
