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Worldwide Clean Energy Investments Hit $333.5 Billion Last Year
Global investment in renewable energy hit $333.5 billion in 2018, the second-highest on record, according to a new analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). That’s a 3 percent jump from 2016 and 7 percent short of the $360 billion…
European Parliament Votes to Strengthen 2030 Renewables Goals and Set ‘Net Zero’ Emission Target
The European Parliament yesterday voted in favour of proposals to significantly strengthen the EU’s climate package through to 2030 and beyond, backing a higher renewable energy target, more ambitious binding efficiency goals, and a new 2050 ambition to build a ‘net…
New NASA Study Solves Climate Mystery, Confirms Methane Spike Tied to Oil and Gas
Over the past few years, natural gas has become the primary fuel that America uses to generate electricity, displacing the long-time king of fossil fuels, coal. In 2019, more than a third of America’s electrical supply will come from natural…
US CO2 Emissions Declined During Trump’s First Year as President
What were United States carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions like in 2017, the first year President Donald Trump was in office? Based on preliminary estimates, the Rhodium Group said US emissions declined by just below one percent, thanks to changes in…
Average Temperatures In Alaska In December Shatter Existing Record
Climate scientists have been warning us for decades that global warming will affect polar regions first. If that is so — assuming those scientists are not all being paid by the Chinese to perpetrate a giant fraud on the world…
‘World first’: Australian University Signs Deal for 100 Per Cent Solar Power
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is hoping to make it into the green energy record books with a new deal to source all of its electricity from solar power. The Australian university yesterday announced it has signed a…
China Sitting Pretty To Dominate New Clean Energy Future, Claims IEEFA
With the United States pulling out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, China has solidified its position as the dominant global clean energy powerhouse in 2017, and is set to lead the way in clean energy which is expected to…