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Ontario Investing up to $900M in Energy Retrofits for Social Housing, Private Residential Apartment Buildings
Climate Change Action Plan will reduce GHGs, create jobs, support sustainable communities. Ontario is leading the fight against climate change by investing up to $900 million over four years from cap and trade proceeds to support people who rent by…
Decoupling of global emissions and economic growth confirmed
IEA analysis shows energy-related emissions of CO2 stalled for the second year in a row as renewable energy surged. Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) – the largest source of man-made greenhouse gas emissions – stayed flat for the second…
China’s new 5-year plan is out, and it doesn’t sacrifice the environment for the economy
On Wednesday, Chinese lawmakers approved the country’s 13th Five-Year Plan, the high-level document that will guide policymaking through 2020, including the country’s approach to climate and energy policy. As the world’s second-largest economy and the largest emitter of greenhouse gases,…
Coal is dying. Who’s going to pay for the cleanup?
Over the past couple of years, a record number of coal plants have gone offline in the U.S., largely in response to falling prices, but also due to increased environmental regulations, better alternatives, and just plain bad press. Coal production…
The First American City to Ban Plastic Water Bottles
Plastic pollution is one of the greatest burdens to the environment. Believe it or not, enough plastic is discarded every year to circle the globe four times. Even worse, it is estimated that 50 percent of the plastic on this…
EPS and KfW together to green energy, Arne Gooss, director of KfW bank in Serbia
For us, EPS is an important partner within our cooperation with Serbia. ЕPS is definitively on the right track to improve its future performance on market bases. The German development bank (KfW) will continue the cooperation with the “Electric Power…
Africa Renewable Energy Initiative to build 10,000 MW of renewables in Africa by 2020
Solar for sunny Africa The Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) aims at enabling the installation of large-scale renewable energy capacity on the African continent by 2020. The African-led plan has just received a big boost with over $10 billion…