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Chicago Receives 130 Complaints about Buildings without Recycling Options
Chicago’s Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) has received 130 complaints so far about residential and commercial high-rise buildings not complying with a new city recycling requirement since it took effect on Jan. 1, as reported by the Chicago Sun…
CO2 Cuts: Finding the Right Balance between Protecting Trade and Fighting Climate Change
MEPs vote last week on plans to reform the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS), a scheme set up to help reduce greenhouse gases, which is not not working as expected. Although the EU is the world’s third largest CO2 emitter,…
Siemens Tops Clean 200 as Chinese Firms Dominate Rankings
German tech giant Siemens has topped the latest Clean 200 list of publicly traded corporations which make significant revenue from green energy, while Chinese companies continue to dominate the rankings. Revealed today, the Clean 200 list ranks firms according to…
World Bank Scores Sustainable Energy Policies in 111 Countries
An increasing number of developing countries – Mexico, China, Turkey, India, Vietnam, Brazil, and South Africa – are emerging as leaders in sustainable energy, with robust policies to support energy access, renewables and energy efficiency, according to a new World…
Arena to Give EnergyAustralia Grant to Investigate Pumped Hydro Storage Project
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) has approved a $450,000 grant to EnergyAustralia to investigate a pumped hydro energy storage project off South Australia as the state’s energy mix continues to cause a political storm. The grant will cover a…
EDF Faces £1m a Day Bill to Keep French Nuclear Reactor Offline
The prolonged closure of a major French atomic reactor after an explosion this month probably costs EDF at least £1m a day, according to experts. The nuclear plant operator, which will spend £18bn building the UK’s first new nuclear power…
Volvo Cars to Introduce First All-Electric Models in 2019
Volvo Cars will be introducing its first all-electric models in 2019, going by recent comments made by the Senior Director of Electric Propulsion Systems at the firm, Mats Anderson. The comments — which were made at the SAE 2017 Hybrid…