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Tesla, SolarCity Power Entire Island With Solar + Batteries
Ta’u, an island in American Samoa, has turned its nose at fossil fuels and is now almost 100 percent powered with solar panels and batteries thanks to technology from the newly combined Tesla and SolarCity. The microgrid is operated by…
China is Building a Giant Solar Plant at Chernobyl
A new solar summer rises from the ashes of nuclear winter. Two Chinese energy firms will be constructing a new solar power plant in the exclusion zone near the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, which suffered a powerful explosion in 1986 that…
Oil and Gas Companies in North America Less Green Than Those in EU
Oil and gas companies in North America are lagging behind their European counterparts in cleaning up their operations, new research has found, with higher greenhouse gas emissions and less investment in clean alternatives. ExxonMobil and Chevron of the US, alongside…
Solar Power: Best Alternative to Light Up Rural Africa
Solar energy has always been an alternative power source in areas not connected to the electricity grid. And this is what Bernard, a Kenyan chicken breeder, living in a small village about sixty kilometers from Nairobi believes. With a solar…
Australia Ranked Among Worst Developed Countries for Climate Change Action
Australia has been singled out again as a climate laggard, being ranked fifth-worst for emissions and policies among developed countries and among the six worst countries in the G20 when it comes to climate action. In the climate change performance…
Bicycle Friendly Amsterdam Aims for Clean Transport, Smarter Buildings, and a Circular Economy
Cycling is a big part of Amsterdam’s clean transport story. The city has more bikes than people and is increasing the number of green bikeways, separated from roads. “More and more, we’re biking,” said Peter Paul Ekker, spokesman for Amsterdam…
UK Ratifies Paris Climate Agreement
The UK has become the 111th country to ratify the Paris climate agreement, which aims to avoid the most devastating effects of climate change by cutting carbon emissions. The foreign minister, Boris Johnson, who has flirted with climate scepticism, signed…