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Beijing Bans Highly Polluting Cars During Smog Alerts
Next year, Beijing will ban highly polluting old cars from being driven whenever air-quality alerts are issued in the city or neighbouring regions, according to its environmental protection bureau. China has adopted various measures over the years to reduce the…
29% of Water Deemed Unsuitable for Human Consumption in China’s Top Coal Province
We know that Trump digs coal, but of all the fossil fuels, coal is Earth’s biggest polluter. The environmental impact of the coal industry is vast and devastating. And now, production of this cheap energy source has rendered nearly a…
COP22: Ban-Ki Moon Declares Climate Action ‘Unstoppable’ As World Leaders Gather In Marrakesh
As world leaders were being escorted to the COP22 conference centre in Marrakesh for today’s high-level plenary session, outgoing UN Secretary-General declared climate action is now “unstoppable”, regardless of the actions of any one government. Ban Ki-moon, who has attended…
Southill Solar Flicks Switch On Community Renewables Project
The UK’s latest community renewables project came online on Friday as Southill Community Energy (SCE) flicked the switch on the 4.5MW Southill Solar farm in West Oxfordshire. The project, which was built by developer Solarcentury, is now expected to provide…
California Officially Becomes the First State to Ban Plastic Bags
California just made history by becoming the first state in the Union to officially ban plastic bags. The California Plastic Bag Veto Referendum (Proposition 67) was approved by voters on Nov. 8 by a narrow margin of 51.97% in favor…
German Coalition Agrees to Cut Carbon Emissions up to 95% by 2050
Germany’s coalition government has reached an agreement on a climate change action plan which involves reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 95% by 2050, a spokesperson said on Friday. The plan, which will require German industry to reduce its…
Britain’s Last Coal Power Plants to Close by 2025
The last coal power station in Britain will be forced to close in 2025, the government has said as it laid out the detail of its plan to phase-out the polluting fossil fuel. Ministers promised last year that the UK…