Egypt has long relied on environmentally taxing fossil fuels. Over 90% of electricity is generated from oil and natural gas, and the country subsidizes fossil fuels, making them a cheap option for...
Finland has launched its first electric plane, which it hopes will clean up airborne pollution and slash fuel costs.
The Electric Aviation Association is partnering with Finnish airport operator Finavia to use the...
Humanity is devouring our planet’s resources in increasingly destructive volumes, according to a new study that reveals we have consumed a year’s worth of carbon, food, water, fibre, land and timber in...
The UK has gone a thousand hours without needing coal generation so far this year.
That’s according to new figures released by MyGridGB, which show the country hit the milestone.
The data shows the...
The Republic of Ireland will become the world’s first country to sell off its investments in fossil fuel companies, after a bill was passed with all-party support in the lower house of...
ABB has been selected by IONITY as the main technology partner and supplier. ABB's Terra High Power electric-vehicle chargers enable launch of IONITY service station on the A2 motorway in Switzerland.
IONITY, which...
Daimler, through its subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Energy and with partners, is turning a coal power plant into a large energy storage facility using over a thousand modules from its electric car battery packs.
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Tubs of Strawberry Breeze-cake, Cherry Gale-cia and other wind-themed ice-creams will feature in a campaign by Ben & Jerry’s to persuade the government to rethink its opposition to onshore windfarms.
The renamed flavours...
Pope Francis has told oil company chiefs that the world must switch to clean energy because climate change risks destroying humanity.
“Civilisation requires energy, but energy use must not destroy civilisation,” he said...
Every few years, the Union of Concerned Scientists takes a look at the auto industry's emission reduction progress as part of our Automaker Rankings series of reports.
This year's analysis, based on model...
2017 broke the record for increased renewable energy capacity, Reuters reported Sunday. But it still isn't enough to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in line with the goals of the Paris agreement.
These are...
Hamburg has banned older diesel vehicles on two of its roads in a bid to reduce pollution.
The move makes it the first German city to introduce such a ruling – the measure...
The cost of building new nuclear power plants is nearly 20 per cent higher than expected due to delays, a new analysis has found.
A new analysis of the history of nuclear power...
Research published Wednesday in Science Advances found that rice grown with the higher atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations expected by the end of this century was less nutritious, signaling bad news for the...
Car salespeople have a reputation for being pushy, but there’s one thing they aren’t trying to hard sell: electric vehicles (EVs).
While some of us would prefer getting a root canal to buying...
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) prides itself for including both Parties and Non-party stakeholders in their decision making processes. A perspective that is suspicious towards the legitimacy of...
