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26 05 2021 | 08:54

EU presses ahead with tariff on embedded emissions.

The EU wants its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to increase carbon prices at home and drive climate ambition abroad. n its 16th year, the European carbon market is growing up, with prices…

26 05 2021 | 08:53

Warming is clearly visible in new US ‘climate normal’ datasets.

Anyone who listens to weather reports has heard meteorologists comment that yesterday’s temperature was 3 degrees above normal, or last month was much drier than normal. But what does “normal” mean…

26 05 2021 | 08:47

Australia’s big banks reject Nationals’ claims managing climate risk is ‘virtue signalling’

Major banks say Australia’s international trading partners require the sector to identify and disclose climate risk on their balance sheets. Australia’s big banks have declared they need to actively…

26 05 2021 | 08:41

A brilliant 100-year-old Nikola Tesla invention is just beginning to make sense.

The patent never received too much attention, but scientists think it could have modern uses. Eccentric scientist and inventor extraordinaire Nikola Tesla is known for developing the basis for AC…

26 05 2021 | 08:38

BlackRock Backed Climate Proposals, But Key Votes Are Yet to Come

The money manager’s first-quarter stewardship report shows that it’s been more willing to stand up to management, while activists are looking ahead. BlackRock Inc. disclosed that over the first…

26 05 2021 | 08:33

The world’s largest iceberg broke off Antarctica’s Renn Ice Shelf. Named A-76, it heads into the Weddell Sea and is 5-times larger than New York city.

An enormous iceberg broke off the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica, moving into the Weddell Sea. It is over 4,300 square kilometers in size and is now the largest iceberg in the world. The iceberg is…

26 05 2021 | 08:17

On sustainability, think about trees and water pipes.

Circular economy and sustainability are buzzwords synonymous with globetrotting NGO executives and professors whose high sounding lectures saturate the atmosphere in the ivory towers that are the…

26 05 2021 | 08:11

Climate and COVID-19 crises both need feminism – here's why.

People all over the world are reeling from the one-two punch of climate change and COVID-19. The overlapping crises are exposing and intensifying patterns of disadvantage, marginalization and…

26 05 2021 | 07:49

The Particular Psychology of Destroying a Planet.

What kind of thinking goes into engaging in planetary sabotage? Two weeks ago, I looked at the question of the anxiety that the climate crisis is causing our psyches. But, if you think about it,…

26 05 2021 | 07:46

Ed’s note: Is renewable energy breaking the electricity network?

A decade has passed since the inception of South Africa’s renowned renewable energy auction programme – the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). In reality,…

26 05 2021 | 07:39

Opinion: Keeping fossil fuels in the ground is the only corporate strategy possible.

The net-zero road map published this week by the International Energy Agency shows a way forward to a new, cleaner world in line with the Paris Agreement, but the task ahead is massive and companies…

26 05 2021 | 07:23

No place for new fossil fuels if world is to reach net zero by 2050, says landmark report.

Roadmap comes just months before UK hosts major global climate summit. There is no place for new fossil fuel projects if the world is to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, according to a landmark…

25 05 2021 | 13:56

Extreme Weather Displaces Record Numbers of People as Temperatures Rise

Storms, floods, wildfires and droughts drove more than 30 million people from their homes last year, as rising temperatures wrought extra chaos on the climate, according to a report published…

25 05 2021 | 13:25

Crying about hamburgers is dead-end on climate crisis, Republicans warned

Congressman Peter Meijer, 33, warns that false claims of a burger ban or blaming immigrants risk losing the young generation. Lies that hamburgers will be banned, conspiracy-laden claims of…

25 05 2021 | 13:19

Government’s hydrogen plans at risk from ‘fossil fuel lobbying’, climate groups warn

Letter urges government to invest in ‘green hydrogen’ as it strives to meet net-zero emissions by 2050 The government’s strategy for developing hydrogen – a fuel that could one day play a major role…

25 05 2021 | 13:11

No new oil, gas or coal development if world is to reach net zero by 2050, says world energy body

Governments must close gap between net zero rhetoric and reality, says International Energy Agency head. Exploitation and development of new oil and gas fields must stop this year and no new coal-…

25 05 2021 | 13:07

Are Vertical Turbines The Future Of Offshore Wind Power?

What makes renewable energy so exciting is the immense economic potential of groundbreaking technology advancements.

21 05 2021 | 19:05

EPA shuts polluting Caribbean refinery reopened under Trump.

Nearby residents in the US Virgin Islands, have endured water contamination and noxious fumes that closed three schools. The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered an oil refinery in the US…

21 05 2021 | 18:56

Asia is home to 99 of world’s 100 most vulnerable cities.

Indonesia’s capital Jakarta – plagued by pollution, flooding and heatwaves – tops risk assessment ranking. Of the 100 cities worldwide most vulnerable to environmental hazards all but one are in…

21 05 2021 | 18:51

Wyoming stands up for coal with threat to sue states that refuse to buy it.

Republican governor says measure sends message that Wyoming is ‘prepared to bring litigation to protect her interests’ Wyoming is faced by a transition to renewable energy that’s gathering pace…