Who pays for grid upgrades when big solar developers force out the little guy?

In short: In some rural places, large solar developers build as much solar as they can without incurring costs to upgrade the feeder lines that carry electricity to the rest of the grid.

Greenpeace Africa activists successfully stormed the international cricket match between England and South Africa, demanding clean air.

Yesterday afternoon, at least ten fearless 

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Cambridge's Trinity College lawn dug up by Extinction Rebellion.

Climate activists have dug up a lawn outside a Cambridge University college over its role in a major development in the Suffolk countryside. Extinction Rebellion members said the action at Trinity College was taken against the "destruction of nature".

Jeff Bezos: World's richest man pledges $10bn to fight climate change.

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn (£7.7bn) to help fight climate change. The world's richest man said the money would finance work by scientists, activists and other groups.

RBS to withdraw support from major oil producers who do not align with net zero goal.

RBS has announced they will be ending coal, oil and gas funding to support the climate emergency.

Bees and flowers have had the world’s longest love affair. Now it’s in danger.

The oldest love affair in history is between the bee and the flower. It began more than 100m years ago, when nature devised a more efficient way than winds for plants to procreate.

Delta Air Lines invests $1 billion in cutting carbon emissions.

Delta will commit $1 billion over the next ten years to mitigate all emissions from its global businesses going forward.

Australia on FIRE!

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Africa’s growing lead battery industry is causing extensive contamination.

Africa is facing a serious lead poisoning problem. In Senegal, for example, researchers linked the deaths of children from processing lead waste to supply a lead battery recycling plant in a poor suburb of Dakar.

Kenya is making strides in solar uptake for off-grid households.

The robustly growing Kenyan market for solar home systems has continued to have positive impact on the socio-economic fabric of our society.

Half the world's economy now eyeing net zero transition, analysis shows.

Almost $39tr of the world's GDP is now aligned, or proposing to align, with net zero emissions targets, according to ECIU

UK leads Europe on new wind power as global turbine market enjoys boom.

Britain added more onshore and offshore wind capacity than any other country in Europe last year at 2.8GW, latest industry figures show

Shell inks deal to draw power from 'Europe's largest' battery in Wiltshire.

The two 50MW batteries are located near the village of Minety in Wiltshire and are currently being developed by two Chinese state-owned companies

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SDG14: Could electric ferries power up a new era of greener shipping?

From Scandinavia to South East Asia Danfoss is charting a course towards zero emission shipping

Brewed by the sun: Heineken and Iberdrola toast Spanish solar deal.

Dutch brewer signs power purchase agreement with Spanish utility to supply renewable electricity for its brewing operations in Spain

2020 UN OCEAN CONFERENCE Lisbon, 2-6 June 2020.

Save our Ocean, Protect our Future The Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is strengthening its efforts to mobilize, create and drive solutions to realize the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Britvic banks on sustainability with £400m loan facility linked to green goals.

Interest on the loan is dependent on Britvic driving progress towards its green goals to cut plastics and emissions by 2025

P&G to ramp up recycled plastic in its packaging with five-year Viridor deal.

Agreement will see recycling firm Viridor supply consumer goods giant with recycled plastic for use in its packaging