NIGERIA: in response to pollution, 2 electric buses are put into circulation in Lagos
Nigeria is taking action to decarbonise its transport system with the introduction of two new electric buses in the economic capital Lagos. This is it. Nigeria’s first electric public transport buses recently went into service in Lagos.
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MOZAMBIQUE-ZIMBABWE: three agreements on cross-border water management
The governments of Mozambique and Zimbabwe have signed three agreements on the protection and use of cross-border water in the face of climate change.
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AFRICA: NEFCO and CCA to finance clean cooking south of the Sahara
A partnership was recently signed between the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA).
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AFRICA: the 6th MOTA looks at the future of mining on the continent
The 6th Mining On Top Africa (MOTA) conference is being held from 12 to 13 July 2023 in Paris, France. After a five-year truce due to Covid-19, this new edition gives European investors the opportunity to negotiate new mining contracts in Africa.
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“This is nuts:” European power prices go negative as springtime renewables soar
Balmy springtime weather across Europe and growing renewable energy capacity has led to multiple days of negative wholesale power prices across the continent, highlighting the need for increased energy storage capacity.
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Network of geothermal power stations ‘could help level up UK’
A network of underground geothermal plants is being touted as a way to help level up the UK after a report discovered many areas with the greatest geothermal potential lie beneath the towns and cities most in need of investment.
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Fires, floods and disappearing beaches: can Mediterranean holidays survive?
Shortly after Easter this year, in the midst of a historic, multi-year drought, temperatures in parts of the western Mediterranean climbed a barely believable 20C higher than seasonal norms, hitting
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Clumps of 5,000-mile seaweed blob bring flesh-eating bacteria to Florida
It might have been one of Alfred Hitchcock’s fanciful tales of the supernatural: a 5,000-mile wide blob of murky seaweed creeping menacingly across the Atlantic befor
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‘I spot brand new TVs, here to be shredded’: the truth about our electronic waste
In the lobby of Fresno airport is a forest of plastic trees. A bit on the nose, I think: this is central California, home of the grand Sequoia national park.
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More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand
Investigation involving Guardian shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming in Brazil More than 800m trees have been cut down in the Ama
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Solar panels - an eco-disaster waiting to happen?
While they are being promoted around the world as a crucial weapon in reducing carbon emissions, solar panels only have a lifespan of up to 25 years. Experts say billions of panels will eventually all need to be disposed of and replaced.
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Don’t Look Up director Adam McKay to triple donations to Just Stop Oil
The Hollywood director of Netflix film Don’t Look Up has pledged to triple donations to Just Stop Oil over the weekend, the group has said.
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Iraq’s oil boom blamed for worsening water crisis in drought-hit south
Western oil companies are exacerbating water shortages and causing pollution in Iraq as they race to profit from rising oil prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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As the toxic legacy of opencast mining in Wales shows, operators get the profits, and the public get the costs
Across the UK, fossil fuel companies’ broken promises have left scarred and polluted landscapes, and no one held accountable.
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The Guardian view on Labour’s green plans: just stop oil to save the planet
Sir Keir Starmer has been admirably straightforward about his mission to make Britain a “clean energy superpower”.
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Earth’s health failing in seven out of eight key measures, say scientists
Human activity has pushed the world into the danger zone in seven out of eight newly demarcated indicators of planetary safety and justice, according to a groundbreaking analysis of the Earth’s wellbeing.
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Opinion: Why the fossil fuel divestment movement should reach hospitals
I chose a career in medicine because I wanted to work somewhere with a strong ethical foundation. It was the same reason I spent years involved in the antiwar movement and taking action on climate change — which is now a concern across the profession.
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Pesticide firms withheld brain toxicity studies from EU regulators, study finds
Pesticide companies failed to disclose a series of studies assessing brain toxicity to European regulators, according to new research, despite the same studies having been submitted to US regulators.
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Brazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warns
The rapid advance of organised crime groups in the Brazilian Amazon risks turning the region into a vast, conflict-stricken hinterland plagued by heavily armed “criminal insurgents”, a former senior federal police chief has warned.
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The elephant in the room: How to restore Europe’s nature
Nature restoration and reversing biodiversity loss are essential parts of the European Green Deal, with the EU pledging to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030. But the question of how to do this is highly contentious.
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