Europe’s ‘heat pump valley’ takes root in the East
Nearly all heating in Europe must be climate-friendly by 2050 in order to reach the EU’s net-zero objective – and heat pumps are increasingly viewed as the main way of achieving this.
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France to open its first electric car battery factory
France will launch its first battery factory for electric cars on Tuesday (30 May), taking a big step in its race to build up a sector dominated by China.
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Plastic pollution: Treaty talks get into the nitty-gritty
Countries grappling with the “immense” task of ending plastic pollution began a new round of talks in Paris on Monday (30 May), amid protests and warnings of the urgency to act.
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Alliance for Low-Carbon Cement & Concrete – The future depends on how we build it
When athletes settle into their rooms at the Olympic Village in Paris next year, they’ll be helping to make environmental history: their temporary homes are, at least partially, made of low-carbon concrete.
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How to close the corporate accountability gap on sustainability
If businesses are to take corporate sustainability seriously, they will need to add relevant sustainability expertise to their boards, argue Nicolas Sauviat and Sanjini Jain.
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Plastic packaging circularity – an opportunity not to be wasted
Working together, legislation and industry can transform the plastics packaging value chain – making significant steps in recyclability and use of recycled content. Separate collection of packaging waste, product design, infrastructure and a strong internal market will be key.
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Billion-euro hydrogen plant raises stakes at Finnish government negotiations
US company Plug Power announced a billion-euro investment to develop hydrogen production plants in Finland as energy strategy and climate targets were being questioned by the Finns Party in government negotiations.
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First hydrogen bank auction will help gauge market, EU Commission says
The first auction to support green hydrogen production in Europe will help understand supply and demand on the emerging EU market when it takes place at the end of the year, according to the European Commission.
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Renewable energy directive: Three key measures to speed up deployment
RED III, Member States must soon implement numerous measures to speed up permitting for renewable energy (RES) projects.
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To prevent outages, EU scientists want electric vehicles and the grid to talk
EU scientists are exploring how electric cars and smart grids across Europe can better communicate, in a bid to prevent power outages caused by millions of vehicles charging simultaneously.
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Tensions mount as rival protests clash over EU nature restoration law
Farmers and green groups both turned out in force outside the European Parliament on Thursday (1 June) over the EU’s proposed nature restoration law as tensions continued to mount over the future shape of the EU’s green ambitions.
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Nature Restoration Law on knife edge as centre-right EPP walks out on talks
The EU’s flagship Nature Restoration Law has suffered another blow as the largest group in the European Parliament, the European People’s Party, walked out of negotiations on Wednesday (31 May) ahead of a crucial vote in the environment committee.
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EU pushes alternative model to China in global race for raw materials
This article is part of our special report Critical raw materials: Navigating the complexities.
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This Is the Extinction Economy — Some of Us Just Don’t Know It Yet
There are headlines, and then there are headlines.
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Turkey’s researchers fear loss of freedom after Erdoğan re-elected
Researchers have told Nature they fear that the re-election of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will lead to more restrictions on academic freedom.
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India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooks — experts are baffled
In India, children under 16 returning to school this month at the start of the school year will no longer be taught about evolution, the periodic table of elements or sources of energy.
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Analyst Sees Oil and Gas Running Short of Cash as IEA Releases Energy Investment Update
Despite continuing growth in fossil fuel spending and record investment in coal, clean energy sources are becoming ever more dominant in a world that is expected to spend US$2.8 trillion on all forms of energy this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported last week.
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One in three GB News presenters cast doubt on climate science, study reveals
Almost a third of presenters on GB News have used their platform to cast doubt on the scientific consensus on climate breakdown, according to an analysis.
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The 'exploding' demand for giant heat pumps
There are 2.5 million litres of water in an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
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Rock ‘flour’ from Greenland can capture significant CO2, study shows
Rock “flour” produced by the grinding under Greenland’s glaciers can trap climate-heating carbon dioxide when spread on farm fields, research has shown for the first time.
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