European Union countries built 17 gigawatts of new wind power farms in 2023, the most for any year so far, but still not enough to reach its renewable energy goal, industry data showed on Friday (12…
The new Polish government has announced its ambition to become a green player in Europe, backing a 90% greenhouse gas reduction target for 2040 and looking to pull forward the country’s coal exit.…
Killing Eve star Jodie Comer may look pretty invincible when she's acting, but she is surprisingly candid about her latest role, saying: "I started this process quite literally terrified."
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Potholes caused misery in 2023 on a scale not seen in years, but scientists hope technology like self-healing roads will help rid us of them for good.
Reports of potholes and damage they caused hit…
Private operators are guaranteed faster journey times by the council in return for investment
Oxford is launching an electric fleet that will make the city one of the UK’s leading adopters of zero-…
With storms and floods becoming more frequent, the cost of policies is soaring. But homeowners could face repair bills in the thousands without it
Consumers face the prospect of increasing home…
‘Voracious predators’ threaten honey production and pose risk to biodiversity, says Salvatore De Meo
Italian MEPs are calling on the European Commission to crack down on Asian hornets, which are…
Octopus Energy invests in scheme which recycles heat from computer data processing centres
Up to 150 public swimming pools in the UK could be offered an innovative way to cut their energy bills by…
US climate envoy John Kerry will soon step down from his role to work on President Joe Biden's re-election campaign, officials have told US media.
The former senator and secretary of state, who…
What’s the context?
After COP28 climate summit agreed a deal to move away from fossil fuel energy, the focus is on how to avoid social disruption
COP28 deal agreed transition away from fossil…
LITTLETON, Colorado, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Nearly every major region is boosting investments in the infrastructure needed to increase the use of natural gas in power generation, despite global efforts…
The World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risks Report 2024 counts extreme weather events and critical change to Earth systems as the greatest concerns facing the world over the next decade.
While…
Solar and natural gas surged last year in the U.S., while wind stumbled
CLIMATEWIRE | The power sector is key to U.S. efforts to cut planet-warming pollution this decade.
Technologies for…
The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest on record, driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Niño weather event.
Last year was about 1.48C warmer than the long-…
Cooling towers are some of the most majestic structures in Britain – form and function in perfect harmony – yet exempt from listed status. Even as they become redundant, those that remain deserve to…
Water shortages disrupt the Plaquemines parish as millions of gallons are used to construct Venture Global’s LNG terminal
Katie Mazarac just wanted to give her daughter a bath.
Bearing witness to the climate crisis can feel surreal. These strategies can help manage the feeling of despair
“It sucks… and it’s only going to get worse,” my client says, disbelief colouring…
New paper claims unless demand for resources is reduced, many other innovations are just a sticking plaster
Record heat, record emissions, record fossil fuel consumption. One month out from Cop28,…
Move by world’s largest public relations company, uncovered by tax records, alarms climate advocates
Edelman, the world’s largest public relations company, was among the Charles Koch Foundation’s…
France’s draft ‘energy sovereignty’ law, recently unveiled by the government, has caused quite a stir for its apparent dismissal of renewable energies, placed at the bottom of the list of low-carbon…