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26 05 2021 | 08:54

Biden-Harris Administration Approves First Major Offshore Wind Project in U.S. Waters

Major milestone will propel America’s drive toward a clean energy future. WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today announced approval of the…

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 | 08:44

Installing solar panels over California’s canals could yield water, land, air and climate payoffs

Climate change and water scarcity are front and center in the western U.S. The region’s climate is warming, a severe multi-year drought is underway and groundwater supplies are being overpumped in…

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 | 08:28

UNCDF and KIT Form Partnership to Address Financial Needs of Migrant Households

(New York, New York USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands). 

26 05 2021 | 08:22

AfDB and EBRD partner to unlock sustainable investment opportunities in Africa.

The African Development Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday to promote sustainable private-sector…

26 05 2021 | 08:22

Net zero strategy to up the numbers for firms.

Governments worldwide have renewed their commitments towards the Paris agreement on climate change by resubmitting and even updating their nationally determined contributions (NDC). These are…

26 05 2021 | 08:19

Influential investor joins shareholder rebellion over Shell’s climate plan.

Legal & General Investment Management, Britain’s biggest fund manager, piles pressure on oil firm Britain’s biggest fund manager has piled pressure on Shell after joining a shareholder rebellion…

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 | 08:17

How has our thinking on the climate crisis changed? – podcast

When the Guardian began reporting on the climate crisis 70 years ago, people were worried that warmer temperatures would make it harder to complain about the weather. Today it is the biggest…

26 05 2021 | 08:14

Parched Taiwan prays for rain as Sun Moon Lake is hit by drought.

Taps are now shut off two days a week, and worse is to come unless action is taken on climate crisis Taiwan’s Sun Moon Lake is so low that parts of it have dried and turned to grass. Jetties that…

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 | 08:09

Air pollution linked to ‘huge’ rise in child asthma GP visits.

Exclusive: consultations for asthma and other respiratory infections go up with increased dirty air, finds study A “huge” increase in the number of visits to doctors by children with asthma problems…

26 05 2021 | 08:01

Why is the Morrison government building a $600m gas power plant? – Australian politics podcast

The federal government this week confirmed it would spend up to $600m on a new gas-fired power plant in NSW’s Hunter region, despite the International Energy Agency saying there should be no new…

26 05 2021 | 08:00

Richest nations agree to end support for coal production overseas.

G7 countries reaffirm commitment to limit global heating to 1.5C after nearly two days of wrangling. The world’s richest nations have agreed to end their financial support for coal development…

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,…