Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz has called on Europe and China to join forces against the United States at the WTO, saying America has become a “free-rider” on climate change under the Trump…
Even as the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide declines, increased coal use in China and a proposal to boost capacity could imperil global climate change goals, researchers…
While Germany and Eastern European countries continue to oppose raising the EU’s 40% emission reduction target for 2030, a new analysis insists the bloc will actually manage at least 50% cuts under a…
It takes Habiba Ali at least a three-hour drive to get to her customers – what energy experts would call ‘the last mile’. When she sets off from her base in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, it’s usually…
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On Thursday Google, General Motors and other major players announced a new venture that aims to ease the path to clean energy for businesses.
With increasing consumer calls for wind and…
Extraction industries are responsible for half of the world’s carbon emissions and more than 80% of biodiversity loss, according to the most comprehensive environmental tally undertaken of mining and…
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74% of existing coal plants cost more to operate last year than replacing them with new local wind and solar power, according to a report released on Monday from Vibrant Clean Energy…
Seven questions about commercial solar self-consumption to Michael Vogtmann, Chief Executive of the Franconian Section of the German Solar Energy Society (DGS).
Not long before coal use is over, say analysts, while warning of possible resurgence in China.
The number of coal-fired power plants being developed around the world has collapsed in the last three…
Diesel generators off — solar energy on. A historic moment for the nearly 2,000 inhabitants of the small Caribbean island of Saba: For the first time, the sun is the sole electricity supplier.
Map: The Countries With the Most Oil Reserves
There’s little doubt that renewable energy sources will play a strategic role in powering the global economy of the future.
But for now, crude oil is…
The 1st GCC Regional Workshop on Energy-Water Nexus that will place in Muscat, Oman on 24-25 April 2019, alongside the Oman Energy & Water 2019.
The 2-day event is organised by EU-GCC Clean…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Nations’ weather agency says extreme weather last year hit 62 million people worldwide and forced 2 million people to relocate, as man-made climate change worsened.
The…
Five cases have been confirmed in the badly damaged port city of Beira, according to health officials.
Mozambique said five cases of cholera had been confirmed around the badly damaged port city of…
The European Union decided to ban plastic consumer items including plates, cutlery and straws as of 2021 to help clean up oceans.
The prohibition on single-use plastics approved by the European…
According to new research, the U.S. has entered a “coal cost crossover,” meaning the majority of existing coal plants are increasingly more expensive than new sources of cleaner energy.
The government of Kenya plans to build an approximately 20km modern railway line linking Nairobi’s Central Business District to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Solar-plus-storage still has a long way to go in catching fossil-fuel-based generation in the U.S. microgrid market, according to a new Wood Mackenzie report.
The microgrid market is larger than…