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21 04 2019 | 14:48

U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Weren’t Built for Climate Change.

In 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami caused a meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima-Daiichi power plant, Gregory Jaczko, then the chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, had to worry about…

19 04 2019 | 14:51

Energy Storage To Become ‘Key Grid Asset’ With 13-Fold Growth Through 2024.

The capacity of energy storage systems around the world is set to increase thirteenfold over six years, from 12 gigawatt-hours of installed capacity in 2018 to an astonishing 158 GWh in 2024,…

19 04 2019 | 11:23

4 maps that show who’s being left behind in America’s wind-power boom.

Why does a huge swath of the country have hardly any wind turbines at all? President Trump has been mocking wind power a lot lately.

18 04 2019 | 09:56

Bank of America commits $300 billion to sustainable finance by 2030.

Bank of America has announced it will mobilise an additional $300 billion in capital by 2030. Through lending, investing, capital raising, advisory services and developing financing solutions, this…

16 04 2019 | 15:43

TERNA ENERGY: New major investment in the US RES market with the acquisition of a 200MW wind park.

The company buys a wind farm with 200 MW installed capacity Exceeds the 1.5 GW of the company’s RES portfolio TERNA ENERGY, member of the GEK TERNA Group, announces another major investment in…

13 04 2019 | 13:59

Climate disaster losses could undermine financial system stability, U.S. federal bank exec warns

Economic losses from natural disasters and other climate impacts could produce enough risk to undermine the security of the financial system, according to a research letter released Monday by Glenn D…

13 04 2019 | 13:57

IWSA Wins Initiative of the Year - Green4Sea Awards

A Fresh Wind is Blowing through Shipping’s Decarbonisation Challenge

13 04 2019 | 13:46

‘Unprecedented’ US flood season will imperil 200m people, experts warn.

The severe flooding in the American midwest is set to only be a prelude to “unprecedented” levels of flooding across the US in the coming months that will imperil 200 million people, federal…

12 04 2019 | 09:42

Global sustainable investment assets worth $30 trillion in 2018.

A new sustainability report has found that global sustainable investment is on the rise.  The Global Sustainable Investment Review 2018, now in its fourth edition, has found that global sustainable…

11 04 2019 | 17:36

Pesticide residues found in 70% of produce sold in US even after washing.

About 70% of fresh produce sold in the US has pesticide residues on it even after it is washed, according to a health advocacy group. Strawberries, spinach and kale among most pesticide-heavy…

10 04 2019 | 10:29

The Koch Brothers Believe In Climate Change Because The Market Accepts It.

Apparently, the Koch Brothers believe in climate change when the market accepts it. To explain, Reason.com’s Hit & Run blog ran an article accepting climate change’s validity on 5 March 2019.

09 04 2019 | 07:51

NV Grid Works Smoothly with 50% Renewables.

Nevada’s grid would work smoothly and reliably while delivering 50 percent of the state’s electricity from clean, renewable energy sources like solar, geothermal, and wind according to an analysis…

09 04 2019 | 07:44

U.S. banks pledged to fund renewable energy, but they still spend way more on fossil fuels.

This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of theClimate Desk collaboration.

06 04 2019 | 08:24

Who keeps buying California's scarce water? Saudi Arabia.

Saudi-based Almarai owns 15,000 acres of an irrigated valley – but what business does a foreign food production company have drawing resources from a US desert? Four hours east of Los Angeles, in a…

06 04 2019 | 08:19

Building The World’s Largest Solar Storage System.

Over the past year, several companies have outlined plans to build solar-and-storage systems around the world—from Australia to Arizona and to the heart of the Permian oil patch in West Texas.

05 04 2019 | 10:08

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s take on wind energy.

watch the videos: Grassley: Trump's claim that noise from wind turbines causes cancer was 'idiotic'

05 04 2019 | 08:39

Novel role of water in production of renewable fuels.

University of Oklahoma engineers in collaboration with the University of Tulsa have discovered a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical, furfural, doubling or…

02 04 2019 | 12:08

The Wonderful Co. Targets 100% Renewable Electricity.

The Wonderful Co., a Los Angeles-based corporation whose brands include Wonderful Pistachios and Wonderful Halos, plans to use 100% renewable electricity across its U.S. operations by 2025. As part…

01 04 2019 | 16:41

Stiglitz urges joint EU-China trade sanctions against the US on climate change.

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…

01 04 2019 | 16:17

Push for more coal power in China imperils climate.

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…