Environment
Businesses, NGOs make joint plea for higher EU ambition on climate change
A unique coalition of businesses and investors representing over €21 trillion in assets have joined forces with local authorities and…
Netherlands sees an opening for more ambitious car CO2 limits
The European Commission’s proposal for new car CO2 limits left many disappointed. But a spate of new governments in Europe…
World first: Liquid air energy storage plant opens in Manchester
The UK is now home to the world’s first liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant, in what could prove a…
World not on track to meet 2030 energy targets for sustainable development
The world is falling behind the pace required to meet global energy targets for 2030, with 1 billion people still…
Apple is powered entirely by renewable energy, too
According to a release published on the company’s website Monday, the Cupertino-based tech giant says it now is powered completely…
Clean energy investment grows, but global CO2 emissions reach new record high
In its State of Clean Energy Investment report, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) finds global investment in renewable energy grew…
Banks boost lending to environmentally damaging energy projects
The world’s biggest banks increased their financing of “extreme fossil fuels” by 11 per cent last year, committing $115bn to…
Trump wanted to slash funding for clean energy, Congress opposed
The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that passed Friday morning increases spending on clean energy and keeps the Environmental Protection…
Rising energy demand fuels increase in global carbon emissions
China and India helped push global demand for energy up more than 2 per cent last year, more than twice…
At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system
Fifteen years ago, Ken Caldeira, a senior scientist at the Carnegie Institution, calculated that the world would need to add…
OECD urges countries to tax more the dirty energy
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has encouraged governments to start taxing CO2 emissions more aggressively, in a…
Fighting energy poverty through integrated upgrading of public buildings (analysis by Andrei Ceclan)
Andrei Ceclan, Doctor Engineer, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca We use energy in buildings for conditioning the indoor microclimate in such…
Diesel driving bans loom for 10 German cities – study
Ten German cities considerably exceed EU nitrogen oxide (NOx) limits, making diesel driving bans more likely in 2018, according to…
