Climate

February 19, 2020 0

GWNET report highlights the value of women in the sustainable energy sector

For the energy transitions that are underway around the world to be scaled up and accelerated to meet agreed-upon climate goals and to overcome extreme poverty, sustainable energy needs to […]

February 6, 2020 0

Let’s talk about gas: It’s expensive, dirty and struggling to compete with batteries

Summary 1) The world no longer has the head room to use gas a transitional fuel. If gas replaced all coal in electricity generation, an impossibility in of itself, the world […]

February 6, 2020 0

City of Adelaide seals deal to go 100% renewable, starting July

One Step Off The Grid The City of Adelaide has revealed it will power all of its operations and council-owned facilities with 100 per cent renewable energy via a power […]

February 6, 2020 0

EU coal-fired electricity generation dropped 24% in 2019

Euractiv: Global warming emissions from the power sector fell by 12% last year, led by a steep decline in coal power generation, which was replaced half by natural gas and […]

February 5, 2020 0

India to boost renewables by over $800 million in 2020

In India, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been given an annual increase of 10.62% or INR57.53 billion (US$806.65 million) in the country’s 2020 national budget. The […]

February 5, 2020 0

Anglo American Plc getting ready to exit thermal coal market

Bloomberg: Anglo American Plc will get out of thermal-coal mining in the next few years, following larger rivals in exiting the dirtiest fuel as investors ratchet up pressure over climate […]

February 5, 2020 0

Nationals turmoil threatens to spark fresh round of climate wars within the Coalition

Photo: Scott Morrison may have a climate change policy battle on his hands. (ABC: Matt Roberts) The first meeting of Coalition MPs after Michael McCormack’s re-election as Nationals leader points […]

February 4, 2020 0

Timber buildings can help to slow global heating

Tomorrow’s town planners could take a leaf from nature’s book with timber buildings. More than a leaf: the whole tree and all the cuttings as well. LONDON, 4 February, 2020 […]

February 4, 2020 0

Fast fashion giant H&M appoints former sustainability head as CEO; activists call for different business model

In an appointment that created buzz within sustainability circles last week, Swedish fast fashion giant H&M named its former sustainability head and chief operating officer (COO), Helena Helmersson, to the […]

February 4, 2020 0

As Microsoft pledges to go ‘carbon negative’ by 2030, forest conservation is required

Microsoft made global headlines in January when it announced that it will become “carbon negative” by 2030, erasing all the company’s greenhouse gas emissions since its founding in 1975 — a move, […]