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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

UK brings combustion car sales ban forward to 2035

Elelectric and hybrid cars and vans will be the only vehicles sold in the UK after 2035, five years earlier than previosuly planned. Credit: Kārlis Dambrāns on Flickr The UK […]

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

Hapag-Lloyd bunkers first ship in the Netherlands with biofuel

Global shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has announced that one of its ships recently refuelled in Rotterdam, the Netherlands with a new biofuel, in an attempt to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions […]

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, […]

January 30, 2020 0

Climate heat means new wine from familiar places

Each great wine is a unique product of place and climate. Rising heat could force new wine into old, prized bottles from famous cellars. LONDON, 30 January, 2020 – As […]

January 29, 2020 0

World’s largest operational tidal stream array generated 13.8GWh in 2019

Simec Atlantis Energy, the once Australia based and now global developer, owner, and operator of the world’s largest operational tidal stream array, has published an operational update on its 6MW […]

January 29, 2020 0

BlackRock unit see growing investment opportunity in energy storage market

Greentech Media: The world’s largest asset manager has a new multibillion-dollar renewable energy fund in the works, and a good chunk of it may go to batteries. Looking out over […]

January 29, 2020 0

Academics call on Government to ‘acknowledge the threat’ and cut greenhouse gas emissions

By National science, technology and environment reporter Michael Slezak Updated January 29, 2020 12:18:36 Eighty of Australia’s top academics have written an open letter declaring an “urgent need for deep […]