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Wind of change picks up for German region's energy sector
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
Economically prosperous and hungry for power, Bavaria has dragged its feet on the expansion of wind energy capacity, vitally needed for Germany to hit its goal ...
'As long as we have AC': Phoenix heat shows gap between US rich, poor
Jul 23, 2023 (AFP)
Standing before a turtle exhibit, she downplayed this extreme weather event in a world grappling with climate change. "As long as we have AC and as long as ever...
Fears for UK 'green' policies after shock by-election result
Jul 21, 2023 (AFP)
Sadiq Khan intends to expand the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to the whole of the British capital on August 29 -- barring a last-ditch High Court bid to stop ...
Kerry says US not dictating climate policy to China
Jul 19, 2023 (AFP)
At the end of a three-day trip to Beijing to restart bilateral climate discussion, Kerry told reporters on a conference call that he and his team had "extremely...
White House launches $20B in grants for low-income, clean-energy initiatives
Jul 14, 2023 (UPI)
Vice President Kamala Harris will travel Friday to Coppin State University, a historically Black college in Maryland, to detail the competitive clean energy gra...
The pace of the energy transition is fast, but not fast enough, the IEA says
Jul 12, 2023 (UPI)
The IEA on Wednesday published updates to its clean-energy progress report. Renewable energy capacity reached 340 gigawatts last year, its highest ever, and the...
'Not there yet': COP host UAE vows to cut more emissions
Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)
The oil-rich Gulf monarchy, which will host this year's COP28 UN climate talks, last week unveiled plans to cut domestic emissions by 19 percent of 2019 levels ...
End of S.Africa's blackouts 'within horizon': minister
Jul 09, 2023 (AFP)
The state energy firm Eskom has been imposing daily scheduled blackouts, called load-shedding, to safeguard the grid whenever demand outstrips supply due underp...
EU eyes withdrawal from fossil-friendly energy treaty
Jul 07, 2023 (AFP)
The Energy Charter Treaty "is no longer compatible" with the European Union's goals on striving for a greener, carbon-neutral future, the commission said in a s...
International Maritime Organization nations agree to 2050 net zero emissions goal
Jul 07, 2023 (UPI)
All 175 states agreed to to reach net zero emissions by or close to 2050, taking into account different national circumstances. IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim...
Germany's new big hope against warming - heat pumps
Jul 07, 2023 (AFP)
Heat pumps are spurring huge investments from major companies in Europe's top economy, as a backlog of orders piles up for the devices. While gas remains the mo...
U.N. finds developing countries need major financial commitment for cleaner energy
Jul 05, 2023 (UPI)
The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said Wednesday that developing nations are far behind what's needed for a comprehensive energy transition....
Polluting shipping to face climate reckoning
Jul 01, 2023 (AFP)
Nations are under pressure to agree ambitious emission reduction targets and consider a tax on pollution by the sector at a key meeting of the International Mar...
Why Saudi Arabia's The Line isn't a revolution in urban living
Jun 28, 2023 (SPX)
"It's the embodiment of the dream to start from scratch and completely rethink a city," says Rafael Prieto-Curiel, who researches cities at the Complexity Scien...
The global search for cooling: an energy-demanding loop
Jun 27, 2023 (SPX)
Over the last twenty years, cooling has been the fastest increasing energy use in urban areas, as a consequence of a clear increase in ownership of cooling equi...
New carbon accounting rules target 'greenwashing'
Jun 26, 2023 (AFP)
Currently, most large companies report how many tonnes of carbon they emit into the atmosphere each year, but the data is often not reliable. The poor quality o...
UK criticised for slow implementation of climate commitments
Jun 26, 2023 (AFP)
The independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) said it was "markedly less" confident than a year ago that the country could meet its goals to cut carbon use by ...
Big ideas, small steps at climate finance summit
Jun 23, 2023 (AFP)
While host country France pitched the conference as a consensus-building exercise, leaders were under pressure to produce clear outcomes from the two-day meetin...
Big ideas but small steps at climate finance summit
Jun 23, 2023 (AFP)
While host country France pitched the conference as a consensus-building exercise, leaders were under pressure to produce clear outcomes from the two-day meetin...
IMF, World Bank under pressure to boost climate change financing
Jun 22, 2023 (AFP)
The meetings, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, have been billed as an opportunity to refocus the global financial architecture to better address the ...
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