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US unveils cybersecurity plan for electric power system
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
The initiative announced by the White House and Energy Department calls for a joint public-private effort over the coming 100 days to modernize utilities' contr...
No saving the planet without booming India
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
But one thing India doesn't need, its leaders have made clear, is lectures from the West on what path to take. The world's third-biggest carbon emitter, already...
CO2 emissions set to surge, IEA warns
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
The International Energy Agency estimated in its annual Global Energy Review that CO2 emissions will increase by almost five percent this year to 33 billion ton...
UK vows to slash emissions by more than three-quarters by 2035
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his latest legally binding target, which is 15 years earlier than once planned, ahead of staging COP26, the UN's annual c...
Biden seeks to turbo-charge climate fight, but can US lead?
Apr 18, 2021 (AFP)
The two major international accords achieved on climate, the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol, were both crafted through intense US diplomacy only to be s...
EU poised to unveil green-friendly investment list
Apr 17, 2021 (AFP)
The classification system, to be published on Wednesday, is mandated under a 2019 agreement between member states and the European Parliament meant to define du...
China's Xi slams EU carbon tax plan in call with Macron, Merkel
Apr 16, 2021 (AFP)
The European Parliament on Wednesday endorsed the creation of a carbon border tax that would shield EU companies from cheaper imports from countries with weaker...
Global trade rules can help fight climate change: US trade chief
Apr 15, 2021 (AFP)
"The view that environmental issues are not an inherent part of trade ignores the reality that the existing rules of globalization incentivize downward pressure...
India holds out against pollution 'pressure' ahead of climate summits
Apr 14, 2021 (AFP)
Although the third biggest carbon dioxide emitter globally, thanks to a heavy reliance on coal, India has set ambitious targets to curb emissions. But Environme...
IMF, World Bank begin push to swap debt relief for green projects
Apr 11, 2021 (AFP)
Low-income countries face a double crisis -- they are under pressure to pay down their debt while also confronting environmental problems. That makes them "high...
China's bitcoin mining rush risks derailing climate goals
Apr 06, 2021 (AFP)
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are minted by solving puzzles using powerful computers that consume enormous amounts of electricity -- much of it produced by...
World Bank to align financing with Paris Climate Accord
Apr 02, 2021 (AFP)
"Our collective responses to climate change, poverty and inequality are defining choices of our age," World Bank President David Malpass said in a statement ann...
How Biden's infrastructure plan addresses the climate crisis
Apr 01, 2021 (AFP)
So how does "The American Jobs Plan" try to place the environment at the heart of America's future economic growth? - Green power - Biden has called for the US ...
WTO to work with Europeans on legality of EU carbon tax plan
Apr 01, 2021 (AFP)
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and the WTO's new leader Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told a press conference in Geneva that they would set up a working group to ...
'Go big': Biden to launch sweeping infrastructure plan
Mar 30, 2021 (AFP)
And this week, the US leader launches the second big offensive of his fledgling presidency: a massive infrastructure investment project, to be accompanied by ta...
Watchdog: Britain facing 'make-or-break moment' to build climate change resilience
Mar 29, 2021 (UPI)
The impacts of climate change will only intensify over coming decades, leaving Britain vulnerable without better resilience planning and preparation, according ...
Cities worldwide dim lights to mark Earth Hour
Mar 28, 2021 (AFP)
After starting in Asia, the call to action on climate change made its way around a planet reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. As the day came to an end, it w...
Was it wind or gas that caused Texas electricity system to crash in the midst of deep freeze
Mar 24, 2021 (SPX)
This debate featured a lot of blame shifting, and at one point most of the fingers were pointing at either natural gas, or wind generation - creating a false il...
Study shows that realistic models could make for more environmental wins
Mar 24, 2021 (UPI)
The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder found in a study published Thursday in the journal Nature...
Bank of England eyes zero-carbon 'momentum' thanks to Biden
Mar 23, 2021 (AFP)
The UK government, which targets zero net carbon emissions by 2050 to help meet commitments under the Paris accord, will host the next UN climate summit COP26 i...
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