The UK government is expected to announce next week that it will bring forward the ban on petrol and diesel cars to 2030. So what? This contributes to an increasing…
During the first quarter of 2020 renewable power generation supplied more than fossil fuel generation in Britain. Supplying more than 40% of the UK’s energy needs, renewable generation like wind…
PowerPaired is a new, free online platform which provides “a matchmaking service” to community energy groups and the owners of sites with potential for renewable energy generation. The project, conceptualised and…
Lamu Island, located close to Kenya’s northern coast, is set to become the location for Kenya’s first coal plant, one of many such projects that are part of China’s exported…
Beijing-based OneSpace attempted – and failed – to send a solid propellant rocket, made to carry satellites up to 100kg (220Ibs), up into orbit. The failure to launch adds to a…
Research from McMaster University in Canada shows that buying a new smartphone requires approximately the same amount of energy as using your old one for a decade. The research, published…
Three young men have been given jail sentences for blocking a fracking convoy near Blackpool, England, ostensibly marking the first sentencing of environmental activists since 1932. The three activists were…
Following international finance giants like Deutsche Bank and Societe Generale, Standard Charter has announced that it “…will not directly finance any new coal-fired power projects, including expansions, in any location.”…
The multi-national mining company Anglo-American intends to slowly move away from thermal coal as part of its “just transition”. It says it will engage in incremental expansion in viable projects…
They say one person’s trash is another’s treasure, and that’s exactly the premise of London start-up jewellery brand, Lylie’s. With the ambition “to mine e-waste, rather than our environment”, the brand…
Britain has successfully gone for 76 hours without generating any electricity from coal, a new record which comes just days after the last record of 55 hours was set. The…
As a consequence of three consecutive years of drought, Cape Town has less than 90 days’ worth of water available in its reservoirs, making it potentially the first major city…
