Climate

Energy Infrastructure

White House Eyes Subsidies for Nuclear Plants to Help Meet Climate Targets

The new subsidies, in the form of "production tax credits," would likely be swept into President Joe Biden's multi-trillion-dollar legislative effort to invest …

Net Zero Emission

Germany Aims for Net Zero Emissions by 2045, 5 Years Earlier

The timetable would enable Germany to stop adding further planet-warming gases to the atmosphere five years earlier than the previous target of 2050, officials …

Carbon Neutral

Solar, Wind Energy Boom Powers China's Carbon-Neutral Drive

In the vast Gobi desert in the east of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, over 10,000 pentagon-shaped mirror-like devices form layers of circles, resembl…

Carbon Emissions

Unilever Cleans up Manufacturing Process with Captured Emissions

British multinational consumer goods company Unilever has partnered with carbon capture technology company LanzaTech and chemical manufacturing firm India Glyco…

Video: WIND FARM ASSEMBLY Off The Coast Of Sylt - Millimeter Work In All Weathers

​Probably the most difficult construction site in Germany is 70 kilometers from Sylt.

United States

New York Commits to 20 Renewables Projects Under 2021 Climate Plan

As part of efforts to mitigate climate change by leveraging clean energy resources, New York state will be developing more than 20 renewable energy infrastructu…

Oil & Gas Trade

Lundin Sells Its First 'Carbon Neutral' Oil as Climate Activism Grows

Sweden's Lundin Energy has sold what it said is the world's first oil cargo certified as carbon neutral at the point of production to Italian refiner Saras, the…

Carbon Emissions

EU ETS Covered Emissions Record Biggest Drop in Six Years

Greenhouse gas emissions from operators covered by the EU Emissions Trading System in 2020 fell by 13.3% against 2019.

Net Zero Emission

The U.S. Electric Power Sector is Halfway to Zero Carbon Emissions

Renewable energy’s rapid growth is accelerating a national shift to a carbon-free electric power system.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China's Non-Fossil Power Capacity to Surpass that of Coal in 2021: CEC

China's installed capacity of producing non-fossil energy will surpass that of coal-fired power generation for the first time in 2021

Hydrogen Project

Green Hydrogen can Spearhead India’s Transition to Clean Energy

It has the potential to not just slash imports but also transform the country into a global leader on climate-change mitigation

Canada

Canadian Government Announces Increased Emission Reduction Targets

Canada will enhance our emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement – known as a Nationally Determined Contribution

Policy & Regulation

China’s Belt and Road Projects Face Climate Change Challenges

Beijing has countless projects like these as part of its BRI global infrastructure plan, but experts have warned of their vulnerability to the costly consequenc…

Geothermal Power Plant

Uhuru Flaunts Multi-Billion Green Projects in Biden Meeting

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, April 23, showcased a number of green projects undertaken under his administration during a virtual meeting

Net Zero Emission

Partnership with India to Achieve Climate, Energy Goals Core Pillar of Bilateral Cooperation: Biden

Biden made the comments a day after India and the United States announced a "US-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership" to create stronger bilat…