Climate

Carbon Emissions

Global Warming Could Lead To Increase in ‘Hot Lightning’ Strikes Causing More Wildfires

A combined team of Earth scientists from multiple institutions has found evidence that suggests that in the coming years, a warming planet could lead to more "h…

Net Zero Emission

60 Scientists Call For Accelerated Research Into ‘Solar Radiation Management’ That Could Temporarily Mask Global Warming

A scientific showdown over whether dispersing massive amounts of reflective particles high into the atmosphere could temporarily and safely mask global warming …

Energy Transition

Animals and People Are Clashing More Frequently Thanks to Climate Change, New Study Says

Climate change is driving more conflicts between humans and wildlife, as expanding development, deepening drought and quickly changing ecosystems force animals …

Energy Transition

New Zirconia-Based Catalyst Can Make Plastics Upcycling More Sustainable

A new type of catalyst breaks down polyolefin plastics into new, useful products. This project is part of a new strategy to reduce the amount of plastic waste a…

Net Zero Emission

Corporates Urged to Deliver First Net Zero Transition Plans This Year

Transition Plan Taskforce launches new Working Groups and calls on investors and businesses to deliver more credible decarbonisation strategiesThe government ap…

Energy-Eficient Building

Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Programs Should Shift Focus to Emissions, Critics Say

The state has long been a leader in energy conservation, but climate advocates say the successful Mass Save program now needs a reset that will help it accelera…

Carbon capture

Carbonfree and BP Collaborate on Carbon Capture Project

The project will focus on deploying CarbonFree’s proprietary SkyCycle™ technology at hard-to-abate industrial sitesThe development agreement focused…

Offshore Wind Power

Germany to Interconnect 10 GW of Offshore Wind in North Sea

Transmission system operators, 50Hertz, Amprion, and TenneT, have, together with Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, p…

Solar Technology

Thailand’s CP Foods Turning on Solar to Attain 'Net Zero' Target

Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited works combination of agro-industrial and food business, containing livestock and aquatic culture.

Climate Policy

Bill signed for West Virginia renewable energy battery plant

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, right, hands a pen used to sign House Bill 2882 to Weirton Mayor Harold "Bubba" Miller, while Form Energy CEO Mateo Jaramillo wa…

Carbon Emissions

Indonesia Launches Carbon Trading Mechanism for Coal Power Plants

Indonesia has, reportedly, launched the first phase of mandatory carbon trading for coal power plants.The first stage of a carbon trading mechanism will cover 9…

Offshore Wind Power

Thousands of Gannets Will Perish as North Sea ‘Wind Parks’ Expand

The Netherlands government plans to industrialise the North Sea by building thousands of wind turbines, as it attempts to meet goals proposed under the Climate …

Carbon Emissions

Al Gore Talks Climate Progress, Setbacks and the First Rule of Holes: Stop Digging

The former vice president wants to train Americans to make the most of the Inflation Reduction Act. He also talks about what he was thinking during that rip-roa…

SMR

Canada Launches $30 Million Small Modular Reactor Funding Program

(A rendering of GE-Hitachi’s BWRX-300 SMR, which is proposed for the Darlington new nuclear site. The reactor would be Canada’s first SMR. Image cou…

Electric Car

BMW Group to Source Lower CO2 Aluminum From Rio Tinto in Canada From 2024

The BMW Group intends to source aluminum with significantly reduced CO2 emissions from Rio Tinto’s hydro-powered operations in Canada starting in 2024 and…