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The UK's burgeoning green hydrogen sector continues to gain traction, with a flurry of new projects moving forward in Scotland and Wales over the past week. In Scotland, hydrogen-powered cocktails...
Aldi has announced plans to join sustainable farming certification scheme LEAF, with the supermarket aiming to have all of its UK fresh produce growers verified through the system by the end of the year....
Education technology start-up Greenworkx has secured £600k backing from investors in a pre-seed funding round announced yesterday, which the firm said it planned to use to develop training and matching...
Netherlands-based heat pump installation firm HeatTransformers has secured €15m investment in its first major funding round, with a view to expanding its operations into the UK and Germany. The company...
Since its 1976 launch by Dame Anita Roddick The Body Shop has exploded from a single Brighton branch to global retail giant via just about every high street and environmentally-minded household in Britain....
I have worked on climate change for a long time and have seen discussions on climate resilience focus on a range of topics from avoiding deforestation or improving food security, to better urban design...
UK advertising delegates attending an upcoming international creative industries conference in the south of France in June are being urged to ditch planes for trains in order to help normalise sustainable...
The UK government reportedly chose Aberdeen, its carbonisation capital, as the original location to relaunch its de-carbonisation strategy. The strategy, now published, has been strongly criticised by...
Just a fraction of large companies in the FTSE 100 have disclosed detailed plans for how they intend to achieve net zero emissions, despite growing political and regulatory pressure that is likely to soon...
Just a fraction of large companies in the FTSE 100 have disclosed detailed plans for how they intend to achieve net zero emissions, despite growing political and regulatory pressure that is likely to soon...
Global sales of heat pumps grew by 11 per cent last year, as double-digit growth levels continued for the second year running amid heightened awareness of the costs and risks of relying on fossil fuel...
More than £1.6bn-worth of investment in water quality and infrastructure projects in England and Wales could be brought forward sooner than originally planned under new proposals unveiled today by regulator...
Transport for London (TfL) has detailed plans to work in tandem with borough councils, businesses and the freight and servicing industry to scale up the use of cargo bikes for deliveries the UK capital...
Wind power records continue to tumble in the UK with fresh government figures showing onshore and offshore wind farms generated almost a quarter of Britain's electricity in 2022, providing enough to meet...
This week, officials are expected to shut down all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off California for 2023. Much will be canceled off neighboring Oregon, too.The reason: An alarming decline of fish stocks linked to the one-two punch of heavily engineered…
The tipping point is past, the talk of transition is over. Our markets are shifting - and fast - towards a clean energy economy. With all the right pieces in place - tech prices plummeting, consumers...
Mass heat pump deployment could reduce energy demand across the UK's residential building stock by up to 40 per cent and result in annual household savings of £15.9bn, a new report has argued. According...
Homes and businesses in Northern Ireland are set to enjoy cuts to VAT on energy saving materials, including domestic clean technologies such as solar panels and heat pumps, the government confirmed last...
Tens of billions of pounds could be generated for the UK economy from the re-use, refurbishment, and re-engineering of broken wind turbine parts, according to a new coalition led by SSE Renewables...
The electric car company’s decision to slash prices appears to have paid off in reviving demand.Tesla sales rose 5 percent in the first three months of the year after it cut prices on its electric cars and increased production at new…
Dan Gertler, an Israeli billionaire, is pressing President Biden to remove sanctions that were imposed on him for bribe-fueled transactions in the impoverished African country.WASHINGTON — Five years ago, the United States accused a wealthy Israeli diamond dealer of more than…
Despite qualms in Washington, Saudi officials have pressed the United States to help them develop nuclear power. But they are also exploring other options, including China.For years, Saudi Arabia has pressed the United States to help it develop a nuclear energy…
As the fresh tax year gets underway this morning, the government has launched a new energy efficiency campaign designed to help businesses, charities, and public sector bodies slash their emissions and...
The Labour Party has slammed the Conservative government's efforts to clean-up the country's waterways, as it published a new analysis showing how sewage dumping across the UK has become a source of "serious...
Back in the mists of time - also known as September 2022 - Conservative MP Chris Skidmore was appointed by then Prime Minister Liz Truss to undertake a review of the UK's Net Zero Strategy to ensure it...
The state is setting strict limits to try to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from transportation, the sector of the American economy that generates the most greenhouse gases.WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday granted California the legal authority to require that…
The Biden administration hopes its guidelines for up to $7,500 in tax credits will encourage automakers to reduce their reliance on China for batteries and raw materials.The Biden administration on Friday released new rules that will significantly shorten the list of…
The legislation, which had no chance of making it through the Senate, would expand mining and fossil fuel production while repealing some elements of a major new law to combat climate change.WASHINGTON — A divided House of Representatives on Thursday passed…
Vanuatu, a disaster-prone Pacific country, has secured United Nations approval to take that question to the International Court of Justice.A tiny Pacific island nation has pulled off the kind diplomatic win that can elude global superpowers.On Wednesday, Vanuatu, population 300,000, rallied…
The Democratic lawmakers called the Biden administration’s limited trade deal “unacceptable,” saying it should have been made available to Congress and the public for review.WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Tuesday issued a sharp rebuke of a limited trade deal the Biden administration…
While the terms of the deal are limited, the agreement appears to provide a model for resolving recent trade spats between the United States and some of its closest allies.WASHINGTON — The United States and Japan have reached an agreement over…
Sixteen young Montanans have sued their state, arguing that its support of fossil fuels violates the state Constitution.KALISPELL, Mont. — Badge and Lander Busse tromped into the forest behind their house on a snowy Sunday in March, their three hunting dogs…
Investment plans for U.S. battery production have increased since President Biden signed a law that offers generous incentives for electric cars and green energy.A South Korean battery manufacturer said it would quadruple its planned investment in a new factory in Arizona…
A treasured getaway for travelers in Japan is a retreat to one of thousands of hot spring resorts nestled in the mountains or perched on scenic coasts, some of which have been frequented for centuries.All are powered by Japan’s abundant geothermal…
Older climate activists gathered in cities around the country for a day of action targeting banks that finance fossil fuel projects.They were parents, grandparents, great-aunts and great-uncles, ranging in age from their 50s to their 80s and beyond, and together they…
The Spirit Mountain area in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas will be off limits to development.WASHINGTON — President Biden on Tuesday designated two new national monuments in the Southwest, insulating from development a half-million acres in Nevada that are revered…
A new U.N. report says it is still possible to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require global cooperation, billions of dollars and big changes.Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming within…
MINOH, Japan — Strawberry shortcake. Strawberry mochi. Strawberries à la mode.These may sound like summertime delights. But in Japan, the strawberry crop peaks in wintertime — a chilly season of picture-perfect berries, the most immaculate ones selling for hundreds of dollars…
The biologically diverse land is central to the creation story of the Mojave and other tribes. Energy companies have also identified it as a prime location for wind or solar installations.WASHINGTON — President Biden plans next week to designate nearly a…
Key industries — including some that the White House is backing through other policies — are lobbying to water down the first major new rules in a generation on chemicals that pose risks to humans.WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing…
Sunflower sea stars, hit by a “climate-fueled pandemic,” play a key role in keeping marine ecosystems balanced.Sunflower sea stars, huge starfish that until recently thrived in waters up and down the west coast of North America, are threatened with extinction and…
A $7.8 billion factory planned by a Chinese company in eastern Hungary has become divisive even within the party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who championed it.The small-town mayor, long a loyal foot soldier for Hungary’s governing party, recently committed what…
The administration canceled a plan that would have allowed road construction in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Tuesday that it was withdrawing a land swap deal that would have helped to clear the way for construction of…
The government will strictly limit in drinking water two chemicals that are ubiquitous in modern society but are linked to a range of health effects.WASHINGTON — For the first time, the federal government will require utilities to remove from drinking water…
Biden is also expected to put broad new limits on Arctic drilling in an apparent effort to temper criticism over the $8 billion Willow oil project, which has faced sharp climate opposition.The Biden administration on Monday will formally approve a huge…
For eons this has been a quiet, unremarkable place. Thousands of square miles of flat land covered in shrubs and red dirt. The sun is withering and the wind blows hard.It is exactly those features that qualify this remote parcel of…
The decision would allow an enormous $8 billion drilling project in the largest expanse of pristine wilderness in the United States.WASHINGTON — In one of the most consequential climate decisions of his administration, President Biden is planning to greenlight an enormous…
For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch.WASHINGTON — Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, has given 287 speeches on the Senate floor…
New intelligence reporting amounts to the first significant known lead about who was responsible for the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines that carried natural gas from Russia to Europe.WASHINGTON — New intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian…
The United Nations agreement is a significant step toward protecting biodiversity under growing threat from climate change, overfishing and mining of seabeds.After two decades of planning and talks that culminated in a grueling race over the past few days in New…