Renewable energy breaks UK record in first quarter of 2020
‘Substantial increase’ in wind and solar power helped to generate 47% of Britain’s electricityRenewable energy made up almost half of Britain’s electricity generation in the first three months of the...
View ArticleCommonwealth Bank activist shareholders call out company for financing new...
Exclusive: Guy Abrahams wrote to CBA for clarity on how four recent investment decisions stack up against its own climate policiesActivist shareholders claim the Commonwealth Bank has breached its own...
View ArticleAustralia could create hundreds of thousands of jobs by accelerating shift to...
Decarbonising the economy by investing in renewable energy, clean buildings, clean transport and manufacturing could help fight the recession Hundreds of thousands of jobs could be created in Australia...
View ArticleHydrogen fuel bubbles up the agenda as investments rocket
Governments and carmakers press on with hydrogen fuel cells to power cars, buses, trains and even aircraftMore than 50 years ago hydrogen fuel cells helped put Neil Armstrong on the moon, but...
View ArticleHow do you deal with 9m tonnes of suffocating seaweed?
Across the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, scientists are developing alternative sustainable solutions to the golden tide of SargassumThe Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, first detected by Nasa...
View ArticleSnowy Hydro 2.0 wins final federal 'thumbs-up' – despite environmental fears
$100m to be spent on conservation after critics expressed concerns for Kosciuszko national parkScott Morrison has announced federal approval for the Snowy 2.0 project in the closing days of the...
View ArticleAGL says it will link bosses’ bonuses to lowering emissions
Energy provider is first major Australian company to connect executive pay to net-zero goalAustralia’s largest domestic emitter of greenhouse gases, the energy provider AGL, is the first major company...
View ArticleTransport slump during lockdown reduced Australia's carbon pollution by 7% in...
Exclusive: An audit shows the drop in carbon pollution was due to a decline in sales of fuel for light vehicles and domestic aviationGreenhouse gas emissions from Australian cars slumped by more than a...
View ArticleUK gives go-ahead to giant windfarm project off Norfolk coast
1.8GW Vanguard project gets greenlight, with approval on 2.4GW Hornsea 3 expected in autumn The construction of two giant offshore windfarms is poised to go ahead off the Norfolk coast in what the...
View ArticleFrom dusted-off bikes to electric dreams: UK green economy booms on back of...
Pandemic accelerates developments in sustainability from businesses and consumersThe queues were “absolutely crazy”, says Gavin Hudson, the owner of the cycle repair startup Butternut Bikes. As...
View ArticleGiant flywheel project in Scotland could prevent UK blackouts
Trailblazing system would help to stabilise the energy grid’s electrical frequencyA giant flywheel in north-east Scotland could soon help to prevent blackouts across Britain by mimicking the effect of...
View ArticleNo business need at all now for a Chinese nuclear plant in the UK
Halting Huawei hurts 5G rollout and Sino-British ties, but stopping a Chinese nuclear power plant in Essex has virtually no falloutGet ready for the “new Huawei” is the word from Westminster, meaning...
View ArticleNSW government says renewable energy zone in New England could power 3.5m homes
Environment minister Matt Kean says the push to build 8,000 megawatts of wind and solar is part of a plan to replace coal-fired powerThe New South Wales government aims to back renewable energy plants...
View ArticleUS push to dilute energy regulations as bailouts to fossil fuel firms
Trump’s energy secretary Dan Brouillette promotes ‘all fuels’ free-market strategy at climate and sustainability summitThe US has argued for less regulation of the world’s energy systems, speaking out...
View ArticleWork begins in Lincolnshire on world's longest subsea power cable
€2bn, 475-mile Viking Link cable will share renewable energy between UK and DenmarkConstruction work has begun in Lincolnshire on the world’s longest subsea power cable, which will run between Britain...
View ArticleOffshore wind energy investment quadruples despite Covid-19 slump
Investors give greenlight to $35bn worth of projects worldwide in first half of 2020Global offshore wind investment more than quadrupled in the first half of the year even as the coronavirus pandemic...
View ArticleNature-led coronavirus recovery could create $10tn a year, says WEF
Report says 400m jobs could be created, and warns there will be ‘no jobs on a dead planet’Tackling the global nature crisis could create 400m jobs and $10tn (£8tn) in business value each year by 2030,...
View ArticleCan a hydrogen boom fuel a green recovery for Britain?
The UK has lost its lead in windpower and batteries, but there is one eco fuel that could transform its post-Covid fortunes…At the entrance to Saltend Chemicals Park, on the outskirts of Hull, there is...
View ArticleAfrica can become a renewable energy superpower – if climate deniers are kept...
Nigel Lawson’s thinktank is pushing dirty energy on the continent with the greatest capacity for creating clean fuel The power of climate science denial in the UK, thankfully, has been in retreat over...
View ArticlePlan that tackles recession and climate change could create 76,000 Australian...
Jobs could be created in three years with a focus on 12 areas including large-scale renewable energy and electric vehicle networksNearly 80,000 jobs could be quickly created through a stimulus plan...
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