Senior Tories slam government's Green Investment Bank sell-off
‘Green Tories’ express dismay at plans to put one of the Conservative party’s few key environmental acheivements up for part-privatisationSenior “green Tories” – Conservative supporters who want the...
View ArticleGoogle to convert Alabama coal plant into renewable-powered data centre
Technology company says it will open 14th data centre at Widows Creek site in Jackson County that will be powered with 100% renewable energy Google will convert an old coal-fired power plant in rural...
View ArticleDavid Attenborough and Barack Obama face-to-face in TV interview
In unexpected turn of events, US president interviewed naturalist during visit to White House in May – though Attenborough asks toughest questionsIt sounds like a scenario from a fantasy dinner party:...
View ArticleBarack Obama interviews David Attenborough on climate change - video
US president Barack Obama discusses climate change and the future of life on Earth with Sir David Attenborough, in an interview to be broadcast simultaneously in the UK and US on BBC1 on Sunday at...
View ArticleDeal to build $450m windfarm struck after renewable energy bill passed
Consortium including GE and Downer EDI agrees to finance and build the 75-turbine Victorian windfarm, which will be Australia’s third-largest A deal has been struck to build a $450m windfarm in...
View ArticleMinimal sound and almost no fury: life in the shadow of Australia's windfarm...
As the political cacophony about ‘noisy, visually awful’ wind turbines reaches fever pitch, Calla Wahlquist visits the farmers who host one of the southern hemisphere’s largest windfarms and finds them...
View ArticleGates to invest $2bn in breakthrough renewable energy projects
Bill Gates plans to double investment in green energy technology and research to combat climate change, but rejects calls to divest from fossil fuelsBill Gates has announced he will invest $2bn...
View ArticleHalf of Europe’s electricity set to be from renewables by 2030
Leaked EU paper predicts fast renewables growth to around double current levels if countries meet climate objectivesEurope will likely get more than half of its electricity from renewable sources by...
View ArticleBarack Obama turns tables in David Attenborough climate change interview
US president has opportunity to put questions to naturalist but ends up admitting action on climate change must be global and quickerBarack Obama was the one asking the questions in an interview with...
View ArticleSolar plane Impulse 2 takes off on the toughest leg of its journey so far –...
The Solar Impulse 2, which is attempting an around-the-world flight, leaves Japan on Monday bound for Hawaii. A previous takeoff was abandoned last week because of bad weather. Its journey across the...
View ArticleLibertarians aren't our allies in building a progressive Australia | Jason...
Stop hoping for a common cause – David Leyonhjelm, and those who share his ideas, fit comfortably with the bumptious tradition of Australian conservatismNow and again you hear talk of a rapprochement,...
View ArticleRamez Naam: capitalism is not the enemy of climate
The bestselling author, futurist and computer scientist tells Marc Gunther that ideas and well-regulated markets will solve the climate change challengeFuturist and author Ramez Naam is an optimist,...
View ArticleAustralia must cut carbon emissions by 30% by 2025, says Climate Change...
Government also urged to sign up to further cuts of 40-60% by 2030 ahead of Paris climate talks, in effort to catch up to other countries The Climate Change Authority says Australia needs to cut carbon...
View ArticleGermany to mothball largest coal power plants to meet climate targets
Levy on most polluting power stations is scrapped, but largest brown coal-fired plants will be shuttered as Germany moves to cut emissions 40% by 2020Germany agreed on Thursday to mothball about five...
View ArticleGreenpeace and utilities launch suit against Hinkley nuclear plant
Nine German and Austrian utilities selling renewable energy join with green group to launch legal action against state aid for new nuclear power in UKGreenpeace and nine German and Austrian utilities...
View ArticleSolar power set to provide record 15% of UK’s power
New high for clean energy generation beckons as heatwave continuesSunny weather and a recent surge in solar panel installations means that solar power could provide a record 15% of the UK’s electricity...
View ArticleObserver Ethical Awards 2015 winners: Anna Watson
Anna Watson, winner of the Green Briton of the Year award sponsored by Ecotricity, on her ‘Run on Sun’ campaign to get solar panels into schoolsAnna Watson’s Run on Sun campaign lets schools across the...
View ArticleDecc faces 90% staff budget cuts that risk UK's climate plans, say experts
Dramatic cuts to Department of Energy and Climate Change budget could damage economic growth and undermine switch to clean energyThe UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) faces cuts of...
View ArticleWork begins on $50m Coonooer Bridge windfarm to supply ACT clean energy
Victorian windfarm has secured 20-year feed-in tariff from ACT as part of goal to produce 90% of its electricity from clean sources by 2020Work has begun on a new $50m windfarm in Victoria that will...
View ArticleBright lights, big trees: Dutch designer imagines an 'urban forest'
City links: Blueprints for a neighbourhood of tree houses and smiley-face signals to reduce road rage feature in this week’s best city storiesThis week’s best city stories from around the web imagine...
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