France approves ban on short domestic flights
French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours,...
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Mar 4, 20211 min read
Indonesia reduced the rate of deforestation by 75% in 2020
Indonesia, with the world’s third biggest rainforest area, reduced the rate of deforestation by 75% last year by controlling forest fires...
Jan 29, 20214 min read
General Motors sets goal of 100% electric by 2035
GM announced that it plans to become carbon neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting...
Jan 27, 20211 min read
Elon Musk to offer $100 million prize for 'best' carbon capture technology
Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday took to Twitter to promise a $100 million prize for development of the...
Jan 27, 20213 min read
The world’s biggest diesel engine factory switches to electric motors
From less than 10% of output in 2020, electric motor production at Tremery will double to around 180,000 in 2021, and is planned to reach...
Jan 13, 20211 min read
Paris to turn Champs Élysées into 'extraordinary garden' after 2024 summer olympics
The Champs-Élysées, a 1.9km-long avenue in central Paris, will undergo a major €250m makeover following the 2024 Summer Olympics. The...
Jan 13, 20210 min read
Jan 13, 20211 min read
Norway becomes first country to sell more electric cars than petrol vehicles
Electric cars comprised 54% of all new vehicle sales in Norway for 2019. This makes Norway the first country to have sold more electric...
Jan 12, 20211 min read
On Monday 44% of Germany's electricity came from wind power
data available at https://windeurope.org/about-wind/daily-wind
Jan 5, 20211 min read
Japan aims to eliminate gasoline vehicles by 2035
Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in the next 15 years, the government announced on the 25th, last week in a plan to...
Jan 5, 20212 min read
Tesco confirms it removed 1 billion pieces of plastic in 2020
Tesco announces that it has removed one billion pieces of plastic from its UK business in just one year. In 2020, by working with its...
Jan 4, 20212 min read
Dogger Bank Wind Farm to power 6 million UK homes
Dogger Bank Wind Farm and GE Renewable Energy have confirmed GE as preferred turbine supplier for Dogger Bank C, announcing at the same...
Dec 16, 20202 min read
Drip irrigation system developed to solve rice paddy problem
An Israeli company has developed a drip irrigation system for growing rice to replace the flooded paddies that have supplied the world...
Dec 11, 20201 min read
Iceland to cut greenhouse emissions by 55% by 2030
Iceland aims to reduce the country's greenhouse emissions by 55% by 2030, compared with levels in 1990, the government said on Thursday....
Dec 7, 20201 min read
Denmark agrees deal to have 775,000 electric cars by 2030, 30% of current cars on road
Denmark on Friday agreed on a deal with parliament to put at least 775,000 electric or hybrid cars on Danish roads by 2030 in its latest...
Nov 13, 20202 min read
UK gets £175 million more for cycling and walking as research shows 80% public support
Survey reveals 8 out of 10 people support measures to reduce road traffic and two-thirds support reallocating road space for active...
Nov 10, 20203 min read
136 Million Trips Taken on Shared Bikes and Scooters Across the U.S. in 2019
What started in 2010 as a nascent concept, untested in North American cities, closed out the decade as a fast-growing and increasingly...
Nov 10, 20201 min read
Renewables will account for almost 90% of the increase in total power capacity worldwide this year
Record levels of new renewable energy capacity are set to come on stream this year and next, while fossil fuel capacity will fall due to...
Nov 6, 20202 min read
Wind-dominated Denmark to host northern Europe’s largest solar farm
Danish renewable energy developer European Energy has granted the green light to build northern Europe’s largest solar farm, a 300MW...
Nov 5, 20202 min read
Nestle launches insect protein in Purina pet food
Nestlé Purina is launching pet food that builds on alternative proteins to make better use of the planet's resources. The new line...
Nov 3, 20201 min read
London sees a 94% drop since 2016 of people living in areas exceeding the legal limit for NO2
• The number of Londoners living in areas exceeding the legal limit for NO2 fell from over 2 million in 2016 to 119,000 in 2019, a...
Oct 28, 20202 min read
Japan aims to cut greenhouse gases to zero by 2050 and become a carbon-neutral society
Japan is aiming to cut greenhouse gases to zero by 2050 and become a carbon-neutral society, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday...
Oct 27, 20203 min read
Google announces plastic-free packaging by 2025
As we continue to experience the effects of climate change across the world and in our own backyards, being responsible for our impact on...
Oct 26, 20202 min read
Burger King teams up with TerraCycle for reusable packaging trials in 2021
Burger King® restaurants are continuing efforts to minimize environmental impact across the globe by testing a new reusable packaging...
Oct 21, 20202 min read
Swedish grocery Felix to price goods based on carbon footprint
Felix, a Swedish food brand, has opened a climate-conscious store that will guide buyers to make informed decisions when purchasing food...
Oct 15, 20202 min read
Ikea UK starts buy-back scheme for used furniture to discourage "excessive consumption"
Ikea will start buying back customers' used furniture at stores across the UK and Ireland next month, in an effort to discourage...
Oct 9, 20201 min read
German Lower House approves tax on greenhouse emissions for fuels, heating, gas starting 2021
Germany’s lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a tax on greenhouses gas emissions to be levied in stages from 2021, raising...
Oct 6, 20201 min read
UK PM Johnson to unveil plan to power all UK homes with wind by 2030
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will outline plans on Tuesday for Britain to “build back greener” from the coronavirus pandemic by...
Oct 2, 20201 min read
NHS in UK targets net zero emissions by 2040
Britain’s National Health Service pledged on Thursday to become the world’s first healthcare system to cut carbon emissions to net zero,...
Sep 25, 20202 min read
China says it will achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 + curb likely global warming by 0.2-0.3C
President Xi Jinping’s pledge that China will achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 is the most significant climate policy move for years...
Sep 24, 20203 min read
California plans 2035 ban on the sale of new gasoline powered passenger cars and trucks
California plans to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks starting in 2035 as the top U.S. auto market shifts to...
Sep 23, 20202 min read
EU aims to cut aviation emissions by 10% with more direct flights
The European Commission hopes to cut carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation industry by up to 10% by making flight paths more direct...
Aug 26, 20202 min read
U.S. Senate Democrats unveil $400 billion-a-year plan to tackle climate change + greenhouse gases
Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to tackle climate change that calls for the U.S. government to spend more than $400 billion a...
Aug 25, 20201 min read
UK to introduce legally binding environmental targets to combat climate change
Britain said it would bring in legally binding targets on air quality, waste reduction, biodiversity and cleaner water as part of efforts...
Aug 24, 20201 min read
U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions drop to record low in April: EIA
U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in April fell to their lowest level, according to the U.S Energy Information...
Aug 21, 20202 min read
Elephant population in Kenya has doubled since 1989
According to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the population of elephants in the country has more than doubled from 1989 to 2019. KWS...
Aug 19, 20202 min read
UK helps reduce more than 30 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions globally since 2011
31 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions were reduced globally in the last nine years as a result of UK intervention – the...
Aug 18, 20202 min read
Scientists harvest 10 more eggs from near-extinct northern white rhino in surrogate incubation bid
Scientists racing to save the northern white rhino from extinction have harvested 10 more eggs from the last two females alive which they...
Aug 18, 20201 min read
London bus garage set to become a 'virtual power station' in world's largest V2G trial
A London bus garage is set to become a “virtual power station” in the world’s largest trial of a new technology to help Britain meet its...
Aug 15, 20204 min read
Globally endangered large blue butterfly has been successfully reintroduced to UK after 150 years
The globally endangered large blue butterfly has been successfully reintroduced at Rodborough Common in Gloucestershire in efforts to...
Aug 14, 20202 min read
Coca-Cola’s plastic free CanCollar to launch in Spain
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has announced the introduction of CanCollar, an innovative paperboard packaging solution, for...
Aug 12, 20202 min read
U.S. court blocks Trump administration's relaxation of migratory bird safeguards
A federal judge in New York on Tuesday sided with environmental groups in striking down a Trump administration decision to roll back U.S....
Aug 11, 20200 min read
Aug 7, 20202 min read
Holland & Barrett targets plastic-free stores + starts by stopping the sale of plastic bottles
Holland & Barrett has kicked off a long-term goal of stopping use of plastic altogether, the Grocer can reveal. Its CEO Tony Buffin said...
Aug 6, 20203 min read
Satellite images reveal nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously seen
Satellite images have revealed that there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought. Scientists,...
Aug 5, 20202 min read
BP lays out plans to reduce hydrocarbon production by 40% by 2030
Bernard Looney is betting BP’s house on his green energy ambitions. Besides cutting the dividend to free up cash for renewable...
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Sales of single-use carrier bags drop by 95% in supermarkets since introduction of 5p charge in 2015
Shoppers’ use of plastic carrier bags in England has continued to fall – by 59% in the last year alone – since the introduction of the 5p...
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