A U.N.-supported reserve has endorsed more than $1 billion for 19 new ventures to enable creating nations to handle environmental change.
During the four-day meeting in Bahrain, officials that oversea the Green Climate Fund agreed to start seeking fresh money...
In a recently published study, researchers found natural forests in China to exhibit greater carbon sequestration and lower water consumption compared to large scale planted forests (PF).
Planted forests have been given high priority in China for improving the environment...
Photo: An aerial view of a tract of Amazon jungle recently cleared by loggers and farmers near the city of Novo Progresso, Brazil September 22, 2013.
Proposals made by Brazil’s far-right presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro present a serious threat to...
Research forecasts Iowa corn yields could drop in half within the next half-century thanks to extreme weather – yet it’s not part of the political conversation
Farmers are waiting for the next wave of soya beans, but the 12 inches...
Tesla posts a surprise third-quarter profit following production surge
Elon Musk has come good on his promise to turn Tesla into a profit-making company by the end of 2018, posting a surprise profit of more than $300m for the three...
A Europe-wide ban on plastic could be in place by 2021
Throwaway plastic items such as cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers could soon be banned across Europe backed by measures to drive down the growing mountain of single-use plastic waste.
The...
Electric car is first to win regulatory approval from German authorities to supply energy from battery back to the grid
So-called vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is a connection between the EV and the grid through which power can flow from the...
The Model Y is Under Wraps
Elon Musk commented that the Model Y will feature a 95% reduction in wiring as compared to the Model 3 — with the aim of greatly reducing the need for a human manufacturing workforce.
The Model...
American Airlines, Hilton Hotels, Royal Caribbean, Cunard, and Red Lobster and a host of other companies have also committed to doing away with plastic straws. Most recently, Red Lobster has said that it is no longer automatically giving out...
Renewables in the United Kingdom’s electricity generation hit a record high in the second quarter of 2018, while share of coal in the energy mix slumped to an all-time low, with figures showed here.
UK's Energy Mix Compared to U.S.
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