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- 5 world-changing ideas: our top picks for World Creativity and Innovation Day April 20, 2019A low-cost, tiny home that provides everything you need. A boat made of recycled plastic and flip-flops. Vaccine-delivery drones… As the planet marks World Creativity and Innovation Day on Sunday, we’ve selected our favorite ideas to light up the way to a better future for all, across several sectors.
- ‘The clock is ticking’ on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, says UN deputy chief April 11, 2019Pointing to climate change, inequalities and other serious challenges, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a forum on Thursday Development that “the clock is ticking” down, to making the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
- Millions of Bangladeshi children at risk from climate crisis, warns UNICEF April 5, 2019More than 19 million children in Bangladesh are at risk from devastating floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday in a new report.
BBC Science & Environment
- Are plants a necessity or a luxury? April 20, 2019A new campaign says we should pay less tax on plants because they are good for the environment and mental health.
- Tulips from the air: Artist drawn to beauty of Norfolk flowers April 19, 2019It is their "beauty of colour and space that makes me keep coming back", artist says.
- Dame Emma Thompson: 'If I could fly cleanly, I would' April 19, 2019Actress Dame Emma Thompson defends her decision to fly to London from the US to attend a climate change protest.
Renewable Energy World
- Mayor: PG&E assets are ‘great’ opportunity to bring clean energy to San Francisco April 18, 2019San Francisco Mayor London Breed wants to use PG&E Corp.’s bankruptcy to take over some of the company’s assets for the city’s power needs, a move that would shake up California’s largest utility and remake the state’s energy landscape.
- Duke Energy to build North Carolina solar estimated at $404M April 18, 2019Duke Energy Corp. will develop six utility-scale solar power projects in North Carolina that may cost up to $404 million as part of the state’s bid to boost renewable energy.
- California college invests in 1-MW solar carport to offset 100 percent of its energy use April 18, 2019Yuba College, a community college part of the Yuba Community College District, this week completed a 1-MW solar carport installation that it says could result in $10 million of avoided utility costs over the life of the system. The District purchased the solar outright, which resulted in optimal savings.