United Nations
- UN chief calls for ‘enlightened self-interest’ from world leaders to save ‘the whole planet’ from climate change May 18, 2019Concluding a week-long visit to the South Pacific, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on the world’s decision-makers to make “enlightened” choices on climate action because “the whole planet” is at stake.
- Stop Tuvalu and ‘the world from sinking’ UN chief tells island nation facing existential threat from rising seas May 17, 2019Tuvalu “faces an existential threat from sea-level rise”, the United Nations chief said during his visit to the Pacific island nation on Friday whose highest point is less than five metres above the waves.
- ‘Climate change is the battle of my life’, UN chief tells students living on the frontline in Fiji May 16, 2019The UN Secretary-General António Guterres saw the frontline of “the battle against climate change” for himself on Thursday, by taking to the tropical waters of the South Pacific off the coast of Fiji, on a solar-powered boat.
BBC Science & Environment
- Compassionate conservation is 'seriously flawed' May 18, 2019The idea that you cannot kill any animal is "fatally flawed" as a conservation concept, scientists argue.
- What's it like to be bitten by a bedbug? May 17, 2019The blood-sucking parasites have been around for at least 115 million years, according to a recent study.
- Mars: The box seeking to answer the biggest question May 17, 2019Europe prepares to send technology to Mars to look for evidence that there is life on the planet.
Renewable Energy World
- Associated Electric Cooperative signs 20-year PPA for 265 MW of wind power May 17, 2019Enel Green Power North America announced on Thursday that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) between its subsidiary White Cloud Wind Project, LLC and Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI), a power utility based in Springfield, Missouri. In line with the agreement, AECI will purchase the entire output generated by the 236.5 MW White […]
- 20 MW of community solar available for purchase by Xcel customers in Minnesota May 17, 2019CleanChoice Energy on Thursday said it was opening an additional 20.51 MW of community solar capacity for residential customers of Xcel. The new capacity is being supplied by fifteen solar farms owned and operated by AltusPower America in various locations in Minnesota. CleanChoice Energy is the largest community solar provider in Minnesota with more than […]
- Southern California Edison starts community solar program for customers May 17, 2019This week, Southern California Edison announced that it has signed on the first developer, SharedSolarCA, to its Community Renewables Program that will allow residential and business customers to take advantage of solar energy without having to install it directly on their roofs or facilities.