United Nations
- It’s time we took a seat ‘at your table’: Guterres calls on world youth to keep leading climate emergency response June 23, 2019Older generations have “failed to respond properly” to the climate emergency said the UN chief on Sunday, while the young are “stepping up to the challenge” and taking the lead to slow the destructive pace of global warming.
- 24 billion tons of fertile land lost every year, warns UN chief on World Day to Combat Desertification June 17, 2019In a video message released in advance of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, marked on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world loses 24 billion tons of fertile land every year, and that the degradation in land quality is responsible for a reduction in the national domestic product of up […]
- Shining a light on sustainable power: how clean energy is helping to improve camps for displaced people June 15, 2019Hauwa, from Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria, fled her home village of Adamari with her husband and four children in March, when violence struck. Now, she is in the relative safety of a UN-run camp but, with little electricity available at night, lighting is scarce, and darkness can mean danger. However, thanks to a solar-energy […]
BBC Science & Environment
- Raspberry Pi used to steal data from Nasa lab June 24, 2019Lax security at a Nasa lab let a hacker lurk on the agency's network for almost a year, says report.
- Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover senses methane spike June 24, 2019Nasa's Mars robot records its largest measurement yet of methane in the Red Planet's air.
- CO2 and how it links manure and fizzy drinks June 23, 2019Roger Harrabin looks at how manure could help to deal with CO2.
Renewable Energy World
- Giant offshore wind farm takes further steps toward construction in New Jersey June 24, 2019Last week, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities announced it selected Ocean Wind, an offshore wind energy project proposed by Ãrsted with support from PSEG, to develop an 1,100 MW offshore wind farm. Ocean Wind will be located 15 miles off the coast of Atlantic City. Construction is expected to commence in the early […]
- Nigerian renewable energy solutions provider Arnergy closes Series A financing June 24, 2019Nigerian distributed utility company, Arnergy, announced it has raised $9 Million in a Series A round of funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures with participation from the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund), EDFI ElectriFI and All On.
- Vermont electric vehicle incentives provide a ‘symbolic’ boost June 21, 2019Vermont joined the ranks of other New England states that provide incentives for electric vehicles with Gov. Phil Scott’s signature on June 14 on a yearly transportation bill.