Recent News Headlines : Climate Institute

EUROPE'S TRANSITION TO A GREEN ENERGY FUTURE


Sweden is one of the leading lights when it comes to energy transition in Europe... READ MORE

6th February, 2018 3065

WHITE HOUSE SEEKING TO SLASH RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH


Spending for the Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is currently set at 2.04 billion... READ MORE

1st February, 2018 0

ALBERTA URGED TO REQUIRE LICENSED LAND AGENTS AS WIND AND SOLAR BOOM TAKES OFF


Alberta urged to require licensed land agents as wind and solar boom takes off... READ MORE

31st January, 2018 1029

TWO MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO PROTECT THE WORLD'S FORESTS


After all, it has taken these trees years to absorb the carbon dioxide that's released when they're burned... READ MORE

22nd January, 2018 123

WARMING SET TO BREACH PARIS ACCORD'S TOUGHEST LIMIT BY MIDDLE OF CENTURY, DRAFT REPORT SAYS


And limiting global warming to 1.5 degree by 2100 would involve removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, it said... READ MORE

12th January, 2018 4

BURNING WOOD FOR POWER IS MISGUIDED SAY CLIMATE EXPERTS


He says wind and solar projects should dominate programmes to boost renewable energy generation in Europe... READ MORE

31st December, 2017 2539

PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT OPENS WITH BILL GATES, DICAPRIO, BUT NOT TRUMP


Two years after the landmark Paris climate accord, dozens of world leaders and philanthropists are back in the French capital on Tuesday for a summit... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 786

TESLA SWITCHES ON WORLD'S LARGEST LITHIUM ION BATTERY SETUP IN AUSTRALIA


Elon Musk met up ot his 100-day deadline of building the world's largest lithium battery in Australia, located in Hornsdale, South Australia... READ MORE

1st December, 2017 19

FROM AMAZON TO ETSY TECH GIANTS FIGHT TRUMPS PLAN TO SAVE COAL


Despite her state's deep roots in coal, she backs the company's fight for more renewable energy... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 476

Trending News Headlines : Climate Institute

NEOLIBERALISM HAS CONNED US INTO FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE AS INDIVIDUALS


At the very moment when climate change demands an unprecedented collective public response, neoliberal ideology stands in the way... READ MORE

17th July, 2017 114948

WORLD ENERGY HITS A TURNING POINT


Auctions, where private companies compete for massive contracts to provide electricity, established record after record for cheap solar power... READ MORE

15th December, 2016 107812

BRITAIN GOES A DAY WITHOUT BURNING COAL FOR ELECTRICITY


Coal-fired power generation contributes heavily to climate change burning coal produces twice as much carbon dioxide as burning natural gas... READ MORE

22nd April, 2017 92516

ELON MUSK'S BIG BATTERY BRINGS REALITY CRASHING INTO A POST-TRUTH WORLD


They have just chosen to throw truth onto the fire of climate change for political reasons... READ MORE

8th July, 2017 53631

INDIAN SOLAR POWER PRICES HIT RECORD LOW, UNDERCUTTING FOSSIL FUELS


By 2022, India aims to have the capacity to generate 175 gigawatts of power from solar, biomass and wind energy... READ MORE

10th May, 2017 43481

INDIA, ONCE A COAL GOLIATH, IS FAST TURNING GREEN


The price needs to fall to 100 per kilowatt-hour for renewable energy to be comparable in price to coal, Mr. Mathur says... READ MORE

2nd June, 2017 39546

U.K. JUST WENT WITHOUT COAL POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1880S


Coal plants by 2025 How to Hit the Brakes on Climate Change The U.K... READ MORE

23rd April, 2017 26456

THE SEVEN MEGATRENDS THAT COULD BEAT GLOBAL WARMING


'Everybody gets paralysed by bad news because they feel helpless, says Christiana Figueres, the former UN climate chief who delivered the landmark Paris climate change agreement... READ MORE

8th November, 2017 26089

FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES ARE A STAGGERING $5 TN PER YEAR


Third, the subsidies discourage investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy that compete with the subsidized fossil fuels... READ MORE

7th August, 2017 21773

CHINA BUILDS WORLD'S BIGGEST SOLAR FARM IN JOURNEY TO BECOME GREEN SUPERPOWER #GLOBALWARNING


Vast plant in Qinghai province is part of China's determination to transform itself from climate change villain to a green energy colossus... READ MORE

19th January, 2017 21279

CHINA AIMS TO SPEND AT LEAST $360 BILLION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2020


China surpassed the United States a decade ago as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gasses, and now discharges about twice as much... READ MORE

6th January, 2017 19600

THE CHEAP ENERGY REVOLUTION IS HERE, AND COAL WON'T CUT IT


Unsubsidized wind and solar are beginning to outcompete coal and natural gas in an ever-widening circle of countries... READ MORE

27th April, 2017 16956

'SPECTACULAR' DROP IN RENEWABLE ENERGY COSTS LEADS TO RECORD GLOBAL BOOST


Falling solar and wind prices have led to new power deals across the world despite investment in renewables falling... READ MORE

7th June, 2017 15605

COSTA RICA GOES 75 DAYS POWERING ITSELF USING ONLY RENEWABLE ENERGY


Please read our Costa Rica has achieved a clean energy milestone by using 100 per cent renewable energy for a record 75 days in a row... READ MORE

22nd March, 2015 11554

SOLAR PANEL RESEARCHERS INVESTIGATE POWERING TRAINS BY BYPASSING GRID


Imperial College London has partnered with the climate change charity 10 10 to investigate the use of track-side solar panels to power trains, the two organisations announced yesterday... READ MORE

10th January, 2017 9174

TRUMP SAYS ENERGY REGULATIONS ARE HURTING ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE EVIDENCE SAYS OTHERWISE.


The assumption they are making is that economic growth depends upon increasing carbon emissions... READ MORE

22nd December, 2016 8121

PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT: COST FOR U.S. ECONOMY FROM TRUMP'S WITHDRAWAL


Benioff tweeted that he was deeply disappointed by the decision, noting that his company would continue to strive to run only renewable energy... READ MORE

2nd June, 2017 7963

CHINA CEMENTING GLOBAL DOMINANCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY


The report noted the global expansion cements China's total domination of renewable energy growth globally... READ MORE

6th January, 2017 7830

RENEWABLES INVESTMENT IN UK WILL FALL 95% OVER NEXT THREE YEARS - STUDY


In contrast, public sector high carbon investment is rising, although slowly, the authors wrote... READ MORE

4th January, 2017 7150

US SCIENTISTS FIND NEW WAY TO CONVERT CO2 TO GREEN FUEL


Unexpected discovery that produces ethanol could be a building block towards creating a low-carbon energy system... READ MORE

22nd October, 2016 6909

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TURN TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TO BREAK CYCLE OF WELFARE


Melina Loubicon-Massimo, from the Lubicon Cree First Nation in Canada, says her community has achieved incredible results with renewable energy... READ MORE

28th February, 2017 5474

CLEAN ENERGY IS TROUNCING OIL, GAS AND COAL IN TRUMP ERA


President Donald Trump took office vowing to revive the coal industry's fortunes. So far, the smart money has been on clean energy... READ MORE

18th July, 2017 5189

UK SPENT 300 TIMES MORE ON FOSSIL FUELS THAN CLEAN ENERGY DESPITE GREEN PLEDGE


UK government failed to keep its pledge to support clean energy over fossil fuels abroad... READ MORE

10th February, 2015 3497

ECONOMICS TO KEEP WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY THRIVING WITH TRUMP


California and New York have set goals to source half of their power from clean energy by 2030... READ MORE

24th November, 2016 3193

STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS NOW: THERE IS NO CO2 'TECHNOFIX', SCIENTISTS WARN


In a thought experiment they tried another option the future dramatic removal of huge volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere... READ MORE

3rd August, 2015 3175

AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST SOLAR FARM SET TO SPROUT IN A QUEENSLAND FIELD


That is equivalent to one fifth of the current total renewable energy target for the entire country in a single power station... READ MORE

1st March, 2015 3092

THESE 5 CHARTS SHOW THE SEISMIC SHIFTS HAPPENING IN GLOBAL ENERGY


Even China's Turning Away This map shows that most of the world's economies are turning away from coal, the most environmentally harmful fossil fuel... READ MORE

14th June, 2017 2813

HUGE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PUTS PARIS CLIMATE TARGET IN REACH, SAYS REPORT


The World Bank's subsidiary, the International Finance Corporation IFC, said on Thursday that the investment could hold the key to fighting climate change... READ MORE

2nd November, 2017 2635

'NO PLANS' TO CUT RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGET, JOSH FRYDENBERG SAYS


A report by the commission found that the cost of wind power had fallen by 60 percent in the past five years... READ MORE

25th April, 2017 2492

EARTH HOUR IS BAD FOR THE POOR


Foreign aid is increasingly tied to renewable energy projects such as building solar and wind power capacity, or tiny off-grid energy generators... READ MORE

26th March, 2017 2363


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