A leaked consultation paper suggests that renewables will account for half of electricity capacity across the EU by 2030 in order to meet climate change goals....
Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, has urged the heads of six European oil majors to transition to cleaner technologies...
The government has unveiled plans to sell a stake in the Green Investment Bank. The decision has bee met with some criticism despite claims it will...
Although it doesn’t feel so long ago, it has been two years since I wrote about the mounting risk of investing in fossil fuels; in short,...
Emissions from the power sector will peak in 2029 and “tremendous progress” will be made to decarbonise power generation over the next two and a half...
Transitioning to renewable energy sources can create more jobs and positively benefit economies, according to a new report. The paper argues that investment in clean energy,...
The wind power industry could be set to lose thousands of jobs in both the industrial and construction sectors after the government announced that it would...
The Obama administration has doubled an initial target of gaining $2 billion from the private sector in commitments to support clean energy innovation. In a statement...
The government is facing criticism after announcing that new onshore wind farm will be excluded from a subsidy scheme a year earlier than expected, from 1...
Good Energy, which provides 100% renewable power, has become the world’s first energy company to accept a local currency – the Bristol Pound – for its...
Thirteen activists on kayaks have blocked Shell’s drilling rig Polar Pioneer in Seattle as it prepared to leave for the Chukchi Sea in the Alaskan Arctic,...
Plans to phase out a form of coal subsidy among OECD nations has reportedly ended in ‘stalemate’, according to sources. According to the Reuters, a source...
Greenhouse gas emissions could hit an early peak and then be reduced with five viable key measures to promote clean energy and cut fossil fuels subsidies...
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has threatened to call for a new referendum if the UK government fails to give more power and autonomy to the...
The Green Party has labelled government plans to ‘fast-track’ fracking in the UK as “reckless”. The proposed plans would see test drilling go ahead without the...