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Renewable revolution
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15 Jun
When will electric cars take over? 20 years, says WAE technical director
Sales of electric vehicles have been growing steadily for the last few years, but when will electric cars take over?
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13 Jun
Solar panel windows to turn city centres into power stations
Skyscrapers could generate their own power thanks to the development of transparent solar panels.
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11 Jun
Abu Dhabi’s first nuclear power plant to set blueprint for Middle East
When the first electricity flows from Abu Dhabi’s Barakah power station later this year, it will become the first operational nuclear power plant in the Arab world.
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8 Jun
Smart meters to be installed in every Dutch home by 2020 to create vast country-wide smart grid
The Dutch government is rolling out smart meters to every household in the Netherlands, with a view to forming a vast Internet of Things (IoT) smart grid.
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4 Jun
Fenix Flames rises from the ashes of traditional employee ownership schemes
As the pay gap between CEO and median employee earnings continues to increase, African solar energy company Fenix International is burning the outdated rulebook on traditional employee stock options.
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31 May
Google launches Project Sunroof in the UK, but is the country ready to embrace solar power?
Google’s Project Sunroof tool has launched in the UK, allowing homeowners to work out how much money they could save by installing solar panels on their homes.
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21 May
People are putting Big Oil on trial — These are all the lawsuits so far
The number of climate change-related lawsuits filed against oil and gas companies has boomed over the last few years.
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15 May
Europe’s plastic water bottle producers are joining the war on waste
Europe’s plastic water bottle producers have today announced they intend to raise collection rates of plastic bottles to 90% by 2025 — from 60% currently — as they join the global war on plastic waste.
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10 May
What is peak oil? And what will happen to the industry if we reach it?
For much of the last century, observers of the oil industry have debated when or if we might reach so-called peak oil — the point when the maximum rate of petroleum extraction is achieved.
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4 May
Carbon emissions in the European Union increased in 2017
Carbon emissions in the European Union increased in 2017, according to statistics released by Eurostat today.
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2 May
London’s Boris bikes cycle hire scheme has cost UK taxpayers nearly £200 million, FoI disclosure reveals
London’s government-funded Boris bike hire scheme has cost taxpayers nearly £200 million over the last eight years, according to a disclosure made to Verdict under the UK Freedom of Information (FoI) Act.
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1 May
Israel will allow Palestinians in the West Bank to control their own electricity
Israel will allow Palestinians in the West Bank to distribute and control their own electricity for the first time.
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1 May
BP share price climbs as higher oil prices push profit up by 71%
Oil giant BP has posted a 71% jump in first-quarter profit, driven by a surge in oil and gas prices and sending the BP share price higher at the London open.
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27 Apr
Norway’s oil fund has made its first loss in two years
Norway’s giant $1 trillion oil fund made a loss of $21 billion in the first quarter of this year, its first in two years, after buying into volatile equity markets.
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26 Apr
Here are all the companies that have signed up to the UK’s plastic pact
Some of the world’s biggest brands have signed up to an ambitious, voluntary commitment to reduce plastic pollution, called the UK Plastics Pact.
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18 Apr
The Yangtze deposits 55% of all river marine plastic pollution – but China is finally taking action
Rivers deposit 2.75 million metric tonnes of plastic into the seas each year, with just ten rivers contributing up to 95% of the world’s total waste.
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16 Apr
World Earth Day 2018: 11 reasons to feel positive about the environment
Safe to say, there isn’t a great deal of good news about the environment at the moment.
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12 Apr
New Zealand bans new oil and gas exploration in bid to go green
New Zealand is to stop issuing permits for oil and gas exploration in a bid to reduce the country’s carbon footprint.
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11 Apr
Online fashion retailer Asos prepares to join war on plastic with eco-friendly packaging
The boss of UK fashion retailer Asos has revealed he hopes to ditch plastic and switch to reusable packaging.
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9 Apr
Can you remove plastic packaging from the weekly shop? Here’s how some businesses are doing so
Unless you live in Burgess Hill (or one of the villages surrounding it), a small town south of London, the chances are you won’t have heard of Charlotte’s Cupboard.
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9 Apr
French police and protesters clash over evacuation of abandoned airport site
French police clashed with protesters early this morning as they attempted to clear the site of a halted airport project.
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3 Apr
Tesla Model 3: The electric car company produced 2,000 of its Model 3 last week
In a bid to halt its free-falling share price, electric car marker Tesla has released a statement saying it produced 2,020 of its Model 3 sedans over the last week.
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28 Mar
How plastic bottle deposit schemes work around the world
The UK’s Department For Environmental, Farming, and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced plans to launch a plastic bottle deposit return scheme (DRS) in England.
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27 Mar
Volkswagen is in court today: Here is what to expect
German car manufacturer Volkswagen is to face trial over allegations of emissions fraud at London’s High Court today in what has been described as “the biggest consumer class action in England and Wales history”.
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26 Mar
Mathieu Flamini: The future billionaire footballer banking on a little-known chemical compound
We’ll stop short of calling former Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini the richest footballer in the world – that title is thought to be held by 19-year-old Faiq Bolkiah, Leicester City reserves player and son of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah – but business acumen and a willingness to take risks has certainly propelled Flamini
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21 Mar
Renewable energy funding boost could mean UK energy farms are built subsidy-free by 2030
The decreasing cost of wind and solar renewable energy farms could lead to a $28 billion investment boost in the UK by 2030, a new study by Aurora Energy Research has found.
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21 Mar
Plastic waste in the ocean is set to treble within a decade
Plastic waste in the oceans will treble in the next decade, according to a new report conducted by the UK’s Government Office for Science.
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20 Mar
The golden arches are set to become greener
McDonald’s is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its offices and restaurants by 36% by 2030.
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16 Mar
Royal Dutch Shell is quitting New Zealand after more than 100 years
Royal Dutch Shell is to leave New Zealand as part of a wide-reaching divestment plan, bringing to and end more than 100 years of operation in the country.
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15 Mar
Almost all bottled water contains micro-plastics, study finds
Amid a global plastic waste epidemic which sees rivers deposit 2.75 million metric tonnes of plastic into the sea each year, the waste that doesn’t enter the ocean is finding its way into our bottled water.