Environment

The World Meteorological Organisation suggests sustained climate action is needed to limit damage to the environment.

Energy ministers from some of the world’s largest economies on Friday linked for an unprecedented global summit over how to put renewables at the centre of post-coronavirus recovery plans – but the US and China were absent from the ‘cloudroom’. Danish climate & energy minister Dan Jørgensen claimed after the …

Some areas saw a reduction in nitrogen dioxide concentrations of as much as 43% compared to business as usual figures.

However, they are split on whether or not the government should take actions which might harm the environment to help the economy recover, according to a poll.

International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol said on Friday that governments should put renewable energy at the heart of economic rescue packages launched in response to the coronavirus outbreak to avoid a rebound in carbon emissions. “Putting clean energy at the heart of stimulus plans is an excellent strategy …

The new funding aims to drive down the cost of producing renewable hydrogen through commercial scale electrolyser projects.

Steps to reduce emissions include an ambition to make the manufacture of all its products net zero by 2050.

Researchers say the growing microbe colonies could hamper decommissioning plans underway at the site.

Engineers at Drax Power Station have installed blue lighting on one of the facility’s cooling towers in honour of health workers across the country.

Collectively, the sites could create over 8000 new jobs and increase the UK’s clean heat output by almost 3TWh per year.