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Increase in peak electricity demand could be more than capacity of planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power station by 2030
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Electric cars to account for all new vehicle sales in Europe by 2035.
Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
Falling battery costs to drive sales but European carmakers will lose out to rivals in the US and Asia, forecasts...
As Zimbabwe’s homes go solar, its businesses lag behind.
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Solar power gets $46 million boost from US Energy Department.
The U.S. Energy Department awarded $46.2 million in research grants to improve solar energy technologies and reduce costs to 3 cents per kilowatt-hour by...
Swiss firm Climeworks begins sucking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in fight against climate...
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US cities, states and businesses pledge to measure emissions.
By HIROKO TABUCHI and LISA FRIEDMANJuly 11, 2017A coalition of American states, cities and businesses that have pledged to stick with the Paris climate pact will team up...
Doomsday narratives about climate change don't work. But here's what does.
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Victoria Herrmann
Feeling hopeless about a situation is cognitively associated with inaction. Instead of being defeatist, look to climate change heroes who are leading...
Want to fight climate change? Have fewer children.
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Next best actions are selling your car, avoiding flights and going vegetarian, according to study into true impacts of different green lifestyle choices
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The developing world is turning its poop problem into a resource.
In Ghana, just 15% of the population has access to decent sanitation. In the city of Kumasi, for example, around 40% of the population...
With new electric vehicle, London's iconic black cabs are about to go green.
The London Taxi Company, which manufactures London's world famous black cab, has re-launched as the London EV (Electric Vehicle) Company, or LEVC.
In an announcement...
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