A Le Monde news item reports that the US Environmental Protection Agency has terminated the grant that was intended to help pay for residential solar projects for more than 900,000 lower-income US households − a Biden-era attempt to introduce cleaner power onto the electrical grid and to lower energy bills for American consumers. EPA … Continue reading Trump’s EPA cancels $7 billion in funding for solar projects
Category: climate change
End-to-end attribution provides a vital scientific tool for making fossil fuel companies accountable, and could reshape climate litigation globally
Shashi Kant Yadav, Lecturer, Northumbria University, Newcastle and Gitanjali Nain Gill, Professor of Environmental Law, Northumbria University, Newcastle write on The Conversation website about significant advances made in climate science that enable researchers to understand how specific activities affect the climate, and contribute to wildfires, extreme heat and flash floods. Climate change: new method … Continue reading End-to-end attribution provides a vital scientific tool for making fossil fuel companies accountable, and could reshape climate litigation globally
Understanding China’s energy transition
In an article on the China Daily website, Michael Edesess and Christine Loh from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology discuss China’s energy transition. They write that China’s example demonstrates that when a government treats the energy transition as a national imperative, rather than a market experiment, the results follow. China’s renewable … Continue reading Understanding China’s energy transition
Recent survey in Canada shows how recent extreme weather is raising public concern about climate change
Eddie Sheppard and David Coletto write on the Abacus Data website about their recent public survey that shows growing concerns about climate change in the past year. Are there similar surveys in your country? Are we seeing similar results? Public concerns about climate up 15-points since October 2024 Between June 26 and July 2, … Continue reading Recent survey in Canada shows how recent extreme weather is raising public concern about climate change
America’s energy transition: leaving the clean energy playing field to China
In an article on The Conversation website, Stephen Lezak, Programme Manager at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford explains how across the world, utilities are embracing clean energy, choosing lower costs for their customers while reducing pollution and America, under the Trump administration, is choosing a different path that will … Continue reading America’s energy transition: leaving the clean energy playing field to China
China has updated its green taxonomy as part of the country’s efforts to strengthen its net-zero transition ambitions
In an article on the Green Central Banking website, Moriah Costa writes about latest developments in China to update its green taxonomy, which comes into effect in October. The catalogue defines which economic activities and investments qualify as green or environmentally sustainable across a wide variety of industries. China updates green taxonomy to increase … Continue reading China has updated its green taxonomy as part of the country’s efforts to strengthen its net-zero transition ambitions
Energy in Demand News, August 3-4, 2025
The EU and US agreed to a new trade deal in recent days, to a distinctly mixed reaction. The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest network of environmental NGOs, warns that the centrepiece of the deal, a €700 billion pledge to buy U.S. fossil fuels and nuclear energy over the next three years, is fundamentally … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 3-4, 2025
The largest project in history has begun: 52 billion solar panels to cover America
In a groundbreaking initiative poised to reshape the global energy landscape, researchers propose covering highways with 52 billion solar panels to generate over 60% of the world's electricity demand and significantly reduce carbon emissions. Hina Dinoo discusses latest developments in an article on the Sustainable Times website. “This Is Colonization by Climate”: Rural Americans … Continue reading The largest project in history has begun: 52 billion solar panels to cover America
With the US leaving the global stage in addressing climate change, there are signs that a new set of leaders is rising to the occasion
In an article on The Conversation website, Shannon Gibson, Professor of Environmental Studies, Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences writes about who will step into the leadership vacuum now that the US has walked away again. US government may be abandoning the global climate fight, but new … Continue reading With the US leaving the global stage in addressing climate change, there are signs that a new set of leaders is rising to the occasion
Blog by Jane Marsh – Green Energy’s Environmental Impact: What the Industry Isn’t Always Telling You
You support a zero-carbon transition because clean electricity outperforms fossil fuels on nearly every climate metric. Yet each solar panel, wind turbine and battery carries a tangible footprint — from the ores mined for production to the waste left at retirement. By tracking these impacts and pressing policymakers and suppliers for tighter safeguards, you can … Continue reading Blog by Jane Marsh – Green Energy’s Environmental Impact: What the Industry Isn’t Always Telling You
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