Resurgent Greens eye EU environmental shake-up
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Green parties across the European Union have made dramatic gains, holding off challenges from the populist far-right and potentially shaking
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Rising methane alarms researchers
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Scientists are warning that record levels of methane in the atmosphere will make it harder for nations to reach targets
Greenpeace blocks off BP HQ
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Greenpeace activists have “shut down” BP’s London headquarters and say they plan to blockade it for at least a week.
Scotland completes giant offshore wind farm
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The last of 84 turbines has begun operating at Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm after three years of construction. The
German wind-power sector in crisis: activists
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Only 134 megawatts (MW) of onshore wind capacity was purportedly in Germany during Q1 2019, an 87-per-cent drop from the
Ireland set to miss 2020 targets
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Ireland will fall short of its 2020 EU renewable energy targets, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has warned.
Chernobyl has become a refuge for wildlife 33 years after the nuclear accident
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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Ukraine) with the new safe confinement building over the number 4 reactor unit. May 2017. Germán
Europeans told to cut back carbon footprint
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Europeans are using more than their fair share of natural resources, emitting too much carbon, eating too much, using large
Book review: Titans of the Climate compares U.S.-China climate policies
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“Both China and the United States were blessed and cursed with gigantic natural energy resource endowments in the form of
Germany opens electrified road for hybrid lorries
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Germany is testing an electric autobahn for heavy goods vehicles as part of a €70-million pilot for specially adapted vehicles
Poland urged to focus on renewables
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Poland should on focus on developing renewable sources as they are the cheapest energy source, according to Monika Morawiecka, the
Brussels backs Lithuanian renewable scheme
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The European Commission has approved Lithuania’s auction scheme for renewable energy production as the Baltic state tries to weaken its
Irish wind sector struggles with rates and residents’ opposition
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The Irish counties of Kerry, Cork and Donegal have the highest number of wind farms in Ireland and their development
Canadian province demands tidal prototype’s removal
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The Atlantic province of Nova Scotia has demanded the removal of an ill-fated tidal turbine developed by the defunct Irish
European climate plans ‘underwhelming’: study
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A report has called for Europe’s national energy and climate plans (NECPs) to be aligned with the 2015 Paris climate