Floating offshore turbines to help shape future of UK renewable 14/6/2013

RenewableUK has heralded new announcements which will bring floating turbines a step closer to UK waters and open up the possibility of further developments. ...more

EU proposes mandatory nuclear reviews every six years 14/6/2013

The European Commission on Thursday published a draft nuclear safety law that includes mandatory EU-wide reviews every six years in response to lessons learnt from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. ...more

Earth could be four degrees warmer by 2100: Report 14/6/2013

The planet is on track to warm by four degrees celsius by the year 2100, if the global community fails to act on climate change, a new report by Climate Action Tracker has said. ...more

MENA Renewables Status Report 13/6/2013

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has a vast abundance of renewable energy resources. With its strong demographic growth, rapid urbanization and an expanding economy, the MENA region is experiencing a strong growth in demand for energy and electricity. ...more

Peruvian ocean conservationist wins top honours in prestigious international award 13/6/2013

Kerstin Forsberg, a 28-year-old marine conservation biologist and campaigner based in Peru, has been awarded the WWF International President’s Award 2013 at a special ceremony during global conservation organization WWF’s Annual Conference. ...more

Whistleblower calls TransCanada's practices 'organized crime' 13/6/2013

Testifying before a Canadian Senate committee last week, a former TransCanada Corp. employee turned whistleblower described unsafe business practices which he likened to "organized crime." ...more

‘More Than Honey,’ a documentary by Markus Imhoof 13/6/2013

If bees were to disappear from the globe, mankind would have four years left to live. That assertion, attributed to Albert Einstein but perhaps apocryphal, is voiced in “More Than Honey” ...more

Merkel vows to rein in renewable subsidies 13/6/2013

German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised on Wednesday to scale back Germany's generous system of subsidies to the renewables sector if she is re-elected in September, a move that would reduce the costs of her green revolution on consumers. ...more

SEA as sustainability mainstreaming and planning tool in Jordan 12/6/2013

Seeking to find its own recipe for sustainability planning, Jordan is piloting Strategic Environmental Assessment as a tool for planning and managing development zones or special economic areas. ...more

Ethiopia dismisses Egypt's "psychological warfare" on dam 12/6/2013

Ethiopia dismissed Egyptian talk of military action against a giant dam it is building on the Nile as "psychological warfare", and said on Tuesday it would defend itself and carry on with the work regardless. ...more