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For the First Time, China Invests More in Wind and Solar Than Coal Overseas 27/5/2025
For the First Time, China Invests More in Wind and Solar Than Coal Overseas China’s Belt and Road Initiative, long derided for its heavy carbon footprint, was dominated by wind and solar power projects for the first time from 2022 to 2023, according to a new analysis. But coal plants financed in earlier years are still coming online. ...more
UAE breaks May heat record with scorching 51.6C 26/5/2025
UAE breaks May heat record with scorching 51.6C The United Arab Emirates registered a sizzling 51.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday, breaking its May temperature record for the second day in a row. The desert nation lies in one of the world's hottest regions and is at risk of severe heat waves due to climate change.  ...more
EU close to reaching climate goals despite green backlash 26/5/2025
EU close to reaching climate goals despite green backlash Bloc is within one percentage point of meeting greenhouse gas emissions reduction target by 2030 ...more
US EPA drafting plan to erase greenhouse gas limits on coal and gas-fired power plants 26/5/2025
US EPA drafting plan to erase greenhouse gas limits on coal and gas-fired power plants The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed on Saturday that it was drafting a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States and would be published after interagency review. ...more
Scientists seek to save Florida’s dying reefs with hardy nursery-grown coral 26/5/2025
Scientists seek to save Florida’s dying reefs with hardy nursery-grown coral Reefs off the Keys have lost 90% of healthy coral cover in 40 years, but replanting effort aims to make reef more resilient. ...more
Aramco achieves world-first by commissioning breakthrough renewable energy storage system for gas operations 26/5/2025
Aramco achieves world-first by commissioning breakthrough renewable energy storage system for gas operations Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has achieved a world-first by successfully commissioning a megawatt (MW)-scale renewable energy storage system to power gas production activities. It is the first deployment globally of an Iron-Vanadium (Fe/V) flow battery as a backup solar power source for gas well operations. ...more
Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn 23/5/2025
Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts. ...more
EU Parliament backs exempting 90% of companies from carbon border levy 23/5/2025
EU Parliament backs exempting 90% of companies from carbon border levy The European Parliament backed changes on Thursday to the European Union's carbon border tariff that would exempt from the scheme companies that import less than 50 metric tons per year of relevant goods. ...more
US climate pullback threatens planned debt-for-nature deals 23/5/2025
US climate pullback threatens planned debt-for-nature deals Billions of dollars of debt deals aimed at protecting vital ecosystems from Africa to Latin America are at risk of unravelling or may need rework amid concerns that crucial U.S. backing is about to dry up under President Donald Trump. ...more
EU brands just four countries as 'high risk' under deforestation law 23/5/2025
EU brands just four countries as 'high risk' under deforestation law Commodities from just four countries will face the strictest checks under the European Union's anti-deforestation law, with major forest nations including Brazil and Indonesia spared the toughest rules. ...more
 
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