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UN calls for funds to stop huge oil spill in Yemen
The United Nations has launched a crowdfunding campaign to stop an anchored tanker spilling more than one million barrels of oil into the Red Sea. The FSO Safer is moored a few miles off the Yemen coast but is reportedly now beyond repair – with the UN stating there are realistic fears of it exploding […]
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UN Chief: Governments must stop ‘dragging their feet’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that governments need to stop “dragging their feet” when it comes to climate action and commitments to curb carbon emissions. During the World Summit meeting in Vienna, he labelled countries looking to invest in fossil fuels such as coal and oil and gas due to the Ukraine War “delusional”. […]
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Yorkshire Water to tackle leakage under new partnership
Yorkshire Water has announced a new partnership as part of its efforts to reduce leakage and costs and save carbon. It is working with Hydraulic Analysis and Morrisons Water Services under a programme to deliver a £28 million investment to help meet its target of halving leakage by 2050. The companies will deploy innovative leakage […]
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Three companies seek permits for carbon storage off Norway
The Norwegian Government has received applications from three companies seeking to secure permits for future carbon storage sites off Norway. CapeOmega, TotalEnergies and Wintershall Dea submitted bids to store carbon dioxide on the Norwegian continental shelf, which will now be processed by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The ministry aims to allocate areas in […]
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Cow burps to be taxed!
New Zealand has unveiled a plant to tax sheep and cattle burps in a bid to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. The new proposal will see farmers pay for their gas emissions from 2025 – there will be separate prices for short and long-lived gases. According to the UNEP, agriculture is a major contributor to […]
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One of Europe’s largest wind farms opens
The Nysäter wind farm has opened in Sweden, with 114 turbines and a capacity of 475MW – the new site becomes one of the largest on the continent. RWE Renewables will operate the facility, which is estimated to produce enough green electricity to power 300,000 Swedish homes. The wind farm will reduce European carbon emissions […]
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From 2035, petrol and diesel cars ‘will no longer be sold in Europe’
The European Parliament has voted for the end of combustion engines by 2035. The decision will see only electric vehicles to be sold after this timeframe. Members of the European Parliament supported the Commission’s proposal to reach zero-emission road mobility by 2035. That means that the European Parliament endorsed the EU fleet-wide target to reduce […]
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Spanish and Portuguese measure to lower power prices granted EU approval
An €8.4 billion (£7bn) Spanish and Portuguese measure aimed at reducing the wholesale electricity prices in the Iberian market (MIBEL) amid the energy crisis has been given the green light by the European Commission. The measure, which will be implemented by lowering the input costs of fossil fuel-fired power stations, has been approved after recognising […]
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Iberdrola powers up new onshore wind farm in Greece
A new onshore wind farm with a capacity of 33.6MW has been fully energised and connected to the grid in Greece. Iberdrola’s Mikronoros wind farm, located in the province of Rhodope, Thrace in northern Greece, consists of eight wind turbines that have now commenced operations. With the addition of Mikronoros, Rokas Renewables, an Iberdrola company […]
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Breathe Warsaw: New initiative aims to improve air quality in Polish capital
A new initiative that aims to improve air quality in the Polish capital of Warsaw has been launched. ‘Breathe Warsaw’, a partnership between the City of Warsaw, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Clean Air Fund, will provide technical assistance and capacity building to support the deployment of policies to improve air quality and benefit climate and […]
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