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IRENA: Solar, wind power costs defy inflation with massive price drop
15 July 2022 - The cost of electricity from onshore wind fell by 15% in 2021, compared to 13% for offshore wind and 13% for photovoltaics, IRENA said
Birol (IEA): World is in middle of first global energy crisis
13 July 2022 - Fatih Birol said at the Sydney Energy Summit that the world has never witnessed an energy crisis of such great depth and complexity
Jadar Declaration unites activists in global resistance against lithium mining
10 July 2022 - The Jadar Declaration opens the way for an international solidarity network for environmental protection and against lithium mining
Earth Overshoot Day – resource consumption in Balkans is above global average
08 July 2022 - The Earth Overshoot Day for 2022, the date when humanity spends all the planet's renewable resources for one year, lands on July 28
Plastic Bag Free Day, Plastic Free July – not all responsibility is on consumers
03 July 2022 - Recent studies revealed that microplastic pollution is taking on new forms and shapes that threaten human health
Record 21.1 GW of new offshore wind capacity deployed in 2021 – GWEC report
29 June 2022 - By the end of this decade, 260 GW of new offshore wind is forecast to be added globally, with total capacity reaching 316 GW
G7 reverses climate policy with support for LNG, gas, nuclear power
29 June 2022 - The G7 reaffirmed its commitment to climate goals, but it backed the deployment of gas, particularly LNG, and of nuclear power
NASA sets out to develop nuclear power plant on the Moon
28 June 2022 - Success in building such power systems would pave the way for long-term missions on the Moon and Mars, NASA said
Environmentalists demand reusable, refillable packaging from biggest plastic polluters
17 June 2022 - Over 400 organizations demand that the five biggest plastic polluters commit to transparent, ambitious and accountable reuse and refill systems
Statement of the Day, Guterres: Fossil fuel industry used scandalous tactics like Big Tobacco
17 June 2022 - The fossil fuel industry has exploited precisely the same scandalous tactics as Big Tobacco, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said
World Environment Day 2022: We only have one Earth
05 June 2022 - In the universe are billions of galaxies, in our galaxy are billions of planets, but...
BMW building world’s first carbon-free car plant in Hungary
03 June 2022 - The new BMW factory in Hungary will produce electric automobiles entirely without the the use of fossil fuels.
Tracking SDGs: For the second year in row, world is no longer making progress on SDGs
03 June 2022 - Crises in health, climate, biodiversity, and geopolitical turmoil pose major challenges for sustainable development at the global level
Small modular reactors create far more nuclear waste than conventional units – study
01 June 2022 - Small modular reactors would create two to 30 times more nuclear waste per unit of energy than conventional nuclear plants, scientists found
Young people have major role to play in energy transition – national consultations for Stockholm+50
22 May 2022 - The youth consultation meeting within Serbia's national consultations for Stockholm+50 focused on young people's role in environmental protection and climate action
Biodiversity Day: Building a shared future for all life
22 May 2022 - This year’s slogan of the International Day for Biological Diversity celebrated on May 22nd is...