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Effa creates eco-friendly disposable toothbrush to help beat plastic pollution
30 August 2018 - Now that a number of global coffee shop and restaurant chains have pledged a phase-out...
Europe’s 1st automotive renewables PPA bolsters corporate drive to fight climate change
10 August 2018 - Even as climate change deniers hold some of the world’s top political offices and corporate...
Earth Overshoot Day 2018 – Slovenia has region’s largest ecological footprint
31 July 2018 - August 1 marks this year’s Earth Overshoot Day, the day when humanity’s annual demand on...
IRENA seeking to hire Associate Programme Officer, Geothermal Energy
26 July 2018 - The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has published a vacancy announcement for the position of...
From Seattle to Tirana, global fight against plastic pollution gathers steam
20 July 2018 - From individual initiatives to cities and corporations banning plastic straws, the global anti-plastic movement is...
World Water Day – The answer is in nature
22 March 2018 - Today’s World Water Day (WWD) campaign The answer is in nature suggests that by using...
GCF gives green light to largest climate project to date, Serbia included
16 November 2017 - The Green Climate Fund (GCF), set up by 194 countries which are parties to the United...
30 years of Montreal Protocol – environmental success story
18 September 2017 - This year the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol designed to reduce...
42 Governments sign ‘Florence Declaration’, new IRENA report on geothermal energy released
14 September 2017 - 42 countries and 29 partner institutions, members of the the Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA), have...
Montenegro to host meetings on Aarhus Convention and Protocol on PRTRs in September
07 August 2017 - In September 2017, the coastal town of Budva, in Montenegro, will host meetings on the Convention...
ISWA President: Wind turbine blades as future non-recyclable waste cause for concern
18 July 2017 - Rapid expansion of wind power, besides its various positive impacts on the environment, is a...
Global energy system creating more jobs in renewables than in fossil-fuel technologies
24 May 2017 - More than 9.8 million people were employed in the renewable energy sector in 2016, according...
RethinkX: 95 percent of passenger cars in USA will be electric vehicles by 2030
11 May 2017 - RethinkX, an independent think tank that analyzes and forecasts disruptive technologies, has predicted that in...
New IRENA study optimistic about eliminating energy related CO2 emissions
20 March 2017 - Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated by energy sector can be reduced by 70% by...
Danish DONG Energy to stop using coal by 2023
10 February 2017 - Danish company DONG Energy said it will entirely stop using coal by the year 2023....
Samsung battery will charge EVs in twenty minutes
19 January 2017 - Samsung introduced the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles, with driving range of 500...