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A Swiss firm is on track to solve the conundrum of where to site industrial solar farms, by turning railways into power plants. Switzerland needs to boost solar energy output seven-fold by 2035 to ...

Renewables and EVs are keeping the net zero dream alive, said experts Reaching net zero emissions by 2050 just might be within grasp in the UK, ‘provided the government stays the course’, Climate ...

Meanwhile, in the US … Despite attempts by the Trump administration to stymie green energy projects, wind and solar are surging across the US. New data shows that renewables accounted for 98% of the ...

Some might describe Alan Budgen as an expert in renewable energy: during the past few months alone, he built dozens of solar panels and heat pumps, to be installed on houses across Portsmouth. But ...

Uganda declared an end to its Ebola outbreak Health authorities in Uganda have declared an end to the country’s Ebola outbreak less than three months after the virus was confirmed in the capital ...

1) Think beyond sleep Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith, a physician and author, believes there are seven types of rest: physical, mental, emotional, social, sensory, creative and spiritual. Most people tend to ...

Bristol-based streetwear brand Rerun is proving its eco credentials are more than hot air by crafting messenger bags fashioned from balloon fabric offcuts. Rerun’s home city is known as the European ...

Climate wreckers now have nowhere to hide The game is up for greenwashing polluters – a tool tracking emissions in near real-time released its latest data this week as it ushers in a new age of ...

The US-based writing instructor and environmental activist Shankar Narayan, who uses the Climate Emotions Wheel in his teaching with adults, reframed a class on writing about ‘climate grief’ to ...

You might be blown away to know that the tiny house pictured used to stand 100 metres in the air as a major part of a wind turbine. With an average lifespan of 20 to 25 years, estimates based on ...

North America got its first national park city A city once dubbed “the dirtiest in the US” has been designated North America’s first national park city. Half a century ago, Chattanooga in Tennessee ...