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Europe’s largest solar plant unveiled amid Spanish renewable rebirth
This article discusses Europe’s largest solar plant unveiled amid Spanish renewable rebirth. €300 million investment plan comes amid buoyant optimism for Spain’s long suffering solar sector.
Spanish utility giant Ibedrola has laid out a plan to build Europe’s largest solar power plant in the country.
The company is currently consulting the environment […]
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Net-zero by 2050: What does it mean?
This DW article discusses what net-zero by 2050 means. The EU is expected to commit to going carbon neutral. But what will net-zero emissions mean in practice? What are negative emissions, and why do we need them?
With the Paris Agreement in 2015, nearly 200 nations submitted plans to cut […]
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Report: Canada a leader among G20 for plan to phase out coal
This article discusses how Canada is becoming a leader among G20 for plan to phase out coal. While Canada ranks high when it comes to phasing out coal, it lags others on renewable energy.
Canada is one of the world’s leaders when it comes to phasing out the use of coal power, […]
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Climate change: Ireland declares climate emergency
This article discusses how Ireland has declared a climate emergency.
The Republic of Ireland has declared a climate and biodiversity emergency.
A Fianna Fáil amendment to the Oireachtas report on Climate Action was accepted without a vote.
In May a national climate emergency was declared by the UK Parliament.
In Scotland targets […]
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DeSmogBlog week of 5/13/2019
This week’s set of articles include:
A a climate change revolt in the Boston Globe; Fracking in Pennsylvania and the impact of shipping fracked gas to the EU; Steve Forbes echoing fossil fuel talking points against electric cars; European fund managers position that oil companies are soon to become very […]
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Britain and climate change – 2 articles
This New Yorker article discusses how the British House of Commons, led by the Conservative Party, voted to declare that the planet was in a “climate emergency.” The day before, a CNN poll found that, in the United States, Democratic voters care more about […]
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US Fracked Gas Imports to EU Could ‘Take World Far Beyond Safe Climate Limits’, Campaigners Warn
This article discusses how US Fracked Gas Imports to EU Could ‘Take World Far Beyond Safe Climate Limits’, Campaigners Warn.
Environmental activists representing more than 200 organisations have called on the EU and the US to put an end to a booming transatlantic trade in fracked gas or face “taking the world far […]
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Edinburgh city centre goes car-free to combat air pollution
This article discusses how Scotland is attempting to fight air pollution in Edinburgh, going car-free to combat air pollution. Open air yoga and chess games fill streets for trial initiative
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Oil industry under pressure to respond to climate change
This France 24 article discusses how the O&G industry is under pressure to respond to climate change.
The oil industry, under mounting pressure from environmental activists to react more quickly to counter climate change, has begun to adapt its strategy but is struggling to convince critics it is doing enough.
Last […]
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DeSmog Blog
This weekly email is worth signing up for. This week’s edition discusses a climate denier’s trial, how Boston is embracing the Green New Deal, how a gas plant is being allowed to be built despite evidence that it is polluting the air, the O&G industry saying it can help […]
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