Plastic buckets and old printers generate electricity in this Vietnamese village
Low-cost wind turbines built with red plastic buckets and printer engines bring electricity to 14 households in the poorest regions of Hanoi.
Maasai women are leading a solar revolution in Africa
A bordo del loro asino, girano i villaggi più remoti per portare energia rinnovabile e pulita a prezzi economici. Migliorando la loro vita e quella degli altri abitanti.
Who is Theresa May, the UK’s new Prime Minister after David Cameron
Prime Minister Theresa May – not Boris Johnson, Michael Gove or Andrea Leadsom – will lead the UK when David Cameron officially resigns today. Had you heard of her before?
Peru, yet another oil spill is putting the Amazon at risk
Oil spills in the Amazon are nothing new. Another pipeline has broken in the Loreto region of Peru, threatening local communities’ health and the environment.
South African solar plant set to bring energy to thousands
Also in response to chronic power outages in South Africa, the Mulilo Sonnedix Prieska PV plant will provide clean and reliable energy as well as employment.
Paris to ban old and polluting cars
Commercial vehicles produced before 1997 won’t be allowed in the streets of Paris. The measure, which will come into force on 1 July, is intended to reduce air pollution in the French capital.
California will close its last nuclear plant to invest in renewables
La centrale nucleare di Diablo Canyon chiuderà nel giro di dieci anni. Decisione presa grazie alla crescita delle rinnovabili e dell’efficienza energetica.
Norway will cut its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2030
La “carbon neutrality” verrà raggiunta in Norvegia entro il 2030, ovvero venti anni prima rispetto a quanto previsto inizialmente.
Europe will be 70% renewable by 2040 (but it won’t be enough)
Bloomberg’s “New Energy Outlook 2016” confirms the advance of renewable energy. But it also explains that the road ahead is still steep and uphill.
Niger Delta, the oil spill clean-up has started. It will take 30 years
The Nigerian government launched the clean-up of one of the world’s most oil-polluted regions. It’s the unprecedented victory environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa had fought for.