“The global energy crisis has been a giant cash grab for fossil fuel firms,” said one campaigner. “And instead of investing their record profits in clean energy, these companies are doubling down on oil, gas, and shareholder payouts.” The year 2023 was marked by...
BERLIN, Jan 4, 2024 (BSS/AFP) – German emissions were at their lowest point in around 70 years, as Europe’s largest economy managed to reduce its dependence on coal faster than expected, a study published Thursday showed. Europe’s biggest economy emitted 673 million...
Global efforts to slow a runaway climate catastrophe may have reached a critical milestone in the last year with the peak of global carbon emissions from energy use, according to experts. A growing number of climate analysts believe that 2023 may be recorded as the year in which annual...
In an unprecedented move, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon announced in his parliamentary address on December 28, 2023, his nation’s ambitious plan to rely entirely on renewable energy sources for its electricity needs by the year 2032. The Central Asian country presently generates...
A site in the Shetland Islands has become the UK’s first spaceport for vertical rocket launches. SaxaVord Spaceport on the small island of Unst has been given approval from the Civil Aviation Authority to begin launches in 2024. It will be the first fully-licensed spaceport in...
