9 May 2026

Renewables are smashing records in the UK, halting fossil fuel price shocks from Iran war

Renewable energy is breaking records in the UK and protecting people from fossil fuel price shocks caused by the war in Iran.

7 Apr 2026

Amid war in Iran, EU urges people to drive less and for countries to urgently roll out renewables

Due to the war in Iran, the EU has urged Europeans to drive and fly less and for member states to quickly roll out more renewables, boost electrification and energy efficiency.

6 Jan 2026

Majority of US voters slam Trump’s climate policy

Most voters in the US are critical of the Trump administration’s climate obstructions, blocking of climate research and windfarms, a new poll shows.

31 Oct 2025

Is China now the world’s only climate hope?

As Trump pushes fossil fuels, China announces its first-ever emission cuts. Is China now the world’s only climate hope?

11 Aug 2025

UN Secretary-General says tech sector is not sustainable, urges AI companies to focus on renewables

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lambasted AI for being extremely energy-hungry and not sustainable, and has called on tech companies to power their data centres with 100% renewable energy by 2030.

24 Apr 2025

Saying “please” and “thank you” to your AI assistant is wasting millions of dollars in electricity costs

Saying “please” and “thank you” to your AI assistant may be costing millions in electricity. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that such pleasantries have added tens of millions of dollars to the company’s electricity bill. While it may seem polite, this habit comes with a significant environmental cost.

6 Mar 2025

Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields, and offer important habitat for threatened bird species

A new study has found that large-scale solar farms offer important habitat for threatened bird species and that they can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields.

27 Sep 2024

OPEC claims oil phaseout is a “fantasy” and that there is no peak oil

OPEC claimed in its annual World Oil Outlook (WOO) that there was “no peak oil on the horizon” and that phasing out oil was a “fantasy”.

2 Sep 2024

96% of new capacity additions to the US power grid in 2024 are carbon emissions-free

In the US, natural gas for electricity production has usually outpaced renewables. But for the first time ever, renewables will clearly outpace natural gas in 2024.