The Electricity Company of Ghana has invested 21 million dollars in the supply of power distribution materials for Ashanti Region. The amount is part of a $70million loan agreement for the company to implement various projects to improve operational efficiency. The scope of the $21million project include the procurement of 600 distribution transformers, 15,000 poles … Read more
California legislators late Monday approved extending the state’s tough measures to fight climate change to 2030, a major victory for Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. The “cap-and-trade” measure — which cuts greenhouse gas emissions by using free market methods — was approved by the state Assembly and Senate by a two-thirds majority. Brown, a 79 year-old … Read more
France plans to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, the country’s new environment minister has announced. Nicolas Hulot made the announcement as he unveiled a series of measures as part of newly elected President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to make the country carbon neutral by 2050. Mr Hulot said he recognised the target would … Read more
US President Donald Trump on Thursday strongly defended his decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord, declaring himself “proud” of the move. “In order to protect American jobs, companies and workers, we’ve withdrawn the United States from the one-sided Paris Climate Accord,” Trump said to applause, during a speech on the future of … Read more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Europe was “more determined than ever” to fight climate change after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris agreement. Speaking to the German parliament a week before hosting a G20 summit, Merkel called global warming an “existential challenge” for humanity and stressed that the … Read more
Former New York mayor and billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg announced Monday a $200 million plan Monday aiming to back inventive policies in American cities despite political tumult in Washington. Under its “American Cities Initiative,” Bloomberg Philanthropies will invest the money over the the next three years in a bid to “incentivize and support the innovative … Read more
Australia’s under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is “too big to fail”, a study said Monday. The World Heritage-listed reef is the largest living structure on Earth and its economic and social value was calculated for the first time in the Deloitte … Read more
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry called for Sino-US cooperation on clean energy during a visit to Beijing Thursday, a week after President Donald Trump’s much-criticised withdrawal from the Paris climate pact. Trump’s decision has jolted the international community and could put China, the world’s top carbon emitter, in a position to fill the leadership void … Read more
Failure to step up action against global warming would be “disastrous”, California Governor Jerry Brown warned Tuesday as he seeks to fill the US leadership vacuum on climate change. Brown was speaking in Beijing where he is hoping to drum up Chinese support for his state’s aggressive efforts to curb emissions in the wake of … Read more
California stands poised to fill the US leadership vacuum in the battle against climate change, analysts say, as the state’s governor Jerry Brown headed to China on Friday for a high-profile visit largely centered on environmental issues. No sooner had President Donald Trump made his announcement on Thursday to pull out of the landmark Paris … Read more
Democratic state governors, city mayors and powerful companies united Friday in defiance of President Donald Trump’s pledge to take the United States out of the Paris climate accord, drawing up plans to meet greenhouse gas emission targets regardless. A majority of Americans in every state, or 69 percent of US voters, believe the United States … Read more
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday the United States will pursue unilateral efforts to curb greenhouse emissions, despite pulling out of the Paris accord. As he welcomed Brazil’s Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes to Washington, Tillerson boasted that the US has a “terrific record” in reducing the emissions blamed for global warming. But, in a … Read more
There has been widespread international condemnation of President Trump’s announcement that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. UN chief Antonio Guterres’s spokesman called it “a major disappointment” while the European Union said it was “a sad day for the world”. However, senior Republicans and the US coal industry-backed the move. Mr … Read more
President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. He said moves to negotiate a new “fair” deal that would not disadvantage US businesses and workers would begin. Mr Trump said during last year’s presidential election campaign that he would take the step to help his country’s oil … Read more
When President Donald Trump announced America’s abandonment of the Paris climate deal Thursday, saying he was elected to represent “Pittsburgh, not Paris,” several US cities and states responded with a defiant counter-declaration: We’re staying in. “As the Mayor of Pittsburgh, I can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for … Read more
Democratic state governors from California, New York and Washington formed an immediate alliance Thursday committed to countering climate change, defying Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States was leaving the 2015 Paris accord. The three states represent more than one-fifth of US gross domestic product, are home to 68 million people, or nearly one in … Read more
China and Europe took the lead Thursday on forging on with the Paris climate accord, as fears grew US President Donald Trump would pull Washington out of the landmark deal. After a day of rumours about the Republican leader’s plans, with some aides reportedly saying a withdrawal was likely and others saying no decision had … Read more
The Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved in its present form and is damaged beyond repair, scientists have warned. They say coral bleaching in the area is worse than thought, partly because of the ‘extraordinary rapidity’ of global warming. Instead, scientists should be taken to maintain the World Heritage Site’s ‘ecological function’. The … Read more
Thousands of voracious white maggots wiggle frenetically while tearing through trayfuls of leftover meat, vegetables and fruits in an unusual farm in southwestern China. It may not be a pretty sight, but the gluttonous larvae could help China eat away something far uglier: the country’s mountain of food waste. The individual larvae of black soldier … Read more
Coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is worse than first thought and the impact will accelerate unless global greenhouse gas emissions are cut, scientists said Monday. The 2,300-kilometre (1,400-mile) World Heritage-listed reef suffered its most severe bleaching on record last year due to warming sea temperatures during March and April. Initial aerial and in-water … Read more