Environment

Renewable energy sources could be cheaper than fossil fuels within 10 years – UN-backed report

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More Action Needed to Meet Energy Goals by 2030, New Report Finds

The current pace of progress on three global energy goals – access to electricity, renewable energy and efficiency – is not moving fast enough to meet 2030 targets, according to the latest Global Tracking Framework (GTF) report released on April 3,...

Activists stop construction at Southeast Asia’s biggest planned coal plant

On March 30, Activists brought construction to a standstill for 13 hours at what will be the largest coal power plant in Southeast Asia. The activists are demanding the Indonesian government cancel the Batang coal power plant project and that the...

U.S. EPA, California cleaned or tested 381 abandoned storage tanks, reducing groundwater threats

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board), has successfully cleaned up abandoned, and potentially leaking, underground petroleum storage tanks throughout the state...