Chile currently gets between 35-40% of its electricity from coal but the the country's environment minister has just hailed "the beginning of the end of coal".
In August, six electric barges will set sail between Belgium and the Netherlands. Electric barges have the potential to greatly reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the transportation industry.
Singapore researchers developed a water-based air conditioning system which doesn’t need energy-intensive compressors or harmful chemical refrigerants.
The government of China has announced its plans to plant forests in 2018 that will occupy at least 6.6 million hectares, equivalent to the size of Ireland.
A chemistry professor in Florida has found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy all at the same time.
This US state already has ambitious plans to get 1.5 million zero-emission cars on its roads by 2025.
The small Central America nation of Belize has decided to indefinitely end all new oil exploration in its waters.
Creating lighter yet powerful engines is just one way the aviation industry is trying to reduce its environmental impact.
China’s new carbon market, announced earlier this month, is expected to manage over 3 billion tons of carbon.
The World Bank group will abandon financing upstream oil and gas projects from 2019 and focus on energy transformation, as announced by World Bank Group President at the One Planet Summit in Paris, France.
18-year-old Ethan Novek's carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology stands out from the rest because it could capture CO2 at about $10 per metric ton – around 85 percent less than the industry standard.
A company in China has built the world's first 100% battery electric cargo ship.
The action will prevent 10 million metric tons of carbon emissions.
Led by Britain and Canada, nations form the Power Past Coal Alliance to phase out use of the dirtiest fossil fuel — but big emitters remain absent.
