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Octopus Energy launches ‘buy now pay later’ for solar panels
Octopus solar scheme will allow UK households to spread the cost of installing photovoltaic panels to encourage take-up.
South Downs National Park launches green investment scheme to boost biodiversity
Biodiversity credits offered by British national park developed to bring investment and help facilitate campaign to create new land for habitats to form.
Canada Infrastructure Bank lends $75M to B.C. ferry service for zero-emission vessels
Canada Infrastructure Bank says the loan will cover the higher upfront costs of the four ferries compared with diesel, including the necessary charging...
Wind towers crumpled after Iowa wind farm suffers rare direct hit from tornado
While there have been isolated incidents of tornadoes or hurricanes damaging wind turbines, fortunately such occurrences are extremely rare, said Jason Ryan, a...
Canada amending Trans Mountain ownership regulations to help pipeline sale
Canada is amending regulations on how it manages the state-owned Trans Mountain oil pipeline in order to facilitate its sale to Indigenous groups,...
Youth climate-change lawsuit targets Alaska LNG project
Eight young Alaska residents sued the state seeking to block a major LNG project, the latest in a string of climate-change related lawsuits...
US lawmakers urge Justice Department to probe climate deception by Big Oil
The U.S. Democrats accuse companies of misleading the public by making promises to reduce emissions while also seeking to protect oil and gas...
From Zambia to Afghanistan, WFP warns El Niño’s extreme weather is causing a surge in hunger
Extreme weather attributed to the El Niño phenomenon is causing a surge in hunger in several countries, including Zambia and Afghanistan, says the...
Petrobras says antitrust watchdog agreed to free company from asset sales
Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras said on Wednesday the country's antitrust regulator Cade approved the new terms of an agreement that will free...
U.S. sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks
Many sites are contaminated or warehouse decades of radioactive waste, while some perform critical energy and defense research and manufacturing that could be...
