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Number of people employed in green jobs jumps by ‘almost a fifth’ in two years
The number of people employed in green jobs in the UK jumped by almost 20% from 2020 to 2022, according to experimental figures...
Achieving net zero could cost Scotland £1.1bn a year until 2050, report warns
Meeting net zero commitments could cost the Scottish Government an average of more than £1.1 billion a year until 2050, a report has...
Rules to boost heat pump uptake that prompted ‘boiler tax’ delayed for a year
Rules requiring boiler companies to boost the number of heat pumps they sell which prompted them to implement a so-called “boiler tax” have...
Bosnia’s lithium discovery raises hopes and fears
In northeast Bosnia’s rolling hills, the local community is torn between fears of environmental ruin and hopes of riches from huge deposits of...
New US climate envoy wants China to speed up coal transition
China should speed up its transition from coal, the new chief US climate negotiator John Podesta said Thursday, while pledging to maintain open...
Shell waters down part of its 2030 carbon reduction pledge
Energy giant Shell has watered down one of its climate pledges because of a change to its strategy in the electricity sector. The...
California needs to triple pace of emissions cuts to meet 2030 goal, report says
By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) – California needs to triple its annual carbon emissions reductions to meet its 2030 target, a report...
COP29 host Azerbaijan plans to upgrade climate target
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Azerbaijan, host of this year’s U.N. climate change talks, hopes to upgrade its emissions reduction target in...
Interior Department will give tribal nations $120 million to fight climate-related threats
The Biden administration will be allocating more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of climate change, the Department of...
Pennsylvania governor announces plan to fight climate change in his major energy-producing state
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled a plan Wednesday to fight climate change, saying he will back legislation to make...
