The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a French aid scheme to support renewable electricity production, including hydroelectric power. The measure will help France achieve its renewable energy targets without unduly distorting competition and will contribute to the European objective of achieving climate neutrality by […]

With its Mission:Zero environmental program launched in 2018, Audi aims to achieve carbon neutrality in its operations worldwide by 2025. Audi’s Neckarsulm site, one of the company’s largest production sites for over 100 years, exemplifies some of the key Mission:Zero initiatives underway. The program has four main action areas and ... Read […]

In Silicon Valley, Google has acquired billions of dollars of property that's at risk for flooding as sea levels continue to rise. That's raising questions about whether it's safe to build at all.

More than 20 leading companies — including 3M, ADM, Apple, Bank of America, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, Nike, Smithfield Foods and TD Bank Group — have invested in TPG Rise Climate, the climate investing strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform. The post TPG Raises $5.4B for Rise Climate Fund; Investors Include Apple, GM, […]

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A “Pathways to Dairy Net Zero” initiative is being developed to accelerate climate change action throughout the global dairy sector. The post ‘Pathways to Dairy Net Zero’ Initiative to Raise Climate Ambition for the Global Dairy Sector appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

The Connecticut (CT) Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has approved a nine-year program to support the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, with incentives for both companies and individuals. The program aims to achieve the adoption of 500,000 electric vehicles in Connecticut by 2030 to help meet the state’s […]

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) is lending €25 million (US$29.6 million) over 18 years to Ivoire Hydro Energy (IHE), which will build the 44-MW Singrobo hydroelectric generation plant on the Bandama River in Côte d’Ivoire. EAIF is a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company. Financial close is expected late in the […]

Spread across two locations and coupled with hydropower stations, Germany’s RWE is building a battery storage system with a total capacity of 117 MW, to be installed at its power plants in Lingen (Lower Saxony) and Werne (North Rhine-Westphalia). These batteries will be virtually coupled with RWE’s run-of-river hydro power stations along the […]

Slushy machines, salt tablets, cooling jackets: The Tokyo Games have already proved to be a hot and humid affair, and experts say the role of climate change can't be overlooked.

Facebook's campus on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay is at risk from rising sea levels. So is a nearby low-income community. That's raising questions about who should be paying for climate change.

Coastal cities need billions of dollars to build defenses against sea level rise. Tensions are rising over where that funding will come from: taxpayers or private companies with waterfront property?