Turkey launches $11bn energy efficiency plan
Turkey aims for clean energy projects to amount to 30 percent of its total installed capacity by 2023.
Turkey launches $11bn energy efficiency plan Read more
Turkey aims for clean energy projects to amount to 30 percent of its total installed capacity by 2023.
Turkey launches $11bn energy efficiency plan Read more
Just six years ago, more than 40% of Britain’s electricity was generated by burning coal. Today, that figure is just 7%.
Britain now generates twice as much electricity from wind as coal Read more
Manufacturing ban means the tiny beads which harm marine life can no longer be used in cosmetics and personal care products
U.K. bans plastic microbeads in effort to protect marine life Read more
The legislation marks the first time that a developing country has taken such a major step to protect its oceansand all the from oil exploration and extraction.
Belize ends oil operations in its ocean waters Read more
The Temer government claims the decision is a response to intense resistance from environmentalists and indigenous groups
Brazil announces end to Amazon mega-dam building policy Read more
The legislation, which came into force on Monday, the first day of 2018, makes Iceland the first country in the world to legalise equal pay between men and women.
Iceland becomes first country to legalize equal pay Read more
The nation’s overall cancer death rate declined 1.7 percent in 2015, the latest indication of steady, long-term progress against the disease, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society.
The cancer death rate in the United States drops again Read more
Last year, Germany passed a sweeping anti-hate speech law requiring websites to promptly investigate reports of posts illegal under German law and delete them.
Germany begins to enforce new social media hate speech law Read more
Between 1990 and 2012, particulate matter and organic aerosols significantly declined in the United States, saving thousands of lives.
Thousands in the U.S. were saved between 1990 and 2012 as air pollution declined Read more
Starting today, transgender individuals may openly join the U.S. military, this despite stiff opposition from President Trump.
Transgender individuals may now openly join the U.S. military Read more