Photo credit: BBC. By Anders Lorenzen You could be forgiven for thinking that this is not a new article, it echoes what we have been writing throughout December and January. But for […]
UK battles wettest month on record
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Australia approves controversial reef dredging
Abbot Point. Photo credit: Tom Jefferson / Greenpeace. By Anders Lorenzen As reported previously on this blog, the Australian government is aiming to build the world’s largest coal port in Abbot […]
US states protest against Keystone XL pipeline
Photo credit: 350 By Anders LorenzenFuelled by concern that the Obama Administration would move to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline as the State Department produced a positive review of the pipeline, […]
Obama drives the All of the Above energy strategy and ending fossil fuel subsidies in State of the Union speech
In his State of the Union speech, Obama discussed the U.S. energy strategy, emphasizing natural gas as a bridge fuel, calling for an end to fossil fuel subsidies, and addressing climate change urgency.
Opinion: From Storebrand to Virgin, are businesses finally starting to see the case in tackling climate change?
Richard Branson at an event during New York climate week in 2010. By Anders Lorenzen As I wrote last week, the Norwegian investor Storebrand, which are also among the largest in the […]
Expect more frequent extreme cold (and hot) weather
By guest contributor Matt OwensClimate scientist and leading expert on Arctic climate change, Jennifer Francis, says that while she would not attribute the recent cold that griped the US to global warming, […]
Denmark in world wind power record
Photocredit: Timo Heuer via flickr. By Anders LorenzenA lot has been said and written about wind power records having been broken in the last month – but even though they have been […]
Conserving the environment and your money: why ‘green’ options are more affordable
Can going green actually save you money? By Melissa Beevers Tackling climate change should be at the forefront of everyone’s minds because humankind is now experiencing the largest and most rapid shift […]
UK Exclusive: Storebrand excludes further coal companies from investment portfolio
By Anders Lorenzen Further to its divestment from 19 coal and oil sand companies last year, the Norwegian company Storebrand, one of the largest investors operating in Norway and Sweden, has this […]
Copenhagen: European Green Capital 2014
In 2015 Copenhagen plans for 50% of people cycling to work. Photo credit: Sharing Copenhagen. By Anders Lorenzen A year ago we wrote about the French city of Nantes, who in 2013, […]
A greener life, a greener world 