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Installation of solar panels.

Renewables won’t save us from climate catastrophe, experts warn; what will?

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 17 Dec 2024
Cobalt ore mined in DRC.

Just energy transition reports urge care in surge to reach global renewable energy goals

Sonam Lama Hyolmo and Latoya Abulu 2 Dec 2024
Drax is the largest consumer of wood pellets for energy in the UK.

Action against forest biomass subsidies gains momentum at COP16

Justin Catanoso 29 Oct 2024
Waves off Scotland’s coast.

As tidal power rides a wave of clean energy optimism, pitfalls persist

Sean Mowbray 14 Oct 2024
wind farm

SE Asia renewables firms fall short on policies to protect environmental defenders

Carolyn Cowan 25 Sep 2024

Malaysian court shuts down hydroelectric dam project on Indigenous land

Ashley Yeong 12 Sep 2024

Sugarcane megaproject poses latest threat to Papua’s forests, communities

Hans Nicholas Jong, Sarjan Lahay 19 Jun 2024

Pressure grows on banks to end business with Indonesian coal giant Adaro

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 May 2024
Electric irrigation pump in a paddy field in Chuadanga, Bangladesh.

Rocky rollout for Bangladesh’s ambitious solar-powered irrigation plans

Abu Siddique 6 May 2024
A sign marks a boundary of the Tohono O'odham Reservation.

Tribes turn to the U.N. as major wind project plans to cut through their lands in the U.S.

Taylar Dawn Stagner 24 Apr 2024

Mining industry touts green pledges to attract talent, but Gen Z isn’t buying it

Dimitri Selibas 27 Mar 2024
A bridge in Masungi Georeserve.

Surprise discovery of wind farm project in Philippine reserve prompts alarm

Keith Anthony S. Fabro 5 Mar 2024
Farmers in Bihar, India, growing crops amidst solar panels.

We need a better understanding of how crops fare under solar panels, study shows

Ruth Kamnitzer 23 Jan 2024
At a mining site in Uis, Namibia.

Report: Rush for ‘clean energy’ minerals in Africa risks repeating harmful extractivist model

Malavika Vyawahare 29 Dec 2023
Altasea is a marine renewable energy and conservation technology hub on an old wharf in the port of Los Angeles. Image courtesy of Altasea.

Marine conservation technology hub rises from old L.A. wharf (analysis)

David Helvarg 20 Dec 2023

Indonesia pushes carbon-intensive ‘false solutions’ in its energy transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Dec 2023
Fossils fuels are emblematic of a “take-make-waste” economic model that is pushing humanity beyond safe limits, experts say.

Circular economy poised to go beyond outdated oil, gas and coal, experts say

Sean Mowbray 16 Nov 2023
wind farm

Colombian wind farm end-of-life raises circularity and Indigenous questions

Natalia Torres Garzón 9 Nov 2023
Tailors are seen working on a production line in a local garment factory in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh apparel industry makes progress in ‘eco-friendly’ manufacturing

Ibrahim Hossain Ovi 19 Sep 2023
Aerial view of a road.

Study: Tricky balancing act between EV scale-up and mining battery metals

Liz Kimbrough 8 Sep 2023
José Martins and another fisher.

In Brazil, rural communities are caught in the eye of the wind farm storm

Giovanna Carneiro | Arnaldo Sete | Marco Zero 4 Sep 2023
In Bangladesh, around 4.2 million people work in the garment industry.

Bangladesh ramps up use of recycled fabrics in ready-made garments

Abu Siddique 28 Jul 2023

Indonesian coal giant Adaro’s ‘sustainable’ smelter slammed as ‘greenwashing’

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Jun 2023

Seas of grass may be dark horse candidate to fuel the planet — or not

Carly Nairn 14 Jun 2023
Cleaning a beach in the Dominican Republic.

Sargassum surges in Mexico: From nuisance to new green industry?

Sandra Weiss 17 May 2023
Yuliana and Singapue, workers in an oil palm plantation

From palm oil waste to cellulosic ethanol: Indonesia’s opportunity (commentary)

Tenny Kristiana 12 May 2023
Lagae and biofuel.

As Exxon bows out, industry takes step toward sustainable algae biofuels

Carly Nairn 9 May 2023
A 200-square-meter (2,150-square-foot) small-scale floating solar photovoltaic pilot project in Los Baños, Laguna

Floating solar project on Philippines natural lake brings hope — and questions

Jewel S. Cabrera 10 Apr 2023
Jatropha curcas trees in Hawai‘i.

Jatropha: The biofuel that bombed seeks a path to redemption

Sean Mowbray 6 Apr 2023
Harvested sugarcane in Karnataka, India.

A liquid biofuels primer: Carbon-cutting hopes vs. real-world impacts

Sean Mowbray 20 Mar 2023
Gas-fueled power plant in Riau, Indonesia. Image courtesy of PLN.

Indonesia aims to use gas in foreign-funded energy transition; critics cry foul

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Mar 2023
Hairdressser Flávio Mateus do Santo de Sousa cutting the hair of a customer.

Electricity day and night: Solar power is changing isolated Amazon communities

Ignacio Amigo, Sam Cowie and Avener Prado 6 Feb 2023

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