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China’s pivot from funding coal plants to gasification slammed as mostly the same

...when you burn methanol, but the hydrocarbon content is the same,” he said. There’s also widespread skepticism about the viability of carbon capture technology, and it is unclear whether it will be imp...

15 Dec 2021

China’s pivot from funding coal plants to gasification slammed as mostly the same

News / Food & Agriculture

In Indian mining hub, farmers bring polluted land back to life

...the shade of a tree near his one-acre (0.4-hectare) smallholding. "Then the mining grew and over the years, when we came to the field, our clothes, the grains and everything would be covered with mine...

22 Sep 2021

In Indian mining hub, farmers bring polluted land back to life

News / Energy

Will the fossil energy crisis make renewables more popular?

...the Southeast Asia task force at the Global Wind Energy Council, a non-profit that advocates for the wind energy sector. “ Does the price of offshore wind change when the price of LNG changes or the ...

27 Jan 2022

Will the fossil energy crisis make renewables more popular?

News / Policy & Finance

Asean still lacks legal redress against transboundary haze, in focus ahead of leaders' meeting

...the politicians and officials responsible for addressing the problem. But there is some room for optimism, as heightened pressure on the relevant authorities and companies in the years since the publi...

5 Jun 2023

Asean still lacks legal redress against transboundary haze, in focus ahead of leaders' meeting

Opinion / Policy & Finance

The pandemic and palliative care

...the person who needs support from the disease that needs treating. The ability to address patient fears was particularly important during the early days of the pandemic, when the best way to approach ...

8 Dec 2021

The pandemic and palliative care

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

The carbon price solution

...Their call was, for the most part, politely ignored. But as the International Energy Agency began to map the costs of the transition, it became clear that governments alone could not foot the bill; th...

14 Apr 2022

The carbon price solution

Opinion / Waste

Single-use cup charge as 'springboard' to reduce plastic waste in pandemic times

...The new rule will apply to large and branded cafe chains, which will need to charge their customers a refundable fee for the plastic and paper cups they give out when they sell their beverages. The Mi...

24 Jan 2022

Single-use cup charge as 'springboard' to reduce plastic waste in pandemic times

News / Waste

Earth's threshold for chemical pollution breached: study

...the background baseline levels would be zero for most of them.” Instead, the researchers gathered all of the information they could on artificial chemicals and other pollutants, looking at their impac...

20 Jan 2022

Earth's threshold for chemical pollution breached: study

News / Energy

Fuel crisis cuts electricity in Bangladesh, sparking energy debate

...the private sector. They receive capacity payments from the government - a set fee based on the amount of power that plants can generate - even when they remain idle. Nicholas said that in the fiscal ...

2 Aug 2022

Fuel crisis cuts electricity in Bangladesh, sparking energy debate

News / Cities

India's shrinking coal jobs fuel 'distress' migration to cities

...the 15,000 rupees ($181.52) we earn every month," he said. The young men brought nothing with them from home, not even their favourite pickles, fearing they would spoil on the long train journey. They...

29 Mar 2023

India's shrinking coal jobs fuel 'distress' migration to cities

News / Policy & Finance

While negotiators wrangle at COP26, South Asia chokes in toxic air

...the air becomes toxic across the region. Local authorities have reacted spasmodically to the crisis. In the cities of Pakistan, there are attempts to restrict the burning of waste and leaves, and shut...

10 Nov 2021

While negotiators wrangle at COP26, South Asia chokes in toxic air

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Environmentalism after Ukraine

...the pacifist, anti-capitalist movements of the 1960s, the movement became institutionalised at the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, where the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the C...

21 Mar 2022

Environmentalism after Ukraine

News / Policy & Finance

Saying ‘no new coal’ is not enough: Singapore’s central bank puts managed coal phase-out high on agenda

...the conference, the central bank's chief Ravi Menon then said that the GFANZ initiative will help to address the challenges involved in decommissioning these plants, including the fiduciary and reputa...

31 May 2023

Saying ‘no new coal’ is not enough: Singapore’s central bank puts managed coal phase-out high on agenda

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Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

Space junk: what is being done?

...They date from a time when humans first attained the capability of reaching beyond our home planet to the stars. They also have the dubious honour of being the first ‘space junk’. NASA estimates there...

4 Feb 2022

Space junk: what is being done?

News / Energy

Urban Renewables hires Cheryl Wong from A*Star to lead business development

...then pledged to achieve net-zero as soon as viable in the second half of the century. It also announced the phase-out of fossil fuel-powered cars by 2040. The state has since raised its climate ambiti...

12 Apr 2022

Urban Renewables hires Cheryl Wong from A*Star to lead business development

Press Releases / Tortoise The Label

Eco-conscious brand incentivises Singaporeans towards sustainability with affordable basics

...the clothes affordable, and the experience of recycling hassle-free for customers. The concept for the brand was born from the question: “What if there was a more sustainable way to shop for wa...

8 Dec 2021

Eco-conscious brand incentivises Singaporeans towards sustainability with affordable basics

News / Food & Agriculture

In Indonesia, climate change takes a bite out of apple crops

...the weather erratic and the rainfall is increasing. (This weather) is the enemy for the apple crop," he added. Endarto said the rise in temperatures disrupts the way the crops interact with sunlight, ...

18 May 2022

In Indonesia, climate change takes a bite out of apple crops

News / Cities

Tourism resurgence spells danger for Philippine pangolins

...ther to complement their illicit businesses or simply using them as fronts.” Between 2018 and 2019, seizures of pangolins increased more than ninefold when compared to the previous 18 years. With the ...

13 Dec 2022

Tourism resurgence spells danger for Philippine pangolins

News / Carbon & Climate

Lowering the barriers to ESG reporting with technology

...the ones to succeed in the long run. These leaders identified key areas they need assistance in the collection and verification of data, target planning and revision based on performance, as well as r...

29 Aug 2022

Lowering the barriers to ESG reporting with technology

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Opinion / Cities

Climate change does not have to mean more insect-borne disease

...the West Nile virus, helping mosquitoes to spread it to humans. And so the influence of climate change on the birds and their ecosystems is part of the overall impact of climate change on the disease....

7 Apr 2022

Climate change does not have to mean more insect-borne disease

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