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June 30, 2022
Korea saw 3.5% increase in GHG emissions as economy rebound in 2021
Korea’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions climbed 3.5% year on year in 2021 to 679.6 million tonnes, the country’s Ministry of Environment said on Tuesday.
June 30, 2022Google Cloud to show users their carbon footprint in Gmail, Docs
Google Cloud has expanded its suite of tools to reveal the carbon footprint for its Workspace apps, which include Gmail and Docs, aiming to help its customers assess their environmental impact.
June 29, 2022Bank of America signs PPA to acquire solar power from Mammoth Central
Bank of America has inked a 15-year, 160 MW contract with Constellation Energy to purchase clean power and renewable energy certificates (RECs) from the Mammoth Central PV project in Indiana, United States.
June 28, 2022EU states agree on higher targets and faster permitting for renewables
The EU Energy Ministers have reached an agreement on Monday on revisions to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), aiming to accelerate renewable energy deployment and facilitate permission process for renewable pl
June 27, 2022Singapore receives its first renewable energy import from Laos
Singapore has started importing renewable energy from Laos via Thailand and Malaysia under the Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP), marking the first multilateral cross-border electricity trading involving four ASEAN n
June 22, 2022Korea’s environmental facilities to reach renewable energy self-sufficiency by 2030
Korea’s renewable energy generation at environmental facilities will double within five years, according to the country’s Ministry of Environment, which announced its renewable energy growth road map on Tuesday.
June 21, 2022Chanel goes green with carbon credits offsetting 6.9 million tonnes carbon
Chanel has spent US$25 million in carbon credit offsets, which have cut or eliminated 6.9 million metric tonnes of carbon emissions every year, according to the French luxury brand’s Mission 1.5 climate report.
June 21, 2022US energy regulator unveils new plan to speed up grid-connection for renewables
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last week issued a proposed rule to accelerate the connecting of new renewable energy generators to the grid and alleviate the enormous backlog in interconnection queues.
June 17, 2022Australia pledges to cut emissions by 43% by 2030
Australia’s new Labor government upped its 2030 carbon-cutting target on Thursday, bringing the country closer in line with other developed economies’ climate pledge.
June 16, 2022India sees 125% jump in green investment in FY22 amid COVID recovery
Investment in India’s renewable energy sector increased by more than 125% year on year to a record US$14.5 billion in the fiscal year 2021-22 (FY22), according to a report released last week by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IE