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As industrialised countries shift towards climate neutrality, some industries such as coal mining will have to disappear, meaning workers need to retrain to find employment in other sectors. Other industries, …
German workers want green transition, but not with lower pay Read More
Bongani Mlilo started driving for the ride-hailing company Bolt in Thembisa, east of Johannesburg, in 2020. Things were smooth for the first two years. Mlilo earned about 6,000–7,000 rand ($325–$380) …
Power outages are killing South Africa’s gig economy Read More
The Commission’s ‘Green Deal Industrial Plan’, unveiled on Wednesday (1 February), promises simplified EU regulation for clean technologies, but critics say it lacks clarity and opens the door to unrestricted …
EU’s green industrial plan vague on clean tech, finance, critics say Read More
DAVOS, Switzerland — For the second year in a row, Western sanctions have prevented Russian officials and oligarchs from attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Swiss ski-resort town …
Davos struggles to get used to a world without Russia Read More
Billions of euros ringfenced for Europe’s post-Covid recovery could be diverted into a raft of new fossil-fuel infrastructure projects, deals which may lock Europe into contracts for the next 20 …
€60bn earmarked for EU Covid recovery could go to fossil-fuel projects Read More
Last year, DeSmog chased ambitious stories all along the climate spectrum. We investigated allegations of workers exposed to radioactive oilfield waste, reported from the frontlines of climate-fueled extreme weather and climate migration, expanded our coverage …
Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will Read More
Renewable energy generation in Scotland during the third quarter of the year rose a massive 55 per cent year-on-year, according to new figures from the Scottish government released yesterday. The data …
‘An amazing year’: Scotland sees renewables generation soar 55 per cent Read More
Europe’s carbon market expansion plans could hardly have come at a worse time. Starting Friday, EU institutions will attempt to finalize an extensive revamp of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), …
Weekend showdown looms for EU carbon pricing revamp Read More
Climate and environmental campaigners on Wednesday hailed the first-ever U.S. government offshore wind power lease sale off the Pacific coast, an auction that drew over three-quarters of a billion dollars in …
Historic Offshore Wind Lease Sale in California Gets Over $750 Million in Winning Bids Read More
Russia’s economy was predicted to collapse after Western countries imposed unprecedented sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine. But last week, the Russian statistics bureau Rosstat said gross domestic …
Is Russia’s economy really hurting? Read More