With its beaches, an imperial villa and a view of Mount Fuji across the bay, the town of Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a greener, calmer alternative to the hustle and …
Once again, vast expanses of Canadian wilderness are on fire, threatening towns and forcing thousands to flee. It appears to be a breakout of “zombie fires”: wildfires from last year …
The industry ministry is reviewing the country’s basic energy plan at a time when power-hungry data centers are increasing, amid the spread of artificial intelligence. The basic energy plan sets …
Turin, Italy – Group of Seven ministers agreed to a timeframe on Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting the mid-2030s as a goal, in a move hailed as …
Japan’s biggest utility, JERA, is looking to invest in low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia projects in the Middle East, in addition to buying their output. JERA has established a division for …
Yokohama – On a recent Saturday, some 100 volunteers gathered on a popular beach in Yokohama, wading in the shallows to plant strands of light-green eelgrass on the seabed. What …
Paris – Only 40 of the world’s 100 largest private firms have set net-zero carbon emissions targets to fight climate change, according to a report released Monday, lagging far behind …
SINGAPORE – South East Asia is “woefully off track” on green investments to reduce emissions and needs new policies and financial mechanisms to help bridge the gap, the global consultancy …
Japan’s emissions inched lower led by a contraction in pollution from the industrial sector. Emissions from the world’s fourth-largest economy slipped 2.3% in the year ending March 2023 to 1.085 …
JERGUL, Norway – It is minus 6 degrees Celsius in Arctic Norway and some 30 Indigenous Sami herders have gathered 1,500 reindeer in a corral, sorting who owns which animal …