Big-budget blockbusters produce 2,840 tonnes of CO2, though their environmental impact is often ‘underreported’, study reveals.
A landmark BFI study has called for the film industry to step up…
Scientists find 300% increase in harmful particulates emitted during hot weather.
Emissions from asphalt are a significant source of air pollutants in cities, especially in hot weather, a study…
Electricity demand fell by 13% in second quarter which helped renewables grow to 40% of energy mix.
Carbon emissions from Britain’s electricity system plunged by more than a third during the…
Analysis shows the government, which has committed to a ‘gas-led recovery’, has failed to properly account for methane’s effect on global heating.
Australia’s greenhouse gas accounting…
Angus Taylor introduces bill to give Clean Energy Finance Corporation $1bn for ‘grid reliability fund’.
The Morrison government has been accused of planning to open up the taxpayer-owned green bank…
Campaigner says decision at odds with Paris agreement to achieve net zero by 2050.
An environmental campaigner is mounting a legal challenge to the government’s decision to exclude waste…
Government under fire after major companies again given green light to lift carbon emissions without penalty.
Industry and environment groups have questioned the point of the Coalitiongovernment’s “…
The European Union is considering quotas to force airlines to use more sustainable fuels as it seeks to clamp down on the climate impact of aviation, the European Commission said on Wednesday (5…
The largest coal mining company in the United States substantially lowered the value of one of its top-producing thermal coal assets based on low expectations for future coal demand.
Peabody Energy…
A group of the world’s top oil companies including Saudi Aramco, China’s CNPC and ExxonMobil have for the first time set targets to cut their combined greenhouse gas emissions as a proportion of…
In the coming days, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to use its power to roll back yet another Obama-era environmental protection meant to curb air pollution and slow the …
The spectacular collapse in oil prices caused by the coronavirus pandemic has brought the costliest – and most polluting – oil projects such as tar sands to a standstill, a development some analysts…
Heatwave brings wind turbines to standstill and causes gas plants to struggle.
National Grid has fired up a coal-fired power station for the first time in 55 days after Britain’s record-breaking…
Muscat: Oman’s largest solar power plant that can power up to 33,000 homes and remove 340,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions from the country’s footprint per annum is likely to be up and running…
One of the concerns about a warming planet is the feedback loop that will emerge. That is, as the planet warms, it will melt permafrost, which will release trapped carbon and lead to more warming and…
The European Commission has proposed to strengthen its 40% greenhouse gas emission reduction target to 50% or 55% on 1990 levels in the next ten years. But this step does not meet the minimum level…
Drop in emissions was a blip, say scientists, and a green recovery is vital to halt global heating.
The draconian coronavirus lockdowns across the world have led to sharp drops in carbon emissions,…
Researchers say moderate reductions in CO2 emissions could halve their likelihood.
Extreme droughts are likely to become much more frequent across centralEurope, and if global greenhouse gas…
Red flags for investors - risks for Enchant Energy’s initiative in New Mexico and Project Tundra in North Dakota.
August 3, 2020 (IEEFA) — A research brief published today by the Institute for…
The carbon economy amplifies racial, social and economic inequities, creating a system that is fundamentally incompatible with a stable future.
From deep-rooted racism to the Covid-19 pandemic, from…