China continues to announce new steel mills and coal-fired power plants even as the country maps out a path to zeroing out heat-trapping emissions.
State-owned firms proposed 43 new coal-fired…
A new study is warning that many of the “questionably optimistic” scenarios in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s 2018 special report on 1.5°C pathways were unrealistic, and those…
The junior trader at TotalEnergies SE was essentially winging it by orchestrating the French energy giant’s first shipment of “carbon-neutral” natural gas last September. It’s the greenest-possible…
AGL Energy (AGL.AX), Australia’s leading power producer and biggest carbon emitter, expects to speed up plans to shut its coal-fired plants, but the phase-out is unlikely to happen before 2040, Chief…
Serbia is under pressure to lose its energy security, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić said, adding he would not allow the country, which is now an exporter of electricity, to become the biggest…
Australia ranks 20th or worse in seven of eight categories despite Coalition claim it is leading the way in reducing emissions
Claims by the Morrison government that Australia has done more to cut…
Governments urged to focus on reducing sulphur levels because fossil fuel use will rise quickly
African nations need to spend about $15.7bn (R226.55bn) on their refineries to curb emissions and meet…
"We’ve bought forest offsets that are now burning,’ says Microsoft’s carbon program manager
Forests purchased by major corporations in an effort to offset their carbon emissions are burning as the…
Every few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nation’s climate science body – produces a major report on the state of the climate crisis. However you slice it,…
Facing a reckoning over their contribution to the climate emergency, companies are coming out with a record number of pledges
by Jocelyn Timperley
For climate campaigners, 26 May seemed like the…
Online behemoth Facebook turned its back in its own commitments to climate action and truth in advertising by allowing 25 fossil industry organizations in the United States to mount a $9.5-million…
This story includes details about the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are feeling overwhelmed by this crisis situation here is a list of resources on how to…
China is the country with the world’s highest emissions, while India is third
China and India have missed a UN deadline to submit fresh plans for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions in time for…
The global meat industry is “borrowing tactics from tobacco companies” to downplay its role in driving the climate crisis, according to a months-long investigation shared with
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth. Roughly one in every 50 species of plant and vertebrate land animal lives there and nowhere else.
‘There are a significant number of lives that can be saved if you pursue climate policies that are more aggressive than the business as usual scenario’
The amount of carbon emissions produced by…
LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) - A global initiative was launched on Thursday to bring transparency and rigour to the voluntary carbon market that is expected to grow rapidly over the next few years as…
Oregon’s clean energy bill, which sets one of the most ambitious timelines in the country for moving to 100% clean electricity sources, was signed by Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday.
The legislation lays…