A new report published this week shows that 33 global banks provided $1.9 trillion to fossil fuel companies since the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement at the end of 2015 and that the amount of…
Just when carbon emissions must be rapidly slashed to combat the climate crisis, in coming years some of the biggest U.S electric utilities will move more slowly to cut carbon pollution, according to…
A new report has found that G20 nations are not on track to phase out the use of environmentally damaging fossil fuels.
After global coverage on the climate emergency, a report by the Overseas…
To say that Donald Trump's jaw-dropping display of environmental ignorance while in the United Kingdom is an embarrassment to all Americans would be an understatement. But the worst part of his…
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, has declared air pollution a critical culprit of lowering life expectancy and damaging global economies on World Environment Day 2019, held…
It may seem paradoxical that last year’s most important climate summit, the Conference of Parties (COP24), took place in one of the most polluted cities in Europe, Katowice in Poland. In reality,…
The World Green Building Council has published a new net-zero report.
The Advancing Net Zero project aims to accelerate the uptake of net zero carbon buildings to 100 per cent in 2050, an initiative…
With Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global’s cessation of investment into oil and gas exploration and production came some questions for the sector and those countries reliant on a profitable…
As ever, BP’s annual Energy Outlook has renewable energy making only a small primary energy contribution – around 4 billion tonnes of oil equivalent by 2040, i.e. 15% or, including hydro, 22%…
The latest fuel price increase comes four months after similar rise triggered protests and deadly security crackdown.
Zimbabwe has announced a fresh increase in fuel prices, four months after a…
A new report has found that India is now investing more in solar energy than coal.
May 2019 marks a victory for India’s advancement in renewable energy, as investments in solar sourced energy…
There’s a new working paper that was covered by Axios this week which makes some rather bold claims about the high cost of policies that require a certain percentage of power to be generated from…
At a power station in Berlin, Germany, visitors find a shining piece of machinery that looks out of place in the building. Its silver pipes and containers hold a substance that reportedly could…
Global fossil fuel subsidies were expected to total US$5.7 trillion in 2017, and U.S. subsidies in 2015 exceeded the country’s profligate military spending, according to analysis released earlier…
MPs have warned that the UK must put climate change at the centre of their aid strategy.
In a new report, the International Development Committee has called for the UK government to set an example…
The German company has promised to make its entire business carbon neutral by 2020.
Starting in 2020, Bosch will compensate for any residual and unavoidable carbon emissions primarily by buying…
Russian hydropower company RusHydro has launched a wind power plant in Russia’s Arctic region. It’s far from a signal that fossil-fuel-hungry Russia is going green, but it’s a start.
Russian company…
Fossil fuels are the backbone of the global petrochemicals industry, which provides the world’s growing population with fuels, plastics, clothing, fertilizers and more. A new research paper, …