The company’s facility in Baton Rouge is the worst soot polluter in the country.
Three Exxon Mobil oil refineries are pumping out eight times more than the average rate of soot pollutants than…
Shutting Turów lignite mine would cause thousands of job losses, says development minister.
Poland’s government has defied an injunction by the top European Union court that ordered the immediate…
Contamination from an ethanol plant in Mead, Nebraska, came from some of the world’s largest agricultural companies
For years, the people of Mead, Nebraska, have worried about the ethanol plant…
As nations gear up for a critical year for climate negotiations, it’s become increasingly clear that success may hinge on one question: How soon will China end its reliance on coal and its financing…
Campaigners sense turning point as shareholders, boards and The Hague act to force Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to cut pollution.
The world’s patience with the fossil fuel industry is wearing thin…
More than 283,000 back call to rid Spain’s coastline of smoke and discarded cigarette butts.
A petition signed by more than 283,000 people calling on Spain to ban smoking at all its beaches has been…
ExxonMobil is the world's single largest producer of single-use plastics, according to a new report published today by the Australia-based Minderoo Foundation, one of Asia's biggest philanthropies.
20 firms will account for most of the addtional 70 million metric tonnes of polymer churned out in the next four years.
The world’s biggest manufacturers of single-use plastic are set to increase…
The omnipresent plastic is rife in dust, rice, placentas and tap water, but experts say it’s hard to untangle whether it’s harmful to humans.
As much as the idea might be unpalatable, all of our…
With nuclear fading away, Britain must learn how to carefully manage renewable energy.
The nuclear industry is fond of telling us the sun does not always shine and the wind does not always blow, as…
Turkey has become the latest destination for British plastic waste, which ends up dumped, burned or left to pollute the ocean, a Greenpeace investigation has found.
The EU wants its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to increase carbon prices at home and drive climate ambition abroad.
n its 16th year, the European carbon market is growing up, with prices…
What kind of thinking goes into engaging in planetary sabotage?
Two weeks ago, I looked at the question of the anxiety that the climate crisis is causing our psyches. But, if you think about it,…
Indonesia’s capital Jakarta – plagued by pollution, flooding and heatwaves – tops risk assessment ranking.
Of the 100 cities worldwide most vulnerable to environmental hazards all but one are in…
It's not just the big rivers, the small ones also contribute to the problem.
The global plastic problem just got more complicated. In a new study, researchers found nearly 80% of the plastic…
An insufficient supply of potable water in many countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa, has given rise to a new plastics economy driven by the increasing popularity of water sachets.
More than 30…
Twenty companies are responsible for producing more than half of all the single-use plastic waste in the world, fuelling the climate crisis and creating an environmental catastrophe, new research…
Impact on environment will be ‘national disgrace’, says co-founder of Greenpeace UK.
More than 500 million fish could be sucked out of the sea and into the vast cooling system of the proposed …
Fossil fuel companies could face legal challenges over their misleading advertising, after a DeSmog investigation uncovered the extent of their "greenwashing."
Environmental lawyers ClientEarth have…
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