UK held private talks with fossil fuel firms about Glasgow Cop26.
Documents show BP, Shell and Equinor had several meetings with government officials.
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Brazil's Amazon rainforest suffers worst fires in a decade.
Satellites record 61% rise in hotspots over September 2019 Scientist warns: ‘It could get worse if the drought continues’
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Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Faster Than at Any Time in Last 12,000 Years, Study Finds.
Rising temperatures in the air and the water surrounding Greenland are melting its massive ice sheet at a faster rate than anytime in the last 12 millennia, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal
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40 Percent of World's Plants at Risk of Extinction, New Report Finds.
A grim new assessment of the world's flora and fungi has found that two-fifths of its species are at risk of extinction as humans encroach on the natural world, as The Gua
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1.8 Billion Tons More Greenhouse Gases Will Be Released, Thanks to Trump.
When President Donald Trump visited California on September 14 and dismissed the state Secretary of Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot's plea to recognize the role of climate change in the midst of the Golden State's worst and most dangerous recorded fire season to date, he gaslighted the tens of mi
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24 GW new PV capacity yearly in the EU.
EU member states should enhance their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) to reach 24 GW new PV annually Solar Power Europe claims.
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Oil and Gas Companies Indirectly Bailed Out by the Fed.
A new report shows the U.S. government bought more than $350 million in bonds issued by oil and gas companies and induced investors to loan the industry tens of billions more at artificially low rates since the coronavirus pandemic began, Bloomberg reported.
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Cambridge University to cut fossil fuel investments by 2030.
Cambridge University is to cease investments in fossil fuels by 2030, it has announced.
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Renewables Could Cover More Than One-Third of Energy Demand in CESEC .
New IRENA report explores cost-effective growth of renewables in Central and South Eastern Europe to save costs, enhance energy security and supply affordable energy to all citizens in the region.
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Renewable Energy Jobs Continue Growth to 11.5 Million Worldwide.
IRENA’s annual jobs review confirms long-term growth trend and calls for strong policy action to maximise employment benefits in response to COVID-19
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Wood Mackenzie sees total global energy storage climbing to 741GWh by 2030.
A new report by research agency Wood Mackenzie’s has estimated that the global energy storage capacity additions could grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31 percent, recording 741 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of cumulative capacity by 2030.
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The key to peace in the Lake Chad area is water, not military action.
Lake Chad is an extremely shallow water body in the Sahel.
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Recycling plastics in Mozambique.
For many Mozambicans, the Hulene dump, in Maputo, is a rescue resource to which they desperately resort in order to survive and support their families.
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Antarctica could melt 'irreversibly' due to climate change, study warns.
The change will take thousands of years, but we only have a century to stop it.
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What does the first climate question at a US debate in 20 years reveal?
The question framed the existence of a human-made climate crisis as something that is for some Americans still debatable.
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Anti-capitalist guidance for schools is ludicrous.
Readers are unimpressed by Department for Education guidance instructing English schools not to use material that is critical of capitalism.
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What Does Equitable Climate Policy Actually Look Like?
Back in March, when the pandemic had just planted its roots in the U.S., President Donald Trump directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to do something devastating: The agency was to
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The Climate Crisis Is Changing the Color of Flowers.
As human activity transforms the atmosphere, flowers are changing their colors.
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Robots and magnetic soap: scientists rethink oil spill clean-ups.
Incidents such as ship stranding in Mauritius stress need for quick and effective solutions. Special sponges, magnetic soap and autonomous robots are among the latest wave of inventions aimed at tackling oil spills.
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Narrabri gas project: do we need it and what's at stake for Australia's environment?
The NSW independent planning commission is due to hand down a decision on the proposed gas development at Narrabri. Here’s what is at play.
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