World's Most Remote Island Creates Largest Atlantic Ocean Sanctuary.
In the South Atlantic Ocean, a tiny island of 250 people has made a significant contribution to global marine conservation by protecting a huge swath of ocean under its control
Read More
Latest Trump Rollback Allows Increased Logging in National Forests.
The Trump administration has finalized yet another environmental rollback that would allow more logging in national
Read More
Secondhand clothing sales are booming – and may help solve the sustainability crisis in the fashion industry.
A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to a new report, the U.S.
Read More
Climate crisis: Arctic sea ice freezing at latest date on record.
Slow formation of ice north of Siberia comes after record-breaking heatwave earlier this year
Read More
Government 'reckless' over fossil fuel projects overseas, says Labour.
Labour has accused the government of being reckless with Britain’s international climate credibility by continuing to consider financial support for overseas fossil fuel projects before UN climate talks in Glasgow next year.
Read More
Climate activists ramp up pressure on Biden with protest outside Democratic headquarters.
Climate groups plan to camp in Washington DC in protest of Biden’s hires of key staff with connections to the oil and gas industry.
Read More
Greenpeace Report: Intensifying weather events threaten the most vulnerable in Africa.
9 November 2020, Johannesburg– A Greenpeace scientific report released today reveals that extreme weather events such as heatwaves, floods and intense rain are increasing in intensity, frequency and severity across many parts of Africa, gravely threatening human health, food security, pea
Read More
Climate crisis – live: Email carbon footprint ‘not a worry’ while activists protest Biden hiring oil figure.
Follow the action as it happened
Read More
Climate Dialogues Set to Increase Momentum for Greater Climate Ambition - 23/11/ - 4/12/2020
UN Climate Change News - An important series of virtual events, the UNFCCC Climate Dialogues (23 November to 4 December), are set to kick off next week, designed to maintain critical momentum in the intergovernmental process in support of a robust international f
Read More
Katara Towers to become the first hotel with GSAS 5 Stars sustainability rating
Katara Towers’ Development at Lusail has become the first hospitality project in Qatar to receive certificate for GSAS Design & Build 5 Stars rating at the design stage.
Read More
How war threatens Ethiopia's struggle against worst locust swarm in 25 years.
As surveillance and spraying operations cease due to conflict, there are fears the existing food crisis could worsen. They marched over grassy plateaux and down craggy hillsides, beating the earth with sticks and blasting gunshots into the darkening skies.
Read More
World's only known white giraffe gets fitted with a tracking device.
London (CNN)The only known white giraffe in the world has been fitted with a GPS tracking device in an effort to protect him from poachers in Kenya.
Read More
Equinor sees peak oil coming by 2028.
Oil firm Equinor expects global oil demand to peak by around 2027-2028, two-free years earlier than the company previously saw, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it said on Tuesday.
Read More
Chinese developer begins construction of 2GW hybrid renewable project in Inner Mongolia.
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy has begun construction of a 2GW hybrid project in Inner Mongolia which, upon completion, will boast 1.7GW of wind power capacity, 300MW of solar PV capacity, and 320MW of battery capacity with three hours of storage.
Read More
Chinese bank pulls out of proposed Lamu coal-fired power plant in Kenya.
The biggest financier of the troubled Sh200 billion Lamu coal plant project has pulled out, casting doubts on the project’s viability.
Read More
San Francisco bans natural gas use in new construction projects.
San Francisco will ban natural gas infrastructure in most new construction, reinforcing previous building electrification measures adopted in California’s fourth most populous city.
Read More
New offshore renewables strategy sets the stage for large-scale deployment of ocean energy.
The new European Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy, published today, clearly acknowledges the massive industrial and environmental benefits that ocean energy can bring to Europe.
Read More
Coronavirus relief funds could easily pay to stop the worst of climate change while rebooting economies.
As of late summer, governments around the world had pledged
Read More
Could we ever pull enough carbon out of the atmosphere to stop climate change?
Planting trees helps, but what are other ways? Nature has equipped Earth with several giant "sponges," or carbon sinks, that can help humans battle climate change. These natural sponges, as well as human-made ones, can sop up carbon, effectively removing it from the atmosphere.
Read More
Seagrass: Another Vital Carbon-Sequestering Ecosystem Threatened by Climate Change.
Two decades ago scientists and volunteers along the Virginia coast started tossing seagrass seeds into barren seaside lagoons.
Read More
