UK’s largest emitters should pay carbon taxes, says citizens’ climate jury.
A panel of 23 citizens from Tees Valley and County Durham also said the UK’s journey to net zero should ‘increase equality in society’.
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Wind turbine emoji application rejected, leaving climate campaigners ‘perplexed’.
*Sad face emoji* Εmojis, the concise hieroglyphs of modern life, play a growing role in our communication-dependent world, but what does one do when the required image doesn’t yet exist?
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Air pollution significantly raises risk of infertility, study finds.
Exclusive: With 30% of infertility unexplained, pollution could be an ‘unignorable’ risk factor, scientists say Exposure to air pollution significantly increases the risk of infertility, according to the first study to examine the danger to the general population.
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'Put a big fat price on carbon': OECD chief bows out with climate rally cry.
Exclusive: Ángel Gurría says action on environmental crises must be defining focus of wealthy countries after Covid.
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California lawmakers introduce bill to ban fracking by 2027.
The bill, introduced by two Democrats, would also ban the drilling method around schools and homes by the start of 2022.
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Oil firms should disclose carbon output, says BlackRock.
World’s biggest investor wants polluting industries to set targets to cut emissions and reach net zero.
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Ford plans for all cars sold in Europe to be electric by 2030.
US firm to spend $1bn converting plant in Cologne to become its first electric vehicle facility in Europe.
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How heat is radically altering Americans' lives before they're even born – video
Even before a child is born in the US, their race plays a huge part in how they'll experience heat and pollution.
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Heating Arctic may be to blame for snowstorms in Texas, scientists argue.
The wintry weather that has battered the southern US and parts of Europe could be a counterintuitive effect of the climate crisis.
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Solar facades and solar roofs are profitable.
The additional costs for a solar building envelope compared to conventional construction methods amount to 30 to 50 per cent of the costs for the facade and roof. However, the electricity yield leads to a higher return on investment.
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Climate change 200 million years ago helped dinosaurs walk from South America to Greenland, study suggests.
Why did it take sauropods 15 million years to cross the supercontinent of pangea?
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Could This Root Vegetable Help Alleviate World Hunger and End Soil Erosion?
What thrives in poor soil, can tolerate rising temperatures and is brimming with calories?
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Toxic Pesticides Employed in The Control of Desert Locusts.
Locusts Invasion in Mwingi, Kitui County in Kenya. Being the worst locusts invasion in 70 years, the locusts are threatening food security putting farmers at a risk of facing hunger.
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Polar Vortex Power Outages: 6 Things to Know About Supply, Demand, and Our Electricity Future.
The Polar Vortex hitting much of the US has wreaked havoc not just on roadways and airports, but also on our
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Winter Storm Leaves Texans in the Cold and Dark, Sparking Political Debate on Renewable Energy.
While Texans suffer from freezing temperatures and extensive power outages, frozen wind turbines are being used as a ploy to spread skepticism on the reliability of
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Emails Reveal: U.S. Officials Sided With Agrochemical Giant Bayer to Overturn Mexico's Glyphosate Ban.
While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has given farmers in the country a 2024 deadline to stop using glyphosate, The Guardian
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New Study Confirms Dangerous Sea Level Rise Projections Are Accurate.
A new study from Australian and Chinese researchers adds weight to scientists' warnings from recent United Nations reports about how sea levels are expected to rise dangerously in the coming decades because of human activity that's driving global heating.
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Cleaning up the Congo.
When DR Congo opened up an area the size of Belgium to logging in 2018, violating a forest protection agreement with international donors, it was
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Three young African talents awarded for their innovative ideas
The electrification of a health centre through renewables, a solar-powered fridge to support the cold chain of farmers, and a platform to empower women through renewa
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World Waking Up To Vaccine Equity.
Geneva, Switzerland--19 February 2021-- At the halfway point in the World Health Organization and Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ 100-day challenge, a movement of people and organi
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