Shell directors sued for ‘failing to prepare company for net zero’

Environmental law organization ClientEarth brings action and urges other shareholders to join.

Manchin ‘very reluctant’ on electric cars in ominous sign for Biden’s climate fight

Centrist Democrat, who holds key swing vote in US Senate, has poured scorn on the idea of phasing out gasoline and diesel cars.

Sussan Ley does not have duty of care to protect young from climate crisis, appeal court rules

In the Sharma decision the federal court says: we see the climate risk but cannot act

Whether in this or another case, Australia’s climate inaction could reach the high court – which can, and does, rewrite the law.

A drowning world: Kenya’s quiet slide underwater

Kenya’s great lakes are flooding, in a devastating and long-ignored environmental disaster that is displacing hundreds of thousands of people

Legal eagles: how climate litigation is shaping ambitious cases for nature

Environmental lawsuits are nothing new but now lawyers are turning their attention to cases that address the loss of biodiversity.

Microplastics from European rivers spreading to Arctic seas, research shows

Better waste management needed to protect Arctic ecosystem, say scientists.

The neighbourhood leading a green energy revolution

An ambitious target of using hydrogen to partly power homes in the UK within three years has been set by the National Grid, the BBC has learned. On the east coast of Scotland, a small neighbourhood is playing a key role in this energy revolution.

Climate change: Can the Russian energy crisis help to curb global heating?

Can the government wean Britain off Russian gas while also keeping energy affordable and hitting its climate change targets? Boris Johnson has pledged to produce an energy strategy shortly that does all three things.

Detailed Schedule for MENA Climate Week 2022 Available

UN Climate Change News –The first-ever Middle East and North Africa Climate Week in Dubai (28-31 March) is shaping up to be a major climate action event for the MENA region.

Fund Renewables Transition with Record Oil and Gas Profits, Columnist Urges

With oil prices soaring, Canada’s fossil industry is reaping record profits that ought to be invested in a low-carbon transition, not spent as returns for shareholders, says a Montreal-based finance professor who’s urging the feds to force the sector’s hand—to address the climate crisis, and for

Conservative MP Urges New Brunswick to Adopt Federal Carbon Price, Let Rebate Cheques Flow

A Conservative member of Parliament from New Brunswick is raising eyebrows on both sides of the aisle by calling on the province to abandon its own carbon tax system and adopt the federal floor price on carbon.

Permafrost Peatlands ‘On a Precipice’, But Strong Policies Can Limit Climate Threat

Global warming is pushing the carbon-storing peatlands in Northern Europe and Siberia closer to a climate tipping point than previously believed, researchers warn, but policies to reduce emissions can still save the lands in northernmost Western Siberia.

Vancouver, North Van Soar, Montreal Keeps Transit Crown in Latest National Climate League Standings

Vancouver and North Vancouver each took top honours in three categories of a citizen-driven sustainability competition where volunteers across Canada tracked municipalities on 31 indicators of a better life for residents—from affordable housing to air quality, from gender equity to bike lanes.

Green Investment Surges, ESG Funds Face ‘Brutal Wake-Up Call’ as Russia’s War Roils Sustainable Finance

Sustainable finance is going through some unexpected twists and turns in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with investors pouring more than US$886 million into clean energy funds in a single week but European funds facing what an analyst called a “brutal wake-up call” over the Russian gov

EU Economy Ministers Adopt World’s First Carbon Border Adjustment Rule

Economy ministers across the European Union have adopted the world’s first carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), bringing the continent one step closer to a levy on imports in emissions-intensive industries like electricity, steel, cement, aluminum, and fertilizer.

Analysis: War Destroys Ecosystems as Surely as It Destroys Lives

As war and conflicts rage on in Ukraine, Yemen, South Sudan, Libya, and other places around the globe, it’s important to look at the long-term effects of military strife, which can destroy the environment as easily as it destroys lives, The Revelator 

Canada, Ontario Back Honda Hybrid Vehicle Plant, Dodge Questions on Consumer Rebates

Canada’s prime minister and Ontario’s premier announced millions in funding support for domestic hybrid car production this week, but both leaders dodged questions on the possibility of incentives to help Canadians buy them.

RBC, Shopify to Buy Power from Alberta Wind Farm

Royal Bank of Canada, Shopify, and Bullfrog Power Inc. have signed a deal to buy a combined 90,000 megawatt-hours per year from a Berkshire Hathaway wind power project in southeast Alberta.

Faster Arctic Warming a ‘Side Effect’ of Climate Mitigation Efforts, New Study Finds

Contrary to what might seem obvious, the Arctic will continue to warm more quickly than the rest of the planet in a low-emission scenario, as compared to a high-emission one, after the mid-2040s, says a new study in the journal Nature Communications.