‘Appalling’ Earth Day greenwashing must not detract from message, says protest founder
Corporate greenwashing should not undermine the message behind Earth Day and has nothing to do with its original aims, one of the founders of the annual environmental event has warned.
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When climate despair spills over into righteous violence, can that ever be right?
The new film How to Blow Up a Pipeline raises loudly the question that many protesters are asking quietly: what happens when peaceful
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Are you a good parent? OK, so what are you doing to protect your child from climate collapse?
Parents do a lot. We spend hours reading stories or freezing on the edges of sports pitches.
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‘Green colonialism’: Indigenous world leaders warn over west’s climate strategy
World Indigenous leaders meeting this week at an annual UN summit have warned that the west’s climate strategy risks the exploitation of Indigenous territories, resources and people.
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LionLink: North Sea power line to connect wind farms to UK
A huge electricity cable project in the North Sea could provide green power to 1.8 million UK homes in plans announced by the UK and Dutch governments. It would connect to offshore wind farms and transfer electricity between the two countries.
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Climate change: Satellite maps warming impact on global glaciers
Scientists have obtained their best satellite assessment yet of the status of the world's glaciers. Europe's Cryosat spacecraft tracked the 200,000 or so glaciers on Earth and found they have lost 2,720bn tonnes of ice in 10 years due to climate change.
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Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists
A recent, rapid heating of the world's oceans has alarmed scientists concerned that it will add to global warming. This month, the global sea surface hit a new record high temperature. It has never warmed this much, this quickly.
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Record ocean temperatures put Earth in ‘uncharted territory’, say scientists
Temperatures in the world’s oceans have broken fresh records, testing new highs for more than a month in an “unprecedented” run that has led to scientists stating the Earth has reached “uncharted territory” in the climate crisis.
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‘Like a dam breaking’: experts hail decision to let US climate lawsuits advance
The decision, climate experts and advocates said, felt “like a dam breaking” after years of legal delays to the growing wave of climate lawsuits facing major oil companies.
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Bitcoin is terrible for the environment – can it ever go green?
On the corner of New York’s Park Avenue and 52nd Street, curious onlookers recently stopped in front of a giant green skull sitting in the bed of a truck parked outside the office of Fidelity Investments, the global financial management company.
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The Guardian view on the electric car revolution: targets are not enough
The government must do its bit to make new electric vehicles more affordable if mass adoption is to be achieved on the road to net zero.
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Freeze sliced bread and fry banana skins: Max La Manna’s quick guide to reducing food waste
What would you do with an extra £730?
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Climate protesters call out US banks for funding fossil fuel projects
As they exited their office in Tribeca on Monday afternoon, Citibank employees were confronted with a boisterous crowd chanting and dancing along to the music of a mariachi band.
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EU plan to ban up to 7,000 dangerous chemicals failing badly, says study
A plan to ban up to 7,000 of the most potentially dangerous chemicals on the European market by 2030 is failing badly, according to a study.
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John Kerry: relying solely on CO2-removal technology is ‘dangerous’
Relying too heavily on technology to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is dangerous and a cause for alarm, John Kerry has warned.
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Use of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’
The blanket use of antibiotics in farming has led to the emergence of bacteria that are more resistant to the human immune system, scientists have warned.
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North Sea drilling: Greenpeace prepares to challenge ‘disastrous’ UK decision
Greenpeace has attacked the government’s “disastrous” decision to award new licences for oil and gas drilling in the North Sea as it prepares to challenge the move in the high court.
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The Brief — Green ‘planification’ is no longer a dirty word
he climate crisis is real, and simply hoping that EU citizens will voluntarily change their ways enough to create the necessary change is idealistic at best.
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Beleaguered wind industry turns to European governments for help
While European governments boost their wind power ambitions, the industry is struggling with rising production costs and growing competition from China.
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EU’s nature restoration law in difficulty, despite climate policy wins
EU lawmakers this week adopted new laws boosting Europe’s climate change fight, but a parallel drive to restore n
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