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17 03 2022 | 15:09

Microsoft cuts its direct footprint, but its supply chain emissions went up in 2021

Despite Microsoft's commitment to be carbon negative by 2030, Scope 3 emissions are difficult to control. Microsoft has cut emissions from its own operations by 17 percent in 2021, but this was…

17 03 2022 | 15:01

Mainstream Renewable, Aker take stake in Japan floating wind project

LONDON : Wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power and Aker Offshore Wind have closed a deal which will give them a 50per cent stake in a 800 megawatt (MW) floating offshore wind project in…

17 03 2022 | 14:59

Commentary: Is Singapore’s new focus on a fairer, greener society in line with what youths want?

Budget 2022 has granted things long advocated for by youth activists, but whether all young people are fully on board remains uncertain, says NUS undergraduate Ng Chia Wee. SINGAPORE: This year’s…

17 03 2022 | 14:54

Pilot scheme to trial electric vehicles as home generators for California’s rolling blackouts

The first tests involving vehicle-to-home charging will begin later this year in California.   A pilot scheme is trialling the use of electric vehicles (EVs) as generators for Californian homes…

17 03 2022 | 14:44

Sydney floods: No point tackling climate in Australia if emissions keep rising in developing world, PM says

Flooding is among ‘most extreme disasters in Australian history’, says major environmental assessment. Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has defended his government’s record on the climate…

17 03 2022 | 14:26

Unwanted Russian oil and gas poses ‘environmental conundrum’ over methane emission risk

Exclusive: ‘This crisis keeps emphasising the problems with fossil fuels,’ Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit expert says. Unwanted Russian oil and gas pose an “environmental conundrum” as it…

17 03 2022 | 14:14

Waterways charity to plant thousands of trees this spring

The Canal and River Trust will be planting enough trees to cover 21 football pitches. A charity that protects around 2,000 miles of waterways in England and Wales will be planting 21 football…

17 03 2022 | 14:12

Ukraine’s hope for a green city lost amid devastated Mariupol’s rubble

‘They’re destroying not only people and infrastructure, they also destroy nature,’ says Yevgenia Zasiadko, head of the climate department at an environmental protection group in Kyiv. Maksym Borodin…

17 03 2022 | 14:11

‘We need to build arks’: Author William deBuys on climate resilience lessons from the ‘attic of the world’

Writer and lifelong conservationist tells The Independent what a six-week trek to some of the most remote villages on Earth taught him about facing the climate crisis head on. After decades spent…

17 03 2022 | 13:59

Relocate farms and cut their carbon footprints by 70%, scientists say

Scientists remap global farmland to reveal ‘optimal scenario’ for reducing impacts on climate. The carbon impact of the world's crops could theoretically be cut by 71 per cent by relocating farms,…

17 03 2022 | 13:52

Biden says renewables – not Russia – is the only solution to gas pump price woes

The habitually-late President Joe Biden delivered news on Tuesday worth waiting for: the United States is banning all imports of Russian oil and gas following its invasion of Ukraine.

17 03 2022 | 13:03

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.

14 03 2022 | 15:22

While the Tories dawdle over Russian gas, we have a £28bn plan to make energy cheap – and green

Insulating homes and investing in wind and solar are the only solutions to the energy crisis. But Johnson is busy pandering to climate deniers

14 03 2022 | 15:05

No 10 must not cave in to Tory climate sceptics on fracking, says Ed Miliband

As government reviews UK dependence on Russian energy, Ed Miliband calls for clean sprint towards renewables. The shadow secretary of state for climate change and net zero, Ed Miliband, has warned …

14 03 2022 | 14:53

Welsh solar farm exceeds expectations in powering Swansea hospital

Health board-owned Brynwhillach installation generates enough over 50-hour period to fulfil all of Morriston site’s energy needs. The UK’s first solar farm owned by a health board and linked…

14 03 2022 | 14:26

UN ocean treaty is ‘once in a lifetime’ chance to protect the high seas

Negotiators aim to agree on legal framework for protecting international waters that are key to ‘life as we know it’ The world has a “once in a lifetime” chance to protect the high seas from…

14 03 2022 | 12:33

Ban Ki-moon warns UK against fracking as world stands at ‘dangerous’ point

Former UN secretary general says countries face stark choices brought on by the war in Ukraine The former UN secretary general has warned the UK against fracking, as the world stands at a “dangerous…

14 03 2022 | 12:19

Nigel Farage’s hard-right faction won Brexit. Now net zero is in its sights

A small group of rightwing MPs are jangling Tory nerves and using questions about living costs to undermine climate action

14 03 2022 | 12:06

Tens of thousands take part in climate protests across France

Demonstrations call for greater focus on environmental crisis in runup to presidential election next month Tens of thousands of people protested across France on Saturday to call for more attention…

14 03 2022 | 11:48

Mayor defends planning decisions ‘made 150 years ago’ amid calls for flood insurance support

Home owners are being left to cover ‘catastrophic’ financial risks as the climate crisis and a legacy of poor planning coalesce, expert says Two Queensland mayors of flood-ravaged towns on the Mary…

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