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04 05 2021 | 11:40

Activists fight to save 550-year-old oak threatened by new Shrewsbury road.

Objectors say relief road contradicts council’s net zero target and will damage local wildlife sites. A 550-year-old tree known as “Darwin’s oak”, 4km of hedgerows and an internationally-renowned…

04 05 2021 | 11:37

Saudi Arabia bets the House on a greener planet.

As the House of Saud marks the 5th anniversary of the launch of the Kingdom’s ground-breaking Vision 2030 project, Oliver Poole in Riyadh examines its impact and why success is needed if the world is…

04 05 2021 | 11:30

Hydrogen is one future fuel oil execs and environmentalists could both support as rival countries search for climate solutions.

Tehran, 1943: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill – hosted by the young Shah Reza Pahlavi – agree on plans for the two-front attack on Hitler while sketching out the east-west…

04 05 2021 | 11:30

Alarm as Florida Set to Begin Release of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes.

Environmentalists and Florida residents voiced concern and outrage Monday as state government officials and the biotechnology giant Oxitec announced plans to move ahead this week with a pilot project…

04 05 2021 | 11:27

Earth Day: Teachers from every corner of the world call for quality climate change education for all.

Ahead of this year's Earth Day on April 22nd, Teachers from across the world have called for quality climate change education for all. Representing 32.5 million teachers and education support…

04 05 2021 | 11:21

Sort your greenwashing from your black carbon with The Independent’s climate jargon buster.

Live in a climate of confusion no longer. Here’s our handy guide to the essential words and terms required to understand the biggest issue facing our planet Bad things are happening and we need to…

04 05 2021 | 11:18

2030? Fine. 2040? Great. 2050? Even better. Now? Too difficult.

The world is currently on track for around a three degree temperature rise by the end of the century (Photo: United Nations Photo) Leaders of the world's biggest economies joined US president Joe…

04 05 2021 | 11:16

NSW planning body gives green light to Hunter Valley coalmine expansion.

In the lead-up to a byelection, residents express outrage about decision, saying, ‘It’s not an expansion, it’s a whole new pit’. A coalmine in the Upper Hunter Valley has been given approval to…

04 05 2021 | 11:13

Revealed: UK solar projects using panels from firms linked to Xinjiang forced labour

Investigation finds up to 40% of UK solar farms were built using panels from leading Chinese companies. Solar projects commissioned by the Ministry of Defence, the government’s Coal Authority,…

04 05 2021 | 11:09

Technology and design advances change case for wind

Shifting economics and the evolution of design and technology considerations have changed the case for modern wind powered ships, says Kenneth Goh, GM of Knud E. Hansen A/S, Australia. Massive…

04 05 2021 | 11:03

How can the construction sector combat climate change?

In celebration of Earth Day 2021, Marialena Nikolopoulou, Professor of Sustainable Architecture in the School of Architecture and Planning shares her thoughts on the role the built environment sector…

04 05 2021 | 11:03

PPE May Save Human Lives, But It’s Deadly for Wildlife.

One of the most distinguishable features of the COVID-19 era is the public, everyday use of personal protective equipment (PPE), mainly in the form of disposable face masks and latex gloves. And…

04 05 2021 | 10:58

85% of Mexico Is in a Drought.

Lakes and reservoirs are drying up as 85% of Mexico is in a drought, with Mexico City in its worst drought in 30 years. Major reservoirs that supply the capital's 9 million residents are more than…

04 05 2021 | 10:54

How a hi-tech search for Genghis Khan is helping polar bears.

Researchers are going on a bear hunt, using AI and radar to spot dens and track the threatened Arctic predators The age of extinction is supported by

04 05 2021 | 10:51

Working Groups Develop Recommendations for Just, Inclusive Energy Transitions

Five technical working groups are revising draft reports that will feed into a global roadmap for achieving SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy) by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050, consistent with…

04 05 2021 | 10:51

The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions.

Renewable energy’s rapid growth is accelerating a national shift to a carbon-free electric power system.

04 05 2021 | 10:48

Rapid retreat of glaciers leading world towards ‘humanitarian crisis’, says top scientist.

Exclusive: Melt of glaciers in the Himalayas and South America could threaten water supply of hundreds of millions of people, says leading glaciologist Prof Jemma Wadham The rapid retreat of …

04 05 2021 | 10:38

Competition heats up in the melting Arctic, and the US isn’t prepared to counter Russia.

For decades, the frozen Arctic was little more than a footnote in global economic competition, but that’s changing as its ice melts with the warming climate.

04 05 2021 | 10:29

Covid recovery must not be driven by fossil fuels, says Ed Miliband.

Exclusive: Shadow business secretary calls for the UK to ‘reckon’ with fossil fuels as The Independent launches campaign for greater action on climate. The world’s recovery from Covid-19 must not be…

04 05 2021 | 10:29

Green – or envious? The winners and losers in Britain’s climate change plan.

The tougher target for carbon reduction could dramatically reshape the fortunes of several industries – for better or worse