To cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half within a decade, the Biden administration’s goal, the U.S. is going to need a lot more solar and wind power generation, and lots of cheap energy storage.
London and Paris among cities with highest number of avoided deaths thanks to lower pollution in first lockdown
More than 800 lives may have been saved across Europe thanks to better air quality…
The ANU’s Dr Fiona Beck says turning fossil fuels into hydrogen is always going to be dirtier than using renewables
A world-first shipment of liquid hydrogen from Australia was declared momentous…
Phoenix’s new ‘heat tsar’ is betting on less asphalt, more green canopy and reflective surfaces to cool the sprawling heat island
A surge in heat-related deaths amid record-breaking summer…
North Yorkshire fishers found pots heavy not with brown crab but with prized invader
Invasive king crabs have made their way to British shores, sparking fears that local brown crab and scallop…
A federal court has rejected a plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling, saying the Biden administration failed to conduct a proper environmental review
A…
Average February daytime temperature in host cities has jumped from 0.4C at events in the 1920s–1950s, to 6.3C this century
On a rapidly-heating planet is there a future for a global event whose…
Indigenous people throughout the world are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis, even when it comes to climate-related violence.
A record number of activists working to protect the…
The Beijing Olympics is not the first winter games to use fake snow which has received a mixed response from athletes and ski enthusiasts, Louise Boyle writes
The forecast for the Beijing Winter…
If the financial crisis and Covid were important enough for governments to do whatever it takes to find the money needed, then surely the climate crisis demands a similar response
The UN climate…
A decade of learning, experimenting and making mistakes has resulted in McMaster’s restaurant Silo’s impressive closed-loop system. Kate Ng explores the trailblazing chef’s ideas for a future free…
With a low carbon footprint per passenger, direct links and low fares, coach travel should be top of the list for your next trip, says Lucy Shrimpton
At 7am in the depths of winter, stood at a…
As governments and industries across the world pledge to minimise their environmental footprints, Saman Javed speaks to experts about the changes we need to see in 2022
A “code red for humanity”.
As Chanel launches its first sustainable beauty range, Laura Hampson explores what other legacy brands are doing to help the environment
Chanel has officially launched its first sustainable beauty…
Government’s cash injection is designed to ‘maximise investor confidence’ while the company courts private investors
Ministers have thrown further support behind EDF Energy’s £20bn Sizewell C…
The West Virginia senator’s name is reviled on the streets of Bangladesh and other countries facing climate disaster as he blocks Biden’s effort to curb planet-heating gases
Within the brutal…
There is nothing that cannot be corrupted, nothing good that cannot be transformed into something bad. And there is no clearer example than the great climate land grab.
We now know that it’s not…
Attorneys for BP, Exxon and Shell claim city of Baltimore’s case over ‘deception and failure to warn’ could kill offshore drilling
US oil firms have been accused of using scare tactics after…