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16 02 2021 | 09:14

The Ecological Roots of India's Farming Crisis.

Over recent months Raja, a farmer in India's Tamil Nadu state, has had a change of routine. Every few days, the 53-year-old leaves his 30-acre (12-hectare) farm in the Villupuram district — where he…

16 02 2021 | 09:14

A Surprise in Africa: Air Pollution Falls as Economies Rise.

Air quality is improving in one of the continent’s fastest-growing regions, researchers have found. If the trend can be sustained, it would be good news for human health and climate change.

16 02 2021 | 09:12

Vales Point coal plant drops controversial bid for government funding.

The Morrison government put the $8.7m upgrade project on its energy underwriting program shortlist before the last election. A controversial Morrison government plan to grant up to $8.7m for an…

16 02 2021 | 09:11

BMW Group to source aluminium produced using solar energy.

The BMW Group has announced it will begin sourcing aluminium produced using solar electricity. Marking an important milestone on the road to BMW Group’s goal of lowering CO2 emissions in its…

15 02 2021 | 12:55

We're on a collision course with the planet. But with public support, that can change.

Smart, activist states could prove as effective at handling the biodiversity crisis as they have at tackling the pandemic Let’s be honest: few government-commissioned reports make a real difference…

15 02 2021 | 12:52

Carbon emission cuts need to be 80% more ambitious to meet Paris Agreement targets: Study

Carbon emission cuts need to be about 80 per cent more ambitious to stay below 2 degree Celsius global warming -- considered a threshold for climate stability and climate-related risks such as…

15 02 2021 | 12:50

Pharmaceuticals Pollute the Ganges.

Studies increasingly point to the presence of pharmaceutical and personal care products in urban stretches along the Ganges River, which originates pristine in the Himalayas but is heavily polluted…

15 02 2021 | 12:43

Did the Climate Crisis Enable the Coronavirus Pandemic?

Experts have described the coronavirus pandemic as the kind of crisis that will become even more likely as the planet warms. But now, researchers think that climate change may have actually played a…

15 02 2021 | 12:40

10 Reasons Why '100% Renewables Is Possible': Top Energy Experts Issue Declaration

Setting out to rebut defeatist and cynical claims that transitioning the entire global energy system to 100% renewables by 2035 is infeasible, a group of dozens of leading scientists from around the…

15 02 2021 | 12:38

Shell to expand gas business despite pledge to speed up net zero carbon drive.

Energy firm seeks to grow operation by 20% but offset expansion via carbon capture and ‘nature-based solutions’. Shell has set new carbon emissions goals to become a net zero carbon energy company…

15 02 2021 | 12:35

How Global Warming Can Cause Europe's Harsh Winter Weather.

As Germans shiver through double-digit negative temperatures and more than 80 centimeters (30 inches) of snow in parts of the country, climate science deniers have taken to social media to argue that…

15 02 2021 | 12:34

U.S. Nuclear Waste Sites Face Sea-Level Rise Threat.

Nuclear power is a source of low-carbon electricity, but producing it creates dangerous radioactive waste that needs to be stored safely and permanently. Recent research suggests that as seas rise,…

15 02 2021 | 12:32

What would a ‘Green New Deal’ for a post-pandemic world economy look like?

Analysis: What policies do we need to see implemented by politicians, what actions from business, what changes in our own everyday lives? Ben Chu explains

15 02 2021 | 12:25

Shell Claims It Reached Peak Oil Production in 2019.

Fossil fuel giant Shell says it has already reached peak oil production.

15 02 2021 | 12:23

EPA to Amazon: Stop Selling Illegal Pesticides.

For the third time in three years, the U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Amazon to stop selling illegal pesticides.

15 02 2021 | 12:15

Why oil giants are swapping oil rigs for offshore windfarms.

The fossil fuel giants need to find new ways to reduce emissions, generate growth and maintain their share price. The world’s biggest oil companies are no stranger to UK waters, but by the end of…

15 02 2021 | 12:12

500+ scientists tell EU to end tree burning for energy.

"Regrowth takes time the world does not have to solve climate change”, they write. Over 500 scientists are writing to EU Commission President Von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel…

15 02 2021 | 12:08

Activist Catherine Flowers: the poor living amid sewage is 'the final monument of the Confederacy'.

In rural Alabama where Martin Luther King marched for civil rights, Flowers has waged a long fight for environmental justice.   Catherine Flowers stumbled upon the defining cause of her life by…

15 02 2021 | 11:35

Sun-Blocking nanomaterial offers ‘magic’ way to cool buildings without electricity.

Researchers have developed an electricity-free method to cool buildings while simultaneously trapping the sun's heat for future use. A team from the University at Buffalo were able to turbo charge a…

15 02 2021 | 11:27

Europe's carbon price tops 40 euros for first time.

Benchmark prices of European Union carbon permits rose above 40 euros per tonne for the first time on Thursday morning, exposing polluters to the highest prices in the carbon market’s 16-year history…