Burning the fuel in the cauldron symbolised its zero-carbon properties – but it does cause air pollution too.
The hydrogen flame above the Tokyo Olympic Stadium was symbolic of a zero-carbon future …
San Miguel Corp (SMC), through its energy arm SMC Global Power Holdings Corp, dropped more coal projects from its portfolio, after announcing last month that it was removing the fossil fuel from its…
Hurricane Ida made landfall near New Orleans on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Ida made landfall last weekend near New Orleans as a Category-4 storm, lashing the region with…
China’s provinces are still planning to launch more than 100 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired power capacity despite a decline in new approvals in the first half of 2021, environmental group…
UN’s authoritative climate report, published on Monday, urges drastic emissions cuts which means dialing back rapidly on use of fossil fuels
The Biden administration is being slammed by both…
Hundreds of spills off Gulf of Paria having ‘dire’ impact on local fishing in one of the most biodiverse areas of Trinidad and Tobago.
Hands masked in thick black oil, the fisher drips toxic…
Carbon dioxide emissions from the global electric power sector rebounded in the first half of 2021 to above pre-pandemic levels, according to an analysis, signaling that the world has failed to…
The fuels we use to warm our homes create a carbon burden. Systems that capture ambient heat could offer a solution
One of the greatest contributors to pollution is such a part of everyday life it…
The latest edition in an annual series of global climate reports shows that Europe experienced its warmest year in 2020 by a considerable amount.
The report showed that 2020 in Europe was 1.9 °C…
While Chile has been going through a drought for the past decade, July was particularly dry
Andres Couve, the science minister of Chile, has said addressing the climate crisis is a “national…
In the search for sustainable flying, Cranfield University might have found the answer in hydrogen.
This row of brick sheds, locked away down overgrown country lanes in Bedfordshire, feels a long…
Author of government study says Treasury resistance to green spending programmes could halt progress to net zero
Imposing “premature austerity” again will undermine the fight against climate change…
In February of last year, a CO2 pipeline exploded, engulfing Satartia, Mississippi in a noxious green fog that left residents confused, convulsing, foaming at the mouth and even unconscious — an…
Hurricane Ida entered the Gulf of Mexico late Friday, as people in the United States' southern state of Louisiana evacuated high-risk areas and stocked up on essentials.
The hurricane is expected to…
Greenpeace activists in kayaks confront ship preparing construction kit for project.
Preparation work for the controversial Cambo oil field project has been postponed after protests from activists…
Increase means country will slip back from goal of cutting emissions by 40% from 1990 levels.
Germany is forecast to record its biggest rise in greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 this year as the…
Virus detected in two districts near the country’s capital, Porto Novo, agriculture ministry says.
Benin has identified an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 avian flu in two districts near the…
Project in Seaham, County Durham, will use water from mine shafts to heat 1,500 new homes
Kevin Shaw remembers Seaham in its mining heyday, when the three pits in the town provided thousands of jobs…
Kate Ng meets the people who have become increasingly aware of the impact of climate change following extreme weather events and rising pollution levels