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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…

12 02 2021 | 07:33

Ending fossil fuels now.

IEEFA: ExxonMobil 2020 results come as no surprise: still not covering dividends Spent $2.6 billion more cash on capital projects than it generated from operations This morning, ExxonMobil reported…

12 02 2021 | 07:32

Africa is Planting Tens of Millions of Trees in the Desert. Here’s Why.

In the dusty, windswept lands of Niger, there once stood a lonely acacia tree. Caravans passed beneath its spiky branches — the last stop before the endless sea of sand. Known as the Tree of Ténéré…

12 02 2021 | 07:30

Economics' failure over destruction of nature presents ‘extreme risks’.

New measures of success needed to avoid catastrophic breakdown, landmark review finds. The world is being put at “extreme risk” by the failure of economics to take account of the rapid depletion of…

12 02 2021 | 07:28

Meat-eating creates risk of future pandemic that ‘would make Covid seem a dress rehearsal’, scientists warn.

‘If we could see eating meat as a treat, not a right, we could reduce the speed at which another virus evolves,’ says professor. Demand for regular supplies of affordable meat will create future …

12 02 2021 | 07:27

More than 12 million UK people face severe health risks or death caused by climate crisis, study says.

Having a home flooded may cause post-traumatic stress disorder and extreme heat inflates risk of heart disease, researchers say. More than 12 million people in the UK face serious health problems –…

12 02 2021 | 07:22

Moody’s forecasts sustainable bond issuance to hit a record $650 billion in 2021

Moody’s forecasts $121 billion of sustainability bonds, $375 billion of green bonds and $150 billion of social bonds in 2021. Global issuance of sustainable bonds will hit a record of $650 billion…

12 02 2021 | 07:18

Government criticised for including big polluters in ‘Build Back Better Council’.

BP, Heathrow and Jaguar Land Rover are among the companies represented in new business council launched by Boris Johnson. The government is facing criticism for including big polluters over green…

12 02 2021 | 07:11

Could the climate crisis have played a role in the emergence of Covid-19?

A new study suggests a ‘possible role’ for the climate crisis in the emergence of Covid-19, but scientists tell Daisy Dunne there are still many unknowns in the origins of the pandemic. Scientists…

12 02 2021 | 07:08

Hundreds of fish species, including many that humans eat, are consuming plastic.

Trillions of barely visible pieces of plastic are floating in the world’s oceans, from surface waters to the deep seas. These particles, known as microplastics, typically form when larger plastic…