U.S. coal power generation plunged by 30 percent in the first half of 2020 off an already-depressed base, shoved out by natural gas and renewables amid low energy prices linked to the COVID-19…
Did you know that every year about one third of all food produced – equivalent to 1.3 billion tonnes – is wasted, yet food security continues to be a growing global concern, affecting millions of…
The spectacular collapse in oil prices caused by the coronavirus pandemic has brought the costliest – and most polluting – oil projects such as tar sands to a standstill, a development some analysts…
Anyone who's tending a garden right now knows what extreme heat can do to plants. Heat is also a concern for an important form of underwater gardening: growing corals and "outplanting," or…
Very few academics or policy makers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage. Yet heritage is essential for social wellbeing, for identity creation, for safeguarding traditional…
After a Japanese-owned oil tanker struck a reef off Mauritius on July 25, a prolonged period of inaction is threatening to become an ecological disaster.
Carrying nearly 4,000 metric tons of fuel…
The key to winning hearts and minds is treating people with respect, writes Peter L Kelley
Picture a majestic wind turbine collecting energy out of thin air. Now picture it close enough to see each…
On Thursday, two years to the day after Great Thunberg first skipped school, she is to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Joining her will be Luisa Neubauer, Anuna de Wever and Adélaïde…
UNFCCC urges countries to submit updated Paris Agreement plans “9-12 months” ahead of 2021 COP26 conference.
Late last week, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa sent out a letter to all 197…
Climate-driven loss is likely to be the worst for centuries, and is pushing up sea levels
The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute…
In a nationwide blitz, gas companies and their allies fight climate efforts that they consider an existential threat to their business
When progressive Seattle decided last year to wipe out its…
New policy will rule out future loans and guarantees made through UK Export Finance.
Boris Johnson is poised to sign off new rules barring the UK government’s chief foreign lender from offering…
The information commissioner says release of material previously redacted by the scientific agency is a matter of public interest.
An important freedom of information ruling from the information…
Wind and solar energy doubled its share of the global power mix over the last five years, moving the world closer to a path that would limit the worst effects of global warming. The sources of…
Africa has 38 coastal countries and six islands whose maritime industry is estimated to be worth US$1 trillion per year. This figure will increase as they develop their offshore hydrocarbon, energy,…
Heatwave brings wind turbines to standstill and causes gas plants to struggle.
National Grid has fired up a coal-fired power station for the first time in 55 days after Britain’s record-breaking…
Muscat: Oman’s largest solar power plant that can power up to 33,000 homes and remove 340,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions from the country’s footprint per annum is likely to be up and running…
Trouble at biggest mine in Powder River Basin speaks volumes about state of industry
Peabody Energy, the world’s largest privately owned coal company and the biggest U.S. coal producer, has finally…