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26 10 2020 | 10:28

Climate crisis: Extinction Rebellion blockades gates at Ineos refinery after government data shows firm is major source of pollutants.

‘We are here to expose the climate destruction that Ineos is causing,’ activists say. Extinction Rebellion activists have blockaded the gates of Ineos’s Grangemouth oil refinery, after government…

26 10 2020 | 10:21

Campaigners criticise global deal on carbon emissions from shipping.

Green groups say agreement will allow emissions to continue to rise in the next decade. Governments have rejected calls for tougher regulation of international shipping, settling instead for new…

26 10 2020 | 09:57

WWF: Ghost gear is the deadliest form of marine plastic debris.

New report by the WWF calls on governments to act on deadly plastic debris. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is urging governments, fishing gear producers and designers, fishers and the general public…

26 10 2020 | 09:53

While We Focus on COVID-19, Trump’s EPA Is Quietly Killing Us.

As the days tick down to next month's presidential election, debate rages over the U.S. government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic with critics of President Donald Trump calling for his ouster…

25 10 2020 | 11:35

Climate activists, aged nine and 12, detained by police in India for protesting over air pollution.

Licypriya Kangujam and Aarav Seth put in back of police van after demonstrating in New Delhi, which is often blanketed in thick smog. A nine-year-old climate change activist in India was detained by…

25 10 2020 | 11:31

London the worst city in Europe for health costs from air pollution.

Study measured financial impact of car emissions on deaths, health and lost working days in 432 urban areas. The health costs of air pollution from roads are higher in London than any other city in …

25 10 2020 | 11:26

Greta Thunberg accuses MEPs of 'surrender on climate and environment'.

European parliament votes to continue payments to farmers with no green conditions attached. Greta Thunberg, the Swedish school strike pioneer and environmental activist, has accused MEPs of…

25 10 2020 | 11:12

Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record.

Delayed freeze in Laptev Sea could have knock-on effects across polar region, scientists say. For the first time since records began, the main nursery of Arctic sea ice in Siberia has yet to start…

25 10 2020 | 10:23

Ice melt in Alaska threatens to unleash unprecedented 'mega-tsunami,' scientists warn.

A giant, catastrophic tsunami in Alaska triggered by a landslide of rock left unstable after glacier melting is likely to occur in the next two decades, scientists fear - and it could happen within…

24 10 2020 | 13:07

Trump is in an alternate universe’: Environmentalists react to president’s climate change remarks at debate

It has been around 20 years since a lengthy discussion on climate change featured in a presidential debate during which time a monumental shift has happened in how America views the crisis. 

24 10 2020 | 13:05

Air Pollution Responsible for Over 6.6 Million Deaths Worldwide in 2020, Study Finds.

An annual comprehensive report on air pollution showed that it was responsible for 6.67 million deaths worldwide, including the premature death of 500,000 babies, with the worst health outcomes…

24 10 2020 | 13:03

Climate crisis: Met Office warns extreme weather in UK will get worse and more frequent.

‘The UK is projected to become hotter and drier in summer, and warmer and wetter in winter’, agency says.

24 10 2020 | 12:53

Annual Lazard analysis charts ‘striking’ reductions in solar, wind costs.

Wind and solar power have become even cheaper compared to fossil fuels in the past year, making them an attractive way to stimulate economies recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to…

24 10 2020 | 12:48

ExxonMobil says the long-term fundamentals have not changed. Really?

No fundamental shift is taking place in global energy markets, according to company reports In April, when announcing its first-quarter financial performance, including its first quarterly loss in…

24 10 2020 | 12:45

French oil major Total expands presence in floating offshore wind market.

Total has bought a 20 per cent stake in the EolMed floating wind pilot project in France, located in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan and near Port-La-Nouvelle. The 30 MW EolMed will…

24 10 2020 | 12:44

BHP bosses defend company's decision to stay in gas and oil 'for the medium term'.

Chairman Ken MacKenzie tells AGM that fossil fuels will be part of the energy mix for decades. BHP management has batted away shareholder criticism of the miner’s intention to continue investing in…

24 10 2020 | 12:44

Peru and Switzerland sign first sale agreement for credits generated under Paris Agreement's Article 6

GENEVA  – The governments of Peru and Switzerland today signed the first agreement between Parties to the Paris Agreement for the sale of emission reductions generated under Article 6 of the…

24 10 2020 | 12:38

India’s power minister says retiring coal plants will be replaced by renewable energy.

India is planning to replace retiring coal-fired power plants with renewable generating capacity in a bid to cut the nation’s carbon footprint, power minister R. K. Singh said on Tuesday. India is…

24 10 2020 | 12:34

EDF Renewables buys 4.5GW pipeline of solar projects located in the U.S.’ PJM market.

EDF Renewables North America has acquired a pipeline of more than 20 US solar assets from project developer Geenex Solar, totaling more than 4.5GW of capacity. The transaction consists of a…

24 10 2020 | 12:29

Sea-Level Rise Takes Business Toll in North Carolina's Outer Banks.

North Carolina's Outer Banks are dotted with vacation beaches and historic communities. But the sweeping water views do not only draw tourists. They give locals a front row seat to sea-level rise.…