Water seeping into fissures in Thwaites glacier in Antarctica, accelerating rise of sea levels.
British scientists have mapped cavities half the size of the Grand Canyon that are allowing warm ocean…
Climate Action 100+ group put 161 fossil fuel, mining, transport and other big-emitting companies on notice in latest campaign by shareholders.
A group representing investors that collectively…
Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica whose melting rates are rapidly increasing have raised the global sea level by 1.8cm since the 1990s, and are matching the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
The California governor, Gavin Newsom, said ‘this is not a world that anyone should be experiencing’ as he surveyed charred mountain terrain devastated by wildfires. ‘If you do not believe in science…
U.S. President Donald Trump has undone many major pieces of climate policy during his term,walking out on the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming and eliminating numerous Obama-era…
A new international study that used unprecedented calculations to pinpoint how much global air travel contributes to the heating of the atmosphere found that aviation makes up 3.5 percent of all the…
Friends of the Earth seeks judicial review, saying aid deal contradicts climate commitments.
Environmentalists at Friends of the Earth will mount a legal challenge against the government’s decision…
Wind and solar, the country’s cheapest source of new generation, also overlooked
Pakistan risks locking itself into building more power capacity than it needs as a result of over-optimistic energy…
Sudan is in a state of emergency after authorities declared the country a disaster zone last week because of heavy flooding that's killed around 100 people and inundated over 100,000 houses since…
Oil will be replaced by clean electricity, BP predicts, as demand may never recover from Covid-19 pandemic.
BP has called time on the world’s rising demand for fossil fuels after finding that demand…
Jean Castex unveils €100bn plan aimed at returning France to pre-pandemic economic strength.
France’s prime minister has stressed the importance of getting the country back on its feet within 18…
At least 300 more people in UK died than average in second week of August.
While attention was focused on Covid-19, a spike in death rates in the UK during the second week of August slipped past…
Exemption for smaller shops to end, and campaigners say ‘bags for life’ are next target.
The government is to double the charge for single-use plastic carrier bags in England from 5p to 10p and end…
In what is being described as an unprecedented climate case, four children and two young adults from Portugal have filed a complaint at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg against 33…
Enel Green Power has completed the 245MW second phase of the Roadrunner solar plant, which now increased its capacity to 497MW to become the largest PV facility in Texas.
Located in Upton County,…
What is the environmental footprint of your favorite pair of blue jeans?
A new study indicates it might be quite large. The study, published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters Wednesday…
The global production of zero emissions steel has taken a massive step forward, with a world leading Swedish project completing the construction of a world-first fossil-free steel pilot plant in…
This summer, we’ve seen developments in non-lithium-ion battery chemistries — including a forecast where lithium-iron-phosphate becomes the predominant chemistry and millions in funding for the…
Antarctica and Greenland's ice sheets are currently melting at a pace consistent with worst-case-scenario predictions for sea level rise, with serious consequences for coastal communities and the…
Campaigners spray fake blood over building’s entrance in protest against high-speed line.
Anti-HS2 protesters have sprayed fake blood over the entrance to the Department for Transport and glued…