Four guards fired on unarmed crowd in Baghdad in 2007, killing 14 and sparking outrage over use of private security in war zones.
President Donald Trump has pardoned four Blackwater security guards…
With the development of multiple new green taxonomies at the national level, the key to their implementation is going to be broad and granular green datasets. Analysis by FTSE Russell finds a…
December 12, 2020 marked the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement. A Climate Ambition Summit hosted by the UK, France and the UN celebrated the event. Heads of government from around 70…
Boko Haram conflict leaves north-east Nigeria facing severe landmine emergency
North-east Nigeria is facing a landmine emergency which is having a devastating impact on people in the region.
Walk at dusk reveals murmurations bouncing networks’ electricity cables and switching off the lights.
The mystery surrounding a string of unexplained power cuts across a small town in Scotland has…
Covering 18 million sq km, northern hemisphere permafrost areas have been warming since the 1980s, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report on oceans and cryosphere.
Prime minister says New Zealand is doing more than activist suggests after Thunberg tweets about ‘so-called climate emergency declaration’
The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has responded to…
Managers commit to investing only in companies with net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
Some of the world’s largest investors managing assets worth more than $9tn have committed to investing only in…
Amazon’s 26 new projects include Europe’s largest offshore corporate PPA with Ørsted.
Amazon has added 3.4 gigawatts of new renewable power to its portfolio, taking its total capacity to 6.5 GW. …
Seven firms join forces for fiftyfold scale-up of global hydrogen production capacity.
The soaring hype surrounding green hydrogen reached new heights this week, as a seven-company-strong consortium…
British Airways has teamed up with ZeroAvia, a leading innovator in decarbonising commercial aviation, in a project to explore how hydrogen-powered aircraft can play a leading role in the future of…
Jewel of biodiversity’ in natural oceanic basin formed during deglaciation of Kilimanjaro and Usambara mountains.
Scientists in east Africa have discovered a rare ocean refuge for coral where…
Ministers also pledge £1.3bn for electric vehicle charging points, as energy plan unveiled.
Boris Johnson’s government is to invest £1bn in carbon capture and storage (CCS) schemes aimed at “sucking…
China’s new emissions target for 2030 is an ‘incremental step forward’, an analyst says
The leaders of China and India failed to set ambitious new climate targets at a key summit co-hosted by the UK…
Talks with EDF could lead to energy customers being charged for construction costs.
The government has reignited a row over Britain’s nuclear energy ambitions by agreeing to restart talks with EDF…
Conservationists allege company has breached its environmental licence 52 times at its NSW Bayswater power station site in the past five years
Australia’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter, AGL, will…
Coroner says failure to reduce pollution levels to legal limits was factor in death of Ella Kissi-Debrah, who had severe asthma.
A coroner has made legal history by ruling that air pollution was a…
Worldwide coal generation will fall 5% in 2020 to 2012 levels, marking the largest annual decrease on record, the International Energy Agency estimated in a new report.
Coal use will likely bounce…