PepsiCo has been sued by New York state for plastic pollution along the Buffalo River that is allegedly contaminating the water and harming wildlife.
According to the lawsuit, PepsiCo is the single…
Greta Thunberg has pleaded not guilty to a public order offence after her arrest at a protest in central London in October.
It follows two fines for disobeying the police during demonstrations in…
A town's carbon footprint has been reduced by more than half, according to new figures.
Reading Borough Council said there had been a 51% drop in carbon emissions in the town since 2005.
However,…
An airport has formally applied to increase its flight limit from 50,000 to 70,000 per year.
Farnborough Airport, which mainly serves private jets, said the change would meet demand for business…
What has been described as the world's first Gaelic Climate Convention has taken place in the Western Isles, the language's heartland area.
The event was attended by more than 60 people, and heard…
An exhibition of steel sculptures and ink drawings designed to highlight climate change has gone on display at the House of Manannan.
Crucible is a collection of artworks by Manx sculptor Robert…
In a village in Western India, women collect onions that have been stored in the orange metal dryers that are transforming their lives.
It is simple, almost rudimentary, technology. But they help…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has defended sentences handed to two Just Stop Oil climate campaigners following criticism from the United Nations.
Morgan Trowland, 40, was jailed for three years and…
Climate records have tumbled in 2023.
There have been historically high sea temperatures, worrying lows in Antarctic sea-ice, and extreme weather events hitting every continent - the latest being an…
Over 50% of all transport-related emissions come from high-income countries, where people are more likely to own and depend on personal vehicles. Meanwhile, less than 1% is generated by low-income…
The UK’s rail service has been hit with widespread train delays and high levels of cancellations during the heatwave. The whole of the east coast line between Edinburgh and London was closed for…
The first Australian climate court case brought on behalf of First Nations people has heard climate “tipping points” could be reached that would rapidly lead to irreversible changes, such as sea-…
Mining the critical minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries could threaten local water supply and Indigenous culture.
More than 250 years ago, the Ojibwe people, one of the largest Indigenous…
The California company has defaulted on $289 million in Nevada bonds and put $500 million in financing for a facility in Indiana on hold. Meanwhile, U.S.
Dozens of proposed projects would pump water uphill to reservoirs that release it to generate electricity when wind and solar can’t. But their reliance on groundwater in the drought-stricken…
With growing calls for the need to reduce plastic production, industry groups are pushing back.
Fossil fuel and chemical company interests are out in force at the United Nations meeting in Nairobi,…
Concentrations of HFC-23, one of the world’s most potent greenhouse gases, remained elevated in East Asia after China, a known past polluter, agreed to curb emissions.
Preliminary atmospheric…
Virginia’s largest utility provider has faced a backlash from the state’s environmental community since it announced plans to build a new, large fossil fuel facility in Chesterfield.
Over the course…
Hydrogen is getting a lot of attention as a key potential fuel source to replace fossil fuels in the future clean energy economy, because when it’s burned the end product is simply water.
Without immediate emissions cuts, global temperatures will breach the Paris Agreement’s goals sooner than expected, scientists say. ‘Despite decades of warnings, we are still heading in the wrong…