While the hazards of fracking to human health are well-documented, first-of-its-kind research from Environmental Health News shows the actual levels of biomarkers for fracking chemicals in the bodies…
Government to ensure the inauguration of online trading before the end of June, minister of ecology and environment Huang Runqiu says
China last month approved a futures exchange in Guangzhou,…
In a move that may reshape decision and policy-making towards sustainable development, the United Nations adopted a new framework today that includes the contributions of nature when measuring…
Twice before, humanity has mitigated severe global environmental threats. In both cases we did this not with ‘cap and trade’ systems, taxes, or offsets, but with bans.
The current could slow down to a point of no return, altering the climate on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Gulf Stream — one of Earth's major climate-regulating ocean currents — is moving slower…
Lockdown measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic had the added benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by around seven percent, or 2.6 billion metric tons, in 2020.
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China’s first road map to achieving net zero emissions by 2060 may be too slow to stop the world’s biggest polluter from hastening global warming.
Thousands of Chinese delegates applauded when…
In 2020, 821 MW of new wind power capacity was installed in Africa and the Middle East, bringing total capacity in the region to over 7 GW, which helps to avoid 10.7 million tonnes of CO2 emissions…
International Energy Agency data shows steady climb over second half of 2020.
The world has only a few months to prevent the energy industry’s carbon emissions from surpassing pre-pandemic levels…
The net ecosystem service of an urban tree is worth thousands of dollars.
Thanks to Victorian street planners, many British streets were designed to be full of big trees and, with 84% of the…
Analysis by transport group says battery electric vehicles are superior to their petrol and diesel counterparts.
Fossil fuel cars waste hundreds of times more raw material than their battery…
Swedish carmaker also says it will sell its vehicles to consumers online only.
Volvo plans to sell only electric cars by 2030 in the latest move by a legacy carmaker to abandon fossil fuels that…
Anj Sharma, 16, and her team hope to force change they say is not coming quickly enough from government.
Eight teenagers and an octogenarian nun head to an Australian court on Tuesday to launch what…
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-Infants and young children are particularly sensitive to chemical exposure due to their rapid metabolic rate, high surface area to body weight ratio, and fast growing organs and…
Beyond the questions surrounding the availability, effectiveness and safety of a vaccine, the COVID-19 pandemic has led us to question where our food is coming from and whether we will have enough.
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