Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not designed for their benefit, but for Northern multinational corporations.
Billions of dollars spent promoting and subsidising…
According to a recent Unearthed and New York Times exposé, the American Chemistry Council - which is made of, among others, petrochemical companies - wants the U.S Trade Representative to force Kenya…
The American Chemistry Council also pushed back against new global rules that will restrict the flow of plastic waste to the global south
A lobby group representing oil and chemical companies,…
From the historic heat wave and wildfires in the West, to the massive derecho that tore through the middle of the nation, to the record-breaking pace of this year's hurricane season, the…
Collapse of shelves would accelerate loss of Antarctic ice sheet and increase sea-level rise.
Approximately 60% of Antarctica’s ice shelves could be vulnerable to fracture, accelerating the loss of…
Africa is becoming a new COVID-19 epicenter. Unless the European Union urgently rethinks its protectionist trade policies, a sharp uptick in food insecurity will turn the COVID-19 crisis into a…
The psychological toll of climate change-fueled disasters, now compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, is mounting and the U.S. is unprepared. These are the findings of a project by the Center for…
A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century.
What can a virus tell us about climate breakdown—in its causation, and in humanity’s…
Critics say plan for fields off Svalbard threatens ecosystem and relations with Russia.
Norway is planning to expand oil drilling in previously untouched areas of theArctic, a move campaigners say…
As water scarcity increases from factors including climate change, so do drivers of water theft, an ongoing problem in Australia.
Between 30% and 50% of the world’s water supply is stolen each year…
Analysis shows the government, which has committed to a ‘gas-led recovery’, has failed to properly account for methane’s effect on global heating.
Australia’s greenhouse gas accounting…
Founding partner says ‘investing in the resilience of nature is investing in the resilience of the economy’.
A push to better recognise the economic value of “natural capital” – water systems,…
At least 100 people killed and hundreds of homes destroyed as seasonal rains cause worst flooding in Parwan province.
Heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 100…
Environmental regulators across the country granted more than 3,000 requests from polluting oil and gas operations, government facilities, chemical plants, and other facilities to stop pollution…
Exclusive: EDF Energy to close Hunterston next year after spending £200m on repairs.
Hunterston nuclear power station, one of the UK’s oldest remaining nuclear plants, is to close down next year,…
The green hydrogen industry needs more government backing to reach demand goals.
The renewable rich green hydrogen industry is accelerating with 50 new projects announced in the last year including…
TOKYO - Japan’s Nagashiki Shipping, which owns the bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius and caused a large oil spill, said on Tuesday it has completed scuttling of the front part of…
The Republican national convention, dominated by veneration of Donald Trump and bleak warnings of the dangers of socialism, has completely ignored the climate crisis, an omission that has disturbed…
The signing of an agreement between Namibia and Botswana to construct a mega solar photovoltaic project is imminent, Namibian Minister for Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo has shared.
A full…
Scientists monitor frequency of Danube freezing over to track rising temperatures.
As a landlocked country in the heart of Europe, Hungary has a typically continental climate, with little or no…