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04 02 2019 | 12:05

Analysis: Why the UK’s CO2 emissions have fallen 38% since 1990

The UK’s CO2 emissions peaked in the year 1973 and have declined by around 38% since 1990, faster than any other major developed country. Here, Carbon Brief presents detailed analysis of the reasons…

04 02 2019 | 11:42

‘The devastation of human life is in view’: what a burning world tells us about climate change.

I was wilfully deluded until I began covering global warming, says David Wallace-Wells. But extreme heat could transform the planet by 2100

04 02 2019 | 10:56

Climate-heating greenhouse gases at record levels, says UN

The main greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change have all reached record levels, the UN’s meteorology experts have reported. Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are now far above pre-…

04 02 2019 | 10:29

Cañete: ‘No way around it’, climate neutral EU is needed

EU climate Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete is in no doubt that the EU has to achieve ‘climate neutrality’ by 2050 and wants to use his final months in the job to push the bloc towards meeting the…

04 02 2019 | 10:15

Townsville flooding: boats, helicopters and garbage trucks used in rescues – as it happened

Thousands of homes at risk as Townsville braces for ‘once-in-a-century’ flood. This blog is now closed

04 02 2019 | 09:54

These dumpsters of old nuclear waste are costing taxpayers a fortune

ROWE — The nuclear plant deep in the woods of this Western Massachusetts town stopped producing power 27 years ago when George H.W. Bush was still president. It was dismantled, piece by piece. Buried…

01 02 2019 | 13:07

“Missing –14 Billion Tons of Antarctica’s Ice”

  NASA found a giant underground cavern two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall – growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica –one of several…

01 02 2019 | 11:50

Q&A: How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?

The past week has seen some brutal weather hitting the US and Canada. With cold Arctic air plunging south down to the US midwest, six states have seen temperatures lower than the south pole and at…

01 02 2019 | 11:44

The Difference Between Weather and Climate

Let’s get one thing straight: Weather is not climate. Look, I get it. It’s easy to conflate the two. After all, climate is the average of all the weather recorded over a period of time. But it’s …

01 02 2019 | 11:24

Teenagers Emerge as a Force in Climate Protests Across Europe

BRUSSELS — Tens of thousands of children skipped school in Belgium on Thursday to join demonstrations for action against climate change, part of a broader environmental protest movement across Europe…

01 02 2019 | 11:02

The Debate Over America’s 2050 Energy Mix

What will the U.S. grid mix look like in 2050? It depends on which models you follow. The future according to the Energy Information Administration's latest report: Wind will stop growing, coal will…

01 02 2019 | 10:00

January was Australia's hottest month since records began

January was Australia’s hottest month on record, with the country’s mean temperature exceeding 30C for the first time since records began in 1910. The Bureau of Meteorology released its climate…

01 02 2019 | 09:53

Tesla’s Musk sees ‘gigantic’ potential in energy storage

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk says the Tesla big battery in South Australia has been so successful it will likely pay for itself within a few years, and has prompted interest from other governments…

01 02 2019 | 09:38

Renewable energy continues to take market share from coal in Europe

New wind, solar and biomass power generation displaced hard coal last year – especially in Germany, France and the UK – according to a 2018 review of European electricity statistics by two leading…

01 02 2019 | 09:19

What causes the seasons?

Many people believe that the reason why there’s spring, summer, autumn, and winter is due to our planet’s proximity to the sun. According to this intuitive (but flawed) line of reasoning, Earth is…

01 02 2019 | 09:14

Japanese firms abandon plans for 2GW coal plant near Tokyo

Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan, Kyushu Electric Power and Tokyo Gas said on Thursday they have given up their plan to build a 2 gigawatt (GW) coal-fired power station in Chiba, near Tokyo, as it would not be…

01 02 2019 | 09:07

US builds 7.6GW of wind as construction surge looms

Signed PPAs hit new heights in 2018 in cutthroat power market, says American Wind Energy Association. US wind developers built 7.6GW of new capacity in 2018 as the industry gears up for the boom…

01 02 2019 | 08:56

Microplastics found in all dead dolphins, seals and whales tested in British waters

A new study by the University of Exeter has found microplastics in all marine animals washed up on British shores. The team, including researchers from Plymouth Marine Laboratory, examined 50…

31 01 2019 | 12:43

EU solar demand to reach 30 GW in 2022

According to a new report from Agora Energiewende and Sandbag, the EU solar market grew around 60%, or 10 GW, last year. The analysis also predicts that total solar demand across all EU PV markets…

30 01 2019 | 14:26

Corporate wind energy PPAs are booming

Companies around Europe have now signed