Adapting the Bentleys to run on biofuels is an interim measure before a next generation of fully electric state vehicles, the royal household says. Photograph: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
A pair…
BP has paid out $14.8bn to shareholders since June 2023. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images
BP’s shareholders can expect a multibillion-dollar payout this year after the oil giant reported…
BRUSSELS — Azerbaijan, the host of this year’s global climate talks, has suggested that continued fossil fuel extraction is compatible with the Paris Agreement.
Getting wind turbines on grid, such as these near Radom, Poland, are helping the EU move away from fossil fuels. Photograph: Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
Wind turbines and solar…
Planning changes, investment in infrastructure, a new national green energy company, a crackdown on water companies and more public transport – although Keir Starmer did not dwell on the green…
Marathon Petroleum predecessor warned of potential for ‘social and economic calamities’ in decades-old publication
The corporate predecessor to America’s largest refiner of oil, Marathon…
Vice President Kamala Harris has captured the support of a key coalition of progressive, youth-led and environmental justice-focused climate advocates, with the Green New Deal Network slated on…
Results take the company’s total profits for the first half of the year to $14bn and its share buybacks to $7bn. Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters
Shell’s profits have climbed to $14bn (£10.9bn) for…
On the side of a red-clay road in Iten, a large town in the west of Kenya, resides a small corrugated-metal hut. It has no windows, nor typical signage above its yellow front door; instead,…
Fishing vessels damaged by Hurricane Beryl in Barbados. Climate crisis-induced natural disasters are disproportionately affecting the Caribbean and Africa. Photograph: Ricardo Mazalán/AP
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Global military expenditure is dominated by the United States and China, with 49% of total spending between them. According to the most recent report by…
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In Kenya and throughout East Africa, flooding this past April and May wreaked havoc, leaving a path of deadly destruction. The…
The Great Salt Lake, near Salt Lake City, Utah, has lost more than 70% of its water. Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP
For years, scientists and environmental leaders have been raising alarm that the Great…
Zambia has asked mining companies in Africa’s second-biggest copper producer to double their power-saving efforts to 40% of normal demand, as the worst drought in decades saps hydroelectric…
Aliko Dangote has asked Nigeria to suspend imports of diesel and aviation fuel in a move that would hand his refinery a monopoly on their sale, the head of the country’s regulatory agency said.
This aerial photo taken on 28 July shows a flood-affected village following heavy rains caused by typhoon Gaemi in Zixing, in central China's Hunan province. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Halfway…
Electromobility company Spiro has added Uganda to its list of countries of operation. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni took part in the launch of the company's activities, which focus on marketing…
Workers clean Huntington Beach after an oil spill in California on 5 October 2021. Photograph: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
If elected president, Kamala Harris should take on the…