Five Democratic lawmakers on Friday encouraged President Joe Biden to order an immediate shutdown of the Dakota Access pipeline after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last week…
For the second time in as many years, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected a landmark climate lawsuit brought by a group of young people — who say they will now take their case…
Growing opposition to the lifting of mining protections in Alberta has forced the Canadian province to backtrack.
To the east of the Bluebird Valley ranch, the grasslands of the Canadian prairies…
Removing CO2 from air will likely be needed if the world is to meet its climate goals, writes Daisy Dunne, but our options for achieving ‘negative emissions’ each come with a unique set of challenges.
Over recent months Raja, a farmer in India's Tamil Nadu state, has had a change of routine.
Every few days, the 53-year-old leaves his 30-acre (12-hectare) farm in the Villupuram district — where he…
The Morrison government put the $8.7m upgrade project on its energy underwriting program shortlist before the last election.
A controversial Morrison government plan to grant up to $8.7m for an…
Studies increasingly point to the presence of pharmaceutical and personal care products in urban stretches along the Ganges River, which originates pristine in the Himalayas but is heavily polluted…
Experts have described the coronavirus pandemic as the kind of crisis that will become even more likely as the planet warms. But now, researchers think that climate change may have actually played a…
As Germans shiver through double-digit negative temperatures and more than 80 centimeters (30 inches) of snow in parts of the country, climate science deniers have taken to social media to argue that…
Nuclear power is a source of low-carbon electricity, but producing it creates dangerous radioactive waste that needs to be stored safely and permanently.
Recent research suggests that as seas rise,…
"Regrowth takes time the world does not have to solve climate change”, they write.
Over 500 scientists are writing to EU Commission President Von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel…
In the dusty, windswept lands of Niger, there once stood a lonely acacia tree. Caravans passed beneath its spiky branches — the last stop before the endless sea of sand. Known as the Tree of Ténéré…
New measures of success needed to avoid catastrophic breakdown, landmark review finds.
The world is being put at “extreme risk” by the failure of economics to take account of the rapid depletion of…
‘If we could see eating meat as a treat, not a right, we could reduce the speed at which another virus evolves,’ says professor.
Demand for regular supplies of affordable meat will create future …
Moody’s forecasts $121 billion of sustainability bonds, $375 billion of green bonds and $150 billion of social bonds in 2021.
Global issuance of sustainable bonds will hit a record of $650 billion…
Trillions of barely visible pieces of plastic are floating in the world’s oceans, from surface waters to the deep seas. These particles, known as microplastics, typically form when larger plastic…
New research shows global warming caused by human activity is to blame for a shrinking Andean glacier that threatens to flood 120,000 people and could be used to establish legal liability for…
Tipping points could fundamentally disrupt the planet and produce abrupt change in the climate.
A mass methane release could put us on an irreversible path to full land-ice melt, causing sea…
Hydrofluorocarbons, an alternative to the ozone-depleting substances that damage the Earth’s protective ozone layer, are potent greenhouse gases that exacerbate climate change. These chemicals are…
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