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30 10 2019 | 07:36

'There are no excuses left': why climate science deniers are running out of rope.

Guardian environment correspondent Fiona Harvey recalls being heckled at the House of Commons and explains how attitudes to climate have shifted in 10 years The shouted words rang out across the…

29 10 2019 | 13:56

World Bank opens writing contest for Sub-Saharan African youths on child marriage.

The World Bank has announced the launch of this year’s Blog4Dev competition, an annual writing contest that engages the Sub-Saharan African Youth to share their viewson critical issues that affect…

29 10 2019 | 13:12

Brexit may expose Britons to more pesticides – report.

Fear that fall in food standards after UK leaves EU regulatory system could allow farmers to use more chemicals. Brexit may expose people to increasing levels of pesticide residues in food, a report…

29 10 2019 | 13:02

BMW announces breakthrough for more sustainable rubber production.

In collaboration with representatives of social institutions, NGOs, the rubber processing industry and the tire suppliers, the BMW Group established the independent Global Platform for Sustainable…

29 10 2019 | 12:58

The lost river.

Mexicans fight for mighty waterway taken by the US. The Colorado River serves over 35 million Americans before reaching Mexico – but it is dammed at the border, leaving locals on the other side with…

27 10 2019 | 11:02

How the dirtiest power station in western Europe switched to renewable energy.

London (CNN Business)A power station that used to be the biggest polluter in western Europe has made a near-complete switch to renewable energy. The Drax Power Station in Yorkshire, England, used to…

22 10 2019 | 09:27

Legally binding air pollution targets set out in Environment Bill.

A new Environment Bill set out by the UK Government will see air pollution targets become legally binding. Today, the government will introduce a landmark Bill to Parliament to tackle air pollution…

22 10 2019 | 09:22

New study pinpoints the places most at risk on a warming planet.

The new model "provides an extremely important tool to inform policy decisions and shape responses" As many as five billion people will face hunger and a lack of clean water by 2050 as the warming…

19 10 2019 | 10:01

Unilever sets out plan for a ‘waste-free world’.

Unilever has announced a new strategy to reach a ‘waste free world’. The consumer goods company has confirmed that by 2025, it will halve its use of virgin plastics. They will do this by reducing…

15 10 2019 | 08:12

'Things are getting unstable': global heating and the rise of rockfalls in Swiss Alps.

 As Switzerland’s glaciers melt, dangerous rockfalls become more likely and towns are forced to live under an existential threat The thunderous roar that resounded through Bregaglia in Switzerland …

14 10 2019 | 09:45

National Renewable Energy Lab Studies Plants In Twin Falls Solar Field.

Over a dozen rows of blue solar panels stand in a grassy lot. This is the new solar field opened by Clif Bar. The panels will produce about a third of the energy needs for the company’s manufacturing…

11 10 2019 | 14:56

'It's heartbreaking': a coastal community watches its beach wash away.

Manmade sea walls and the effects of climate change eating away at Stockton beach, and locals are rallying to save it. Noel Burns started work on Stockton beach as a council lifeguard in 1971 and…

11 10 2019 | 14:49

The women taking the plastic out of periods.

Sanitary products litter Europe’s beaches, and 200,000 tonnes a year end up in UK landfill. Meet the people fighting for ‘environmenstrual’ alternatives. Ella Daish has lost count of how many tampon…

11 10 2019 | 14:38

Ocean cleanup device successfully collects plastic for first time.

Floating boom finally retains debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, creator says. A huge floating device designed by Dutch scientists to clean up an island of rubbish in the Pacific Ocean…

10 10 2019 | 15:20

Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions.

New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers. The Guardian today reveals the 20 fossil fuel companies whose relentless exploitation of the…

09 10 2019 | 14:28

A novel European Green New Deal to tackle climate change.

Support has been surging on both sides of the Atlantic for the idea of a Green New Deal. Time to turn it into action, and jobs, on the ground.

09 10 2019 | 14:17

A Green New Deal beyond growth.

A genuine European Green New Deal must place social justice and ecological protection ahead of fiscal discipline and economic growth.

06 10 2019 | 17:52

Carlsberg promises to halve water consumption in sustainability pledge.

Carlsberg has announced that they will halve the amount of water they use in their beer in the name of sustainability. The brewery group has invested in an initiative that will allow them to recycle…

06 10 2019 | 17:35

The Sudbury story: From black to green.

A Canadian city that once stood as the physical representation of the negative impact of extractive industries on the environment now embodies what regreening can achieve.  Since the late 1800s, the…