China’s economy roared back from the pandemic on a plume of greenhouse gas emissions, raising questions over how the nation will balance new growth targets with its climate change goals.
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Sir Chris Hohn spoke of the ‘injustice’ of the climate crisis and urged businesses and banks to do more.
The British billionaire Sir Chris Hohn has called on companies to be held more accountable…
Exclusive: Roads make up 1% of the country but the pollution produced may harm wildlife everywhere.
Pollution from roads affects virtually every part of Great Britain, with 94% of land having some…
ISTANBUL (AP) — The presidents of Turkey and Russia remotely inaugurated the construction of a third nuclear reactor at the Akkuyu power plant in southern Turkey Wednesday, vowing to continue their…
Many utilities and nations around the developed world may be announcing accelerated moves away from coal-fired power projects, but a new report indicates that financing support for this resource is…
Paper says machine learning could prove crucial tool in efforts to improve quality of country’s rivers.
Nearly 1,000 “dark discharges” of untreated sewage from two water company treatment plants in…
Nanoparticles found in foetal brains and hearts, but impact on human health is as yet unknown.
Tiny plastic particles in the lungs of pregnant rats pass rapidly into the hearts, brains and other…
Report reveals more than 250 deals between high-carbon industries and leading sports teams.
Polluting industries are pouring hundreds of millions of pounds into sports sponsorship in an attempt to “…
LONDON (Bloomberg) --BP’s board urged shareholders to reject a climate resolution filed by Dutch activist investor Follow This, despite pledging to work with the group last year to draft such a…
Joint investment of up to £16bn tied to industry promise to cut carbon emissions by 50% by end of decade.
Ministers will allow oil drillers to keep exploring the North Sea for new reserves, despite…
The recent tragedy of poisoned fish in Kenya's Lake Nakuru and Lake Victoria is threatening both the health of consumers and the livelihoods of communities living around them.
Figures from International Energy Agency dash hopes that world consumption had peaked.
The world’s oil demand could exceed pre-Covid 19 levels within the next two years unless concrete government…
Russia has the most to lose among big powers from a shift from fossil fuels. The Kremlin’s betting that won’t happen anytime soon.
As the man in charge of developing Russia’s vast Arctic north,…
Nearly 80% of directors on the boards of five of the UK’s largest banks have connections to highly polluting industries.
Nearly 80 per cent of directors from five of the UK’s top banks have links…
Ten years ago, on March 11, 2011, the biggest recorded earthquake in Japanese history hit the country’s northeast coast. It was followed by a tsunami that traveled up to 6 miles (10 kilometers)…
Proposed levy, backed by nine governments, would raise funds for developing zero-carbon ships.
Shipping industry representatives, backed by several countries, have submitted a proposal to the UN to…
Australian exporters to Europe are likely to face millions of dollars in new tariffs after the European Parliament voted overnight to move forward with a carbon levy on products from countries…
There are more than 4,000 coal power plants globally. Now you can track every one and see if they’re closing—or if countries are adding more.
Over roughly a decade, 256 coal power plants in the U.S…
Stark findings come at ‘critical moment’ for global climate action, the study’s lead author tells The Independent.
Global emissions cuts pre-Covid were just one tenth of the level needed to meet the…