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07 05 2020 | 07:53

Nuclear is Getting Hammered by Green Power and the Pandemic.

Generating power without harmful carbon emissions has never been more urgent, yet one of the biggest sources of clean power is struggling to turn a profit. The nuclear industry has been vying for a…

07 05 2020 | 07:43

Coronavirus is not just a health crisis — it’s an environmental justice crisis.

More than 50 years ago, despite a storm that was brewing in Memphis, an overflow crowd of hundreds gathered to hear a rousing speech from Martin Luther King, Jr., who encouraged the city’s striking…

07 05 2020 | 07:41

Investors holding trillions of dollars of assets join calls for green Covid-19 recovery.

IIGC, AIGCC, Ceres, and CDP among major green investment groups urging governments to avoid backing risky, high-carbon projects as part of their coronavirus recovery plans A coalition of major green…

07 05 2020 | 07:32

Fossil fuel firms linked to Trump get millions in coronavirus small business aid.

Revealed: Oil and mining firms – some with ties to Trump officials – taking advantage of funding, review shows US fossil fuel companies have taken at least $50m in taxpayer money they probably won’t…

07 05 2020 | 07:23

BLOOMBERG: Renewables Are the Only Winners in Historic Decline in Energy Demand.

Global emissions will fall by 2.6 billion metric tons in 2020—the largest fall in history. The coronavirus lockdown will cause the biggest drop in energy demand in history, with only renewables…

07 05 2020 | 07:22

Will coronavirus reduce emissions long term?

This research, published by MSCI, looks at how emissions will be affected by the coronavirus pandemic. 

07 05 2020 | 07:18

Emptying Skies to Cut Airline Emissions 38% in 2020, Report Says.

Airlines’ carbon emissions could drop by more than one-third this year as travel demand sinks, a trend that could continue as businesses reassess their need to fly, according to the Australia…

07 05 2020 | 07:17

COVID-19 crisis set to eradicate demand for fossil fuels, says IEA.

In the biggest shock the energy world has seen in 70 years, IEA announce renewable energy may be the only source expected to grow, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus outbreak…

07 05 2020 | 07:16

FORBES: In A Post-Pandemic World, Renewable Energy Is The Only Way Forward.

The Economist’s regular cartoonist, KAL, summed it up neatly 

06 05 2020 | 09:04

What happens after coronavirus will determine our climate's future.

Daily CO2 counts from Hawaii make depressing reading – but this year the usual pattern may change.

06 05 2020 | 08:59

Without food, there can be no exit from the pandemic.

Countries must join forces to avert a global food crisis from COVID-19. The coronavirus pandemic has laid many things bare, none more so than how interconnected our world is. The impact of…

06 05 2020 | 08:36

Multilateralism is necessary now more than ever.

On April 24, 2019, representatives from across the world celebrated the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace for the first time. The occasion took place in the emblematic hall…

06 05 2020 | 08:30

Coronavirus detected on particles of air pollution.

Exclusive: Scientists examine whether this route enables infections at longer distances Coronavirus has been detected on particles of air pollution by scientists investigating whether this could…

06 05 2020 | 08:12

'We did it to ourselves': scientist says intrusion into nature led to pandemic.

Leading US biologist Thomas Lovejoy says to stop future outbreaks we need more respect for natural world. The vast illegal wildlife trade and humanity’s excessive intrusion into nature is to blame…

06 05 2020 | 08:10

Immigration Isn’t What’s Killing America. Trump Is.

A Pandemic, A Demagogue, and America’s Descent Into Authoritarianism. Did you hear that? It’s the sound of a new Iron Curtain falling…not across the Soviet Union, but across America…in a strange,…

02 05 2020 | 08:49

Climate science deniers at forefront of downplaying coronavirus pandemic.

Vocal influencers such as the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the Heartland Institute are hitting back at a time when people’s trust in science is rising. Fringe climate science deniers who…

02 05 2020 | 08:33

The world is on lockdown. So where are all the carbon emissions coming from?

Pedestrians have taken over city streets, people have almost entirely stopped flying, skies are blue (even in Los Angeles!) for the first time in decades, and global CO2 emissions are on-trac

02 05 2020 | 07:44

Discarded coronavirus face masks and gloves rising threat to ocean life, conservationists warn.

The bright colours of latex gloves risk can be mistaken as food by seabirds, turtles and other marine mammals putting them at risk of severe injuries and death.

02 05 2020 | 07:39

Pollutionwatch: why has particle pollution increased under lockdown?

Air pollution from traffic has dropped but particles also come from gas heating and agriculture. News reports have focused on reductions in air pollution from traffic during the lockdown, but…