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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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
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.
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…