Leicester East member earns £81,000 a year plus expenses – and continued claiming councillor’s allowance even after becoming MP
A suspended Labour MP has said the “rich must be abolished” to combat …
The water contains more radioactive material than the plant's managers previously stated.
Japan's government announced on Tuesday (April 13) that it will dump more than a million tons of…
TUESDAY 20 April 2021 (New York, New York USA and Libreville, Gabon). The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) today announced…
“Convective” storms cause some of Earth’s most dramatic weather, including extreme rainfall, hail, lightning and severe wind gusts. Along with lighting up the skies, these storms frequently cause…
Kenya has sounded the alarm over a potential coronavirus "vaccine apartheid" playing out between countries, as it accused the United Kingdom of instituting a "discriminatory policy" after London…
Climate change, the coronavirus pandemic, and growing inequality will exacerbate global volatility over the coming decades, a report by top U.S. intelligence officials released Thursday warns.
Action on the climate crisis must come with a social contract to protect the poor and vulnerable.
As a climate policy researcher, I am often asked: what is the biggest obstacle to decarbonisation?…
Sometime over the last month, you probably threw away a banana. Maybe it got too ripe. Or maybe your child didn’t like the one he was eating with the spotty, brown skin. You probably didn’t think…
A US-based designer has apologised for using a portrait of a historic mosque in Kenya's island of Lamu on a T-shirt worn by celebrity Jay-Z, an official in charge of the site has told the BBC.…
Southern Co.’s Mississippi Power subsidiary will close the last of its coal-fired power plants, as well as aging, inefficient natural gas ones, as part of its first-ever comprehensive long-term…
Coal has obviously to be scrapped as a power source, the CEO of the Polish group which owns the EU’s biggest carbon-emitting power plant said on Thursday, underscoring a policy shift in a country…
Coal financing costs have surged over the last decade as investors demand returns four times as high as the payoff required from renewable energy projects to justify the risk of investing in fossil…
A group of U.S. electricity companies wrote to President Joe Biden this week saying it will work with his administration and Congress to design a broad set of policies to reach a near-term goal of…
Natural gas is falling out of favor with emissions-wary investors and utilities at a quicker pace than coal did, catching some power generators unaware and potentially leaving them stuck with…
Further reliance on coal and LNG will lead to ever larger and unsustainable fossil fuel subsidies.
“Gas is over”, proclaimed chief of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Werner Hoyer, at the…
Over the last few decades, African governments have removed restrictions on and privatised their mining industries, attracting significant foreign direct investment.
One of the major factors hindering productivity within Africa’s agricultural sector is the use of outdated production technologies and practices. This is where companies like Farmforte come in, by…
A farmer in Zimbabwe shares how an Oxfam initiative helped build resilience against the effects of changing rainfall patterns.
Sarah, 55, is a farmer in Nyanyadzi, Chimanimani, Zimbabwe. For nearly…
African nations aim to double funding for climate change adaptation projects to $25 billion over five years as they look to foster a green recovery from the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus…
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