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07 09 2020 | 10:53

Protesters March Against Oil Spill 'Incompetence' in Mauritius as More Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore.

Protestors filled the streets of Mauritius's capital city, Port Louis, over the weekend to demand resignations of officials and an investigation into the oil spill that has jeopardized the future…

07 09 2020 | 10:50

No 10 and the secretly funded lobby groups intent on undermining democracy.

Thinktanks such as Policy Exchange are working to shift power away from state institutions – into the prime minister’s office. To accumulate power, a government with authoritarian tendencies must…

07 09 2020 | 10:49

Trump Admin Proposes 'Vicious' Plan for Fossil Fuel Lease Sales in California Amid Historic Wildfires.

Especially given the climate-fueled wildfires ravaging the region, conservationists sounded alarm Thursday in response to a Trump administration proposal for an oil and gas lease sale in California,…

07 09 2020 | 10:46

Police arrest dozens of Extinction Rebellion protesters in London.

Roads blocked near Parliament Square as group begins 10 days of UK-wide climate action. Thousands of Extinction Rebellion protesters have descended on Parliament Square in London leading to at least…

07 09 2020 | 10:45

Literary figures join Extinction Rebellion campaign against thinktanks.

Margaret Atwood among those supporting Writers Rebel group set to protest in London. A number of famous novelists, poets and playwrights including Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith have lent their…

07 09 2020 | 10:45

Murray-Darling mismanagement: floods, water theft, and Burke and Wills’s camels.

The basin has faced challenges throughout history but the system designed to protect it does not factor in a changing climate

07 09 2020 | 10:45

Seagrass Could Play a Major Role in Slowing Climate Change.

Its waving fronds carpet the seafloor and shelter thousands of sea creatures. But seagrass is more than a haven for marine wildlife – researchers say it could play a major role in slowing climate…

07 09 2020 | 10:41

What Schneider Electric’s Recent Move Reveals about the Microgrid Market.

To understand the movement of the microgrid industry, its instructive to watch it’s large players, particularly, right now, Schneider Electric. The company has been navigating the industry’s…

07 09 2020 | 10:39

Extinction Rebellion to block streets in London, Manchester and Cardiff.

XR plans protests next week as activists call on MPs to back a climate emergency bill. Extinction Rebellion plan to block streets in London, Manchester and Cardiff next week as they call on MPs to…

07 09 2020 | 10:38

Sierra Leone court freezes Steinmetz’s Octea assets over environmental damage.

In the lawsuit, 73 plaintiffs living around the mine say they have suffered respiratory infections and headaches. Freetown — The high court of Sierra Leone, on Wednesday, granted an interim freezing…

07 09 2020 | 10:35

Trump weakens Obama-era rules on toxic wastewater from coal plants.

Steam-based plants third biggest source of toxic wastewater Pollutants released into water linked to cancer and other illness The Trump administration is loosening rules for toxic water…

07 09 2020 | 10:25

Boss vows to tackle misconduct claims at UN Green Climate Fund.

Yannick Glemarec responds to FT report of 40 complaints including racism and sexism. The head of the UN’s climate finance body has pledged to tackle complaints of misconduct at the organisation “as…

07 09 2020 | 10:23

Commentary: Climate change could be much worse than we are told.

Attacks on scientists examining the impact and scale of climate change have been growing as the evidence became more compelling through the years, says an observer. MANCHESTER: Thirty years ago, in…

07 09 2020 | 10:22

Generations of progress for women and girls could be lost to COVID pandemic, UN chief warns.

In an address to a virtual town hall with young women from civil society organizations, the Secretary-General said that the global pandemic has already reversed decades of limited and fragile…

07 09 2020 | 10:22

Canadian pension board invests $141m in Chinese coal projects, undercutting federal phaseout policy.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is jeopardizing Canadians’ retirement savings, undercutting federal government policy, and making a mockery of one of the country’s few points of…

07 09 2020 | 10:17

BFI study calls on film industry to urgently reduce emissions.

Big-budget blockbusters produce 2,840 tonnes of CO2, though their environmental impact is often ‘underreported’, study reveals. A landmark BFI study has called for the film industry to step up…

07 09 2020 | 10:17

Satellite images show rapid growth of glacial lakes worldwide.

Number of glacial lakes rose by 53% in 1990-2018 to reveal impact of increased meltwater. Glacial lakes have grown rapidly around the world in recent decades, according to satellite images that…

07 09 2020 | 10:16

Asphalt roads make city air pollution worse in summer, study finds.

Scientists find 300% increase in harmful particulates emitted during hot weather. Emissions from asphalt are a significant source of air pollutants in cities, especially in hot weather, a study…

07 09 2020 | 10:06

If democracy looks doomed, Extinction Rebellion may have an answer.

At the heart of a new climate emergency bill lies a simple idea to cut through Westminster groupthink: a citizens’ assembly.