Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals.
Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as…
Rigs burn off enough unwanted gas to heat 1m homes, UK regulator said last year.
The UK’s North Sea oil rigs release as much carbon dioxide as a coal-fired power plant every year by deliberately…
Report warns if $56bn worth of developments go ahead, it could threaten the goals of the Paris climate deal and lead to billions of dollars in stranded assets.
Australia has $56bn worth of gas…
New York (CNN Business)Europeans got more of their electricity from renewable sources than fossil fuels for the first time last year, according to an annual report from Ember and Agora Energiewende…
GHGSat, the global leader in high-resolution greenhouse gas monitoring from space, has successfully completed the launch of its third satellite, GHGSat-C2 (“Hugo”), which launched aboard a SpaceX …
Tropical forests are guardians against runaway climate change, but their ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is wearing down. The Amazon, which accounts for more than half of the…
Three of New York City’s five public employee pension funds are divesting $4 billion from securities related to fossil-fuel companies.
Pensions for teachers, school administrators and civil servants…
With the completion of a major investment treaty between the European Union and China, the new year will begin on a promising footing. Now is the time for the world's leading powers to stop casting…
Equinor ASA is considering selling its holdings in the Bakken play of North Dakota and Montana, part of a comprehensive review of its international oil and gas portfolio as the Norwegian state-…
As governments and companies jostle to show how committed they are to fighting global warming, plans to take carbon dioxide out of the air are becoming a giant loophole — just as experts have warned…
What a difference an election makes. Thanks to the Biden-Harris victory in November, the next administration is poised to make a 180-degree turn to again address the climate crisis.
Exxon Mobil Corp. disclosed emissions data on customers’ use of its fuels and other products for the first time after coming under pressure from investors.
Grim milestone to come as humans continue to drive emissions through burning fossil fuels and deforestation
Atmospheric CO2 will hit a level this year that is 50 per cent higher than before the…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union’s proposed carbon border charge is essential to the survival of its own industries and the bloc will impose the levy on non-EU competitors unless they commit…
Six projects across the UK will today receive a share of £8 million in government funding as part of a drive to create the world’s first net zero emissions industrial zone by 2040.
Projects across…
Climate disaster could be curtailed within a couple of decades if net zero emissions are reached, new study shows.
The world may be barreling towards climate disaster but rapidly eliminating planet-…
In 2021, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will reach levels 50% higher than before the industrial revolution, due to human-caused emissions, says a Met Office forecast.
'Why have carbon dioxide levels risen and fallen in the past?'
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This is not the column I planned to publish this month. I wrote another one several weeks ago in answer to a reader’s…
To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The goal is to electrify processes like heating homes and powering cars, and then generate the…
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