The World Bank has come under fire by a leading European NGO over some of its loans and grants. In a recently issued report, the German group, Urgewald, lambasted the international financial…
A draft version of the European Commission’s methane strategy, due to come out on Wednesday (14 October), doesn’t set limits on methane emissions from fossil fuels, instead setting the stage for that…
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday vowed to bar from his transition team any "leaders" of fossil fuel companies, a pledge environmentalists cautiously applauded while urging the…
Cambridge University is to cease investments in fossil fuels by 2030, it has announced.
At the same time, its £3.5 billion endowment fund will "ramp up" investments in renewable energy.
Vice-…
Documents show BP, Shell and Equinor had several meetings with government officials.
Fossil fuel firms have held a series of private meetings with UK government officials in an attempt to be part of…
Atlassian billionaire tells Q+A panel China’s move to become carbon neutral by 2060 spells doom for Australia’s coal and gas production.
Australia’s fossil fuel industry will collapse within 20…
12 cities have made a pledge to divest from fossil fuel companies as part of their commitment to accelerating a green and just recovery from COVID-19.
Cities sign on to a new declaration committing…
These are very challenging times for U.S. fossil fuel-producing states, such as Wyoming, Alaska and North Dakota. The COVID-19 economic downturn has reduced energy demand, with uncertain prospects…
In another win for climate campaigners, leaders of 12 major cities around the world — collectively home to about 36 million people — committed Tuesday to divesting from fossil fuel companies and…
Engaging with climate and energy policy in Australia can be bad for your neck. Either your head is in your hands as the latest political idiocy unfolds, or you suffer whiplash as you encounter smart…
As much as 80% of the European Union’s electricity could be fossil fuel-free by 2030, regardless of whether the European economy faces a prolonged economic crisis, industry association Eurelectric…
Fossil fuel consumption is set to shrink for the first time in modern history as climate policies boost renewable energy while the coronavirus epidemic leaves a lasting effect on global energy demand…
A diverse coalition of nearly 150 progressive advocacy groups is demanding that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ban fossil fuel executives and lobbyists from his 2020 campaign and commit to…
China’s thermal electricity consumption continues to grow and China continues to invest heavily in new coal generation, even as it also pursues wind, solar and electric vehicles. A bit like…
Australians are far more welcoming of change than we expect, and are furious at having been shut out of being direct participants.
In August 2015, I spent a cold night at the old TAB Royal Hotel in…
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,…
India has a crucial role to play in promoting clean energy and climate action as the world looks to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday. …
In the middle of his 44th month in office, two weeks before the start of the Republican convention in late August, President Trump rolled back Barack Obama's last major environmental regulation,…
Massive gap in direct and indirect support highlighted by Irena effort to put accurate figure on discrepancy.
The global fossil fuel sector enjoyed annual subsidy support worth $3.1 trillion, a “…
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