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Can we really fuel planes with fat and sugar?

Native Americans are building their own solar farms

It was at Standing Rock, as he watched a fellow protester be cuffed and manhandled into a police car, that Cody Two Bears, member of the Sioux tribe in North Dakota, dec

How Bangladesh is supporting climate refugees

E Every time the wind blows in gusts, 55-year-old Noor Alam remembers the devastating tropical cyclone that hit Bangladesh's Kutubdia Island in 1991, killing 20 members of his family.

Climate crisis: The 1.5C threshold explained

Denmark: The major pork producer trying to wean itself off eating meat

T Trine Krebs adores vegetables. "When I get a plant in my hands that I can feel is healthy, I can smell it, feel it, almost taste it in my mouth," the 47-year-old, cardigan-clad farmer enthuses over Zoom.

Why it's so hard to eat local food on a budget

What if debt was written off to protect climate and nature?

Nine breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2023 you may have missed

Record-setting spending on clean energy in the US. A clean energy milestone in the world's power sector. A surge in lawsuits against polluters. A treaty for the oceans 40 years in the making. This year has seen some remarkable steps forward in tackling the nature and climate crises.

How I planned my own green funeral

Not many of us like talking about death. It's dark, and sad, and prone to throwing us into an existential spiral. But the uncomfortable truth is that, as someone who cares about the environment, I realised I needed to stop ignoring the reality of it.

Tren Maya: Mexico's Yucatán mega train - world beating or environmental disaster?

To the ancient Maya, the cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula were sacred as they believed them to be portals to the gods of the underworld. These underground caves are also one of the most unspoilt freshwater ecosystems in Latin America.

Russian gas giant Gazprom makes £39m profit in North Sea

Russian energy giant Gazprom earned €45m (£39m) from its gas field in the North Sea last year, accounts show. Gazprom has been producing gas from the Sillimanite field, which is spread across UK and Dutch waters, since 2020.

Moïse Katumbi: Businessman and football boss runs for DR Congo president

Will he, or won't he? That has long been the question asked of Moïse Katumbi.

Net zero: MPs to examine NI decarbonisation barriers

Barriers to Northern Ireland reaching its decarbonisation goals are to be examined by MPs. The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster has announced a new inquiry in the wake of COP28.

Redcar hydrogen trial scrapped by government

A proposed pilot project to replace home gas supplies with hydrogen will not go ahead, the government has said.

Barrow green hydrogen plant given government funding

Plans to build a hydrogen facility powered by renewable energy have been awarded government funding. The Barrow Green Hydrogen project, run by energy company Carlton Power, would supply green hydrogen to the neighbouring Kimberley-Clark manufacturing plant in the Cumbrian town.

Skipton church could see solar panels installed

North Yorkshire church officials are hoping to install a heat pump and solar panels in a bid to become more environmentally friendly. Grade I listed Holy Trinity Church in Skipton could have its current gas heating system replaced.

HotSat-1: UK climate satellite suffers failure in orbit

An innovative UK climate satellite has failed in orbit just six months after launch. HotSat-1 was put up to map heat loss from buildings and was doing so successfully until its camera stopped working earlier this week.

COP28: Tuvalu negotiator travelled 8,000 miles to save her home. Can she?

The UN climate talks start haggling over how to protect the oceans on Saturday - and one woman will be closely watching. Mervina Paueli, 25, has come to Dubai to negotiate a future for her home, Tuvalu - a group of low-lying Pacific islands.

Fossil fuels: Can humanity really kick its addiction?

We are about to pass a civilisational milestone, say forecasters. In the next few years we will pass 'peak' fossil fuels - it may have already happened. It will mean the world has reached its maximum use of coal, oil and gas and demand will begin to decline.

Could there be a gold rush for buried hydrogen?

Earlier this year Professor Jacques Pironon was searching for methane in the Lorraine Basin, northeast France, when his team made an unexpected discovery. Around 3,000m underground they found a very large deposit of hydrogen.