Youth Coalition Presses Biden to Declare Climate Emergency Ahead of Earth Day

"As the election approaches, young people are mobilizing to demand President Biden take bold action to protect young peoples' futures." Ahead of Earth Day on April 22, youth organizers across the United States are planning protests in

UK facing food shortages and price rises after extreme weather

The UK faces food shortages and price rises as extreme weather linked to climate breakdown causes low yields on farms locally and abroad.

Shell, BP, Total, Sasol: Stop wrecking Africa. Pay for your destruction.

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300,000ha Queensland cattle station bought for conservation after $21m donation

A Queensland outback cattle station the size of Yosemite national park which includes key habitat for the elusive night parrot has been acquired fo

Desert city of Dubai floods as heaviest rainfall in 75 years hits UAE

Highways and malls have been flooded, schools have been closed, and flights disrupted at one of the world’s busiest airports after the United Arab Emirates experienced what the gover

What Are Carbon Offsets and How Do They Work

Carbon offsets are selling like hotcakes. But do they really support meaningful climate action? So what are carbon offsets and how does carbon offsetting work?

Food Waste: The Hidden Cost of the Food We Throw Out I ClimateScience #9

Kelp Forests: Restoring a Lifeline for the Ocean

There are plenty of novel solutions to be had in tackling the climate crisis. One of them is kelp forests, which have been found to be a vital solution in the restoration and protection of the environment.

Harmful Subsidies: Everybody Knows, But the Dice Are Still Loaded

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Victimise people who raise a voice in Britain? Then destroy their families? Not in my name

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Funding Australia’s renewable transition isn’t ‘picking winners’ – it’s securing our future

Last week Anthony Albanese finally announced the government’s major plan for the transition to a renewable energy economy.

UN livestock emissions report seriously distorted our work, say experts

A flagship UN report on livestock emissions is facing calls for retraction from two key experts it cited who say that the paper “seriously distorted” their work.

Biden administration moves to restrict oil and gas leases on 13m acres in Alaska

The Biden administration said on Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13m acres (5.3m hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help prot

Bid to secure spot for glacier in Icelandic presidential race heats up

Standing in the shadow of Iceland’s Snæfellsjökull, – a 700,000-year-old glacier perched on a volcano and visible to half the country’s population on any given day – in 2010, Angela Rawlings was struck by an unconventional thought.

Unilever to scale back environmental and social pledges

Unilever is to scale back its environmental and social aims, provoking critics to say its board should “hang their heads in shame”.

Scientists’ experiment is ‘beacon of hope’ for coral reefs on brink of global collapse

Recordings of healthy fish are being transmitted to attract heat-tolerant larvae back to degraded reefs in the Maldives

Major investors leading push against Woodside’s climate plans ahead of AGM

Woodside Energy is facing the prospect of an overwhelming protest vote against its climate plans when shareholders meet on Wednesday, as global investors pick apart the emissions strategy of Australia’s biggest oil and gas company.

Chris Packham joins environmental activists in mock funeral procession

The BBC nature presenter Chris Packham has joined hundreds of environmental activists in a mock funeral procession for nature to spotlight biodiversity loss in the U

‘Dirty secret’: insiders say UK water firms knowingly break sewage laws

Exclusive: Whistleblowers point to broader sewage scandal, with wastewater systems manipulated to divert sewage

Powering down: end times for the UK’s final coal-fired station

From the northernmost reaches of the River Soar in Nottinghamshire, the towers of Britain’s last coal-fired power station emerge from the flat count