Boris Johnson faces ‘serious questions’ over new business with uranium entrepreneur
Boris Johnson in 10 Downing Street after resigning as leader of the Conservative Party. Charlotte Owen is on the left wearing black. Photograph: Andrew Parsons/No10 Downing Street
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Wind and solar farms power Great Britain’s grid to greenest ever summer
Turbines at Burbo Bank in Liverpool Bay. Windfarms generated 7.04TWh in August, up more than 46% on the same month last year. Photograph: UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
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Sanctioned Russian oligarchs allowed to invest in UK North Sea oil producer
Harbour Energy bought Wintershall’s asset portfolio for $11.2bn (£8.5bn) in December 2023. Photograph: Garth Hannum
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Physicist MV Ramana on the problem with nuclear power Maya Goodfellow
MV Ramana says the nuclear energy industry only survives because of concerted government support. Photograph: Justin Man
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‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train
California's new Zero-Emissions Multiple Unit, known as Zemu, uses a hybrid hydrogen fuel cell and battery system/Photograph: Courtesy of Stadler Inc
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North Sea oil firm Neo slows investment amid windfall tax concerns
The Labour government said it would raise taxes on North Sea producers to fund the transition to green electricity generation. Photograph: Calum Davidson/Getty
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Almost 68% of Australia’s tourism sites at major risk if climate crisis continues, report says
The aftermath of wild weather at Currumbin beach near the Gold Coast in 2020. Climate impacts are a major threat to Australia’s tourism industry, a new report says. Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/AFP/Getty Images
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Let’s be honest: Australia’s claim to have cut climate pollution isn’t as good as it seems
The Tasman Bridge in Hobart during bushfires in 2019. ‘The claimed change in Australian land emissions cannot be assumed to be permanent due to the risk of them being wiped out in a drought, fire or flood,’ writes Adam Morton. Photograph: Rob Blakers/AAP
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Climate change leaves future of Pacific Islands tourism 'highly uncertain'
The Pacific Islands are scattered across a vast area of ocean, with some of the clearest waters in the world, and pristine beaches and rainforests. They are a magnet for tourism, which is vital for many of the countries’ economies.
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Thousands flee Line Fire in Southern California
More than 10,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders due to a fast-spreading, uncontrolled wildfire in southern California.
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What is the environmental cost of NI's car dependency?
When the first steam-powered car arrived on the island of Ireland in 1896, the impact motorised transport would have was beyond imagination.
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The biggest oil spill in US history: What we've learned since Deepwater Horizon
Over a decade on from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, could we do a better job at cleaning it up today? (Credit: Getty Images)
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Pomfret, Vermont: The fall foliage town that banned influencers
As hordes of photographers began descending on a small, rural community to capture its vibrant autumnal colours, local residents have been fighting back – and winning.
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10 Tough Climate Questions for the Presidential Debate
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to debate on Tuesday night. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images and Melina Mara/The Washington Post
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Bigger share of COP29 badges for Global South NGOs upsets rich-country groups
NGO representatives speak at a press conference at COP28 in Dubai, December 2023. (Photo/Megan Rowling)
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Green Climate Fund restructures, aiming to become donors’ “partner of choice”
GCF Executive Director Mafalda Duarte speaks at the High-level Pledging Conference for the fund's second replenishment in October 2023. (Photo: Green Climate Fund / Ute Grabowsky)
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Relegating Africa to the world’s green mine is costing us
Congo mines minister Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi speaks during the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2023 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, February 8, 2023. (Photo: REUTERS/Shelley Christians)
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UN climate chief calls for “exponential changes” to boost investment in Africa
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell speaking at climate talks in Bonn, Germany, in June 2024. Photo: UNFCCC/Lucia Vasquez
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As Pacific Islanders, we need climate action – not greenwashing – from Azerbaijan
A performer wears the flag of Tuvalu as she waits at a signing ceremony for the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union to come into force at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Nuku'alofa, Tonga on August 28, 2024. (Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch via Reuters)
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Verra axing of Shell’s rice-farming carbon credits in China fuels integrity fears
An oil-stained Shell logo is seen during the demonstration outside the Science Museum. (Photo by Vuk Valcic / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)
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