In a landmark ruling and a win for a bushfire survivors group, the Land and Environment Court has ordered the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to take steps to safeguard…
"The greatest threat to global public health is the continued failure of world leaders to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5C and to restore nature," says the editorial backed by hundreds of…
President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Tennessee after record rainfall caused devastating floods that killed at least 22
President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster…
A recovering economy, and failures at Australia’s only operational carbon capture and storage project, have seen Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions rise in the first three months of 2021, a new…
US climate envoy John Kerry told Chinese officials that there was ‘no way’ for the world to solve the climate crisis without Beijing’s ‘full engagement and commitment’.
The US and China have reached…
Crews are cleaning up the slick, which spread at least 10 miles.
An oil spill spanning at least 10 miles has been captured by satellite imagery in waters off the Louisiana coast.
Crews are working…
The president warned that ‘we need to act now’ as trail of destruction blighted west, south and north-east.
The widespread destruction caused by extreme weather coast to coast, with Hurricane Ida…
The UK’s top climate adviser has pushed back strongly against “defeatist” criticism that the country’s net zero target is expensive, and urged the Treasury to pick up the currently “incremental” pace…
Fossil fuels are not going anywhere fast and will account for half of the primary energy mix in 2050, according to DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook 2021, published on Wednesday.
Natural gas will…
Saudi Aramco is investing, alongside the country’s sovereign wealth fund and Riyadh-based ACWA Power, in the oil exporter’s largest solar project with a capacity of 1.5 GW as the world’s biggest…
A recent poll found 57 per cent of American teenagers said that climate change made them feel scared.
The most comprehensive assessment yet from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (…
‘Planting trees over large areas is advantageous and should be done for climate purposes,’ professor says
Planting forests could cool the Earth’s atmosphere more than previously thought, a study…
The UK government has launched an investigation into renewable electricity deals amid growing concern over the extent of “greenwashing” by large energy firms claiming to offer environmental benefits…
China is pushing the US to resolve border issues to work on climate change
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi warned the US that the deteriorating relations between the world’s two largest economies…
Burning the fuel in the cauldron symbolised its zero-carbon properties – but it does cause air pollution too.
The hydrogen flame above the Tokyo Olympic Stadium was symbolic of a zero-carbon future …
San Miguel Corp (SMC), through its energy arm SMC Global Power Holdings Corp, dropped more coal projects from its portfolio, after announcing last month that it was removing the fossil fuel from its…
Hurricane Ida made landfall near New Orleans on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Ida made landfall last weekend near New Orleans as a Category-4 storm, lashing the region with…
China’s provinces are still planning to launch more than 100 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired power capacity despite a decline in new approvals in the first half of 2021, environmental group…
UN’s authoritative climate report, published on Monday, urges drastic emissions cuts which means dialing back rapidly on use of fossil fuels
The Biden administration is being slammed by both…
Hundreds of spills off Gulf of Paria having ‘dire’ impact on local fishing in one of the most biodiverse areas of Trinidad and Tobago.
Hands masked in thick black oil, the fisher drips toxic…