The fossil fuel industry is using the same playbook to fight city climate plans around the country.
When the city of Austin drafted a plan to shift away from fossil fuels, the local gas company was…
We spend 90% of our time in the buildings where we live and work, shop and conduct business, in the structures that keep us warm in winter and cool in summer.
But immense energy is required to…
Some scientists fear that meltwater from Greenland may be affecting ocean currents that help regulate far-reaching weather patterns.
A northern branch of the Gulf Stream — the vast ocean current…
Several times in recent years, migrants trying to cross between Djibouti and Yemen have been thrown into the sea.
Smugglers threw 80 migrants into the sea between the Horn of Africa and the…
Scientists are monitoring pets, livestock and wildlife to work out where SARS-CoV-2 could hide, and whether it could resurge.
It was the news Sophie Gryseels had been dreading for months. Almost a…
From Greta Thunberg to Sir David Attenborough, the headline-grabbing climate change activists and environmentalists of today are predominantly white. But like many areas of society, those whose…
The exclusion of women is a global emergency, but pandemic recovery offers a chance to chart a new and equal path.
As the world marks International Women’s Day tomorrow in the midst of a global…
The European Central Bank is strongly considering disclosing climate risks in its bond programs and will now focus on collecting the data that will help achieve that, according to officials familiar…
Kipeto Energy Plc (KEP), today announced it has connected Kipeto wind farm to the national grid and will start generating power in the next week.
KEP has connected a 17km (220KV) high voltage…
In 1992, 1,700 scientists warned that human beings and the natural world were "on a collision course." Seventeen years later, scientists described planetary boundaries within which humans and other…
United Nations calls on all countries to have ‘concrete plans to phase out fossil fuels as fast as possible’
Australia has been accused of “shamefully doing nothing” and weighing down global action…
Government to ensure the inauguration of online trading before the end of June, minister of ecology and environment Huang Runqiu says
China last month approved a futures exchange in Guangzhou,…
Twice before, humanity has mitigated severe global environmental threats. In both cases we did this not with ‘cap and trade’ systems, taxes, or offsets, but with bans.
Lockdown measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic had the added benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by around seven percent, or 2.6 billion metric tons, in 2020.
The net ecosystem service of an urban tree is worth thousands of dollars.
Thanks to Victorian street planners, many British streets were designed to be full of big trees and, with 84% of the…
Beyond the questions surrounding the availability, effectiveness and safety of a vaccine, the COVID-19 pandemic has led us to question where our food is coming from and whether we will have enough.
Accusing California regulators of "reckless disregard" for public "health and safety," the environmental advocacy group Center for Biological Diversity on Wednesday sued the administration of Gov.…
Last year was a record breaker for the UK's wind power industry.
Wind generation reached its highest ever level, at 17.2GW on 18 December, while wind power achieved its biggest share of UK energy…
Sainted grandfather of electric guitars will no longer be made with the type of ash that causes its special ‘twang’, because of climate change.
The wood that is used to make the guitars of some of…
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