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Average land temperatures were more than 5 degrees Celsius above normal, surpassing last year’s high mark, according to European scientists.

To be an energy superpower, U.S. oil and natural gas requires a suitably gargantuan pipeline network that stretches for millions of miles. The country’s ability to expand that infrastructure is being…

Sunrun Inc., America’s biggest rooftop-solar company, is set to become a behemoth through its $1.46 billion takeover of a major rival, Vivint Solar Inc.

Rainforest Action Network recently uncovered a document that lists the 11 companies that are currently insuring the controversial Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline in Canada.

The U.K. will pump 3 billion pounds ($3.75 billion) into environmental projects as part of its plans to protect jobs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But the government’s own climate…

As countries continue to rebuild from the coronavirus pandemic, Sustainable Energy for All, an international organization working to ensure access to sustainable energy worldwide, has highlighted key…

"Global greenhouse gas emissions need to decline today rather than tomorrow, and global CO2 emissions should be brought to net zero." New climate models unveiled by French researchers Tuesday showed…

If the government plots a green recovery from coronavirus, the benefits are endless. If it doesn’t, we’re screwed.

Discussions about how to fight climate change almost always conclude with a lament over the “lack of political will.” It’s as if the roadblock preventing these clean-tech visions and white-paper…

For the past year, some of the most up-to-date computer models from the world's top climate modeling groups have been "running hot" – projecting that global warming may be even more extreme than…

Untreated effluent flowed into waterways for more than 1.5m hours, data shows. Water companies in England discharged raw sewage into rivers on more than 200,000 occasions last year, according to…

Across the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, scientists are developing alternative sustainable solutions to the golden tide of Sargassum

African lions are one of the world’s favourite animals. But their numbers have been shrinking over the past century, especially over the past 30 years. Some scientists estimate that their numbers…

Samples from illegal refineries in Niger delta found to be of a higher quality than imported petrol in new analysis. Black market fuel made from stolen oil in rudimentary “bush” refineries hidden…

Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN)The shooting of two Zimbabwean workers by a Chinese boss shows the "systematic and widespread" abuse that locals face in Chinese mining operations, says the Zimbabwe…

Badru Kyewalyanga’s home-produced cooking devices use less wood and mean villagers are breathing cleaner air. People are “constantly cutting down trees”, says Badru Kyewalyanga, as he squelches his…

With restaurants closed and less food discarded on UK streets, rats have had to find new places to feed. Luckily for them, people are eating more in their houses, flats and gardens … Lockdown has…

A new study warns that the strain of H1N1, common on China’s pig farms since 2016, should be “urgently” controlled to avoid another pandemic. HONG KONG — A new strain of the H1N1 swine flu virus is…

A growing movement for sustainable agriculture in Brazil has taken on new urgency with the coronavirus pandemic. The cumaru trees could have been planted elsewhere in this Amazon reserve, where they…

Extremists exploit rural nostalgia and farmers’ anger at globalisation to smuggle in ideology. The poster advertising the evening of debate and organic canapés in Halle’s university district looked…