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04 09 2020 | 08:17

President Donald Trump’s Climate Change Record Has Been a Boon for Oil Companies, and a Threat to the Planet.

In the middle of his 44th month in office, two weeks before the start of the Republican convention in late August, President Trump rolled back Barack Obama's last major environmental regulation,…

04 09 2020 | 08:02

Fossil fuels given $3.1 trillion subsidies at 'staggering' twenty-times level of renewables.

Massive gap in direct and indirect support highlighted by Irena effort to put accurate figure on discrepancy. The global fossil fuel sector enjoyed annual subsidy support worth $3.1 trillion, a “…

03 09 2020 | 09:13

Has Africa's green revolution failed?

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a favorite cause among Western donors — including Germany. But a study finds that the work of the organization is actually counterproductive.

03 09 2020 | 08:54

Celebrate World Energy Storage Day and Join #WESD Global Conference & Expo on 22nd Sept 2020!!

On the 4th World Energy Storage Day, India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India’s leading alliance on energy storage & e-mobility is organizing a one-of-its-kind Global Conference & Expo to…

03 09 2020 | 08:32

Researchers will develop a technology heat mitigation plan for one of the world's hottest cities.

Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Royal Commission has engaged UNSW’s High Performance Architecture team to reduce the city’s temperatures and make it more sustainable. The Royal Commission for Riyadh has…

03 09 2020 | 08:28

Gates 'failing green revolution in Africa'.

Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not designed for their benefit, but for Northern multinational corporations. Billions of dollars spent promoting and subsidising…

02 09 2020 | 15:24

GREENPEACE AFRICA: Defend Kenya’s plastic bans!

According to a recent Unearthed and New York Times exposé, the American Chemistry Council - which is made of, among others, petrochemical companies - wants the U.S Trade Representative to force Kenya…

01 09 2020 | 15:17

Oil-backed trade group is lobbying the Trump administration to push plastics across Africa.

The American Chemistry Council also pushed back against new global rules that will restrict the flow of plastic waste to the global south A lobby group representing oil and chemical companies,…

31 08 2020 | 11:08

Extreme Heat, Wildfires and Record-Setting Storms Suggest the Future Climate Crisis Is Already Here.

From the historic heat wave and wildfires in the West, to the massive derecho that tore through the middle of the nation, to the record-breaking pace of this year's hurricane season, the…

31 08 2020 | 11:01

Antarctica: 60% of ice shelves at risk of fracture, research suggests.

Collapse of shelves would accelerate loss of Antarctic ice sheet and increase sea-level rise. Approximately 60% of Antarctica’s ice shelves could be vulnerable to fracture, accelerating the loss of…

31 08 2020 | 10:39

The EU Is Fueling Hunger in Africa.

Africa is becoming a new COVID-19 epicenter. Unless the European Union urgently rethinks its protectionist trade policies, a sharp uptick in food insecurity will turn the COVID-19 crisis into a…

31 08 2020 | 10:34

Increasing Number of Climate Disasters Impacting Mental Health.

The psychological toll of climate change-fueled disasters, now compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, is mounting and the U.S. is unprepared. These are the findings of a project by the Center for…

31 08 2020 | 10:32

Global fever.

A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century. What can a virus tell us about climate breakdown—in its causation, and in humanity’s…

31 08 2020 | 10:22

Norway plans to drill for oil in untouched Arctic areas.

Critics say plan for fields off Svalbard threatens ecosystem and relations with Russia. Norway is planning to expand oil drilling in previously untouched areas of theArctic, a move campaigners say…

31 08 2020 | 08:56

Up to half of world's water supply stolen annually, study finds.

As water scarcity increases from factors including climate change, so do drivers of water theft, an ongoing problem in Australia. Between 30% and 50% of the world’s water supply is stolen each year…

31 08 2020 | 08:37

Methane released in gas production means Australia's emissions may be 10% higher than reported.

Analysis shows the government, which has committed to a ‘gas-led recovery’, has failed to properly account for methane’s effect on global heating. Australia’s greenhouse gas accounting…

31 08 2020 | 08:34

Joint venture looks to invest billions in 'natural capital' projects to help combat climate change.

Founding partner says ‘investing in the resilience of nature is investing in the resilience of the economy’. A push to better recognise the economic value of “natural capital” – water systems,…

31 08 2020 | 08:34

Afghanistan flooding: Dozens dead, hundreds of homes destroyed.

At least 100 people killed and hundreds of homes destroyed as seasonal rains cause worst flooding in Parwan province. Heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 100…

31 08 2020 | 08:34

EPA Has Granted More Than 3,000 Pollution Monitoring Exemptions to Oil and Gas Industry.

Environmental regulators across the country granted more than 3,000 requests from polluting oil and gas operations, government facilities, chemical plants, and other facilities to stop pollution…

31 08 2020 | 08:32

Scottish nuclear power station to shut down early after reactor problems.

Exclusive: EDF Energy to close Hunterston next year after spending £200m on repairs. Hunterston nuclear power station, one of the UK’s oldest remaining nuclear plants, is to close down next year,…