Government to open more coal mines to boost power supply and jobs, but plan sparks fears over harm to wildlife and rising carbon emissions
In contrast to the growing number of countries seeking to…
SA, like most of Sub-Saharan Africa, stopped using leaded petrol in 2006
Leaded petrol, a staple of motoring for nearly a century but blamed for more than 1-million premature deaths annually, has…
Dirty air is a far greater killer than smoking, car crashes or HIV/Aids, with coal burning the leading cause
Air pollution is cutting short the lives of billions of people by up to six years,…
U.S. coal production bounced back in the first half of 2021 from early pandemic lows set in the first half of 2020, but average quarterly employment in the sector has not similarly recovered.
Most of New Orleans went dark on Sunday after Hurricane Ida took out transmission lines and forced power plants offline. It was an all too familiar scene in a city that has often lost power during…
Exclusive: research finds small rise in exposure to air pollution leads to higher risk of needing treatment
Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased severity of mental illness, according…
Climate low priority for government as UK drops over 2 per cent of GDP on military every year
The government’s budget for this year directs just 0.01 per cent of the UK’s GDP towards fighting the…
The IPCC is unequivocal: we must take urgent action to curb global heating and prevent catastrophe. Will our policymakers and the Cop26 conference be up to the task?
At the end of the 60s sci-fi…
The hot, dry weather has been brought on by a weather phenomenon known as an anticyclone
An anticyclone named ‘Lucifer’ sweeping across Europe is set to bring further record-breaking temperatures…
Hurricane Ida has knocked out power in New Orleans after making landfall in Louisiana as a brutal category 4 storm, slamming the coast with 150mph sustained winds.
One of the most powerful storms to…
Denmark and Costa Rica are working to build a Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) of countries willing to stop issuing new permits for fossil exploration and set a deadline to phase out oil and gas…
Global land and sea temperatures were 1.67F above the average for July, making it the hottest month since records began 142 years ago.
July 2021 has earned the “unenviable distinction” of being…
The slow but rising creep of air and water pollution on human health is often overlooked
Air and water pollution hinders the body’s ability to fight off infections and toxins, a new study has found…
Topic: KENYA YOUTH CLIMATE CHANGE DIALOGUE
Description: Commonwealth Youth Climate Change Network Kenya and Youth for Our Planet Kenya have partnered to host Kenya Youth Climate Change Dialogue…
The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report underscored the dire state of the climate crisis, concluding that “immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas…
Global survey finds 74% also want climate crises and protecting nature prioritised over jobs and profit
Three-quarters of people in the world’s wealthiest nations believe humanity is pushing the…
Greens says government’s support for fossil fuel expansion is ‘bonkers’ and no one will visit the tourist site ‘if it’s surrounded by gas drilling rigs’.
The Victorian government has given consent…
Zero containment of wildfire, one of about a dozen big blazes in drought-stricken state that have destroyed hundreds of homes.
A wildfire burning for a week in northern California continued to grow…
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