Bushy variety of cotoneaster works best in areas of heavy traffic, say researchers, while other plants can cool buildings or reduce flooding.
Bushy, hairy-leafed cotoneaster is a “super plant” that…
Cryptocurrency now uses nearly as much electricity as Argentina but analysts claim technology will soon be mostly powered by renewable energy
In little over a decade, bitcoin has risen from a fringe…
Charcoal is an essential source of domestic fuel in many sub-Saharan African countries. Overall, the region produces 65% of the world’s charcoal, with Nigeria, Ethiopia and Ghana being the top three…
Locusts Invasion in Mwingi, Kitui County in Kenya. Being the worst locusts invasion in 70 years, the locusts are threatening food security putting farmers at a risk of facing hunger. The great…
Air quality is improving in one of the continent’s fastest-growing regions, researchers have found. If the trend can be sustained, it would be good news for human health and climate change.
The Morrison government put the $8.7m upgrade project on its energy underwriting program shortlist before the last election.
A controversial Morrison government plan to grant up to $8.7m for an…
Studies increasingly point to the presence of pharmaceutical and personal care products in urban stretches along the Ganges River, which originates pristine in the Himalayas but is heavily polluted…
Energy firm seeks to grow operation by 20% but offset expansion via carbon capture and ‘nature-based solutions’.
Shell has set new carbon emissions goals to become a net zero carbon energy company…
Nuclear power is a source of low-carbon electricity, but producing it creates dangerous radioactive waste that needs to be stored safely and permanently.
Recent research suggests that as seas rise,…
Trillions of barely visible pieces of plastic are floating in the world’s oceans, from surface waters to the deep seas. These particles, known as microplastics, typically form when larger plastic…
Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals.
Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as…
New research shows global warming caused by human activity is to blame for a shrinking Andean glacier that threatens to flood 120,000 people and could be used to establish legal liability for…
Rigs burn off enough unwanted gas to heat 1m homes, UK regulator said last year.
The UK’s North Sea oil rigs release as much carbon dioxide as a coal-fired power plant every year by deliberately…
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Climate change caused by human activity has taken over many agendas, subsuming other topics within its fold. To achieve and continue…
Royal Dutch Shell Plc faces the latest ruling in a long-running legal dispute with Nigerian farmers who say the energy giant is responsible for oil leaks that have polluted their villages.
The case…
Joe Biden got a big judicial win for his climate agenda just hours before his inauguration as U.S. president. The case involved federal plans for cutting power plant emissions and a big gamble by the…
Existing efforts to fight enormous wave of waste are ‘drop in the ocean’, campaigners say.
The UK’s 10 leading supermarket chains collectively sold 900,000 tonnes of plastic packaging in 2019, a…
After studying how microplastics damage the oceans, schoolgirl Lizzie wants the government to stop sending waste to developing countries.
A petition by a nine-year-old schoolgirl calling on Boris…
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