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26 08 2021 | 07:54

How can Britain commit to net zero and still drill for millions more barrels of oil?

Hypocrisy rules as we prepare to host Cop26 and Boris Johnson prepares to approve a new oilfield off Shetland

26 08 2021 | 07:15

China sending mixed climate signals with new coal and steel projects

China continues to announce new steel mills and coal-fired power plants even as the country maps out a path to zeroing out heat-trapping emissions. State-owned firms proposed 43 new coal-fired…

24 08 2021 | 12:45

Half of IPCC's 2018 Low - Carbon Scenarios Were Unrealistic, Researchers Conclude

A new study is warning that many of the “questionably optimistic” scenarios in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s 2018 special report on 1.5°C pathways were unrealistic, and those…

23 08 2021 | 14:18

How to Sell ‘Carbon Neutral’ Fossil Fuel That Doesn’t Exist

The junior trader at TotalEnergies SE was essentially winging it by orchestrating the French energy giant’s first shipment of “carbon-neutral” natural gas last September. It’s the greenest-possible…

23 08 2021 | 14:14

CEO: AGL will speed up coal plant closures but not likely before 2040

AGL Energy (AGL.AX), Australia’s leading power producer and biggest carbon emitter, expects to speed up plans to shut its coal-fired plants, but the phase-out is unlikely to happen before 2040, Chief…

23 08 2021 | 14:00

Serbian president says nation will shut its coal plants when Poland does

Serbia is under pressure to lose its energy security, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić said, adding he would not allow the country, which is now an exporter of electricity, to become the biggest…

18 08 2021 | 11:28

Australia ‘lagging at the back of the pack’ of OECD countries on climate action, analysis finds

Australia ranks 20th or worse in seven of eight categories despite Coalition claim it is leading the way in reducing emissions Claims by the Morrison government that Australia has done more to cut…

18 08 2021 | 11:13

Upgrading refineries to curb emissions will cost Africa $15.7bn, lobby group says

Governments urged to focus on reducing sulphur levels because fossil fuel use will rise quickly African nations need to spend about $15.7bn (R226.55bn) on their refineries to curb emissions and meet…

18 08 2021 | 11:11

Carbon offset programs of companies like Microsoft, BP go up in smoke as wildfires decimate forests

"We’ve bought forest offsets that are now burning,’ says Microsoft’s carbon program manager Forests purchased by major corporations in an effort to offset their carbon emissions are burning as the…

16 08 2021 | 08:46

IPCC report: how to make global emissions peak and fall – and what’s stopping us

Every few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nation’s climate science body – produces a major report on the state of the climate crisis. However you slice it,…

12 08 2021 | 09:12

Green, empty promises? The truth behind corporate climate pledges

Facing a reckoning over their contribution to the climate emergency, companies are coming out with a record number of pledges by Jocelyn Timperley For climate campaigners, 26 May seemed like the…

12 08 2021 | 08:32

25,000 Ads, 431 Million Views as Facebook Lets Fossils Spread Climate Misinformation.

Online behemoth Facebook turned its back in its own commitments to climate action and truth in advertising by allowing 25 fossil industry organizations in the United States to mount a $9.5-million…

09 08 2021 | 14:01

NO MORE EXCUSES:'Unimaginable, Unforgiving World" without Drastic Emission Cuts, IPCC Warns

This story includes details about the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are feeling overwhelmed by this crisis situation here is a list of resources on how to…

09 08 2021 | 10:41

China and India miss UN deadline to update emissions targets

China is the country with the world’s highest emissions, while India is third China and India have missed a UN deadline to submit fresh plans for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions in time for…

05 08 2021 | 15:15

How the meat industry is borrowing tactics from Big Tobacco.

The global meat industry is “borrowing tactics from tobacco companies” to downplay its role in driving the climate crisis, according to a months-long investigation shared with 

03 08 2021 | 10:53

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest will change more in the next 50 years than at any time since the last ice age

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth. Roughly one in every 50 species of plant and vertebrate land animal lives there and nowhere else.

03 08 2021 | 09:57

Three Americans produce enough carbon emissions in a lifetime to kill one person, study finds

‘There are a significant number of lives that can be saved if you pursue climate policies that are more aggressive than the business as usual scenario’ The amount of carbon emissions produced by…

03 08 2021 | 09:20

Global initiative aims to bring transparency to voluntary carbon markets

LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) - A global initiative was launched on Thursday to bring transparency and rigour to the voluntary carbon market that is expected to grow rapidly over the next few years as…

30 07 2021 | 11:05

Reaching Zero Emissions by 2050 Could Save 74 Million Lives

As this summer's extreme heat waves and floods have made devastatingly clear, the climate crisis is already deadly.

30 07 2021 | 09:57

Oregon enacts bill requiring emissions reductions of 80% by 2030, 100% by 2040

Oregon’s clean energy bill, which sets one of the most ambitious timelines in the country for moving to 100% clean electricity sources, was signed by Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday. The legislation lays…