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11 04 2019 | 17:41

US judge halts hundreds of drilling projects in groundbreaking climate change ruling.

In a rebuke of the Trump administration’s ‘energy-first’ agenda, a judge rules greenhouse gas emissions must be considered.

11 04 2019 | 08:43

John Lewis announces 2050 ‘net zero’ emissions target.

John Lewis takes a leading step towards the move to a sustainable green economy by pledging to reduce its operational greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, without purchasing offsets. In…

11 04 2019 | 08:19

e-Trikes : Royal Mail trials to deliver letters and parcels in a more environmentally-friendly way.

The zero-emission e-Trikes are designed to reduce road danger, congestion and air pollution to help reduce CO2 emissions in urban areas. The e-Trikes will operate in Stratford, Cambridge &…

11 04 2019 | 08:07

UK on ‘verge of a transport revolution’.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has called it the ‘biggest regulatory review in a generation'. The new review outlines how it plans to transform the transport industry with green technology. This…

09 04 2019 | 07:44

U.S. banks pledged to fund renewable energy, but they still spend way more on fossil fuels.

This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of theClimate Desk collaboration.

08 04 2019 | 00:06

Deadly air in our cities: the invisible killer.

Traffic pollution is putting our children at risk. We meet campaigners – many of them concerned mothers – fighting back. In the winter you can taste and smell the pollution,” says Kylie ap Garth,…

06 04 2019 | 09:29

Huge Global Study Just Smashed One of The Last Major Arguments Against Renewables

We just got some massive news in the ongoing drive to switch to renewable energy: scientists have identified 530,000 sites worldwide suitable for pumped-hydro energy storage, capable of storing more…

04 04 2019 | 10:28

Rapid global shift to renewable energies can save millions of lives.

Reducing global air pollution can prevent millions of premature deaths according to an international team of scientists, led by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. The most significant…

29 03 2019 | 07:11

Coal, oil, and natural gas demand hits record high in 2018.

If the world is going to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we need to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Last year, we took another lurching step toward planetary catastrophe. Demand…

24 03 2019 | 09:03

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Turkey 2019

Turkey is the fastest growing OECD economy with rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2008, its economic growth has been relatively decoupled from air emissions, energy use, waste…

23 03 2019 | 10:00

There’s bipartisan support for a fee on carbon emissions. Americans would reap the dividends.

Congress has found a simple, fair, and effective bipartisan climate solution. On Jan. 24, these U.S. representatives — Ted Deutch, D-Florida; Francis Rooney, R-Florida; Judy Chu, D-California;…

18 03 2019 | 07:11

6 key trends in sustainable and renewable energy

The 2019 Sustainable Energy in America factbook was released this week by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BloombergNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE). The factbook highlights a…

17 03 2019 | 11:57

Paradise lost? EU funds to polluters will trash some of the world’s most beautiful islands.

2019 may be the year Europe stops financing the incineration of precious resources: the European Parliament’s proposal to cut EU subsidies to waste disposal and incineration facilities within the…

14 03 2019 | 17:53

Coastal wetlands play vital role in mitigating the effects of climate change

A new study has found that coastal wetlands play an important role in reducing the effects of climate change. The study, a collaboration between global universities, including the University of…

26 02 2019 | 15:00

ExxonMobil seeks to block shareholder vote on climate risk.

ExxonMobil Corp is trying to block an investor proposal that calls on the world’s largest publicly traded oil company to set targets for lowering its greenhouse gas emissions, two of the investor…

22 02 2019 | 13:48

EXOTIC CARBON CAPTURE TECHNIQUES PROP UP FOSSIL INTERESTS, AREN’T NEEDED TO HIT 1.5°C, NEW STUDY ASSERTS

The urgency and scope of the climate crisis are being needlessly exploited to drive fringe ideas like carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation management (SRM) from the margins to the…

22 02 2019 | 13:14

Climate Change: Enough of the ‘Why?’ Time for the ‘Now’

Solutions Won’t Be Easy to Find, But Collaboration and Innovation Offer New Opportunities—and B Corps Can Help It’s been a busy month for the environment.

22 02 2019 | 12:57

Solving the Climate Crisis Means Tackling What We Eat.

As the latest United Nations climate change conference wrapped up in Katowice, Poland earlier this month, policy makers barely kept the Paris Accord alive. Yet the 11th-hour agreement they reached…

20 02 2019 | 10:05

Mayor of London announces £24 million grant to make black cabs ‘greener’

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, has announced plans for a £24 million grant to make black cabs greener. The grant will go towards helping black cab drivers switch to electric vehicles. The plan is for…

19 02 2019 | 12:34

Investors worth $30tr urge steel industry to 'safeguard future in face of climate change'

More than 250 institutional investors representing over $30tr in assets urge steel sector to set out decarbonisation strategies to guard against climate-related risks The global steel sector has…