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Let's face it, building in glass was never a very good idea
17 May 2019
Glass has always been a notoriously energy-inefficient building material – but an obsession with aesthetics led architects to ignore its shortcomings.
Agriculture emissions put Wales on the outer
16 May 2019
Wales' farming emissions have been put in the too-hard basket by the UK Committee on Climate Change.
Clean up or pay up, New York warns Trump over buildings
16 May 2019
US President Donald Trump faces fines of more than $2 million a year unless he reduces carbon emissions from his New York buildings.
States fight rollback of Obama lightbulb rules
16 May 2019
US States are preparing to fight back as the Trump administration moves to erase Obama-era standards for lightbulbs.
New orchards offer new life to wild species
16 May 2019
New orchards are appearing across the UK to stop the widespread decline of rare insects and birds, and to slow down climate change.
Pollution research points finger at Coca-Cola
16 May 2019
Coca-Cola bottles and cans are the most commonly found items of packaging pollution on British beaches, new research shows.
Islanders sue Australia over climate inaction
15 May 2019
Torres Strait islanders are about to file an unprecedented legal complaint against Australia, accusing the government of breaching their human rights by falling short on its Paris Agreement pledges.
City investors push for BP to be more open
15 May 2019
A coalition of major London investors have emerged as key players in forcing BPto be more transparent in how it fights climate change.
Half of melting glaciers could go by 2100
15 May 2019
Melting glaciers worldwide – all treasured for their beauty and as sources of summer water – could be half gone by 2100.
What Australian parties say about climate change
14 May 2019
Most Australians see climate change as the number one threat to national interests. But in 2018, Australia was ranked 55th out of 60 countries in climate change performance.
Denying climate change is evil, says the founder of Patagonia
14 May 2019
Octogenarian entrepreneur Yvon Chouinard, who prefers gardening to meetings, says capitalism is destroying the planet.
London to have first hydrogen doubledeckers
14 May 2019
London will have the world’s first hydrogen-powered doubledecker buses on its streets next year.
Irish schools get a fail on climate change
14 May 2019
Students at Irish schools are being let down by the country’s education system, say lawmakers demanding full climate change literacy.
Most countries agree to stem flow of plastic
13 May 2019
Almost all the world’s countries have agreed on a deal aimed at restricting shipments of hard-to-recycle plastic waste to poorer countries, the United Nations has announced.
Washington commits to 100% clean energy
13 May 2019
Washington has committed 100 per cent clean energy sources by 2045 - and six other US states are expected to follow suit.
CARBON BOOTPRINT: Fans set to leave their mark on Europe
13 May 2019
Controversy has erupted over the environmental impact of football fans travelling across Europe in coming weeks – to watch English sides play each other hundreds of miles from home.
CO2 to be buried in empty North Sea gas fields
10 May 2019
Three of the largest ports in Europe will be used to capture and bury 10 million tonnes of CO2 emissions under the North Sea.
Only a third of world's great rivers remain flowing freely
10 May 2019
Only a third of the world’s great rivers remain free flowing, due to the impact of dams that are drastically reducing the benefits of healthy waterways.
UK goes coal-free for entire week
10 May 2019
The UK has produced coal-free energy for seven days in a row - the first time since the industrial revolution.
Chernobyl has become a refuge for wildlife
10 May 2019
More than 30 years after the nuclear accident that scared the world, the Chernobyl is inhabited by brown bears, bisons, wolves, lynxes, wild horses, and more than 200 bird species.
Germany, Italy, Poland snub EU climate appeal
9 May 2019
The names of Germany, Italy and Poland were notably absent from an appeal to boost EU climate action ahead of a major summit on the future of Europe taking place in Romania tomorrow.
Renewables pass coal in US for first time
8 May 2019
Renewable energy in April surpassed coal generation in the United States for the first time since records began.
OPINION: Canberra wants business to sit tight
8 May 2019
By ERWIN JACKSON | With Australia’s current policy, the government is saying to business to sit on their hands and do little for another decade
Clever card counts the cash - and your carbon emissions
8 May 2019
A Swedish company has launched the first banking service and credit card to manage your personal finances and your daily carbon emissions.
NZ call for climate emergency as UN report hits
7 May 2019
New Zealand is being asked to declare a climate emergency just as the world is again reminded of the precarious state of the planet.
What the UN has found and what it means for humanity
7 May 2019
The UN global assessment report paints a dire picture of our effect on the natural world.
Investors pressure Big Oil over plastics
7 May 2019
Climate-conscious shareholders who have long focused on fossil fuel damage are turning attention to the growing and related problem of plastics.
UK ‘to end contribution to global warming’
7 May 2019
The UK will stop warming the global climate by 2050 and urge other countries to follow, under independent advice just published.
Wesfarmers dumps coal and turns to e-cars
7 May 2019
Just months after selling the last of its thermal coal assets, Wesfarmers – one of Australia’s leading business conglomerates – has made a $776 million play to enter the lithium market and tap into the opportunities of the global switch to electric vehicles.
How China is redrawing the map of world science
7 May 2019
The Belt and Road Initiative, China’s mega-plan for global infrastructure, will transform the lives and work of tens of thousands of global researchers.
Ross Ice Shelf melting at faster rate
6 May 2019
Part of the Ross Ice Shelf, the world's largest, is melting 10 times faster than the rest, shedding light on how it might respond to climate change.
Amsterdam to ban petrol and diesel cars by 2030
6 May 2019
Cars and motorbikes running on petrol or diesel will be banned from driving in Amsterdam from 2030.
Heat makes ocean winds and waves more fierce
6 May 2019
The great swells of the Pacific are beginning to swell even more as fiercer ocean winds and waves leave their mark.
Six ways to make the world a much better place for everone
6 May 2019
System change can sound scary, but as the current system drives social injustice and environmental destruction, a new approach to address both is called for.
Permafrost collapse might double warming
3 May 2019
the Arctic is warming fast, and frozen soils are starting to thaw, often for the first time in thousands of years.
MPs endorse Corbyn call to declare emergency
3 May 2019
British MPs have endorsed a Labour motion to declare a formal climate and environment emergency,
Scotland and Wales declare climate emergencies
2 May 2019
The Scottish and Welsh parliaments have separately declared climate emergencies, just as Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party is expected to push Westminster to do the same for the whole of the UK.
More than 80 Fiji villages on relocation list
2 May 2019
More than 80 Fiji communities have been earmarked by the government for potential future relocation.
FUR WARS: Australia to cull over two million feral cats
2 May 2019
Australia will cull more than two million untamed cats over the next year, cutting their numbers to about four million.
Coal deals go down at China’s ‘green’ summit
1 May 2019
Investment deals emerging from China’s belt and road summit show continued support for controversial coal projects, despite leaders’ green rhetoric.
Spain’s socialists win with Green New Deal platform
1 May 2019
Spaniards have thrown their weight behind a Green New Deal programme in re-electing the pro-climate Spanish Socialist Party.
Los Angeles reveals its own Green New Deal
1 May 2019
Mayor Eric Garcetti has unveiled a sweeping plan for a more sustainable Los Angeles, calling for dramatic changes to the car culture, buildings and air quality of America’s second-largest city.
'Biodegradable' bags survive three years in soil and sea
1 May 2019
Plastic bags that claim to be biodegradable were still intact and able to carry shopping three years after being exposed to the natural environment, a study has found.
How Australia can be 100% renewables by 2030s
1 May 2019
Australia could be powered 100 per cent by “intermittent” renewables by the early 2030s, says climate change policy expert Professor Ross Garnaut.
Corbyn launches bid to declare climate emergency
30 Apr 2019
Labour will this week force a vote in the UK parliament to declare a national environmental and climate change emergency.
Activists stage die-in protests across globe
30 Apr 2019
Extinction Rebellion supporters around the world have held a series of mass die-ins to highlight the risk of the human race becoming extinct asa result of climate change.
Militaries go green in face of climate assault
30 Apr 2019
Highly efficient air conditioners, LED lights and power meters will be used alongside weapons of war at an upcoming NATO exercise.
Soccer and WWF join forces to boost sustainability
30 Apr 2019
The French professional football governing body and environmental group WWF have signed a partnership to reduce the ecological footprint of football clubs.
Large fines could clean up corporations
29 Apr 2019
Courts have often been seen as soft on polluters, hesitating to penalise environmental criminals harshly.
Warming hits ocean species hardest
29 Apr 2019
Populations of fish, molluscs and other marine animals are disappearing at twice the rate of land-based species, new research shows.
Darwin methane leak ‘covered up’ by gas companies and regulators
Tue 2 Sep 2025
At the heart of the project that heralded northern Australia’s gas boom — Darwin’s first liquefied natural gas plant — was a storage tank that operators hailed as a major feat of engineering.
We used to stash gold in Fort Knox. What if we did the same with carbon?
Fri 29 Aug 2025
If we could convince the masses that waste carbon dioxide is sacred and worth hoarding — like gold — one of our most existential problems might solve itself.
China's carbon market to introduce absolute emissions caps from 2027
27 Aug 2025
China will tighten its carbon trading market by introducing absolute emissions caps in some industries for the first time starting by 2027.
EU’s record wildfire emissions highlight threat to forest carbon sinks
Mon 1 Sep 2025
As carbon emissions from forest fires spike in Europe, experts warn that wildfires pose a growing risk to national efforts to meet climate goals.
UK Conservatives pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea
Tue 2 Sep 2025
Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch has said her party will remove all net zero requirements on oil and gas companies drilling in the North Sea if elected.
Challenges persist in bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump
29 Jul 2025
After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.
Singapore seals carbon credit deal with Thailand, its first South-east Asian partner
Thu 28 Aug 2025
The agreement, the eighth for Singapore, helps both nations meet climate targets under the Paris Agreement, directing finance to Thai projects.
Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say
13 Aug 2025
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warms.
Iconic Antarctic species at risk amid 'regime shift', with 'rapid and self-perpetuating changes'
22 Aug 2025
Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment.
Liberia has a new plan to protect its rainforests. Can it work?
Tue 2 Sep 2025
Half of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in Liberia, but in 2024, it lost more than 38,000 hectares (94,000 acres) of humid primary forest, according to Global Forest Watch.
Lessons from the Incas: How llamas, terraces and trees could help the Andes survive climate change
Thu 28 Aug 2025
New research suggests solutions may lie in environmental knowledge that the Incas and their predecessors developed centuries ago.
Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of COP30
20 Aug 2025
Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans.
