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Airline probes 'fuei-tankering' allegation
13 Nov 2019
A major airline has launched a review into a money-saving practice which increases its greenhouse gas emissions.
Formula One pledges to go carbon neutral
13 Nov 2019
Formula One has pledged to deliver on an ambitious programme to address the global climate emergency by going carbon neutral within 11 years.
Africa poised to lead way in global green revolution
12 Nov 2019
Africa is poised to lead the world’s cleanest economic revolution by using renewable energy sources to power a massive spread of urbanisation, says a new report.
Italy first to make climate compulsory school subject
12 Nov 2019
Italian school pupils in every grade are about to become the first required to study climate change and sustainability.
Companies try to protect product-base plants
12 Nov 2019
As crop varieties disappear, boosting biodiversity becomes smart business.
Climate change deniers set new battle lines
11 Nov 2019
The battle between climate change deniers and the environment movement has entered a new, pernicious phase. That is the stark warning of one of the world’s leading climate experts, Michael Mann.
EXXON TRIAL: It's now up to the judge
11 Nov 2019
Lawyers for New York State and ExxonMobil have wrapped up a landmark climate fraud trial, shaping a tangle of testimony and evidence.
It's 10 years since Climategate, so what have we learned?
11 Nov 2019
Climategate marks its 10th anniversary this month – an opportune moment to to look at the effect it had on those who were trying to save the planet.
Look back 125,000 years and sea-level rises are terrifying
8 Nov 2019
Sea levels rose 10 metres above present levels during Earth’s last warm period 125,000 years ago, according to new research that offers a glimpse of what may happen under our current climate change trajectory.
Australia (briefly) hits 50% renewables
8 Nov 2019
Australia’s main electricity grid was briefly powered by 50% renewable energy this week in a new milestone that experts say will become increasingly normal.
Honolulu mayor wants to sue Big Oil
8 Nov 2019
Honolulu mayor Kirk Caldwell wants the city to sue major oil companies for the damage he says they have done to the island of Oahu.
We're on the same track, BP tells protesters
7 Nov 2019
British Petroleum believes there’s an “80 percent overlap” between the oil giant's ambitions and those of Extinction Rebellion.
Dumped fishing gear biggest ocean polluter
7 Nov 2019
Lost and abandoned fishing gear which is deadly to marine life makes up the majority of large plastic pollution in the oceans, according to Greenpeace.
Can nests and eco bikes cut impact of delivering parcels?
6 Nov 2019
Cities are testing new systems to reduce the pollution and congestion caused by of the final leg of a package’s journey from warehouse to doorstep.
Why oil giants must cut output by a third
5 Nov 2019
The world’s largest oil and gas companies need to slash their production by more than a third by 2040 to meet global climate targets, according to a new report.
Has the world's biggest polluter got a deal for you!
5 Nov 2019
Roll up! Roll up! The globe's biggest climate polluter, Saudi Aramco, is poised to announce the world’s biggest stock flotation in an ultimate marriage of carbon and capital.
US will keep seat at climate talks after it exits Paris
5 Nov 2019
Despite abandoning the Paris Agreement deal it helped to broker, the US will continue to influence global rulemaking on climate change.
Australia looks to Aboriginals' land knowledge
5 Nov 2019
Australia’s indigenous academics are calling for a fresh look at the governance and practices of mainstream environmental management institutions.
How climate change could bust the housing market
4 Nov 2019
An investor whose firm saw the 2008 mortgage crisis coming, is warning that another financial disaster may be growing inside the real estate market: this time inflated by climate change denial on the coasts.
TILLERSON TALKS: Former Exxon chief in the dock
4 Nov 2019
Former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson has taken the witness stand in the company's climate fraud trial and gave the clearest defense yet for his former employer.
Madrid steps up to host COP25 talks
4 Nov 2019
Madrid will host the Cop25 UN climate talks, stepping in after Chile withdrew amid social unrest.
Argentina changes waste rule and opens doors to plastics
4 Nov 2019
Argentina has changed its definition of waste in a move that could allow it to import millions of tonnes of plastic waste discarded in the US.
Forest emisions figures wrong, says report
1 Nov 2019
Greenhouse gas emissions caused by damage to tropical rainforests around the world are being underestimated by a factor of six, according to a new study.
US emissions will fall despite Paris pullout
1 Nov 2019
Greenhouse gas emissions from the United States will fall even if the country pulls out of the Paris Agreement, a new report says.
Coastal homeowners don’t want to rock the boat
1 Nov 2019
Many coastal homeowners appear to be denying the need to act on rising sea levels for fear their property values will fall.
Catholic church denounces Amazon policies
1 Nov 2019
The Catholic church in the Amazon has denounced attacks on the environment and the life of indigenous people — setting out on a collision course with Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro.
Rising sea levels threaten homes of 300m people
31 Oct 2019
More than three times more people are at risk from rising sea levels than previously believed, research suggests.
Chile pulls out of hosting COP25
31 Oct 2019
Chile, wracked by civil unrest for a fortnight, has withdrawn from hosting the 2019 UN climate talks.
MEET THE COBOTS: The robots who will be your colleagues
31 Oct 2019
The latest industrial robots look like petting-zoo versions of the big machines found in many modern factories – small, cute and you can play with them. But don’t be deceived by their cuddly appearance.
New Dubai city green revolution in the desert
31 Oct 2019
Fenced off by a wall of trees, about 20km from the high rises towering over Dubai’s city centre, lies a small solar-powered settlement aiming to become a green oasis in the desert.
Why offshore windfarms could do the job
30 Oct 2019
Erecting wind turbines on the world’s best offshore sites could provide more than enough clean energy to meet global electricity demand, according to a report.
How can China tame e-commerce emissions?
30 Oct 2019
China is ground zero of the e-commerce boom, which is creating a growing mountain of waste and fuelling carbon emissions worldwide.
Fuel industry forces Russia to change plans
30 Oct 2019
The Russian government has gutted its proposed law to regulate emissions, apparently caving in to the country’s powerful fossil fuel industry.
Nations (minus the US) pledge nearly $10b
30 Oct 2019
The US did not take part in an international climate fund meeting at which wealthy countries pledged nearly $10 billion to assist poorer nations in combatting climate change.
SUVs second-biggest cause of emissions rise, says study
29 Oct 2019
Growing demand for SUVs was the second largest contributor to the increase in global CO2 emissions from 2010 to 2018, an analysis has found.
FARTY PARTY: Munich beer bash is a gas for emissions
29 Oct 2019
Scientists say the annual Munich Oktoberfest celebration of beer, bands and bratwurst produces methane emissions as high as some major cities.
Macron turns on climate protesters
25 Oct 2019
Why are climate protesters being tear-gassed under the watch of France’s president, a self-defined climate champion?
JUNGLE BUNGLE: Brazil pushes Amazon to 2021 tipping point
25 Oct 2019
The destructive policies of Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro could push the Amazon rainforest to an irreversible tipping point within two years.
US green economy boasts 10 times more jobs
25 Oct 2019
The green economy has grown so much in the US that it employs around 10 times as many people as the fossil fuel industry.
Exxon turned its back on us, say scientists
25 Oct 2019
Telling their story before a Congressional committee for the first time, two former ExxonMobil scientists have detailed how the oil giant turned its back on the research they did for the company 40 years ago on the looming threat of climate change.
Packed court watches as Exxon goes on trial
24 Oct 2019
ExxonMobil has gone on trial in a packed courtroom in New York, where the oil giant stands accused of defrauding investors by misleading them about the risks it faces from future climate regulations.
Cities seek help to set up waste-energy plants
24 Oct 2019
Garbage from homes, schools and businesses around the globe amounted to 2.2 billion tonnes) in 2016, disproportionately discarded by people in North America, Europe and Central Asia.
HORROR STORY: It's scary the pollution Halloween produces
24 Oct 2019
Halloween next week will produce a frightening amount of plastic pollution in the form of food and costume packaging, masks and accessories, and costumes made from polyester, nylon, and acrylic.
Canadian election gives carbon tax a chance
23 Oct 2019
Environment leaders say the federal election result should be a signal from Canadians that climate change should no longer be fodder for partisan bickering.
Melting glaciers reveal five islands in Arctic
23 Oct 2019
The Russian navy says it has discovered five new islands revealed by melting glaciers in the remote Arctic.
Cook Islands sacked me, says opponent of seabed mining
22 Oct 2019
The public champion of the world’s largest marine reserve – the Cook Islands’ Marae Moana – has said she lost her job managing it because she supported a moratorium on seabed mining in the Pacific.
Exxon and oil sands go on trial in New York
22 Oct 2019
The New York attorney-general says Exxon used two sets of books and misled investors by downplaying the potential costs of carbon emissions.
Engineers turn backs on new fossil fuel projects
22 Oct 2019
Engineering firms in Australia are under increased pressure from their own employees to abandon controversial fossil fuel projects, as the sector turns its attention to the climate crisis.
Warming forces world of ice into retreat
22 Oct 2019
New evidence from the air, space, atmospheric chemistry and old records is testament to global warming impacts on the speed of change in the frozen world.
It's a tragic, desperate mess, says Attenborough
21 Oct 2019
Humanity has made a “tragic, desperate mess” of the planet, Sir David Attenborough has said.
Battery subsidy scheme set for 'urgent' overhaul as costs run out of control
16 Dec 2025
Australian Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced big changes to the government's battery subsidy scheme amid claims most of its $2.3 billion budget has been spent in just six months.
EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
19 Dec 2025
EPA has scrubbed references to people’s contribution to rising temperatures from some of its climate change webpages.
Verra cancels four tree planting projects in China. And starts reviews of 45 more projects
16 Dec 2025
“Multiple carbon projects in China are facing serious allegations regarding the authenticity of government approval documents."
France updates its 2050 carbon neutrality roadmap
17 Dec 2025
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, France released a revamped climate plan promising to phase out oil and gas and sharply increase electricity use.
Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator
15 Dec 2025
A scenario that meets the “net-zero by 2050” goal would be the “cheapest” option for the UK, according to modelling by the National Energy System Operator (NESO).
The ecological havens flourishing beneath power lines
19 Dec 2025
Initiatives to foster native wildflowers, grasses and shrubs are turning utility corridors into wildlife corridors.
‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia
12 Dec 2025
Cyclones like those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that killed 1,750 are ‘alarming new reality’.
Pacific fisheries summit gives a boost to albacore and seabirds
19 Dec 2025
Much of the world’s albacore tuna catch, which usually ends up in a can, comes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean, where fishery managers just passed a new set of conservation rules.
Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’
18 Dec 2025
Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say.
Are rainforests now a cause of, rather than the answer to, climate change?
15 Dec 2025
A new study finds that Africa’s forests, responsible for one-fifth of global carbon removal, are beginning to generate carbon as the result of human activity.
Thousands of climate disasters are not included in official reports from Amazonian countries
12 Dec 2025
More than 12,500 extreme weather events impacted the Amazon and its population in 10 years, but countries have not generated enough information about it, according to a new scientific study.
UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says
11 Dec 2025
A key UN report on the state of the global environment has been "hijacked" by the United States and other countries who were unwilling to go along with the scientific findings, the co-chair has told the BBC.
