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Melting Alps glaciers could reveal hundreds of corpses
7 Aug 2017
Swiss police say hundreds of bodies of mountaineers who have gone missing in the Alps in the past century could emerge in coming years as global warming forces the country’s glaciers to retreat.
World’s greenest soccer club kicks off in pro league
7 Aug 2017
England soccer team Forest Green Rovers kick off their first professional league campaign knowing that they are already champions of environmental sustainability.
Hawaii wants hydrogen vehicles on road next year
7 Aug 2017
Hawaii has started the construction of its first public fuelling station for hydrogen vehicles, and aims to start selling hydrogen-fuelled cars next year.
HOT AS HELL: These heatwaves will kill even healthy people
4 Aug 2017
Extreme heatwaves that kill even healthy people within hours will strike parts of the Indian subcontinent unless global carbon emissions are cut sharply and soon.
Shortage of climate scientists puts Australia at serious risk
4 Aug 2017
Australia has a critical shortage of climate scientists, leaving it at serious risk of not delivering essential climate and weather services.
It’s time to decolonise sewerage systems
4 Aug 2017
Two current global trends are set to make life rather uncomfortable for cities: climate change and the unprecedented rate of urbanisation.
ISIS and changing climate rate as top security threats
4 Aug 2017
People around the world consider climate change to be a top security threat—and in some cases the biggest threat, according to a new survey.
Fears rise for future of US climate report
3 Aug 2017
A sweeping US government report on the state of climate-change science is nearing the finish line, but faces one big hurdle - final sign-off by top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration.
Coal lobby threatens to sue over clean air rules
3 Aug 2017
Tough air pollution limits for Europe’s coal plants announced on Monday could be engulfed in a firestorm of lawsuits and counter-suits, Climate Home has learned.
Study links climate change and 60,000 farming suicides
3 Aug 2017
Climate change might have contributed to the suicides of nearly 60,000 Indian farmers and farm workers over the past three decades.
Kenya’s disappearing glaciers spread violence below
3 Aug 2017
Those who rely on Mount Kenya’s glaciers for water have turned against one another as the rivers fed by the mountain dry up.
Meat industry gets blame for gulf 'dead zone'
3 Aug 2017
The global meat industry, already implicated in driving global warming and deforestation, has now been blamed for fueling what is expected to be the worst “dead zone” on record in the Gulf of Mexico.
Climate lab sits empty, waiting for its mighty machine
3 Aug 2017
Behind a locked door at a Colorado university, a laboratory sits dark and empty, like a dining room set for a guest who never arrived. In this case, the no-show is a $2 million, 12 tonne machine that is vital to addressing global warming.
CARBON FOOTPRINT: When is your personal overshoot day?
2 Aug 2017
Today, August 2, is Earth Overshoot Day, the day on which our demands on nature for the year exceed what the planet can generate in a year. But when would Earth Overshoot Day be if everyone lived like you? A new calculator will give you the answer.
Trade policies can support global climate efforts
2 Aug 2017
Climate change will have a big impact on the global economy as nations seek to adapt to a warmer world and adopt policies to keep global warming below 2deg.
Climate change can shake the lefties tag
2 Aug 2017
A new poll shows the view that climate change is mostly a left-wing concern is prevalent and problematic. It’s time to change the conversation.
Australia records hottest July
2 Aug 2017
Australia has had its warmest July on record, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
DITCH STRAWS: How to cut plastic waste
2 Aug 2017
Marks & Spencer has redesigned and repackaged more than 140 best-selling products to cut plastic use, saving 75 tonnes of packaging a year in the process.
Planet has just 5% chance of reaching Paris goal, study says
1 Aug 2017
The planet has only a 5 per cent chance that it will avoid warming by at least 2deg come the end of the century.
Already, 2017 is the second-hottest year on record
1 Aug 2017
Average global surface temperatures so far this year are 0.94°C above the 1950–1980 average, making 2017 the second-hottest first six calendar months on record.
Australia left in the slow lane for electric cars
1 Aug 2017
News that deliveries to Australia of the Tesla Model 3 – the company’s first sub $60,000 electric vehicle – will not begin until 2019, nearly 3 years after enthusiasts put down a refundable deposit, shows just how far Australia has slipped in the race to vehicle electrification.
Poor power users hurt by climate policy uncertainty
1 Aug 2017
Low-income and disadvantaged Australians are bearing the brunt of energy price rises caused by climate policy uncertainty, a new report says.
MARINE MYSTERY: Why don't whales get out of the way?
1 Aug 2017
Ships are huge and loud, yet they seem to take whales by surprise.
AL GORE: The rich have subverted all reason
31 Jul 2017
With the sequel to his blockbuster documentary An Inconvenient Truth to be released next month, Al Gore talks about his role at the forefront of the fight against climate change.
EU court orders Poland to stop logging forest
31 Jul 2017
The European Union’s top court has ordered Poland to immediate halt large-scale logging in a Unesco-listed ancient forest.
Carbon-free city being built from scratch
31 Jul 2017
Can a city built from scratch be profitable to developers and enjoyable to residents as it tries to be carbon-free?
Europe’s wind capacity grows but concerns persist
31 Jul 2017
The first half of 2017 saw 6.1 gigawatts of extra wind power capacity installed in Europe. But a lack of long-term political commitment has hit investment and market concentration remains problematic.
England and Wales record warmest winter since 1910
31 Jul 2017
The winter of 2016 was the warmest for England and Wales in records that stretch back to 1910.
Queensland to build one of longest e-vehicle highways
28 Jul 2017
Within six months, Queensland will have a 2000km network of electric vehicle charging stations that make up one of the world’s longest electric vehicle highways.
Paris Agreement needs to be politically, not legally, binding
28 Jul 2017
Whether countries have the legal right to back out of their climate commitments is irrelevant. It’s up to defenders to make sure it hurts them politically.
There are ways we can save island nations from rising seas
28 Jul 2017
As sea levels rise, many island states could soon be annihilated and their residents forced to flee, rendering extinct their societies.
To be sure, Ireland's long on words and short on action
28 Jul 2017
There’s no shortage of good intentions in Ireland’s climate plan, but they are too vague to cut emissions significantly.
US powercos knew of climate threat decades ago
28 Jul 2017
The US electric industry knew as far back as 1968 that burning fossil fuels might cause global warming, but cast doubt on the science of climate change.
Climate science meets a stubborn obstacle: Students
28 Jul 2017
To Gwen Beatty, a junior at the high school in a proud, struggling, Trump-supporting town, the new science teacher’s lessons on climate change seemed explicitly designed to provoke her. So she provoked him back.
PARIS PACT: We might have less time than we thought
27 Jul 2017
A new global temperature baseline casts doubt on humanity's ability to meet the Paris target.
Exxon, Shell face action over US sea level rises
27 Jul 2017
As a trio of lawsuits in California claim compensation for sea rises resulting from fossil fuel emissions, campaigners say carbon majors must change their business models.
Solar not cheaper than coal, says former mining boss
27 Jul 2017
India’s future is still tied to coal and fixing woeful inefficient plants will create huge new generation at a price solar cannot match.
Aboriginals take carbon farming to Canada
27 Jul 2017
Australia’s world-leading indigenous land management and carbon farming programmes are spreading internationally, with a formal agreement signed to help to build a similar programme in Canada.
World watches as 49 million acres of forest disappear
26 Jul 2017
About 49 million acres of forest disappeared worldwide in 2015, mainly in North America and the tropics, putting the year’s global deforestation level at its second-highest point since data gathering began in 2001.
All hell breaks loose as the tundra thaws in Siberia
26 Jul 2017
A recent heatwave in Siberia’s frozen wastes has resulted in outbreaks of deadly anthrax and a series of violent explosions.
NZ in firing line of foreign species invasion
26 Jul 2017
Foreign animals and plants can cause huge damage in vulnerable nations like New Zealand, with the march of Argentine ants a new example of how climate change is boosting the threat.
UK businesses urge PM to raise climate ambitions
26 Jul 2017
A group of UK businesses and investors have written to Prime MInister Theresa May, urging her to raise the country’s ambitions to tackle climate change.
India diverts $25 billion away from clean energy
26 Jul 2017
The Indian government is diverting $25 billion earmarked for clean energy to an unrelated policy, a national news site has revealed.
Electric trams shuttle goods around Europe cities
26 Jul 2017
French and German cities using trams to move products are showing how to cut congestion while making a profit from the network.
Mayors demand English acts on climate change
25 Jul 2017
New Zealand’s mayors want a national emissions reduction plan and a stocktake of the likely cost to the country of climate change – something Prime Minister Bill English has steadfastly rejected.
Mexico has an idea ... insure coral reefs against damage
25 Jul 2017
A stretch of coral reef off Mexico is the testing ground for a new idea that could protect fragile environments around the world - insurance.
China to ban import of foreign waste
25 Jul 2017
China has anounced that it will no longer be importing foreign garbage shipments.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU: Climate warrior in love with Big Oil
25 Jul 2017
Justin Trudeau has proposed to end Canada's coal use, tax carbon pollution and invest in clean energy technology. But he also wants to keep Canadian oil flowing.
The changing climate is killing us ... as we speak
24 Jul 2017
The most obvious effect of global warming is not a doomsday scenario. Extreme heat is happening today, and wreaking havoc on vulnerable bodies.
Volvo e-car push reflects China’s leadership ambition
24 Jul 2017
Chinese-owned Volvo's move away from the internal combustion engine will fuel Beijing dominance in emerging clean technology.
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.
