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Australia records hottest March ever
4 Apr 2016
March was the hottest on record in Australia, reaching 1.7degC above the long-term average, says the Bureau of Meteorology.
Tesla releases electric car for the masses
4 Apr 2016
Tesla Motors' unveiling of its new electric vehicle on Friday had the marks of an iPhone release - long lines of enthusiastic consumers, a glossy product and a CEO presenting in a simple black shirt.
New coal project will fall short on jobs promise
4 Apr 2016
A contentious coal project will generate less than a fifth of the jobs the mining company first claimed when seeking approval from the Queensland government, the state land court has heard.
Mexico City orders cars off the street
4 Apr 2016
The Mexico City government has ordered all cars to stay off the city's roads for one day a week in response the capital’s severe air-quality crisis.
US and China agree to sign Paris climate accord
1 Apr 2016
The United States and China will sign the Paris climate change agreement in New York on April 22, a move that officials hope will help the accord enter into force this year.
PNG logs first official climate plan under Paris pact
1 Apr 2016
The United Nations has launched a new website to track national climate action plans as part of the Paris Agreement.
Rapid decline of coal use leads to drop in UK emissions
1 Apr 2016
Plummeting coal use in 2015 led to a fall of 4% in the UK’s annual carbon dioxide emissions, according to government energy statistics published on Thursday. Coal is now burning at its lowest level in at least 150 years.
Top US attorneys step up probe into oil major ‘fraud’
1 Apr 2016
US oil and gas majors face investigation from 17 attorney generals into claims they misled the public over the impacts of climate change.
Hundreds of UK churches set to go green
1 Apr 2016
More than 400 churches in the United Kingdom plan to switch to clean energy providers for their light and heat, shifting spending of $1.4 million to renewables from fossil fuels.
Nevada plant first with solar-geothermal mix
1 Apr 2016
Nevada is home to the world's first hybrid power plant that combines geothermal energy with two different types of solar power.
Does it help when companies track carbon emissions?
31 Mar 2016
Voluntary greenhouse gas accounting has become common in the private sector, but is it helping?
Storing carbon could help to meet climate goals
31 Mar 2016
Australia's agricultural lands help to feed about 60 million people worldwide, and also support tens of thousands of farmers as well as rural communities and industries.
Tesla might have to fight courts for direct sales
31 Mar 2016
Tesla Motors hopes to capture mainstream auto buyers with its Model 3, an electric car it plans to unveil this week at a price about the same as the average gasoline-powered vehicle, but it might need a federal court ruling to succeed.
Arctic melt hits another record low
31 Mar 2016
The amount of ice in the Arctic during the depths of winter's freeze hit record lows for the second consecutive year, escalating concerns that sea ice is melting at an alarming rate.
Aussie offices race to go green
30 Mar 2016
More than three million square metres of Australia’s office space is officially green.
New-energy investments reach major milesone
30 Mar 2016
Coal and gas-fired electricity generation last year drew less than half the record investment made in solar, wind and other renewables capacity - one of several important firsts for green energy recently announced in a United Nations-backed report.
Science says US is drilling for earthquakes
30 Mar 2016
Scientists are increasingly confident about the link between earthquakes and oil and gas production, yet regulators are slow to react
European mayors urge clampdown on diesel emissions
30 Mar 2016
The mayors of 20 European cities including Madrid, Paris and Copenhagen, but excluding London, have called for more stringent regulations to be put in place across the continent to tackle the deadly levels of air pollution caused by diesel vehicles.
Nuclear fusion needs a Wright brothers moment
30 Mar 2016
Nuclear fusion needs a “Wright brothers” moment, to convince the world of its promise of unlimited clean and safe energy and so unlock significant private investment, according to a physicist whose says his company is closing in on that goal.
China puts a chill on new wind energy projects
30 Mar 2016
The Chinese government has halted the expansion of wind power in its northern provinces where a large number of turbines are churning out power that's being wasted. The move underscores the challenges facing China as it works to fulfill its clean energy ambitions.
Rockefellers divesting from fossil fuels
29 Mar 2016
The Rockefeller Family Fund - yes, those Rockefellers - just announced that it’s divesting from fossil fuels, saying “we must keep most of the already discovered reserves in the ground if there is any hope for human and natural ecosystems to survive and thrive in the decades ahead.”
Greener trucks and buses on the move
29 Mar 2016
Low gasoline prices and continuing performance issues have slowed the growth of electric car sales. But that has not stymied progress in electrifying larger vehicles, including garbage trucks, city buses, and medium-sized trucks used by freight giants like FedEx.
After 115 years, Scotland is coal-free
29 Mar 2016
The Longannet power station, the last and largest coal-fired power plant in Scotland, has ceased operations.What once was the largest coal plant in Europe shut down after 46 years before the eyes of workers and journalists, who gathered in the main control room.
Rooftop solar booms in Japan
29 Mar 2016
Japan’s home rooftops are emerging as the next hot spot in what for years has been one of the biggest solar markets in the world, marking a move beyond the utility-scale projects in rich industrial nations that have fueled most of the industry’s growth.
Climate v primate: Dawn of extinction?
29 Mar 2016
A new study finds that every single primate species will be adversely affected by rising temperatures and changing rainfall levels.
US faces floods of climate refugees
24 Mar 2016
New research warns that more than 13 million American citizens could be at risk of being forced to move away from vulnerable coastal zones because of sea level rise.
What will Turnbull’s $1b energy fund actually do?
24 Mar 2016
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced the creation of a A$1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund, to be jointly managed by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
European clean-tech industry falls into rapid decline
24 Mar 2016
Europe’s once world-beating clean technology industry has fallen into a rapid decline, with investment in low-carbon energy last year plummeting to its lowest level in a decade.
Michael Sheen backs Welsh anti-fracking film
24 Mar 2016
Actor Michael Sheen has given his support to an anti-fracking film opposing shale gas drilling in the Welsh village of Pontrhydyfen, Richard Burton’s birth place.
Bank of England warns of growing climate risks
23 Mar 2016
The financial impacts of climate change could hit global markets hard and at any time, a senior Bank of England official has warned.
Coal plants use as much water as a billion people
23 Mar 2016
Coal power plants use enough water to supply the needs of 1 billion people and that will almost double if all the world’s planned power plants come online.
China plans 22% boost for wind power capacity
23 Mar 2016
China plans to increase total wind power capacity by 22 percent in 2016, underscoring the government’s effort to develop clean energy at about the same pace as last year’s record installations.
Germany mulls 95% cut in emissions by 2050
23 Mar 2016
Germany is drawing up an action plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 95% from 1990 levels by 2050.
Apple hits 93% renewable energy worldwide
23 Mar 2016
Tech giant Apple has announced that 93 per cent of its facilities globally run on clean energy.
Current heat shocking even climate scientists
22 Mar 2016
“Stunning,” “wow,” “shocker,” “bombshell,” “astronomical,” “insane,”“unprecedented” – these are some of the words climate scientists have used to describe the record-shattering global surface temperatures in February.
Carbon emission release rate ‘unprecedented’
22 Mar 2016
Humanity is pumping climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere 10 times faster than at any point in the past 66m years, according to new research.
Can we stamp out environmental crime?
22 Mar 2016
More lucrative and less risky than many traditional criminal activities, environmental crime is growing largely unchecked.
Aust emissions rising and underestimated, says report
22 Mar 2016
The latest federal government carbon emissions inventory shows Australia has increased its emissions and has come under fire for allegedly vastly underestimating the amount of land clearing that has occurred, and its associated emissions.
How the world has changed since Paris
21 Mar 2016
National leaders have yet to sign a new United Nations climate pact, but developments during the three months since the Paris Agreement was finalised have been feverish.
US concern about climate change at eight-year high
21 Mar 2016
Americans are taking climate change more seriously than at any time in the past eight years, according to several measures in Gallup's annual environment poll.
Security, not climate, drives military's energy push
21 Mar 2016
The United States military wants to improve its energy efficiency and increase its use of renewables to enhance energy security, military leaders said.The environment, they said, is a lesser concern.
UN envoy warns of activist murder ‘epidemic’
21 Mar 2016
The killings of indigenous activists in Honduras signal a growing “epidemic” around the world, a UN envoy has declared.
Renewable energy surge stalls gas emissions
18 Mar 2016
Falling coal use in China and the US and a worldwide shift towards renewable energy have kept greenhouse gas emissions level for a second year running, one of the world’s leading energy analysts has said.
World’s top private coal company faces bankruptcy
18 Mar 2016
Peabody Energy, the largest US coal miner, has warned it could struggle to stay afloat and may look for bankruptcy protection.
American tribe gets funds to flee rising seas
18 Mar 2016
In a disappearing section of Louisiana coastline, the people who call Isle De Jean Charles home are moving to save their community and culture.
First solar-powered gas station comes to Outback
18 Mar 2016
Supplying 24-hour access to diesel in remote parts of Western Australia's Pilbara region has become much more feasible with the construction of what is believed to be the world's first fully transportable solar-powered retail fuel outlets.
Obama bans oil drilling along Atlantic seaboard
17 Mar 2016
The Obama administration has abandoned its plan for oil and gas drilling in Atlantic waters, after strong opposition from the Pentagon and coastal communities.
Japan fleshes out Paris climate change plan
17 Mar 2016
Japan’s hopes of meeting its 2030 climate goal rest on technology development, ramping up energy efficiency and restarting some of its mothballed fleet of nuclear power plants.
Germany, Pakistan launch renewables deal
17 Mar 2016
Germany and Pakistan have announced a landmark new partnership to develop renewable energy projects.
German CO2 emissions rise 1% in 2015
17 Mar 2016
Germany’s carbon dioxide emissions increased by an estimated 10 million tonnes from 2014 to 2015, in a blow to the country’s claims to climate leadership.
Australia declares El Nino set to be strongest in decades
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Australia's weather bureau warned on Tuesday that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the second half of 2026 to become one of the strongest in seven decades.
Trump wants to put a $75m coal terminal in this liberal California city. Residents aren’t having it
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Residents of West Oakland, which suffers from toxic waste and high pollution rates, is rallying against a coal export facility.
China's fossil-fuelled power extends rise in May on weak wind output
Today 11:30am
China's fossil-fuelled power generation, mostly from coal but with a small amount from natural gas, rose 2.1% in May from a year earlier, statistics bureau data showed on Tuesday, as lower wind speeds curbed renewable energy growth.
Steel and chemicals giants demand freeze to EU’s flagship climate policy
Wed 17 Jun 2026
The attack on the Emissions Trading System is among industry's most direct calls yet for the EU to change course on climate.
UK rivers face rising risk of climate 'whiplash'
Today 11:30am
Climate change could push UK rivers to dangerous extremes and bring more frequent rapid swings between wet and dry conditions – a phenomenon known as hydroclimatic whiplash – according to research.
Canada signs landmark LNG energy deal with Germany
29 May 2026
Canada has announced a landmark energy agreement with Germany that will see the first-ever long-term shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada to Europe in the coming years.
Solar overtakes gas power in Asia for first time ever
Mon 15 Jun 2026
Solar has overtaken gas power in Asia to become the continent’s third-largest source of electricity, according to new analysis by Carbon Brief.
The Pacific made history in the courts – now we must do it in the negotiations
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Legal clarity alone will not lead to reduced emissions, more finance or stronger national climate plans – political will is key to meeting states’ obligations.
Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average
Tue 16 Jun 2026
A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’.
Aid cuts and climate change drive deadly malaria surge in Zimbabwe
29 May 2026
A surge in malaria cases in Zimbabwe is exposing fragile health systems and growing treatment shortages in rural areas.
Colombia’s climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle
26 May 2026
Colombia is a global leader in climate activism. Could US influence drag country to a future of mining and fracking?
Science ‘under attack’ from fossil fuel interests at UN climate talks
Today 11:30am
Dozens of countries have called out growing “coordinated attacks” by fossil fuel interests aimed at undermining the role of climate science in the UN negotiations at the mid-year talks in Bonn.
