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Big oil is racing to scale up carbon capture but the challenges are immense
8 Apr 2024
A paper mill in a small Mississippi town could help demonstrate whether capturing carbon dioxide emissions and storing it deep underground is a viable path to fight climate change.
Clouds look different these days. It's not suspicious — it's climate change
8 Apr 2024
Have you noticed that clouds are looking a bit different than you remember them when you were younger? Less fluffy and more wispy?
The plastics industry’s carbon footprint has doubled in the past few decades
5 Apr 2024
Plastics production contributes to 4.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Renewables growth still lags climate targets, think tank says
5 Apr 2024
The world added less than half of the new renewable energy capacity needed to meet its climate goals last year, a leading think tank said.
Scientists warn Australians to prepare for megadroughts lasting more than 20 years
5 Apr 2024
New research shows megadroughts lasting up to 20 years or more have occurred in Australia in the past and could happen again.
Climate NGO claims major shippers profit from EU ETS
5 Apr 2024
Shipping giants make profit from the EU’s carbon market (EU ETS), a new Transport & Environment (T&E) study claims.
Meet the Nigerian women spearheading solar projects
5 Apr 2024
The African country has the lowest access to electricity in the world. Women and girls are bearing the brunt of energy poverty.
A guide to electric car misinformation
5 Apr 2024
The truth is, when it comes to the environment, there really is no such thing as a “good” car.
‘Nature has rights’: Aruba could become second country to recognise nature in constitution
4 Apr 2024
Aruba has drafted a constitutional amendment that would make it the second country in the world to recognise that nature has inherent rights.
Germany's national postal carrier stops using domestic flights to send letters
4 Apr 2024
Deutsche Post says it will no longer use domestic flights to transport letters, in a bid to improve its climate footprint.
A first step toward a global price on carbon
4 Apr 2024
A tax on ship emissions could have an impact on almost everything we buy.
Why some countries are aiming for ‘net-negative’ emissions
4 Apr 2024
Last month, Germany became the first major economy to announce that it intends to introduce a target to reach “net-negative” emissions later this century.
Stop saying climate change will destroy the world: The truth is far scarier
4 Apr 2024
OPINION: Climate activists tend to use apocalyptic language when describing the future. But they’re getting the framing all wrong.
Commonwealth carbon tax model law aims to help nations price pollution
4 Apr 2024
Despite examples of political opposition, carbon pricing is an increasing global trend.
Can we engineer our way out of the climate crisis?
3 Apr 2024
An international team of engineers and executives is powering up an innovative machine designed to alter the very composition of Earth’s atmosphere.
New electrochemical technology could de-acidify the oceans – and even remove carbon dioxide
3 Apr 2024
We must accelerate carbon emissions reduction efforts and rapidly scale strategies to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and the oceans.
How the the African Forest Restoration Initiative threatens savannas and grasslands
3 Apr 2024
A recent paper published in Science warns that “Across Africa, vast areas of nonforest are threatened by inappropriate restoration in the form of tree planting.”
British Columbia's carbon tax goes up
3 Apr 2024
British Columbia's carbon tax is meant to encourage companies and consumers to shift from fossil fuels to greener forms of energy, and is intended to be returned to taxpayers in the form of a rebate.
Cancellation of UN climate weeks removes platform for worst-hit communities
3 Apr 2024
The UNFCCC has said it will not hold regional climate weeks in 2024 due to a funding shortfall – which means less inclusion for developing-country voices.
Indigenous peoples’ climate labor benefits everyone. Should it be paid?
3 Apr 2024
“I don’t think money is going to solve it. But I also feel like we do have a responsibility to ensure that we are taking care of the people who are working for all of us.”
International court issues first-ever decision enforcing the right to a healthy environment
2 Apr 2024
The landmark ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will have far reaching implications for communities affected by extreme pollution.
Specialised paint coatings help cities feel as much as 1.5°c cooler, study finds
2 Apr 2024
A new study by researchers at NTU Singapore has demonstrated that the use of particular paint coatings in urban settings can help city dwellers feel as much as 1.5 degrees Celsius cooler.
Scientists are sweating over freakishly high marine heat
2 Apr 2024
While some experts believe global temperature anomalies adhere to climate crisis predictions, others are alarmed by the speed of change.
Macron and Lula launch green investment plan for Amazon
2 Apr 2024
The plan is part of an international roadmap the two leaders intend to promote in the run-up to the COP30 environmental summit which will be held in Belem in northern Brazil in 2025.
A major European nature protection plan stumbles at the final hurdle
2 Apr 2024
A major EU plan to better protect nature and fight climate change was indefinitely postponed, underscoring how farmers’ protests sweeping the continent have had a deep influence on politics.
The complex climate truth about home-grown tomatoes
2 Apr 2024
A recent study suggests urban agriculture in the US and Europe is on average six times as polluting in terms of carbon emissions as conventional commercial agriculture - but it's complicated.
Australia’s carbon credits system a failure on global scale, study finds
28 Mar 2024
Researchers find carbon offsets approach, which is supposed to regenerate scrubby outback forests, was not reducing emissions as promised.
Coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, prepares for a long goodbye
28 Mar 2024
More than two years after climate negotiators first attempted to consign coal to history, the dirtiest fossil fuel is having a moment.
A coal billionaire is building the world’s biggest clean energy plant
28 Mar 2024
Five times the size of Paris. Visible from space. The world’s biggest energy plant. Enough electricity to power Switzerland.
How a novel X-ray could help farmers lock up more soil carbon
28 Mar 2024
Matching chemical traces in crop leaves and soil can determine the extent of a plant's roots—with exciting consequences for plant breeding and climate change.
Trudeau pledges $8.4 million to study 'democratic decline'
28 Mar 2024
Initiative will research how climate change 'interacts with democratic decline' and help protect the human rights of environmental defenders.
How AI is improving climate forecasts
28 Mar 2024
Researchers are using various machine-learning strategies to speed up climate modelling, reduce its energy costs and hopefully improve accuracy.
EU climate envoys plan joint trip to China
27 Mar 2024
The EU’s efforts to broaden its discussions with the world’s biggest polluter come as US-China climate talks face uncertainty.
The era of "climateflation" is here
27 Mar 2024
It may be time to add human-caused climate change to the list of factors likely to worsen inflation, a new study finds.
Expectations mount as loss and damage fund staggers to its feet
27 Mar 2024
Demand for finance to pay for the aftermath of climate impacts is rocketing – but progress on getting a new UN loss and damage fund up and running is slow.
At COP29, Azerbaijan must be the anchor for 1.5ºC
27 Mar 2024
OPINION: This week, representatives of Azerbaijan, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates will gather in Copenhagen for the first key meeting of climate ministers since Cop28 in Dubai.
A Spanish energy is suing another energy company for alleged greenwashing
27 Mar 2024
Spanish utility Iberdrola has filed a lawsuit against energy company Repsol for alleged greenwashing and unfair competition practices.
Australia's New Vehicle Efficiency Standard weakened
27 Mar 2024
The Australian government will loosen fuel economy standards for utes and vans in its proposed climate laws for cars.
The cost of climate change: why saving our planet now is cheaper
26 Mar 2024
At a time when the consequences of climate change are increasingly impossible to ignore, an important question is often asked in the media: What is the cost of averting the climate crisis?
Challenges to US climate rules sent to conservative-leaning appeals court
26 Mar 2024
A US judicial panel consolidated at least nine lawsuits challenging the US Securities and Exchange Commission's new rules requiring public companies to report climate-related risks in a venue favoured by Republican-led states and a business group.
What do Schwarzenegger, Fonda and Newsom have in common? They’re fighting oil drilling
26 Mar 2024
As the oil industry wages a multimillion-dollar campaign to repeal California drilling restrictions, the campaign to defend the state’s environmental protections is starting to resemble a Hollywood blockbuster.
"The water is eating the island"
26 Mar 2024
Villagers hang onto the last patch of Sierra Leone’s Nyangai Island, knowing that their home may soon disappear.
Climate-conscious investors put nuclear dead last on list of desirable Australian ventures
26 Mar 2024
Nuclear energy ranks last on the list of climate technologies that big institutional investors want exposure to, according to a survey of climate conscious investors with $37tn under management.
More than 100 NGOs urge US special envoy to oppose carbon offsetting under Article 6
25 Mar 2024
More than 100 environmental, human rights, and frontline organisations have written to Joe Biden’s new special envoy for climate, John Podesta.
Industrial carbon pricing the top driver of Canada's emissions reductions
25 Mar 2024
Between now and 2030, industrial carbon pricing will do more than any other policy to cut Canada’s emissions.
Tipping point for low-carbon buildings demand in sight
25 Mar 2024
Demand for environmentally friendly buildings is set to increase strongly over the next two years as companies with emissions reduction commitments see their leases come up for renewal and seek a greener alternative.
New report shows cancer organisation shares lobbyists with fossil fuel companies
25 Mar 2024
An American Cancer Society advocacy group’s links to firms that promote carcinogen producers called “shameful” and undermining to public health.
"There were no good options"
25 Mar 2024
OPINION: A real estate story in the New York Times might be one of the most telling pieces of climate journalism I’ve seen recently.
Global sea level jumped due to El Niño and climate change, says NASA
25 Mar 2024
Global average sea level rose by about 0.76cm from 2022 to 2023 – nearly four times the increase of the previous year – NASA said, attributing the "significant jump" to a strong El Niño and a warming climate.
Dutch court finds KLM ads were misleading in 'greenwashing' case
22 Mar 2024
A Dutch court ruled that KLM had misled customers with an advertising campaign aimed at improving the company's environmental image, in a case of so-called "greenwashing"
Security group warns Australia’s democracy is being threatened by ‘anti-climate-action propaganda’
Today 11:00am
Australia’s democracy and sovereignty is being threatened by a propaganda machine aiding climate change deniers, a security group has warned.
California sues Trump energy department over revival of controversial oil pipeline
Today 11:00am
California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, said he has sued the US energy department to stop it from using a cold-war-era law to restart the long-disputed Sable Offshore pipeline system linking the Santa Ynez offshore platform to California refineries.
China tells oil refiners to suspend exports
Fri 20 Mar 2026
China has told its largest oil refiners to suspend exports of diesel and gasoline, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing unidentified sources, as the war in the Middle East risks an energy supply crunch.
Spain’s Sánchez attacks other EU leaders for exploiting energy prices to gut climate policies
Mon 23 Mar 2026
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez said his country was on “the right side of history” when it comes to how it has handled the economic and social costs of previous energy crises.
Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in England green tech drive
Today 11:00am
Developers will be required to install solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes in England as part of updated planning requirements published by the government.
Mark Carney just picked his lane on climate change
17 Feb 2026
COMMENT: Mark Carney's time as prime minister has been defined in part by his decision to roll back Trudeau-era climate policies.
Philippines declares national emergency over high fuel prices
Today 11:00am
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines declared a national energy emergency on Tuesday, saying that high oil prices caused by the war in the Middle East were threatening the country’s energy security.
Pacific Nations fear fuel shortages as Middle East war sends oil prices soaring
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Leaders of Samoa and Tonga appealed for help this week as the import-reliant Pacific nations raised fears over possible fuel shortages and escalating costs caused by war in the Middle East.
Limiting warming to 2C is ‘crucial’ to protect pristine Antarctic Peninsula
24 Feb 2026
Keeping global warming to less than 2C above pre-industrial temperatures is “crucial” for limiting damage to the Antarctic Peninsula’s unique ecosystems, according to a new study.
'Blackwater' lakes and rivers in the Congo Basin are now emitting ancient carbon into the atmosphere
16 Mar 2026
Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be nearing a tipping point.
Surfing’s big break: how climate crisis insurance may save El Salvador’s waves
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Fearing that extreme weather threatened its epic breaks, Oriente Salvaje is piloting the first surf insurance policy to protect livelihoods and ecosystems.
Iran war should trigger faster exit from fossil fuel dependence, UN climate chief says
18 Mar 2026
The disruption to energy markets caused by the Iran war is a lesson on the risks of relying on fossil fuels which should drive governments to wean their economies off oil and gas faster, the U.N. climate secretary told Reuters on Monday.
