Leaked report warns of bioenergy and food clash
19 Jul 2019
BLANKETING the globe with monocultures of forests and bioenergy crops is no dream fix to the climate crisis, a leaked draft report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns.
EU plans deforestation delay only for small businesses
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The proposal will need approval of co-legislators, EU countries at the Council and MEPs, who can still push for more changes to the legislation.
Trump is pushing allies to buy US gas. It’s bad economics – and a catastrophe for the climate
Today 11:15am
The price of partnership with the United States has changed. Washington is now using assurances of defence and trade access to pressure allies in Europe and Asia to buy more of its fossil fuels under decades-long contracts.
Von der Leyen tries to appease EU climate target skeptics
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has pledged to adjust key green laws to secure support for a new climate target.
UN pushes for worldwide disaster alerts as extreme weather ‘spirals’
Today 11:15am
Climate-related hazards have killed more than 2 million people in 50 years, said the UN’s meteorological agency, 90 percent of them in developing countries.
Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm
Today 11:15am
Conservationists argue president’s oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change.
On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, residents fume as insurers hike rates and invest in fossil fuel projects
Today 11:15am
Locals face a perfect storm — they can’t afford insurance and climate change threatens their livelihood.
States sue to stop Trump cancellation of $7 billion solar grant program
Tue 21 Oct 2025
Nearly two dozen states are suing the Trump administration over its cancellation of a $7 billion grant program aimed at expanding solar energy in low-income communities, according to court papers.
Why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treaties
Tue 21 Oct 2025
Fossil fuels still power much of the world, even though renewable energy has become cheaper in most places and avoids both pollution and the climate damage caused by burning coal, oil and natural gas.
How one country’s Russian gas crisis became a green energy boom
Tue 21 Oct 2025
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Moldova quickly empowered its small towns to produce their own renewable energy so no one could push it around.
International coalition joins push for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Tue 21 Oct 2025
The International Union for Conservation of Nature adopted Motion 42 on Thursday, explicitly calling fossil fuel production a threat to nature, and urging its member groups to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.
