'A new phase': why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest
13 Mar 2025
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| An activist cuts cables in the City of London. Photograph: Shut The System |
Tougher laws said to be inspiring clandestine attacks on the ‘property and machinery’ of the fossil fuel economy.
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The world's largest meat company abandons its climate and deforestation goals
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After encountering the “immense” challenge of actually executing its net-zero goal by 2040, JBS said it will instead lower its “emissions intensity.”
No relief from the heat as many US cities will see record overnight temperatures
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Another week of blistering heat will bring even more health risks in the coming days, as overnight temperatures won’t provide much relief.
The strongest El Niño ever
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It looks like this year’s El Niño is not only very likely to be the strongest event since reliable records began – it may end up the strongest by a truly mind-blowing margin.
The rise and fall of the fracking phenomenon
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The fracking boom remade the U.S. economy and global energy markets. It also left behind a complicated legacy of winners, losers and lasting political fights.
‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies
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Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks.
Europe needs a stronger carbon price, not a weaker one
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COMMENT: Europe’s carbon pricing system is under fire. The EU needs to double down on reforms to unlock massive investments in a new low-carbon industrial base.
Under Lula, Amazon deforestation falls to lowest level in a decade
Tue 14 Jul 2026
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has fallen to its lowest level in a decade during the first half of 2026, according to official government figures.
COP31 president says electrification is ‘surest way to protect citizens’
Tue 14 Jul 2026
Last month, COP31 president-designate Murat Kurum launched a target for 35% of the world’s final energy to come from electricity by 2035. In an interview with Carbon Brief, Kurum says that the target was not a political choice, but instead reflects the latest evidence on “what is needed to keep 1.5C within reach”.
Europe recorded 10,000 excess deaths during late-June heatwave, data shows
Tue 14 Jul 2026
European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June, official data showed.
World oil demand set for first annual decline since 2020, IEA says
Tue 14 Jul 2026
Global oil demand is set to decline for the first time since 2020 as the Iran war wreaked havoc with production and exports in the Middle East, the International Energy Agency said Friday.
