Science data under duress
11 Apr 2025
Climate change and climate action are socially and politically divisive topics in many countries. In addition to contributing to political disparity, climate research is also affected by political context, with consequences not only for scientists but for society as well.
Countries could use forests to 'mask' needed emission cuts: report
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them to use even more fossil fuels, new research said Thursday.
Why Trump is signing an executive action on mining the deep ocean
Mon 28 Apr 2025
President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea.
At energy security talks, US pushes gas and derides renewables
Mon 28 Apr 2025
The US envoy to the IEA’s energy security summit criticised renewables, arguing that they cause power cuts and increase reliance on China.
Trump officials pressure world’s top energy agency to drop climate mission
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Trump administration officials are attempting to block the world’s most important energy research agency from producing data that the U.S. government argues favours renewable power over fossil fuels.
Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fall to a record low in fiscal 2023
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Japan's greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2023 declined 4.0% to a record low of 1.071 billion tons in carbon dioxide equivalent, the Environment Ministry said.
Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction – now the movement has gone deeper underground
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Just Stop Oil activists are dusting down their placards, digging out their infamous fluorescent orange vests, and charging up their loud hailers — a routine they have gone through many a time before.
If nations won't fight global warming, cities can and will
Thu 24 Apr 2025
OPINION: Creating a safe and liveable future for humanity would appear to be an obvious goal for all. Yet, in 2025, the climate movement has never faced a more hostile and coordinated opposition.
Fire tornadoes becoming routine due to climate change, analysts say
Thu 24 Apr 2025
Fire analysts say once-theoretical fire behaviour is now becoming routine, including fire tornadoes.
Environmental lawyers get ready to pounce on Trump’s energy deregulation moves
Thu 24 Apr 2025
U.S. environmental groups say they are hiring lawyers and preparing for a major legal showdown with President Donald Trump's administration over its rapid-fire and sweeping efforts to sidestep federal regulations on oil, gas and coal development.
More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record
Thu 24 Apr 2025
An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should be fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says.
