Grunge meets grid: How Pearl Jam’s carbon price led me to battery ETFs
15 Apr 2025
The grunge rock heavy hitter recently asked how they could invest their personal carbon pricing of their concert travels at $200 per ton.
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‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia
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Cyclones like those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that killed 1,750 are ‘alarming new reality’.
Shell facing first UK legal claim over climate impacts of fossil fuels
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Victims of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines have filed a legal claim against oil and gas company Shell in the UK courts, seeking compensation for what they say is the company's role in making the storm more severe.
Thousands of climate disasters are not included in official reports from Amazonian countries
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More than 12,500 extreme weather events impacted the Amazon and its population in 10 years, but countries have not generated enough information about it, according to a new scientific study.
Philippines tests ‘transition credits’ to cut coal use in novel experiment
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The Philippines is testing a new type of carbon credit aimed at encouraging companies to cut their climate warming emissions.
From FIFA to the LA Clippers, carbon offset scandals are exposing the gap between sports teams’ green promises and reality
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How much of the teams’ offset purchases are actually doing the good that they claim?
Still possible to divert from disastrous climate path to sustainable, healthy planet, says UNEP
Thu 11 Dec 2025
A baby born today will turn 75 in 2100, and the world that child will inherit as an adult – if governments don’t act in the next five years – could be 3.9°C hotter, economically shattered, and ravaged by pollution. But there is still a choice, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report demonstrates.
UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says
Thu 11 Dec 2025
A key UN report on the state of the global environment has been "hijacked" by the United States and other countries who were unwilling to go along with the scientific findings, the co-chair has told the BBC.
Australia has new laws to protect nature. Do they signal an end to native forest logging?
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Reforms to Australia’s nature laws have passed federal parliament. A longstanding exemption that meant federal environment laws did not apply to native logging has finally been removed from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
India at COP30: A mismatch between grandstanding and climate action
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Despite India’s attempt to anoint itself as the leader of the developing world, at the COP30 summit, New Delhi’s track record remains contradictory.
Australian market operator slashes wind farm predictions amid falling costs for solar and batteries
Thu 11 Dec 2025
The body that runs Australia's biggest power market has scaled back its plans for high-voltage power lines and wind farms to meet the country's green energy targets.
