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FOSSIL FUELS 'MUST GO BY 2100'


The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says in a stark report that most of the world's electricity can... READ MORE

2nd November, 2014 10098

OBAMA'S CLEAN POWER PLAN HAILED AS US'S STRONGEST EVER CLIMATE ACTION


The final rules propose a 32 percent cut in carbon emissions from power plants by 2030 on 2005 levels, up from the initial proposal of 30 percent ... READ MORE

3rd August, 2015 5598

CLIMATE FIGHT WON'T WAIT FOR PARIS


Because the fossil fuel industry faces a closing pincers... READ MORE

9th March, 2015 3559

BP TO PAY A?12BN FOR GULF OIL SPILL


BP has reached an 18.7bn 12bn settlement with the US Department of Justice DoJ following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill... READ MORE

2nd July, 2015 3207

MARCH TEMPERATURE SMASHES 100-YEAR GLOBAL RECORD


This means that there is a high risk of record global temperatures over the next few months, Scaife said... READ MORE

16th April, 2016 2527

AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI BACKING IRAN NEGOTIATORS DOESNT FAULT NUCLEAR DEAL


Khamenei said referring to the United States and its five negotiating partners... READ MORE

18th July, 2015 2447

FOR TONY ABBOTT, IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD ON COAL, 'THE FOUNDATION OF PROSPERITY'


Australia's insistence on locking itself into fossil fuels while distancing itself from ambitious efforts to combat climate change has not gone unnoticed overseas... READ MORE

18th July, 2015 2189

WEAK SUN COULD OFFSET SOME GLOBAL WARMING IN EUROPE AND US STUDY


Regional impact of a weaker solar cycle likely to be larger than global effect, with only minimal impact on worldwide temperature rises caused by climate change... READ MORE

23rd June, 2015 1914

BATTLE FOR THE SENATE AS POLLS OPEN


Deutsche welle republicans seek senate in us midterms obama keeps distance 7 hrs ago... READ MORE

4th November, 2014 1805

U.S. TOP COURT BACKS OBAMACARE, PRESIDENT SAYS IT'S HERE TO STAY


The Obama administration said 16.4 million previously uninsured people have gained health insurance since the law was enacted... READ MORE

25th June, 2015 1788

CUBAN FLAG FLIES AT EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON


The move signaled the latest and most visible step toward normal ties between the United States and Cuba... READ MORE

20th July, 2015 1735

OBAMA DEFENDS ARCTIC DRILLING DECISION ON EVE OF ALASKA CLIMATE CHANGE TRIP


Obama in his weekly address on Saturday insisted there was no clash between his climate change agenda and Arctic drilling... READ MORE

29th August, 2015 1703

US OFFERS TO HELPISRAEL BOLSTERITS DEFENSES


The United States has offered Israel an array of defense capabilities in recent years, some of which Israel decided against because of budget constraints... READ MORE

16th July, 2015 1681

FOSSIL FUEL LOBBY GOES ON THE ATTACK AGAINST DIVESTMENT MOVEMENT


Yet the fossil fuel industry spent 670bn in 2013 exploring for more coal, oil and gas reserves that will be worthless if climate change is tackled... READ MORE

11th February, 2015 1655

COURT LACKS MORAL AUTHORITY TO REDEFINE MARRIAGE


Rather, this ruling, like the abortion ruling, all but ensures America will not achieve broad social consensus on same-sex marriage... READ MORE

27th June, 2015 1619

CAMERON, CLEGG AND MILIBAND SIGN JOINT CLIMATE PLEDGE


Three party leaders make cross-party declaration to tackle climate change in a rare show of unity in the runup to the general election... READ MORE

14th February, 2015 1408

PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT MAY SIGNAL END OF FOSSIL FUEL ERA


According to the German Heinrich Boll Foundation, 90 fossil fuel companies are responsible for 63 percent of CO2 emissions from human activities... READ MORE

13th December, 2015 1272

HEALTH SECTOR SHOULD DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS, MEDICAL GROUPS SAY


This report shows why, in 2015, fossil fuels can no longer be considered an ethical investment... READ MORE

4th February, 2015 1220

OBAMA UNVEILS SWEEPING CUTS TO POWER PLANT EMISSIONS


Climate change will not be solved by grabbing power from states or slowly hollowing out our economy... READ MORE

4th August, 2015 1207

SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK OBAMA'S SWEEPING CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN


America's use of coal for electricity fell to an all-time low last year, and about 5 percent of coal-fired power plants were shut down... READ MORE

10th February, 2016 1125

COAL BURNING COSTS UK BETWEEN 25BN AND 7BN FROM PREMATURE DEATHS


Only Germany and Poland have higher CO2 emissions and health costs from coal-fired power plants than the UK, new study finds... READ MORE

10th September, 2015 1067

BIGGEST US COAL COMPANY FUNDED DOZENS OF GROUPS QUESTIONING CLIMATE CHANGE


Analysis of Peabody Energy court documents show company backed trade groups, lobbyists and thinktanks dubbed 'heart and soul of climate denial'... READ MORE

13th June, 2016 1030

CANADA SWITCHES ON WORLD'S FIRST CARBON CAPTURE POWER PLANT


Boundary Dam held up as first commercial-scale CCS plant and proof that coal-burning is compatible with cutting emissions... READ MORE

2nd October, 2014 972

POPE TO URGE SWIFT ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING


Pope Francis will call for swift action to protect the Earth and fight global warming according to a leaked draft of the pontiff's encyclical... READ MORE

16th June, 2015 965

OP-ED A REPUBLICAN CASE FOR OBAMAS CUBA POLICY


Washington I WAS born in Havana in November 1953 about six years before Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba... READ MORE

23rd June, 2015 957

NATIONS STRIKE HISTORIC DEAL ON CLIMATE CHANGE


It seeks to limit rising temperatures to within 2 degrees Celsius 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit compared to pre-industrial levels through the year 2100... READ MORE

12th December, 2015 896

HARVARD'S HIGH-PROFILE ALUMNI JOIN FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGN IN OPEN LETTER


University faces hearing in a lawsuit that argues Harvard has a duty to fight climate change by dumping fossil fuel companies from 36bn endowment... READ MORE

20th February, 2015 851

CHINA UNDERREPORTING COAL CONSUMPTION BY UP TO 17%, DATA SUGGESTS


China is the world's largest consumer of coal, with Chinese miners digging up 3.87bn tonnes last year alone... READ MORE

4th November, 2015 850

PUTIN BREAKS SILENCE WITH CALL TO OBAMA TOUCHING ON UKRAINE AND ISIS


Moscow supports the government of President Bashar al-Assad, and Mr... READ MORE

26th June, 2015 809

HARVARD PREPARES TO FIGHT FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT CASE IN COURT


Harvard University is fighting a lawsuit brought by students calling on it to divest from fossil fuels... READ MORE

19th February, 2015 776


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