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'EXTREME' FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENTS HAVE SURGED UNDER DONALD TRUMP, REPORT REVEALS


Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto Dominion remain the biggest tar sands backers, with 38bn of holdings between them... READ MORE

28th March, 2018 5627

WARMING SET TO BREACH PARIS ACCORD'S TOUGHEST LIMIT BY MIDDLE OF CENTURY, DRAFT REPORT SAYS


And limiting global warming to 1.5 degree by 2100 would involve removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, it said... READ MORE

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THE SEVEN MEGATRENDS THAT COULD BEAT GLOBAL WARMING


'Everybody gets paralysed by bad news because they feel helpless, says Christiana Figueres, the former UN climate chief who delivered the landmark Paris climate change agreement... READ MORE

8th November, 2017 26089

TRUMP MAY BE GOOD FOR OIL TROUBLE FORRENEWABLES


The president-elect has promised to promote oil, natural gas and coal aggressively, and pull back on Obama administration commitments to fighting climate change... READ MORE

2nd January, 2017 11407

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

COOPERATION AND CONFLICT ON MENU WHEN OBAMA AND XI JINPING MEET


Now, however, China appears poised to enact the same climate change policy that Mr. Obama failed to move through Congress... READ MORE

24th September, 2015 8400

FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT FUNDS DOUBLE TO $5TN IN A YEAR


Institutions worth 2.6 trillion have now pulled investments out of fossil fuels... READ MORE

13th December, 2016 7306

A STORY OF HOPE THE GUARDIAN LAUNCHES PHASE II OF ITS CLIMATE CHANGE CAMPAIGN


So a major strand of our climate coverage up to Paris and beyond will be about climate change as a story of hope... READ MORE

5th October, 2015 6378

NO LONG-TERM FUTURE IN TAR SANDS, SAYS ALBERTA'S PREMIER


Notley admitted Alberta would be squeezed to fight climate change while protecting jobs in the oil patch at a time of low energy prices... READ MORE

30th September, 2015 5718

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

G20 COUNTRIES PAY OVER $1,000 PER CITIZEN IN FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES, SAYS IMF


G20 countries pay over 1,000 per citizen in fossil fuel subsidies, says IMF... READ MORE

4th August, 2015 5514

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BLOCKS NEW OIL DRILLING IN THE ARCTIC


The company last month walked away from its Arctic drilling citing the disappointing results and regulatory uncertainty... READ MORE

17th October, 2015 5424

STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS NOW: THERE IS NO CO2 'TECHNOFIX', SCIENTISTS WARN


In a thought experiment they tried another option the future dramatic removal of huge volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere... READ MORE

3rd August, 2015 3175

BURNING ALL FOSSIL FUELS WILL MELT ENTIRE ANTARCTIC ICE-SHEET, STUDY SHOWS


Burning all fossil fuels will melt entire Antarctic ice-sheet, study shows... READ MORE

11th September, 2015 2759

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

CHAMPIONING ENVIRONMENT FRANCIS TAKES AIM AT GLOBAL CAPITALISM


Francis' embrace of the issue of climate change, and his broader critique of global capitalism, stem from his signature economic concern eradicating poverty... READ MORE

18th June, 2015 2278

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

OIL INDUSTRY KNEW OF 'SERIOUS' CLIMATE CONCERNS MORE THAN 45 YEARS AGO


Former US president Lyndon Johnson also received an early warning about climate change, with scientists explaining the mechanism of the greenhouse effect in 1965... READ MORE

14th April, 2016 1727

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

ON THE BALLOT TWO CLASHING VISIONS OF HOW AMERICA WILL POWER ITS CARS HOMES


Critics have said Trump's plan to revive natural gas drilling would finish off the very coal industry he promises to restore, because the two fuels compete... READ MORE

26th October, 2016 1646

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

GEORGE OSBORNE OVERSEES BIGGEST FOSSIL FUEL BOOM SINCE NORTH SEA OIL DISCOVERY


George Osborne gave the fossil fuel sector another 430m in tax breaks in his autumn statement... READ MORE

7th December, 2014 1325

INDONESIA FOREST FIRES: HOW THE YEAR'S WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER UNFOLDED - INTERACTIVE


As world leaders gather in Paris to discuss the global response to climate change, we assess the impact of the widespread forest fires in Indonesia... READ MORE

1st December, 2015 1289

INDIA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO LOWER RATE OF EMISSIONS


It puts renewable energy at the center of the plan and positions India for further reductions in emissions going forward... READ MORE

2nd October, 2015 1287

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

SCIENCE MUSEUM CONDEMNED FOR OIL COMPANY SPONSORSHIP


Science museum should drop statoil sponsorship of children's gallery... READ MORE

11th October, 2016 1239

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

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

WORLD COULD WARM BY MASSIVE 10C IF ALL FOSSIL FUELS ARE BURNED


The unregulated exploitation of fossil fuel resources could result in significant, more profound climate change... READ MORE

24th May, 2016 975

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


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