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BURNING WOOD FOR POWER IS MISGUIDED SAY CLIMATE EXPERTS
He says wind and solar projects should dominate programmes to boost renewable energy generation in Europe... READ MORE›
UK FRACKERS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME
The UK's shale gas industry is in a race against time to establish itself before climate change regulations shut it down... READ MORE›
US GOVERNMENT CLIMATE REPORT LOOKS AT HOW THE OCEANS ARE BUFFERING CLIMATE CHANGE
John Abraham A key chapter of the US Global Change Research Program Report deals with how the oceans are being impacted by human carbon pollution... READ MORE›
MINISTRY RIGHT TO TURN UP THE HEAT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
As a result, some coal-burning boilers and coal-burning stoves in some villagers' homes have been demolished before natural gas has been supplied... READ MORE›
INVESTORS SHUN FOSSIL FUELS AT PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT, SLAM TRUMP'S 'SCIENTIFICALLY WRONG' ADVOCACY OF COAL
U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected the deal, calling climate change a hoax and vowing to restore jobs in the fossil fuel industry... READ MORE›
WILL TRUMP'S EPA REPEAL THE US CARBON EMISSION PLAN?
We support the Clean Power Plan, said Bill Price, a senior organiser with the Sierra Club in West Virginia... READ MORE›
UN CLIMATE ENVOYS AGREE ON WAY FORWARD, DESPITE TRUMP
The Paris treaty calls for limiting average global warming to well under two degrees Celsius 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit compared to pre-industrial levels, or 1.5 C if possible... READ MORE›
COAL RETURNS AS FLASHPOINT IN GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE FIGHT
Coal emerged as the surprise winner from two weeks of international climate talks in Germany, with leaders of the host country and neighboring Poland joini... READ MORE›
WORLD VOWS TO STICK TO GLOBAL CLIMATE DEAL DESPITE US PULLOUT
The Bonn meeting was under the shadow of Trump's decision in June to withdraw from the Paris accord and instead promote the coal and oil industry... READ MORE›
'POLITICAL WATERSHED' AS 19 COUNTRIES PLEDGE TO PHASE OUT COAL
A new alliance of 19 nations committed to quickly phasing out coal has been launched at the UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany... READ MORE›
POPE REBUKES CLIMATE DENIERS AS 'PERVERSE' IN BONN MESSAGE
Francis issued a message to the Bonn meeting, which is working to implement the 2015 Paris accord aimed at capping global emissions... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S OIL SALE PLANS PROMPT FEARS OF GLOBAL FOSSIL FUEL EXTRACTION RACE
The accusations contradict Brazil's position at this week's climate talks, where the country's negotiators have urged the world to be more ambitious in cutting carbon emissions... READ MORE›
CHINA'S CARBON MARKET READY - BUT WAITING
There were 87 low carbon provinces and cities, 51 low carbon industrial parks and 400 low carbon communities in China which will peak sooner, he said... READ MORE›
SPOTLIGHT: WORLD CLIMATE PLAYERS HAIL CHINA'S CLIMATE ACTIONS - PEOPLE'S DAILY ONLINE
Salomon also hailed China's role at global level climate actions... READ MORE›
'A STEP BACK': EMISSIONS RISE AS WORLD ECONOMY GATHERS PACE
Carbon emissions will rise 2 per cent in 2017 to almost 37 billion tonnes as the world economy heads for 3.6 per cent annual growth... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE: GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS REACH RECORD HIGH
Worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide the gas most responsible for global warming are on the rise again in 2017 after three years of little-to-no growth... READ MORE›
MICHAEL BLOOMBERGS WAR ON COAL GOES GLOBAL WITH $50M FUND
The money will support grassroots campaigns, research on the health impacts of coal and legal action against coal plants that are breaking pollution rules... READ MORE›
UN WARNS OF CATASTROPHIC MASS FAMINE IN YEMEN
The money will support grassroots campaigns, research on the health impacts of coal and legal action against coal plants that are breaking pollution rules... READ MORE›
JILTED WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDER AFTER MAIMED EX CHOOSES DEATH
Wallace and van Dongen argued when he returned to Wallace's apartment in Bristol at 10 p.m... READ MORE›
NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS
Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE›
NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS
Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE›
NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS
Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE›
NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS
Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE›
HUGE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PUTS PARIS CLIMATE TARGET IN REACH, SAYS REPORT
The World Bank's subsidiary, the International Finance Corporation IFC, said on Thursday that the investment could hold the key to fighting climate change... READ MORE›
UN WARNS OF 'UNACCEPTABLE' GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GAP
There was some good news, however the report found that carbon dioxide emissions had held steady globally since 2014... READ MORE›
GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CO2 LEVELS HIT RECORD HIGH
The new report has raised alarm among scientists and prompted calls for nations to consider more drastic emissions reductions at the upcoming climate negotiations in Bonn... READ MORE›
NEW DATA GIVES HOPE FOR MEETING THE PARIS CLIMATE TARGETS
When the global economy has been strong, we've consumed more energy, which has translated into burning more fossil fuels and releasing more carbon pollution... READ MORE›
CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN ATMOSPHERE HITS RECORD HIGH, U.N. SAYS
Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016, the World Meteorological Organization said... READ MORE›
CONCENTRATION OF CO2 IN ATMOSPHERE HITS RECORD HIGH
The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the UN weather agency's annual flagship report, tracks the continent of dangerous gasses in atmosphere in the post-industrial era since 1750 ... READ MORE›
ENERGY FIRMS BACK INVESTMENT INTO DIESEL ENGINE
Another investment is into Solidia Technologies, a US-based cement and concrete production company that uses carbon dioxide instead of water in curing cement... READ MORE›
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BRITAIN GOES A DAY WITHOUT BURNING COAL FOR ELECTRICITY
Coal-fired power generation contributes heavily to climate change burning coal produces twice as much carbon dioxide as burning natural gas... READ MORE›
PAUL KRUGMAN TRUMP GRATUITOUSLY REJECTS THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD
As I said, however, these days the fight against climate action is largely driven by sheer spite... READ MORE›
U.K. JUST WENT WITHOUT COAL POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1880S
Coal plants by 2025 How to Hit the Brakes on Climate Change The U.K... READ MORE›
CHINA POISED TO TAKE LEAD ON CLIMATE AFTER TRUMPS MOVE TO UNDO POLICIES
Even before the presidential campaign last year, Mr. Trump had made statements consistent with climate change denial, including calling climate change a hoax created by China... READ MORE›
'THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MORE CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE FIGHT'
Local time for Earth Hour -- a demonstration of commitment to fight climate change now in its 11th year... READ MORE›
CHINA AIMS TO SPEND AT LEAST $360 BILLION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2020
China surpassed the United States a decade ago as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gasses, and now discharges about twice as much... READ MORE›
TRUMPS EPA PICK REJECTS CLIMATE SCIENCE, FIGHTS FOR FOSSIL FUELS
Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general, has spent six years waging war against the EPA's climate and clean air initiatives... READ MORE›
THE CHEAP ENERGY REVOLUTION IS HERE, AND COAL WON'T CUT IT
Unsubsidized wind and solar are beginning to outcompete coal and natural gas in an ever-widening circle of countries... READ MORE›
WHY YOU'RE ABOUT TO PAY THROUGH THE NOSE FOR POWER
Right now, coal accounts for 76 per cent of our electricity generation... READ MORE›
REGREENING THE PLANET COULD CUT AS MUCH CARBON AS HALTING OIL USE REPORT
Trees soak up heat-trapping carbon dioxide as they grow and release it when they burn or rot... READ MORE›
EU ENERGY COMPANIES PLEDGE NO NEW PLANTS FROM 2020
Europe will have to phase out all of its coal plants by 2030 or else vastly overshoot its Paris climate pledges, climate experts say... READ MORE›
CHALLENGES LOOM AFTER OBAMA POLICIES SCRAPPED
California and New York issued a joint statement saying they would continue the fight against climate change... READ MORE›
HUMANS ON THE VERGE OF CAUSING EARTH'S FASTEST CLIMATE CHANGE IN 50M YEARS
A new study published in Nature Communications looks at changes in solar activity and carbon dioxide levels over the past 420 million years... READ MORE›
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›
PLANET HAS JUST 5% CHANCE OF REACHING PARIS CLIMATE GOAL, STUDY SAYS
The study, by the University of North Carolina, found that rising temperatures will exacerbate air pollutants that will particularly threaten those with existing conditions... READ MORE›
MYSTERY OF LONDON FOG THAT KILLED 12,000 FINALLY SOLVED
But how sulfur dioxide was turned into sulfuric acid was unclear... READ MORE›
WHO'S THE WORLD'S LEADING ECO-VANDAL? IT'S ANGELA MERKEL
While greenhouse gas emissions in other European nations have fallen sharply, in Germany they have plateaued... READ MORE›
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›
RENEWABLES INVESTMENT IN UK WILL FALL 95% OVER NEXT THREE YEARS - STUDY
In contrast, public sector high carbon investment is rising, although slowly, the authors wrote... READ MORE›
WE ARE WASTING THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN
Restoring forests could also help, by locking up carbon dioxide that would otherwise escape into the air... READ MORE›
CLEAN ENERGY IS TROUNCING OIL, GAS AND COAL IN TRUMP ERA
President Donald Trump took office vowing to revive the coal industry's fortunes. So far, the smart money has been on clean energy... READ MORE›
US SCIENTISTS LAUNCH WORLD'S BIGGEST SOLAR GEOENGINEERING STUDY
Research programme will send aerosol injections into the earth's upper atmosphere to study the risks and benefits of a future solar tech-fix for climate change... READ MORE›
IF TRUMP DUMPS THE CLIMATE ACCORD, THE U.S. IS THE LOSER
China is meeting its Paris accord targets, and more, by shutting down coal-fired power plants, says Yohe... READ MORE›
CHINA CALLS US 'SELFISH' AFTER TRUMP SEEKS TO BRING BACK COAL
Climate change China calls US 'selfish' after Trump seeks to bring back coal... READ MORE›
COAL DOESN'T HELP THE POOR; IT MAKES THEM POORER
Delivering electricity to those in energy poverty is certainly important... READ MORE›
UK SPENT 300 TIMES MORE ON FOSSIL FUELS THAN CLEAN ENERGY DESPITE GREEN PLEDGE
UK government failed to keep its pledge to support clean energy over fossil fuels abroad... READ MORE›
GLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS STOOD STILL IN 2016, OFFERING CLIMATE HOPE
Another quarter of methane emissions come from fossil fuel production and leaks in gas distribution pipes... READ MORE›
'THE WAR ON COAL IS OVER'
For Pruitt, getting rid of the Clean Power Plan will mark the culmination of a long fight he began as the elected attorney general of Oklahoma... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST SOLAR FARM SET TO SPROUT IN A QUEENSLAND FIELD
That is equivalent to one fifth of the current total renewable energy target for the entire country in a single power station... READ MORE›
WORLD WILL NEED 'CARBON SUCKING' TECHNOLOGY BY 2030S, SCIENTISTS WARN
I don't think we can have confidence that anything else can do this, the Berlin-based chief executive told a London climate change conference... READ MORE›