Big cuts in carbon emissions and a rise in protection from extreme weather urgently needed.
The UN climate change summit begins on Monday with a warning that today’s generation is the last that...
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the nuclear-reliant nation will close 14 of its 58 operational nuclear reactors by 2035.
The leader added between four and six facilities will be closed by 2030...
Candle season is in full effect as winter days quickly approach. Candles are a great accent to incorporate into home decorations and also to photograph as the little flickering flames in the...
Pesticides and weed killers have their benefits. They are beneficial in reducing or eliminating pests that damage or destroy crops. Yet they can wreak havoc with entire ecosystems.
Worse: their effects can linger...
Chinese startup Qing Tao Energy Development claims it has started producing solid-state batteries in the city of Kunshan in the east of the country.
The firm says it has already invested 1 billion...
Summers in the UK could be up to 5.4°C warmer by 2070, according to new data published by the Met Office.
It warns of significant temperature rises in the coming decades in its...
We already knew that air pollution had officially become the world’s biggest killer.
Now, an Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) analysis by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago has found...
Merlin Entertainments, the UK operator of top tourist draws such as Legoland, Madame Tussauds, and Sea Life, has pledged to phase out plastic straws at all of its owned attractions worldwide by...
Europe’s power sector could be fully decarbonised by as early as 2045.
That’s according to a new study from Eurelectric, which says the region could beat the 2050 targets set out by the...
Social enterprise Giki has created a 'palm oil detector' to help shoppers identify products made with sustainable palm oil.
Shoppers concerned about fuelling deforestation on their supermarket trips can now take advantage of...
About 7,900 square kilometers (3,050 square miles) of forest was cleared in the Brazilian Amazon between August 2017 and July 2018, the worst annual deforestation rate in a decade, according to government data. That's a 13.7 percent...
Next week, heads of state and representatives from roughly 200 countries will descend in Katowice, Poland for the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention...
Cooling the Earth by injecting sun-blocking particles into the stratosphere could be “remarkably inexpensive”, according to the most detailed engineering analysis to date.
The fear of a rogue nation or military force unilaterally...
For the first time, scientists have observed three American bear species—the black bear, polar bear and grizzly bear—using the same habitat in Canada's Wapusk National Park.
"Scientifically, it has never been documented anywhere," Doug...
Record absence of ice after freak warm spells denies pregnant bears birthing dens and triggers ‘extirpation event’ warning.
A record slow freeze of many regions of the Arctic this winter is making it harder for...
It is the first local authority to have it approved as part of the government’s wider £3.5bn programme to reduce harmful emissions from road transport.
The government has given the green light for Nottingham...
