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...
Tesco and WWF have teamed up and committed to halve the environmental impact of shopper’s baskets within a year.
The four-year partnership between the nation’s largest retailer and the environmental organisation aims to...
Pollution from diesel vehicles is stunting the growth of children’s lungs, leaving them damaged for life, a major study has found.
The research, conducted with more than 2,000 school children in London, is...
The announcement is part of the 2019 ‘Year of Green Action’ aimed at encouraging more people to be involved in projects to improve the natural world.
The UK Government has chosen 50 young...
This year’s Diwali celebrations saw Delhi’s National Capital Region enveloped in harmful smog as the widespread use of firecrackers caused air quality to plunge to ‘hazardous’ levels.
According to the Central Pollution Control...
Two thirds of the planet is covered in water and so no surprisingly oceans have an inordinate effect on the Earth’s climate. They absorb vast amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere and...
From 2020, lotions containing any of 10 chemicals linked to coral bleaching will be outlawed.
The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau will ban “reef-toxic” sunscreens from 2020 in what it claims is a world-first...
With only 74 remaining in the wild, time is running out to save southern resident killer whales, especially after two died this summer.
This week, the Canadian government announced a slew of measures...
Just five countries hold 70% of the world’s remaining untouched wilderness areas and urgent international action is needed to protect them, according to new research.
Researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) and...
Poisonous air estimated to cause premature deaths of 7 million people a year worldwide.
In addition to having a deadly impact on people’s physical health, air pollution is now also believed to be responsible for...
A new study shows these nations’ domestic policies do not live up to their nationally determined contributions.
Only 16 countries have domestic greenhouse gas reduction targets clearly matching their Paris Agreement commitments.
That’s according to...
A small Hawaiian island that was an important habitat for endangered species has entirely disappeared, The Huffington Post confirmed Tuesday.
East Island in the French Frigate Shoals, an atoll around 550 miles northwest...
Surabaya’s recycling incentive scheme allows trash to be traded for tickets.
The Indonesian city of Surabaya is now offering free bus rides in exchange for handing in used plastic bottles and cup.
The country’s second-largest city...
More than one million people die each year in China from particulate matter air pollution, but despite 15 years and billions of dollars of efforts to clean up the country's air, dangerous winter smog persists.
Now,...
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has launched a consultation on the proposals.
Plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds could be banned within a year in England under government plans to reduce pollution.
Environment Secretary...
