A Dutch appeals court upheld a historic climate liability ruling Tuesday, affirming that the Dutch government has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 compared with 1990 levels, The Associated...
Research in Taiwan has show a link between very high levels of air pollution and oral cancer.
High levels of air pollution are linked to an increased risk of mouth cancer, new research...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its highly anticipated report Sunday on what needs to be done to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The answer: social and technological change...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics to a duo for their work on how the world can achieve sustainable growth.
The prize was divided equally to...
One way of mitigating the adverse effects of man-made climate change is to plant trees. The more trees there are, the more CO2 they absorb from the atmosphere, thereby alleviating the greenhouse...
Ah, those lithium batteries in our phones. They tend to go flat just when we need them most. Then again, that’s Murphy’s law for you, isn’t it? Encouragingly, lithium-ion batteries are getting...
The Environmental Audit Committee has written to 10 retailers to find out how they are mitigating them
They include Marks and Spencer, Primark, Next, Arcadia, Asda, TK Maxx and Homesense, Tesco, JD...
Chernobyl in Ukraine is infamous for having been the site of a nuclear disaster in what was then the Soviet Union. For the past 30-odd years, since the catastrophic meltdown at the...
Green or blue LEDS could replace energy-intensive incandescent lighting used to lure fish towards bait.
Forget just cutting your domestic electricity bill with LEDs – now you can use energy efficient lighting to catch...
The firm expects the majority of its cars to be hybrids by this time.
Mazda commits to 5% of its vehicles going electric by 2030.
The car manufacturer says all of the vehicles it sells will...
Christian Aid says climate change means coastal cities are becoming more vulnerable to flooding.
London is among the cities sinking into the oceans as climate change raises global sea levels.
That’s according to a new report from...
Thursday is World Animal Day, a day dedicated to improving the well-being of animals across the planet.
"To achieve this, we encourage animal welfare organisations, community groups, youth and children's clubs, businesses and individuals to organize events in...
The state of Michigan and Canadian pipeline company Enbridge announced a deal Wednesday to replace controversial aging pipelines that environmental groups worried put Lakes Michigan and Huron at risk for an oil spill, The Detroit Free Press reported.
Under...
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens in Florida announced on Wednesday the arrival of a healthy baby western lowland gorill, a critically endangered species.
The 4.8-pound female was born last Friday and has not yet been given...
HES Energy System hopes the vehicle will offer zero emission flights.
A Singapore-based aviation firm is developing a hydrogen-powered plane it says will offer zero emission flights.
HES Energy Systems’ Element One uses ‘ultra-light’ hydrogen fuel cells and...
Controversial plans to chop down a German forest to build a vast coal mine should proceed because Germany needs the polluting fuel to keep the lights on, according to the chief of the country’s...
