China’s falling emissions amid Iran war spark hope of decarbonisation watershed
Oil consumption plummets and EV sales soar as analysts say demand may not fully return even if crude price fallsChina’s carbon dioxide emissions fell ...
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully runningThe carbon emissions from just two planned da...
Woodside scraps long-term emissions and clean energy targets despite windfall oil profits caused by Iran war
Australia’s biggest oil and gas company recorded a 27% increase in sales profit to $1.67bn in the six-month reporting periodFollow our Australia news ...
Air conditioning push favoured over emissions cuts in five European nations, survey finds
Poll also finds sizeable majorities who believe it should be easier to install air con in homesGiven the choice, more people across five major Europea...
Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’
Study of 56m-year-old leaves counters claims from Trump administration members of ‘benefits’ of fossil fuel pollutionAdding huge quantities of carbon ...
UK plastic manufacturer could face legal action over toxic emissions
Exclusive: Environment Agency is considering whether to prosecute Huntsman Polyurethanes over emissions of carcinogenic benzeneA plastic manufacturer ...
Europe’s most effective tool to cut greenhouse gas emissions ‘risks being weakened’
Proposal would water down emissions trading system to make EU more competitive – despite extreme heatwavesEurope’s most effective method of cutting da...
Datacentres drive emissions of Microsoft, Amazon and Google to half those of France
All three companies say they still aim to achieve net zero carbon output despite construction boomMicrosoft, Amazon and Google’s collective carbon emi...
Microsoft’s carbon emissions went up 25 percent last year
Microsoft may once again be struggling to keep up with its own climate goals, according to its 2026 sustainability report. As reported by GeekWire, th...
‘But we’re just 1% of emissions’: do smaller countries’ climate efforts matter?
Past and present leaders of wealthy nations such as UK and Germany have argued their actions are insignificantOn first hearing, it is a position that ...
Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds
Research suggests 41,800 premature US deaths in 2024 were attributable to road pollutionRoughly five Americans die every hour due to exposure to toxic...
BHP admits to stalled emissions reductions as WA premier says miners have ‘moral obligation’ to decarbonise
Head of BHP’s WA iron ore operations unable to give firm timeline for replacing diesel trucks as leaked documents reveal decarbonisation delayRead mor...
First Thing: Huge climate cost of emissions from US immigration enforcement flights
Trump’s mass deportation campaign is accelerating the climate crisis. Plus, US students on why they booed their pro-AI graduation speakersGood morning...
Revealed: huge climate cost of harmful emissions from US immigration flights
Trump campaign accelerating climate crisis as officials move migrants to detention jails and deport them from USUS immigration enforcement flights are...
Chris Bowen says he has made it ‘crystal clear’ to BHP and other big polluters they must cut emissions onsite
Mining giant’s backsliding on climate commitments due to ‘weakness’ of policy, Kate Chaney saysAdam Morton: Big Mining gets a $4bn tax break to use f...
BHP quietly scrapped plan to build Pilbara plant that would have drastically cut emissions
Exclusive: Jimblebar processing facility would have produced higher quality iron ore sought by steelmakers around the world – themselves under pressur...
Definition of green facilities made in 2022, before release of ChatGPT, says Action to Protect Rural ScotlandA Scottish government policy designed to ...
Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres
Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar errorDevelopers working for G...
Airline emissions in Europe top pre-Covid levels despite pledge to decarbonise
Promises to cut emissions and use more fuel-efficient planes fail to stop rise, with Ryanair’s carbon footprint 50% up on 2019Emissions from flying in...
‘Wake-up call’: methane emissions from Australian coalmines more than double official estimates, report finds
International Energy Agency findings show government must commit to rapid cuts in emissions of greenhouse gas, climate experts sayEmissions of the pot...
Officials hugely underestimated impact of AI datacentres on UK carbon emissions
Revised figures increase fears about how the energy-intensive sites could worsen the climate emergency The UK government vastly underestimated the cli...
Australia’s coalmine emissions are increasing. Is this how a major policy to cut climate pollution is meant to work?
The Albanese government overhauled policy and promised significant pollution cuts – but carbon offsets are still being used as an excuseSign up for cl...
