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As news breaks that global carbon dioxide levels are at an all-time high, one scientist is developing "artificial trees" to help cleanse the air and reduce greenhouse gas pollution...

US National Strategy for the Arctic Region prioritises corporate 'economic opportunities' at the expense of everyone elseOne week ago, the Obama administration launched its National Strategy for the Arctic Region, outlining...

New research suggests that fewer people with right wing views will purchase light bulbs that are labeled as "pro-environment" due to the politicized nature of the carbon debate in the United States...

Despite their disruption, can dams help the organisation work towards ending poverty while keeping carbon emissions down?The World Bank is making a major push to develop large-scale hydropower, something it had all but abandoned...

Photo via Shutterstock In order to help reduce carbon emissions by 2020, the UK government recently opened the Green Investment Bank (GIB) in Edinburgh, making it the first bank in the world focused entirely on lending to...

EBRD chief Riccardo Puliti warns Europe not to be hasty in adopting 'ideological' policy on carbon intensity fundingOne of Europe's most influential government-owned investors in the energy industry has hinted it may expand...

Benchmark monitoring station in Hawaii detects record levels of carbon dioxide, higher than ever above 'safe' 350ppm mark

The only way forward is back: to retrace our steps and seek to return atmospheric concentrations to around 350ppmThe data go back 800,000 years: that's the age of the oldest fossil air bubbles extracted from Dome C, an ice-bound...

Ben Moxham, senior policy adviser and former aide to BP chief Lord Browne, becomes latest energy official to quitA key adviser to the prime minister on energy and climate change policies has resigned, in the latest of an...

The government is encouraging power stations to burn biomass in order to help lower carbon emissions. Leo Hickman, with your help, investigates.

Photo via Shutterstock Researchers warn that the cold Arctic seas are acidifying at an alarming rate as a result of rising carbon emissions. With its protective ice cap diminishing during summer months and greater swaths...

Burning wood from whole trees – the main source of UK biomass – results in higher greenhouse gas emissions than coalLast year, the RSPB, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace published a report, called Dirtier than coal?,...

Departure comes as analysts warn government not to rely on gas to rescue UK from forthcoming energy crunchThe government's controversial electricity market reform (EMR) programme has been dealt a serious blow with the resignation...

It is one of the greatest social, scientific and political dilemmas facing humankind. This week's Science Weekly is dedicated to exploring the burning question that is the subject of Duncan Clark and Mike Berners-Lee's new...

The Committee on Climate Change warned that relying on gas would scupper the UK's chances of meeting emissions targetsShale gas extracted in the UK would be lower carbon than imported gas from countries such as Qatar, and...