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- Oil lobbyists spend millions to stall California’s game-changing climate bill Wed, 5 Jul 23, 8:00pmBills would force large companies that do business in the state to report all emissions and crack down on bogus carbon offset claims
- Dear Coldplay, listen to Massive Attack and save yourselves from greenwashing | Eleanor Salter Thu, 12 May 22, 1:00amThe band’s partnership with biofuel producer Neste has raised eyebrows about the green credentials of their new tour
- Bulb chief used government advisory role to ‘brief against’ rivals Sat, 27 Nov 21, 7:00pmCollapsed supplier used access to ministers to criticise competitors’ green credentials and exaggerate its own
- Cop26’s worst outcome would be giving the green light to carbon offsetting | Jennifer Morgan Wed, 3 Nov 21, 7:00pmThis greenwashing tactic has failed – to pursue it now would be to blow a huge hole in the Paris agreement
- Australia could become a net negative emissions economy. The technology already exists | Frank Jotzo Tue, 2 Nov 21, 10:36amTo understand our opportunities and pressure points we need an open, inclusive, genuine process
- Cross-party MPs deride government’s ‘inconsistent’ green jobs policy Mon, 25 Oct 21, 10:01amNet zero strategy should have defined what green jobs are so that progress can be measured, says committee
- Oil firm bosses’ pay ‘incentivises them to undermine climate action’ Thu, 15 Apr 21, 2:00pmLucrative pay and share options linked to continued extraction of fossil fuels by ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP
- Oil firm CEOs’ pay is an incentive to resist climate action, study finds Thu, 15 Apr 21, 2:00pmLucrative pay and share options linked to continued extraction of fossil fuels by ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP
- The climate crisis can't be solved by carbon accounting tricks | Simon Lewis Wed, 3 Mar 21, 8:00pmDisaster looms if big finance is allowed to game the carbon offsetting markets to achieve ‘net zero’ emissions
- Energy firms plan UK's first carbon-neutral 'industrial cluster' Mon, 9 Sep 19, 9:01amHumber drive aims to shrink carbon footprint of UK’s most polluting industrial zone
- Asda signs up its fridges to keep the UK warm this winter Mon, 12 Aug 19, 12:56amSupermarket’s freezers will help power 8,500 homes by matching defrost times to blackouts or surges in demand
- Australian musicians band together to invest in solar farms Tue, 4 Jun 19, 6:26amExclusive: Midnight Oil, Cloud Control, Vance Joy and Regurgitator join FEAT., a new platform encouraging their industry to back sustainability
- Can we humans save ourselves from self-destruction? | Letters Wed, 8 May 19, 2:59amRichard Middleton, Robin Russell-Jones, Judith Wright, Tom Fyans, Richard Aldwinckle, John Nissen, and Mayer Hillman respond to the latest dire warnings from scientists and policymakers on biodiversity and climate changeEduardo...
- Fact or fiction? We check Coalition's claims about Labor's climate change policy Thu, 25 Apr 19, 11:19amAfter the government said the opposition’s emissions reduction policy would cost $26bn, should you believe it?
- What was agreed at COP24 in Poland and why did it take so long? Sun, 16 Dec 18, 11:04pmFractious UN climate change talks ended with a deal on putting the Paris agreement into practice – but much else left unresolved