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- Australia's emissions rise again in 2017, putting Paris targets in doubt Thu, 29 Mar 18, 2:05pmExcluding unreliable land-use data, 2017 greenhouse emissions were again highest on record
- Stop blaming ‘both sides’ for America’s climate failures | Dana Nuccitelli Mon, 5 Mar 18, 10:00pmThe fault lies entirely with the GOP. Focus on fixing it, not laying blame where it doesn’t belong
- South Korea's Ahn Hee-Jung on coal trade: after Paris 'everything should change' Fri, 16 Feb 18, 4:00amAustralia sells South Korea $6bn of coal a year, so Canberra unease over the governor’s anti-coal message is unsurprising
- The EPA debunked Administrator Pruitt’s latest climate misinformation | Dana Nuccitelli Mon, 12 Feb 18, 10:00pmUntil Pruitt deleted the EPA climate webpages.Last week, a Las Vegas news station interviewed Trump’s EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. The interviewer brought up the topic of climate change, and virtually everything Pruitt...
- Theresa May: It’s Britain’s duty to help nations hit by climate change Tue, 12 Dec 17, 11:00amThe benefits of clean growth lay at the heart of our industrial strategy. But we must be at the forefront of the effort to keep global temperature rises at manageable levels
- 'Political watershed' as 19 countries pledge to phase out coal Fri, 17 Nov 17, 1:53amNew alliance launched at Bonn climate talks hopes to signal the end of the dirtiest fossil fuel that kills 800,000 people a year with air pollution
- Climate change will determine humanity's destiny, says Angela Merkel Thu, 16 Nov 17, 5:12amGerman chancellor, UN secretary general, Emmanuel Macron and others urge world’s leaders to succeed in their negotiations in Bonn
- Growing number of global insurance firms divesting from fossil fuels Wed, 15 Nov 17, 7:01pmReport shows around £15bn of assets worldwide have been shifted away from coal companies in the past two years as concern over climate risk rises
- Fossil fuel burning set to hit record high in 2017, scientists warn Mon, 13 Nov 17, 7:30pmThe rise would end three years of flat carbon emissions – a ‘huge leap backward’ say some scientists, while others say the longer term trend is more hopeful
- US switches focus of its Bonn event from clean energy to fossil fuels Sat, 11 Nov 17, 3:41amOne of US’s only public events, originally billed as promoting clean energy, has since been changed to favour coal and nuclear power
- Emissions trading and refrigerated truck engines under scrutiny | Letters Sat, 11 Nov 17, 5:05amEmissions trading benefits big polluters, say Maxime Combes et al. And the UK Treasury continues to subsidise certain highly polluting diesel engines, say Matthew Farrow et alWhile the EU is extolling its “climate leadership”...
- Michael Bloomberg’s ‘war on coal’ goes global with $50m fund Thu, 9 Nov 17, 5:45pmExclusive: Billionaire’s campaign has seen half of US coal plants close in six years. Now he is targeting Europe and beyond to fight climate change and air pollution
- Germany's dirty coalmines become the focus for a new wave of direct action Thu, 9 Nov 17, 12:47amNot far from the UN climate talks taking place in Bonn, activists frustrated with slow progress by governments are turning up the heat at the Hambach opencast mine, highlighting Germany’s failure to live up to its green...
- New data gives hope for meeting the Paris climate targets | Dana Nuccitelli Mon, 30 Oct 17, 9:00pmGlobal carbon pollution appears to be close to peaking
- Coalition watering down Finkel review climate ambitions, leaked document reveals Thu, 31 Aug 17, 9:39amExclusive: Draft implementation plan lacks electricity emissions trajectory, Paris agreement alignment and low-income subsidies