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Is this method of preventing carbon emissions from entering the atmosphere a silver-bullet solution for the climate crisis?

The slick from sunken tanker Princess Empress has harmed livelihoods, caused health problems and done untold damage to marine life. Can Mindoro island recover?

As the war in Ukraine sent natural gas prices skyrocketing, liquid natural gas (LNG) plants are springing up all along the fragile Gulf Coast – seriously harming not just local communities but the world’s ability to keep...

Environmentalists and some Alaskan Native communities had opposed the plan over climate, wildlife and food-shortage fears

Amnesty International hits out at ‘shocking’ annual figure reaped through sale of fossil fuel

Amnesty International hits out at ‘shocking’ annual figure reaped through fossil fuel

Liquid petroleum gas firms want a directive to favour biofuels and hydrogen, to which they could pivot

A billion cubic feet of the potent greenhouse gas were spewed into atmosphere in rural Pennsylvania amid state’s fracking boom

Authorities scramble to contain leak from sunken tanker that was carrying about 800,000 litres of oil

Wave of permits for coal-fired power plants sparks concern as ambitions for GDP growth and lowering emissions come into conflict

Almost half of products cleared so far under a new US federal ‘biofuels’ program are not, in fact, biofuels

International Energy Agency says efforts to replace Russian gas successful but warns against overconfidence

Researchers say Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven up household energy costs by between 62.6% and 112.9%

Secret international court system enables fossil fuel firms to sue governments for lost future profits

Labour’s bowing to business contrasts with the boldness of the US president’s green industrial policies. There is an opportunity to be grasped