Environment

Students march through the city centre during a “School Strike 4 Climate” rally, demanding action on climate change, in Sydney, Australia, May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott Thousands of Australian students …

The lignite (brown coal) power plant complex of German energy supplier and utility RWE is reflected in a puddle in Neurath, north-west of Cologne Germany must update its climate law …

A platypus captured by a University of New South Wales research team is seen during fieldwork to collect population data near Byabarra, Australia It only takes a rustle and splash …

Years from now, 2021 may be seen as the moment the European Union took a leap forward from its post-World War Two birth as a coal and steel bloc to …

The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it hopes will spur other big emitter countries …

President Joe Biden’s administration has been pressing other countries to make ambitious targets to reduce their emissions but has yet to unveil its own plan The White House is still …

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would cut carbon emissions by 78 per cent by 2035 in what he hailed as the world’s most ambitious climate change target that would …

An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Japan will release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from …

Strategies include thinning high-altitude clouds to allow more heat to escape The National Academies of Science on Thursday called for the United States to pursue research into solar geoengineering to …

Sport is ‘floating on a sea of high-carbon sponsorship’ with soccer top of the league for deals with car makers, airlines and fossil fuel companies, according to a study published …