Campaigners urge local authorities to reduce car use
Environmental and transport organisations outline 27 actions that local authorities can take to reduce car use. One of the key challenges to
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Trump administration issues illegal oil and gas leases in the Arctic
The outgoing Trump administration has issued illegal oil and gas leases on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife
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Electrolytic oxidation could remove microplastics at the source
Researchers have developed a new way to treat wastewater that degrades microplastics at the source. Microplastics are small particles of
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Merton council have spent the most on solar energy in past five years
The London Borough of Merton has invested the highest proportion of council budget into solar energy since 2015, according to
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Why a green electricity grid depends on weather forecasts improving
Hannah Bloomfield, a postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Reading explains why a green electricity grid depends on our
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Reducing methane is key to mitigating climate crisis, says IEA
Reducing methane emissions from oil and gas operations is key to mitigating the worst impacts of the climate crisis, according
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£2m competition to help water industry reach net-zero
The £2m Innovation in Water Challenge (IWC) competition has opened for entries in a bid to help tackle the biggest
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2020 was joint hottest year on record, says NASA
2020’s average temperature was 1.02 degrees Celsius warmer than the baseline 1951- 1980 mean, according to research conducted by NASA.
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Governments must step up climate change adapation, warns UN
Governments across the world must step up climate change adaption or they risk facing serious human and economic damage, warns
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Electric Nation Vehicle to Grid project secures new partner
Electric Nation to partner with Igloo Energy on their Vehicle to Grid (V2G) project. V2G technology allows electric vehicle (EV)
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Fossil fuel demand set to peak in 2027, report says
Covid-19, electrification and the increase in hydrocarbon will cause fossil fuel demand to peak in 2027, according to a new
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Protecting UK seas could create thousands of new jobs, says report
Investing in the protection of UK seas could create 100,000 jobs and give the economy a £50bn boost, according to
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Majority of ocean revenue is dominated by just 100 companies
The majority of the revenue extracted from the world’s oceans belongs to just 100 transnational corporations, according to new analysis
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Inaction on climate change threatens the survival of all species, warn scientists
Biodiversity loss and accelerating climate change coupled with inaction are threatening the survival of all species, including our very own,
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Forest cover nearly twice the size of the UK has been lost in just one decade
Across 29 countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa, some 43 million hectares of forest and other critical natural ecosystems
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Climate change has caused billions of dollars worth of flood damage to the U.S
Intensifying precipitation due to climate change caused $75bn worth of damage to the U.S in just three decades, according to a
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Majority of Scots want intensive farming methods banned
83% of Scots want intensive farming methods to be banned, according to a new survey conducted on 2,000 Scottish residents.
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PM must replicate the push for a vaccine in the search for climate solutions
Leading experts urge the Prime Minister to replicate the push for a Covid vaccine in the search for climate solutions.
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Carbon capture technology will not solve the climate crisis, report says
The vast majority (81%) of carbon captured globally to date has been used to extract more oil via the process
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Positive ‘tipping points’ offer hope for climate crisis
Positive ‘tipping points’ could spark changes that accelerate positive action on climate change, according to researchers at the University of
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