Monday, 28 April 2025

Focus on Emissions

The new Government has been urged to go ‘further and faster’ on decarbonising the UK (Gareth Fuller/PA)
ClimateEmissionsEnvironmentLegislationNewsPoliticsRegulations

UK govt urged to deliver net zero action to lower bills and help communities

Immediate action is needed from the government to address climate report's urgent net zero recommendations.

A new study published by the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations says new projections show a possible steep decline in global fish biomass by the end of the century under high greenhouse gas emissions, with several areas of Atlantic Canadian fishing areas affected. In this April 23, 2016, file photo, cod fill a box on a trawler off the coast of Hampton Beach, N.H. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Robert F. Bukaty
BiodiversityClimateEmissionsEnvironmentIn-Depth

Fish biomass loss possible in Atlantic Canada amid rising emissions: researcher

Unchecked emissions could cause a steep decline in global fish populations, including in Atlantic Canada, by the end of the century.

Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord during his first term as president (AFP)
ClimateElectionsElectricityEmissionsEnvironmentNewsPoliticsWind

At Republican National Convention, climate change at bottom of pile

Climate change is little more than an afterthought for attendees at the Republican National Convention, who gathered this week

The electric ferry that levitates across the waters of Stockholm (TT NEWS AGENCY)
ClimateEmissionsMaritimeNewsPublic TransitTransport

Stockholm tests electric ‘flying’ ferry

Candela launch electric P-12 passenger ferry in Stockholm, aiming to reduce emissions by 80% and cut commuting time by half

People caught in the rain on Oxford Street, central London. File photo. (Yui Mok/PA)
ClimateEmissionsEnvironmentIn-DepthPoliticsRegulationsResiliencyWeather

Preparing London for climate impacts is ‘non-negotiable,’ landmark review warns

The review found that government and businesses have not adequately planned for the disruption caused by severe weather.

Former net-zero tsar Chris Skidmore quit the Tories and Parliament in January in protest at the issuing of new oil and gas licences (Aaron Chown/PA)
BusinessClimateEmissionsFinanceIn-Depth

Ex-Tory MP sets up investment bank to help new markets ‘transforming the world’

Chris Skidmore is launching Desmos Capital Partners, a boutique bank investing in firms focused on impact, future tech, and net zero.

FILE PHOTO: Model of LNG tanker is seen in front of the U.S. flag in this illustration taken May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
ClimateCourtsEmissionsEnvironmentLiquefied Natural GasNatural GasNewsPoliticsRegulations

US court orders federal regulators to assess emissions of Louisiana LNG project

The court did not vacate FERC's 2022 approval of the project as it ordered the regulator to consider the impact of emissions.

An environmental protestor hangs a banner at the site of a future coal mine to be developed by West Cumbria Mining, in Whitehaven, northwest England, Britain, December 8, 2023. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
ClimateCoalEmissionsInfrastructureNewsPolitics

UK’s new coal mine sent ‘adverse international signal’, campaigners say

Campaigners have gone to the High Court to challenge the decision for a new coal mine in Cumbria.

AnalysisBusinessEfficiencyElectricityEmissionsStorageUtilities

AI supercharges data center energy use – straining the grid and slowing sustainability efforts

Ayse Coskun, Boston University The artificial intelligence boom has had such a profound effect on big tech companies that their energy consumption, and...

FILE PHOTO: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures ahead of signing into law a national health bill that aims to provide universal coverage to South Africans, at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
CoalElectricityEmissionsInfrastructureNewsPoliticsSolarWind

South Africa’s Ramaphosa urges green energy to avoid carbon border tax

He said the economy would suffer unless the country reduces its dependency on coal.

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