Focus on Environment
UK Budget for new clean power schemes gets boost to record £1.5bn
The UK Government is increasing the budget to support the next wave of renewable energy schemes to a record £1.5 billion, it has...
Navajo Nation plans to stop uranium transportation through its land
The Navajo Nation plans to enforce its uranium transport ban by blocking trucks, challenging legal exemptions for state and federal highways on the...
US House committee demands ESG information from investors
Republicans demand 130 investors explain ESG goals, fearing antitrust violations, highlighting partisan climate policy split.
World’s forests failed to curb 2023 climate emissions, study finds
In 2023, intense drought and record wildfires hindered forests' ability to absorb CO2, worsening global warming.
Thousands in Serbia rally against Rio Tinto lithium mine project
Thousands protested in Sabac, Serbia against Rio Tinto's lithium project, fearing environmental harm despite reassurances.
Sustainable development must work or world faces ‘massive tragedy’, expert says
The loss of forests in Gabon would put a huge amount of carbon emissions into the atmosphere and hit water supplies to neighbouring...
Hungary to allow nuclear plant to exceed Danube temperature limit
Danube nuclear regulations over water temperature to be eased on 'case-by-case' basis as climate change blamed for pushing river beyond acceptable limit.
Philippine coast guard says oil leaking from sunken tanker
Manila oil spill continues to grow after tanker sank off the coast of the Philippines, with divers reporting "minimal leak" of 1.4m litres...
US coastal communities get $575M to guard against floods, other climate disasters
The federal government is allocating fundsto 19 nature-based resiliency projects to help coastal communities address climate-related disasters.
Scores of wildfires are scorching swaths of the US and Canada. Here’s the latest on them
Scores of wildfires across the U.S. and Canada have scorched vast areas, forced evacuations, and destroyed structures, with major blazes in Oregon, California,...
