Focus on Environment
‘Nature’s mirror’: Climate change batters Albania’s butterflies
Researchers say 58 of Albania's 207 butterfly species are at risk
Shareholders warn Nippon Steel faces higher decarbonisation costs with U.S. Steel takeover
Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel risks raising decarbonisation costs for Japan's top steelmaker, an activist shareholder group said, urging the company...
Four in five people want more climate action: UN survey
Four in five people want their country to strengthen its commitments to addressing climate change, according to a global poll published on Thursday
Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023: Statistical Review of World Energy
LONDON – Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels’ share of the global energy...
Study finds coal mine contaminants blown onto snowpack in Alberta, British Columbia
Newly published research has found cancer-causing chemicals downwind from coal mines in southern British Columbia in concentrations that rival those next to oilsand...
Caribbean Development Bank chief says ‘no time to waste’ on climate action
The Caribbean Development Bank's acting president called for immediate action to fund efforts to protect the region's coastlines and population from the growing...
Scottish Ministers ‘resolutely focused’ on net zero after key target missed
The Scottish Government is “resolutely focused” on achieving climate goals, the Net Zero Secretary has said after a key emissions target was missed
US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region’s Indigenous tribes
The U.S. government acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of hydropower dams on the Columbia and Snake...
US unveils rules for subsidies to boost clean energy wages
U.S. President Joe Biden wants to make jobs and wages in green industries such as solar competitive with those in oil and gas.
India’s monsoon rains a fifth below normal so far
India has had 20% less rainfall than normal since June 1.
