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WWF is warning nature is under threat, but claims political parties have gone Awol on the environment (Owen Humphreys/PA)
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Parties ‘Awol’ on environment, charity warns as poll highlights UK voters’ concern

WWF accuse UK politicians of going 'Awol' on environment, despite polls showing four-fifths of voters care about climate and nature issues

FILE PHOTO: A sign adorns the building where mining company Rio Tinto has their office in Perth, Western Australia, November 19, 2015.   REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
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Top four iron ore miners’ carbon emissions reduction promises

Factobx: The carbon emissions reduction targets and goals set out by the world's biggest four iron ore miners

FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the BHP logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
ClimateCritical MineralsEmissionsEnvironmentMineralsMiningNews

Miner BHP’s carbon emissions to rise slightly this year

BHP Group's operational carbon emissions are set for a "small increase" this financial year, an executive revealed on Wednesday

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2023.REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
EmissionsNewsPolitics

EU backs 650-billion-euro plan to help cities reach net zero by 2030

After 377 cities applied to join the programme, 100 from the bloc and 12 from associated countries were chosen and are developing a...

Green Party parliamentary candidate Ellie Chowns (Jonathan Brady/PA)
EnvironmentInfrastructureNewsPolitics

UK’s Greens call for ‘drastic change’ to water and sewage infrastructure

Under its proposals, the party is pledging to nationalise water companies and invest £12 billion in infrastructure to prevent sewage being dumped into...

The Haisla First Nation's Kitimaat Village is seen in an aerial view along the Douglas Channel near Kitimat, B.C., on January 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
EmissionsIndigenousLiquefied Natural GasNewsTrade

Canada’s Pembina, Haisla First Nation give green light to proposed US$4B LNG project

The project will involve the construction of a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility near Kitimat, B.C.

ClimateEnvironmentNews

Eastern Canada wildfire forces more hydro plant workers to evacuate

The hydro plant, with a generating capacity of 5,428 megawatts, supplies power to Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as Quebec.

Andrew Harper, climate advisor for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), looks on during a visit to a neighborhood partially destroyed by the floods that hit Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, June 23, 2024. REUTERS/Diego Vara
ClimateNewsUnited NationsWeather

Flooded Brazil ‘ghost town’ a climate warning to world, UN advisor says

Roughly 389,000 people in the state of Rio Grande do Sul remain displaced from their homes because of the intense rain and flooding.

AnalysisCoalElectricityEmissionsOilSolarWind

Analysis by Carbon Brief: Wind and solar added more to global energy than any other source in 2023

Carbon Brief analyzed the data in the Energy Institute's latest Statistical Review of World Energy. They found wind and solar combined added more...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre receives a gift from Chief Marilyn Slett, left, as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Diane Lebouthillier, second from left, and B.C. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, George Heyman, second from right watch at a news conference in Vancouver on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
BiodiversityClimateIndigenousNewsPolitics

First Nations, Ottawa, B.C., announce $335M for protection off Great Bear coast

Ottawa is committing $200 million to the initiative, while the B.C. government is contributing $60 million and $75 million is coming from philanthropic...

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