Focus on Climate
Cap on production may be too complicated for global plastic treaty: Canada’s environment minister
Canada's Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the world can solve its plastic problem without insisting on hard caps on plastic production.
Despite climate crisis, US Green Party struggling for traction
Climate change is a major issue on the US political agenda, yet the country's Green Party and its candidate Jill Stein are next to...
Canada’s Cenovus Energy fined $2.5 million for biggest oil spill in Newfoundland and Labrador history
Cenovus Energy has been ordered to pay a $2.5-million fine for its role in the largest offshore oil spill ever recorded in Newfoundland...
Aamjiwnaang First Nation declares state of emergency over industry benzene leak
Aamjiwnaang First Nation is declaring a state of emergency over a benzene leak linked to a neighbouring petrochemical facility
SNB says climate change matter for politics, not central banks
SNB Chairman Thomas Jordan has said that climate protection should tackled by politicians rather than central banks
COP29 host Azerbaijan defends oil and gas investments
Azerbaijan will defend the right of oil and gas producing nations to invest in the sector, noting that fossil fuel demand remains strong
Net zero does not mean ‘huge shift’ in everyday lives, top climate adviser says
UK net zero advisor says the idea of a radically different lifestyle has been pushed too hard as he suggests Britain is lagging...
Climate groups picket Swiss National Bank’s shareholder meeting
The picket follows a decision by Europe's top human rights court that Bern was not doing enough to protect its citizens from climate...
Conservation efforts lending a helping hand to global biodiversity
Decade-long research into efforts to protect nature around globe shows that conservation work is generally slowing a decline in biodiversity.
Philippine settlement submerged by Pantabangan Dam reappears due to drought
It is the sixth time the nearly 300-year-old settlement has resurfaced since the reservoir was created to provide irrigation water for local farmers...
