Focus on Climate
Heat pump launched with monthly payment plan in latest bid to take on gas
A Swedish company is launching a heat pump paid for in monthly instalments in the latest push to get UK households to switch...
New gas power stations needed to avert threat of blackouts, says Coutinho
The Government has committed to building new gas power stations to avert what ministers described as the “genuine prospect of blackouts”. In a...
US, Canada to review pollution of US waters by British Columbia coal mines
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada and the United States have agreed to review a long standing cross-border dispute that involves pollution...
Prince of Wales: Now is critical decade to tackle climate change
Now is the “critical decade” to try and set the planet on a “healthier” path to deal with the climate crisis, the Prince...
U.S., Canada agree to work together on reducing B.C. coal mine pollution
The United States and Canada have agreed to launch a probe into a long-running cross-border dispute involving pollution from coal mines in British...
Texas challenges US EPA limits on oil and gas industry methane emissions
Texas sued the U.S. government over Environmental Protection Agency rules published on Friday, that crack down on the oil and gas industry’s releases...
The first-ever European climate risk assessment finds a continent unprepared for growing extremes
Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared for them, the European Environment Agency said in its first-ever risk assessment for the...
Heat pumps that fit in apartment windows promise big emissions cuts
NEW YORK — For 27 years, the heat in Regina Fred’s Queens apartment building came from a noisy steam radiator that she couldn’t...
Climate activists including Greta Thunberg block entrance to the Swedish parliament
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A group of climate activists on Monday blocked the entrance to the Swedish parliament, advocating for sweeping reforms to tackle...
Japan marks 13 years since massive tsunami disaster. A closer look at the Fukushima nuclear plant
TOKYO — Japan on Monday marked 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts. Nearly 20,000 people died,...
