Campaigners say London mayor has fudged a similar manifesto promise to divest the city’s remaining pension funds from fossil fuels London has been put to shame by New York’s decision to div...
Climate change envoy singles out both countries for subsidising the fossil fuel industry and says the UK has lost its position as a climate leader Ban Ki-moon’s climate change envoy has accus...
Plans to open a new mine have been criticised by local residents and NGOs for contradicting government commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and phase out coal, reports ENDS A new sur...
Move towards renewable energy and away from coal power helped stall emissions growth last year but slowdown may be temporary, says oil giant Carbon emissions stopped growing in 2015 for the fir...
Prime minister Stefan Löfven should keep his election promise of clean energy and not let state-owned Vattenfall sell its coal mines to EPH The history of the fossil fuel industry can feel lik...
Last year saw record worldwide investment and implementation of clean energy such as wind, solar and hydropower An upsurge in new wind, solar and hydro plants and capacity saw renewable energy ...
Leaders of the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the EU urge all countries to join them in eliminating support for coal, oil and gas in a decade The G7 nations have for the firs...
More than 8 million people were employed worldwide in the renewable energy sector last year as rapidly falling costs drove growth in the industry A boom in solar and wind power jobs in the US l...
Newcastle University latest to announce it will pursue investment decisions that are compatible with its sustainability values, reports BusinessGreen As the world’s leading oil and gas major...
Arctic would warm by as much as 20C by 2300 with disastrous impacts if action is not taken on climate change, warns new study The planet would warm by searing 10C if all fossil fuels are burned...
From 3-15 May, thousands of young people around the world took part in civil disobedience on six continents, calling for oil, coal and gas to be kept in the ground. Anna Pérez Català from Clima...
World’s largest health charity sells its $187m stake in the oil giant in a move welcomed by fossil fuel divestment campaigners The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has sold off its entire ho...
Business models employed by multinationals such as Shell and BP are no longer fit for purpose, warns energy expert International oil companies such as Shell and BP must completely change their ...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/05/oil-firms-environment-energy-climate-change
Break free and join the biggest global action against fossil fuel companies the world has ever seen An interesting question is, what are you waiting for? Global warming is the biggest problem...
Hundreds of activists take control of vast site and bring operations to a halt as part of a coordinated global direct action against fossil fuel companies Hundreds of environmental activists ha...
Former archbishop of Canterbury says the university should withdraw its £5.8bn fund from from oil, coal and gas on ethical and financial grounds Rowan Williams has called on the University of ...
Tory London mayoral candidate supports pulling City Hall’s fund out of oil, coal and gas companies if elected Zac Goldsmith has backed the fossil fuel divestment movement and said he would pu...
Sometimes, the best way to understand what’s happening on the other side of the world is to see it for yourself. Here are some of our favorite Instagrammers who focus on capturing our changing ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/20/environment-instagram-photography-climate-change
Oil giant warned industry would pull out of EU if laws to cut pollution and speed clean energy take up were passed, letter obtained by the Guardian reveals The EU abandoned or weakened key prop...
Average global temperature was 1.07C hotter - beating last month’s previous record increase The global temperature in March has shattered a century-long record and by the greatest margin yet ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/15/march-temperature-smashes-100-year-global-record