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Greenland and Antarctica, now on track for the worst-case warming scenarios predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,...

Emissions are already falling as the world responds to the coronavirus, but the looming global recession, predicted by more than 40% of...

India’s lit with LEDs. The energy-saving light bulbs jumped from 0.3% to 46% of the market in just five years. Each year, that will save...

Europeans bought 60,000 EVS in February, even as diesel and petrol car sales fell. Before coronavirus hit, EV registrations (battery and...

Barclays, one of the biggest lenders in Europe to the fossil fuel industry, on Monday set itself a target to reach “net zero” for its own...

The Trump Administration has suspended enforcement of America’s environmental laws amid the coronavirus, and Brazil followed suit. The...

The third massive coral bleaching of the 1,400-mile Great Barrier Reef in five years. Severity of damage has increased, with areas that...

Winter is not coming. The northern-hemisphere winter of 2019-20 was the warmest ever on land Temperatures stayed roughly the same from...

No one has tabulated the amount of plastic waste that comes from takeout orders—which have surged in popularity since app-based ordering...

Improper waste management leads to the decomposition of organic waste in landfills producing a gas which is composed primarily of...

Concerns about health and climate, rather than animal welfare, appear to be behind the trend. If Google searches are any guide, interest...

Last month, the cities of Barcelona, San Diego, Boston, and Nottingham all officially declared climate emergencies. They kick off a year...

The Dungeness crab is vital to commercial fisheries in the Pacific Northwest, but lower pH levels in its habitat are dissolving parts of...

The world’s most iconic fast food chicken chain this week (Jan. 6) announced the release of a new vegan chicken sandwich across the some...

Insurers have warned that climate change could make coverage for ordinary people unaffordable after the world’s largest reinsurance firm...

Learn about Canada's international action plan for the environment at a panel discussion with Global Affairs Canada, Environment Canada,...

The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition, a competition which has been administered by the Royal Commonwealth Society since 1883, each...

The fourth industrial revolution has the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide unprecedented levels of...

The DFO report notes that an unusually warm patch of water in the Pacific Ocean — called the “blob” — that persisted from 2013 to 2017...

Cement is responsible for 7% of global man-made greenhouse emissions, making it the world's second largest industrial source of carbon...