Delaying South Africa’s just energy transition could result in 15,000 excess deaths caused by air pollution
Air pollution could kill more than 15,000 people by 2050 if coal-dependent South Africa delays its green transition. A new ...
Tag: fossil fuels
Munich judge convicts Scientist Rebellion activists despite calling climate crisis the ‘greatest challenge for humanity’
A court in Germany convicted four scientists on Tuesday 24 October for taking action against institutions fueling the climate crisis. ...
Companies and countries fail to exit carbon-intensive and climate-wrecking coal projects
Since the Paris Agreement, companies have expanded coal plant capacity by an amount greater than the entire operating coal fleets ...
Multiple reports show fossil fuel divestment is falling short as investments in the polluting industry soar
Multiple new analyses have exposed the limited impact that fossil fuel divestment is having on the industry fueling the climate ...
Bibby Stockholm protest was Just Stop Oil’s best action yet – because climate justice is inextricably intersectional
On 18 October climate activists from Just Stop Oil (JSO) halted the coach driving 23 asylum seekers to the Bibby ...
Scientists project carbon emissions will reach record levels in 2023 – threatening global climate goals
Preliminary figures from a new study project that global emissions of planet-heating carbon dioxide will rise to record levels in ...
Met Police charge Greta Thunberg for protest at fossil fuel conference teeming with corporate climate criminals
13:20 18 October 2023: This article was updated to reflect that Thunberg was charged with a public order offence following ...
EU to call for fossil fuel phase-out at COP28 – but remains wedded to controversial ‘abatement’ technology
On Monday 16 October, EU nations unanimously agreed to seek a global phase-out of fossil fuels. Moreover, in its statement, ...
Scientists launch climate crisis ‘countdown clock’ report series to take governments to task
Top scientists have launched a yearly report series to plug knowledge gaps ahead of COP28 crunch climate talks in the ...
Climate crisis has decimated over 40% Antarctic ice shelves, study suggests
Scientists have pointed to the climate crisis as the likely cause for the decline of Antarctic sea ice. On 12 ...
Corporate presence at party conference shows Labour is no climate justice champion
Another conference, more politicians half-assing it on the climate crisis. This year, the Conservative and Labour Party conferences were jam-packed ...
COP28 host announces fossil fuel industry emissions pledge, while scaling up carbon capture technology
As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) COP28 host has tried to burnish its green image, its state fossil fuel company ...
Net zero split is under the magnifying glass at the Conservative party conference
At the Conservative party’s annual conference, talk on the green energy transition has been all the rage. The agenda is ...
Crowds marched through London against the development of new North Sea oil
Fossil Free London staged a march of hundreds of people through the capital on 30 September. It was protesting the ...
Government greenlights climate-wrecking Rosebank oil and gas field
On Wednesday 27 September, the UK government issued a license to the controversial and potentially disastrous Rosebank oil and gas ...
The reconstruction of a Brazilian highway is the Amazon’s route to deforestation
The reconstruction of Amazon’s BR-319 highway in Brazil, connecting the capital Manaus in central Amazonia to the southern edge of ...
Thousands call on European development bank to divest from fossil fuels
Thousands have called on a major European development bank to end its Euro billions in financing for fossil fuels. Between ...
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