Tag: pollution

A new report commissioned by the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) considers how the unprecedented support for criminalising ecocide can translate ...

Human rights groups have called out fossil fuel major Shell's plans to palm off its projects in the Niger Delta. ...

The European Union could soon hold big pharma and the cosmetics industry to account for their wastewater pollution. On Wednesday ...

An environmental non-profit has put another European airline in the hot-seat over its greenwashing - and once again won in ...

The UK government is alleged to have bulldozed through environmental law to greenlight the use of a bee-killing pesticide. It’s ...

Thursday 21 of March was the International Day of Forests. Naturally then, tree-burning bioenergy giant Drax marked the occasion by ...

Nearly a year on from Perenco spilling 200 barrels of pollution into one of the world’s largest natural harbours in ...

European air travel faced two major blows this week - as separate courts ruled firstly against an airline, and then ...

On Monday 12 March, Greenpeace called for new marine protections for the ocean surrounding the Galapagos - a vital biodiversity ...

A damning new EU climate risk report has warned that Europe could suffer "catastrophic" consequences from the climate crisis if ...

On Monday 4 March, sustainable fashion designer Stella McCartney called on the fashion world to "wake up" to the climate ...

Another year, another failed climate summit. Running into overtime - the United Nations Conference of Parties 28 (COP28) finally came ...

Air pollution could kill more than 15,000 people by 2050 if coal-dependent South Africa delays its green transition. A new ...

Since the Paris Agreement, companies have expanded coal plant capacity by an amount greater than the entire operating coal fleets ...

A new study has found that deforestation for rubber cultivation has been "substantially underestimated" with devastating consequences for the biodiversity ...

Preliminary figures from a new study project that global emissions of planet-heating carbon dioxide will rise to record levels in ...

13:20 18 October 2023: This article was updated to reflect that Thunberg was charged with a public order offence following ...