The world’s biggest 60 banks have provided $3.8tn of financing for fossil fuel companies since the Paris climate deal in 2015, according to a report…
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Oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks, files reveal
The oil industry knew at least 50 years ago that air pollution from burning fossil fuels posed serious risks to human health, only to spend…
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More than 9,000 green jobs could be created in Cumbria, according to a report, far more than the 500 jobs promised by a planned coalmine…
View More Green jobs in Cumbria could far surpass posts in coalmine, report says‘Absolutely ridiculous’: top scientist slams UK government over coalmine
One of the UK’s most eminent environmental scientists has called the government’s failure to block a new coalmine in Cumbria “absolutely ridiculous”. Prof Sir Robert…
View More ‘Absolutely ridiculous’: top scientist slams UK government over coalmineHuman destruction of nature is ‘senseless and suicidal’, warns UN chief
Humanity is waging a “senseless and suicidal” war on nature that is causing human suffering and enormous economic losses while accelerating the destruction of life…
View More Human destruction of nature is ‘senseless and suicidal’, warns UN chiefMexico was once a climate leader – now it’s betting big on coal
The men on the midnight shift smoked cigarettes and cracked jokes in the glow of their helmet lights as they prepared to go underground. They…
View More Mexico was once a climate leader – now it’s betting big on coal‘Invisible killer’: fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds
Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil was responsible for 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, a staggering one…
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The future of a proposed coalmine in Cumbria has been thrown into doubt after an abrupt U-turn by the county council, which will now reconsider…
View More County council to reconsider Cumbria coalmine applicationExperts pile pressure on Boris Johnson over ‘shocking’ new coalmine
Pressure is growing on the government over its support for a new coalmine in Cumbria, as the UK prepares to host the most important UN…
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A legal challenge to the UK government’s approval of a new gas-fired power plant has failed in the court of appeal. The challenge was brought…
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