Bank of America, 19 others urged to address pollution in lending to plastics firms: report
Jan 10, 2021 09:42 am UTC| Business
A report by research network portfolio.earth revealed that Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc, and JPMorgan Chase Co provided the most financing to plastics firms without imposing any pro-environment due diligence or...
Ships moved more than 11 billion tonnes of our stuff around the globe last year
Nov 18, 2020 03:46 am UTC| Economy
The shipping of goods around the world keeps economies going. But it comes at an enormous environmental cost producing more CO₂ than the aviation industry. This problem should be getting urgent international attention and...
Biden’s stance against fossil fuels didn't turn away voters in Pennsylvania and other key states
Nov 10, 2020 05:49 am UTC| Politics
The United States election results have been a nail-biter that many polls did not predict. After days of uncertainty, the votes have tipped in favour of Joe Biden, and the U.S. president-elect has since kicked off his...
European oil firms struggle to meet UN climate goals
Oct 09, 2020 00:08 am UTC| Business
None of Europes 59 major oil companies, including BP and Royal Dutch Shell, are on track to meet the Paris Agreements goals on limiting global warming. BP is the least aligned among the European firms, not even meeting...
Why some green policies can actually harm progress on climate change
Feb 04, 2020 13:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Youd be forgiven for thinking that businesses are racing ahead in the green transition. After all, big corporations like Sainsburys and Microsoft have made public announcements about going carbon neutral, or even carbon...
Media 'impartiality' on climate change is ethically misguided and downright dangerous
Feb 03, 2020 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In September 2019, the editor of The Conversation, Misha Ketchell, declared The Conversations editorial team in Australia was henceforth taking what he called a zero-tolerance approach to climate change deniers and...
Climate change, pollution and urbanization threaten water in Canada
Feb 03, 2020 12:20 pm UTC| Nature
In recent years, the daily news has been flooded with stories of water woes from coast to coast to coast. There are melting glaciers and ice sheets in northern and western Canada and lead in drinking water in the older...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight