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Ten years of the Paris Agreement: Has the world kept its climate promises?
Nearly 200 countries pledged to limit warming to 1.5C. We look at who has delivered and who has fallen short.
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Warming UK seas could ‘fundamentally reshape marine ecosystems’ – report
Four-year study warns destabilised marine food webs could jeopardise food security by 2050 Warming seas around the UK and the wider north-east Atlantic could destabilise marine food webs, weaken ocean health and jeopardise food security by…
How El Nino and summer heatwaves have starved our Christmas trees and led to a shortage
The impact of the 2026 heatwave has far outlasted the summer – and could now affect one of our favourite festive traditions. Katie Rosseinsky takes a look at how a year of unsettled weather extremes has impacted the nation’s crop of…
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UK found to be ‘dangerously’ reliant on China for critical minerals needed for defence and AI
Delivering net zero also at risk, say MPs as they call for centralised policy and funding for mines and diversification The UK is “dangerously” dependent on China for critical raw materials needed for the military, renewable energy…
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How Australia Gives Its Citizens Free Electricity
The COP31 climate conference begins in Turkey next week. Can countries make headway in the current geopolitical landscape? This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi is joined by Chris Bowen, Australia's minister for climate change and energy and the…
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In a Divided World, COP31 Aims for Agreement on Electrification
The COP31 climate summit might count as a success if there is a commitment from all countries attending to significantly boost the electrification of their economies, according to the event’s head of negotiations.One of the main goals of…
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Zero Podcast: How Australia Gives Citizens Free Electricity
The COP31 climate conference begins in Turkey next week. Can countries make headway in the current geopolitical landscape? This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi is joined by Chris Bowen, Australia's minister for climate change and energy and the…
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Chinese Renewables Stocks Extend Surge After Democratic Sweep
Chinese renewables stocks extended a dramatic rally after the Democratic sweep in the midterm elections was viewed as favorable for the industry even as US tariffs remain in place.
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Big Tech Lost The Election. Now Comes The Gaslighting.
As Democrats prepare to investigate Silicon Valley, its liberal-branded lobby is scrambling to erase voters’ resounding rejection of Big Tech.
Australia approves seabed site where a Japanese company will store carbon pollution
The Australian government has designated a seabed storage site off its northern coast where a Japanese company plans to store hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide using a technology that has divided climate scientists
Turkey’s solar boom shines ahead of a UN climate summit but coal and other fossil fuels loom large
Turkey is spotlighting its renewable energy efforts as it hosts the upcoming U.N. climate summit
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Voters Reject Industry-Backed Ballot Measures With Big Environmental Stakes
As a blue wave washed over Election Day, ballot measures across the country showed voters strongly support environmental protection, with notable early outcomes in California and Colorado. Democrats swept Congress on Tuesday, winning…
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Alabama Power Routinely Bills Ratepayers for Ads Promoting Its Goods and Services. State Regulators Want That Stopped.
On a busy election day, the Alabama Public Service Commission requested that Alabama Power voluntarily stop billing customers, effective immediately, for television commercials and other ads it buys to promote various aspects of its…
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Solar Market in Bangladesh Shows Shift From Oil, Gas Due to Middle East War
A cramped market in the heart of Dhaka has become an unlikely ground zero for Bangladesh’s energy transition. Down narrow aisles crowded with shoppers and delivery workers, tiny storefronts are overflowing with rows of solar panels and…
Clean power shields China from oil shock more than any other country
Rapid clean power growth and electrification have boosted China's energy resilience as well as confidence in its energy policy ahead of COP31, experts say The post Clean power shields China from oil shock more than any other country…
Burnham set to close North Sea to new oil and gas drilling
The bill hopes to fulfil Labour’s manifesto and permanently protect Ed Miliband’s moratorium on new oil and gas drilling projects
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Conley’s Victory in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley Opens Door to Renewed Climate Action
NY-17: Last in a series on the environmental stakes behind one of the nation’s most fiercely contested congressional races. Before midnight, and before any official body had called the race, Republican incumbent Mike Lawler conceded to…
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Typhoons batter East Asia as El Niño makes Pacific 'burn with fever'
Even for countries where typhoons are a way of life, the last few months have brought unusually wild weather.
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Democrats’ Victory in Texas Raises Potential for Environmental Reform
Democrats’ historic sweep of Texas on Tuesday raises new possibilities of environmental reform after more than 30 years of Republican rule in the home of the nation’s oil and gas industry. That includes opportunities to cement safeguards…
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International Coalition of Lawyers and Advocacy Groups Accuses JBS of Money Laundering
An international team of lawyers on Wednesday filed a coordinated battery of lawsuits against JBS, the world’s largest meat company, and its financiers, accusing them of money laundering in connection with the destruction of the Amazon…
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Democrats Win Control of Georgia’s Energy Regulator
Georgia voters have broken the Republican grip on the state’s energy regulator, giving Democrats control of the Public Service Commission for the first time in 30 years. Their victories come amid growing frustration over rising electricity…
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Ireland Seeks EU Nations Deal on One-Year Delay to Methane Rules
Ireland proposed that European Union member states delay by a year methane rules for oil and natural gas importers to safeguard energy security and allay concerns over rising prices.
Revealing Amazon land grabs targeting an uncontacted community
Around 500 people recently invaded Indigenous land in the Brazilian Amazon, home to an uncontacted Indigenous group. But this was no spontaneous land grab. Behind the occupation was a carefully coordinated political campaign. The territory…