Thinktank InfluenceMap accuses petroleum giants of gaming Facebook to promote oil and gas as part of climate-crisis solutionFacebook failed to enforce its own rules to curb an oil and gas industry misinformation campaign over the climate crisis during …
Cargo bikes deliver faster and cleaner than vans, study finds
Home deliveries are soaring and cargo bikes cut congestion and pollution in cities, researchers sayElectric cargo bikes deliver about 60% faster than vans in city centres, according to a study. It found that bikes had a higher average speed and dropped…
在宅勤務が増えるなか、企業は社員の自宅のカーボンオフセットにも乗り出した
在宅勤務によって職場での二酸化炭素の排出量が減っている。しかし、それは単に職場から自宅へと排出源が移っただけのことだ。こうしたなか、真のカーボンオフセットを目指す企業は従業員の自宅にも目を向け始めている。
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Labour calls for ‘hard-edged’ end date for oil and gas exploration
Keir Starmer says Labour will not support proposed Cambo oil field as party lays out £30bn green jobs planThe UK must set a “hard-edged timetable” for the cessation of oil and gas exploration, Keir Starmer has said, as he revealed that Labour would not…
Electric vehicles have a rich past – and a richer future | Letters
Readers share their views on climate-friendly transportationYour long read had some interesting facts (The lost history of the electric car – and what it tells us about the future of transport, 3 August), but it is also worth drawing attention to the e…
The ‘queen of vegan cheese’ wants to change the dairy industry
Miyoko Schinner has been on a years-long quest to make tasty vegan cheese. Now she wants to help dairy farmers switch to plant-based farmingMiyoko Schinner calls herself “the queen of vegan cheese”. The chef, activist and author wrote the 2012 book Art…
Millions more people vulnerable to flooding in next decade, study shows
Populations in flood-prone regions is increasing, with 57 countries especially susceptibleFrom Germany to New York City, this summer has demonstrated the destructive force of floods. Now, a new study shows that many more people will live in flood-prone…
‘The very worst things we could imagine’: a terrifying documentary on US wildfires
In Bring Your Own Brigade, British film-maker Lucy Walker takes us back to the California tragedies of 2018 and a crisis that continues to rage on“In the Christian imagination,” says Lucy Walker’s voiceover, “hell is fire pits, it’s being burned alive….
Weatherwatch: Cardiff taps into its subterranean heat
Pioneering scheme in Welsh capital uses groundwater boreholes to take advantage of urban warmthThe air in urban areas can be up to 3C (5.4F) warmer than in the surrounding countryside, known as the urban heat island effect. But less well known is that …
Reforestation hopes threaten global food security, Oxfam warns
Over-reliance on tree-planting to offset carbon emissions could push food prices up 80% by 2050Governments and businesses hoping to plant trees and restore forests in order to reach net-zero emissions must sharply limit such efforts to avoid driving up…