Prime minister gives details of contract talks after French president accuses him of lying about plans to cancel $90bn deal Scott Morrison has hit back against an extraordinary accusation from the French president that Australia’s prime minister lied t…
Queueing chaos outside Cop26 venue as leaders arrive – live
Thousands of delegates are queueing for security as the UN climate conference prepares to beginTravel chaos hampered many delegates and observers’ arrival in Glasgow for Cop26 yesterday, with a tree on the tracks taking out the west coast main line for…
Children surviving the climate crisis – in pictures
Save the Children has been documenting the stories of children living on the frontline of the climate crisis, sending world-renowned photographers to Cambodia, Australia and Pakistan to learn about their lives Continue reading…
Joe Manchin: who gave you authority to decide the fate of the planet? | Daniel Sherrell
My rage against the senator might consume me if I couldn’t set it down hereLate in the evening on Friday 15 October an alert appeared on my phone that seemed at last to portend the end of the world. Two weeks before the UN climate summit in Glasgow – a…
The big idea: Is democracy up to the task of climate change?
As elected governments fall short on their pledges, some look approvingly to the authoritarian playbook. Are they right?It’s time to acknowledge a difficult truth: our democracies are failing us on the climate crisis. As world leaders meet for the cruc…
Is this a watershed moment when it comes to sewage in England’s rivers and seas? | Rachel Salvidge
After a public outcry, the Tories are realising that effluent-dumping water companies need more than a ticking offThe groundswell of disgust over water firms dumping raw human sewage into England’s rivers and seas has grown into a roiling tsunami threa…
低効率な「5％の火力発電所」を閉鎖すれば、発電由来のCO2排出量の7割超を削減できる：研究結果
「火力発電所は環境に悪い」とひとくくりにされがちだが、実際に排出される二酸化炭素の量は発電所ごとに大きく異なる。このほど発表された研究によると、発電効率が低い5％の火力発電所が、世界の発電由来のCO2排出量の約75％を占めているという。特に環境に悪いこれらの発電所の環境負荷をできるだけ減らすために、何ができるのか。
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Prof Peter Stott: ‘Denialists question the cost of climate action … doing nothing costs far more’
The veteran scientist on Trump’s limited impact, Russia’s ruthless climate stance and on the urgency of COP26 in GlasgowProf Peter Stott is a forensic climate detective who examines the human fingerprint on extreme weather. A specialist in mathematics,…
Want to be a greener food shopper? We ask experts for their advice
Leading experts advise on the impact of deliveries, buying organic, packaging and food wasteHow do UK supermarkets rate on the climate crisis?We want to make the right decisions when we shop, but with so many different options on offer, how are we supp…
Ubisoft Is Getting Into The Blockchain Grift
At this point, we’re all just holding out hope that our favorite video game franchises aren’t getting into weird crypto shit. Sometimes, it’s a vain hope. In today’s second quarterly earnings report, Ubisoft said it is exploring blockchain for games. R…