Campaigners criticise first minister for not demanding end to North Sea drilling in letter to Boris JohnsonNicola Sturgeon has been criticised by climate campaigners for failing to call for the new Cambo oilfield to be blocked because of the climate cr…
By pushing for more oil production, the US is killing its climate pledges | Adam Tooze
If Joe Biden is serious about tackling the climate crisis he must use his country’s leverage to curb fossil fuels, not boost themThe UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has driven home just how dangerous the climate crisis is. …
Remember Obama’s drill, baby, drill, days? Democrats aren’t innocent on climate
Obama campaigned in climate poetry and then governed in fossil fuel prose. Joe Biden may well follow in his footstepsIf after Monday’s news you didn’t feel a pang of doom, you’re either a zen master, a recluse living in a news vacuum, or a nihilist. Th…
Australia ‘lagging at the back of the pack’ of OECD countries on climate action, analysis finds
Australia ranks 20th or worse in seven of eight categories despite Coalition claim it is leading the way in reducing emissionsClaims by the Morrison government that Australia has done more to cut greenhouse gas emissions than other countries have been …
Martin Rowson on Boris Johnson’s Thatcher coalmines gaffe– cartoon
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Keir Starmer calls on Boris Johnson to say sorry for coalmines joke
Labour leader says remarks about pit closures ‘utterly shameful’ and shows prime minister ‘out of touch’Keir Starmer has called on Boris Johnson to apologise for joking about Margaret Thatcher closing coalmines, describing the remarks as “utterly shame…
Johnson’s coalmine quip shows he thinks the climate crisis is a joke | Ellie Mae O’Hagan
The prime minister was asked about his plans for transitioning away from fossil fuels. He chose to distract, not answerAllow me to let you in on a little secret. Many people working in politics and the media openly discuss the fact that Boris Johnson’s…
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…
Climate crisis has cost Colorado billions – now it wants oil firms to pick up the bill
ExxonMobil and Suncor face lawsuits in the western state but big oil’s apologists say the US consumer is to blame for emissionsMore than a decade after the Fourmile Canyon blaze drove even the firefighters out of Gold Hill, blackened hillsides and scor…
Ex-SpaceX engineers in race to build first commercial electric speedboat
LA-based Arc Boat company announces $4.25m seed fund to start work on 475-horsepower craftA team of former SpaceX rocket engineers have joined the race to build the first commercial electric speedboat.The Arc Boat company announced it had raised $4.25m…