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Since winning office last November, he has issued a series of executive orders and is poised to sign his “big beautiful bill” that effectively terminates Biden-era climate policies. Carbon Brief’s …
Chart: Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes Read More
Fossil fuel company Europa Oil & Gas is seeking permission for a fracking project in North Yorkshire. And thanks to a gaping loophole in the current moratorium on the environmentally destructive process, it just might …
A fracking project in North Yorkshire tried to dodge emissions requirements laid down by a court Read More
The Labour Government has granted permission to a business-focused airport to massively expand the number of passengers it can carry every year. London City Airport will be allowed to increase its annual …
Government Approves Expansion of London City Airport, as Climate Campaigners Say Only ‘Private Jet Users’ Will Benefit Read More
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has published new research which shows the need for a strong reduction of air traffic in order to halt the ongoing climate crisis. In a move likely to shock other …
A Dutch airport has gone rogue and called for air traffic polluters to pay for their CO² emissions Read More
BRUSSELS, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Real CO2 emissions from most passengers cars on EU roads are the same as 12 years ago despite reduction targets set in 2010 for newly …
EU auditors say real CO2 emissions from most cars have not fallen Read More
A legal challenge against an onshore oil project in Horse Hill, Surrey will be heard in the Supreme Court on 21 and 22 June. The years-long case challenges Surrey County Council’s failure …
Pivotal case against UK fossil fuel project gets its day in the Supreme Court Read More
The year 2023 coincided with the 50th anniversary of India’s groundbreaking Project Tiger, an innovative programme designed to rescue the country’s iconic big cat from the precipice of extinction. In …
Tiger protection in India also saved 1 million tonnes of carbon emissions – new study Read More
Noel Cass asks: how do the rich justify their high-carbon lifestyles? Every month, another headline points out that the rich are responsible for the majority of climate-damaging carbon emissions. In …
Gas guzzlers swerve the issue Read More
Washington state rang in the New Year with the launch of its most ambitious plan to slash carbon pollution. The new “cap-and-invest” program is designed to follow in the footsteps …
Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works. Read More
Emerging economies spar with U.S. over ‘carbon colonialism’ from Politico: GLASGOW, Scotland — The United States, the European Union and the U.K. drew a sharp rebuke on Thursday from developing …
Friday 12th – this week’s top economic news Read More