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Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to ‘greenwash’ their lack of commitment to solving global warming.

So far, I’ve participated in 11 virtual events to discuss my new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, with a few more to come. At each one, I’ve talked about how the world needs to transform its entire physical economy so we can stop emitting greenhouse gases by 2050, and at nearly every event, I’

After putting $100m into Covid research, the billionaire is taking on the climate crisis. And first he has some bones to pick with his fellow campaigners...Read an exclusive extract from Gates’ new book

Companies accused of “zero progress” on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranked No 1 for most littered products

Oil and gas companies make far more money churning out new plastic than reusing old. Meanwhile, the public gets the blame, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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Jonathan Franzen writes about the tendency of media and politicians to describe the climate crisis with an excess of hope, and about the different decisions that become available after realizing that the climate catastrophe is unavoidable.

After the panicky IPCC report on climate change, it’s easy for pessimism to set in – but that would be conceding defeat

H&M, Mars and Unilever also promise to eliminate single-use plastics

Plastic items such as cutlery and straws would be banned in the EU under plans approved by MEPs.

Demand for bitcoin could single-handedly derail efforts to limit global warming because the increasingly popular digital currency takes huge amounts of energy to produce, scientists say.

Stop obsessing with how personally green you live – and start collectively taking on corporate power

These spiritual stones purportedly help people connect with the Earth, but few sellers will say where on Earth their products are from.

With a little distance from the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris, it's clear that the meaning of the deal struck there is deeply contested. From the euphoric pronouncements of politicians like U.S. President Obama (this is "the best chance we have to save the one planet that we've got") to the scathing dismissal of climate scientist James Hansen (it's a "fraud"), lots of people reading the coverage of the agreement are understandably confused about what to make of it.

That extra cost is probably worth it.

British researchers have concluded that most of Canada's oilsands will have to be left in the ground if the world gets serious about climate change.

G-20 host Tony Abbott just had an awkward weekend.

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Alberta artist, Peter von Tiesenhausen , has effectively stopped oil corporations from putting a pipeline through his 800 acre property by covering it with artwork and copyrighting the top six ...

"The greedy gas and oil companies of this country have decided that they can squeeze every last little ounce of oil and gas out of previously pumped wells by injecting the earth with highly toxic carcinogenic chemicals..."