Pollution
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Coal-dependent Poland pivots toward green energy
Poland on Friday set a deadline of 2049 to abandon coal mining — part of a green shift that’s delighting many in…
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How France’s youngest green mayor wants to transform her city
POITIERS, France — Poitiers is known for its rich medieval history, its bell towers, the Futuroscope theme park and now…
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Why ‘Carbon Offsets’ Don’t Do All That They Promise
Another consumer products giant, Unilever Plc, is foregoing offsets, at least for now. Perhaps surprisingly, it’s Unilever’s course that’s more…
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A Decade After BP Oil Disaster, Gulf of Mexico Still Shows Scars
Scientists say large swaths of the Gulf may never be the same. Matt Haines VoA London-based oil company BP, which…
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We know that climate change is caused by human activity, but pinning down exactly who is responsible is trickier than it might seem.
With every passing year of inaction, the emissions cuts needed to limit global warming to relatively safe levels grow steeper…
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Environmental catastrophe is declared as one of biggest ever Arctic oil spills stretches out over Taymyr tundra
The catastrophe was reported to the authorities only two days after the spill and nobody really knows how to clean…
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Coronavirus: Global emissions dropped by 17 per cent during pandemic peak
Restrictions in place because of coronavirus resulted in global emissions declining by 17 per cent in April, a new study…
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Flamingos flock to a locked-down Mumbai
Huge numbers of the birds have flocked to Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra state in western India, with photos of…
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Pollution made COVID-19 worse.
As the novel coronavirus tears around the world, it’s exploiting our biggest weaknesses, from creaking health care systems to extreme…
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The fight to save the Amazon is a matter of life or death for those trying to protect it
A Four Corners investigation has found the Brazilian Amazon is being destroyed at rapidly increasing rates from a combination of…
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Venice canals run clear as coronavirus lockdown leaves city free of tourists
Last year, the canals were swarming with tourists and revellers for the famous Carnival, but on February 23 this year,…
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Throwing away the throwaway society
Brussels wants people to buy fewer clothes, fix and not ditch smartphones and recycle instead of dumping things in the…
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Why your internet habits are not as clean as you think
IIt’s probable you’ve already replied to a couple of emails today, sent some chat messages and maybe performed a quick…
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NASA satellite images show drastic decline in China pollution due to coronavirus
Factory and business closures for the Lunar New Year could also have contributed to the ‘dramatic drop-off.’ DW.com Satellite images…
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The brutal reality of life inside one of the world’s most polluted cities
One morning in late August 2018, Carolina Astudillo was leaving her house in Quintero, a Chilean coastal town just two…
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Dark day for Polish coal
WARSAW — Ostrołęka C was supposed to be Europe’s last new big coal-fired power plant. Paola Tamma Politico It likely…
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