Why Trump is signing an executive action on mining the deep ocean
Mon 28 Apr 2025
President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea.
China says wind and solar electricity capacity exceeds thermal for first time
Today 11:15am
China's wind and solar energy capacity has surpassed that of mostly coal-powered thermal for the first time, the national energy body said Friday.
Unleashing the 89% of people who want climate action could lead to ‘social tipping point’
Today 11:15am
A whopping 89 percent of people globally want stronger action on the climate crisis, but feel trapped in a “spiral of silence” because of the mistaken belief they are in the minority, according to research.
Pacific island states urge rich countries to expedite plans to cut emissions
Today 11:15am
Rich countries are dragging their feet on producing new plans to combat the climate crisis, thereby putting the poor into greater danger, some of the world’s most vulnerable nations have warned.
Area burned by UK wildfires in 2025 already at annual record
Today 11:15am
The area of the UK burnt by wildfires so far this year is already higher than the total for any year in more than a decade, satellite data suggests.
Liberal, Conservative platforms don’t say if they’ll meet Canada’s emissions target
Today 11:15am
Neither the Liberals nor the Conservatives have laid out how — or even if — their policy platforms will work to have Canada meet its greenhouse gas emissions targets under the global Paris climate pact.
AI energy demand can keep fossil fuels alive, tech backers promise world’s two biggest oil producers
Today 11:15am
An AI-fossil fuel axis is forming in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as AI advocates pledge an endless need for energy — spelling disaster for the climate.
Countries could use forests to 'mask' needed emission cuts: report
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them to use even more fossil fuels, new research said Thursday.
At energy security talks, US pushes gas and derides renewables
Mon 28 Apr 2025
The US envoy to the IEA’s energy security summit criticised renewables, arguing that they cause power cuts and increase reliance on China.
Trump officials pressure world’s top energy agency to drop climate mission
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Trump administration officials are attempting to block the world’s most important energy research agency from producing data that the U.S. government argues favours renewable power over fossil fuels.
