A massive 8,000km long blob of seaweed is floating towards Florida, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt – a raft of biomass stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico – contains scattered patches of seaweed on the open ocean. It’s not a...
A demonstration turned violent on Saturday as police and protestors clashed at the site of a planned reservoir in western France. Thousands of environmental activists joined the demonstration against irrigation reservoirs in the rural community of Sainte-Soline. According to the Interior...
After almost two years of big energy bills dropping onto European doorsteps, the EU has proposed changes to its electricity market to ease pressure on consumers and boost renewable power production. The proposed reform – unveiled on 14 March – introduces new protections for...
Should fossil fuel companies face homicide charges for their contributions to climate change? That’s the question explored in a paper set to be published in the Harvard Environmental Law Review next year. Oil and gas companies have faced a wave of litigation in recent years, typically...
Millionaires will burn through more than two-thirds of the world’s carbon budget over the next 30 years, new research has warned. To limit global warming to below 1.5°C, we can only burn a certain amount of carbon. But millionaire emissions alone will deplete 72 per cent of this allowance...
