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  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
    Pilita Clark
    Windfall taxes are not the only option for fossil fuel profits

    ‘Carbon takeback’ would make companies pay to clean up their emissions

  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
    Special ReportInnovation in Energy
    Shipping lines return to proven power of wind

    Use of rotor sail technology set to boom as new carbon efficiency regulations force change

  • Saturday, 4 February, 2023
    Climate change
    Global elite produce almost half greenhouse emissions, UN says

    ‘Carbon inequalities’ within countries support case for wealth tax on biggest polluters

  • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
    Water prosecutions fall in England despite thousands of pollution warnings

    Green groups say regulator is failing to hold polluters to account due to years of funding cuts

  • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
    Oil & Gas industry
    Shell hit with damages claim by 11,000 Nigerians in UK High Court

    Long-running dispute a test case over global oil groups’ responsibility for past pollution

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    Climate change
    Indonesia islanders file climate lawsuit against Swiss cement group Holcim

    Plaintiffs say they are at risk of losing their livelihoods due to rise in sea level and flooding

  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    Pensions industry
    UK pension schemes search out forestry investments

    Nest and Cushon schemes with £26bn under management look to put funds into trees as a growth area

  • Monday, 23 January, 2023
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Notable new books on climate and the environment

    From direct air carbon capture to the prospects for 100 per cent renewables — plus a sea voyage into a more sustainable future

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    England
    Ministers ‘falling short’ on improving England’s natural environment, says watchdog

    Office for Environmental Protection urges government to accelerate work on 25-year plan

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    Danone lawsuit could be test case for new war on plastics

    Three environmental groups are suing the producer of Evian water and Activia yoghurt

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The EU’s pioneering carbon border tax

    Brussels’ levy is a step forward but implementation will be tricky

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Climate change
    US greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2022 despite climate goals

    Buildings, industry and transport drive estimated 1.3% increase, in conflict with Paris targets

  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    OutlookChloe Cornish
    Mumbai’s self-cleaning air system breaks down

    Without sea breezes sweeping away the high emissions, the metropolis became trapped in an eye-stinging haze

  • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
    LexPlastic pollution
    Blue sky thinking: bacteria have an appetite for recycling Premium content

    Start-ups are raising funds to speed up process that uses microbes

  • Monday, 26 December, 2022
    News in-depthCarbon offset
    Carbon credit groups seek to expand investor appeal

    Some project developers are turning to capital markets to help finance new offsetting schemes

  • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
    Environment
    3M to end ‘forever chemicals’ production as pressure builds

    Conglomerate to phase out Pfas used in products such as mobile phones and non-stick pans

  • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
    Environment
    ‘Paris Agreement for nature’ raises biodiversity hopes and doubts

    Landmark UN pact aims to arrest extinctions by conserving 30% of land and oceans by 2030

  • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
    ESG investing
    Activist group Follow This launches climate campaign against Big Oil

    Shareholder resolutions filed calling on companies to cut emissions more aggressively

  • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
    Global Economy
    UN pushes end to $1.8tn in subsidies linked with harm to nature

    Focus turns to economic risks of loss of plant and animal life that experts estimate could affect up to half of global GDP

  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    Health
    Potentially toxic air pollution hazard identified on London Underground

    Cambridge study finds high levels of iron particles small enough to pass into bloodstream

  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    Corporate social responsibility
    Fewer companies gain top score for environmental disclosures in 2022, report shows

    Businesses struggle to meet demands for more information from regulators and investors

  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Single-use plastic cutlery and plates face ban in England

    UK government is imposing fresh restrictions to curb pollution of rivers and seas

  • Saturday, 10 December, 2022
    Peter Hain
    Lead mining pollution in Zambia is an ESG test case

    Investors must decide where they sit in dispute over former Anglo American Kabwe mine

  • Friday, 9 December, 2022
    ReviewBooks
    Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit — Assaad Razzouk’s thought-provoking polemic

    Are we missing the bigger picture on climate change?

  • Friday, 9 December, 2022
    Europe Express
    EU countries are off-track on pollution targets Premium content

    Deadly dust particles claim thousands of deaths every year

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