Framework for a Nature Positive Built Environment
What is nature positive? We may be at a tipping point in our relationship with nature. The loss…
‘There has to be glitter’: can the Rio carnival give up its love of beach-polluting microplastics? | Oceans
Whether it is embellishing elaborate costumes, delicately applied as eye makeup, or smeared across bare skin, glitter is…
Prolific waste dumper forced to pay £1.2m compensation
In 2018, the EA seized £131,520 in cash from Datta’s home address. After pleading not guilty in 2023,…
A milestone achievement in our journey to carbon negative
In 2020, Microsoft announced a moonshot commitment to become carbon negative by 2030 — accelerating work across our…
Italy’s Plan to Strip Carbon Costs From Electricity Bills Roils Energy Markets
Italy is preparing a sweeping overhaul of its electricity market that would strip carbon costs from power bills,…
‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics | Plastics
Like many of us who are mindful of our plastic consumption, Beth Gardiner would take her own bags…
Decades of gains overshadowed as Asia-Pacific falls behind on sustainable development targets
The Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2026, released by the UN Economic and Social Commission for…
Geothermal energy could replace 42% of EU’s fossil electricity. Which nation has the most potential?
Published on 19/02/2026 – 6:00 GMT+1 New technologies are unlocking geothermal electricity across much wider parts of Europe,…
Vegetable scraps to be turned into bioenergy by Scenic Rim farm as part of $291 million project
Vegetable scraps from a major Queensland producer are set to be turned into renewable energy in what developers…
China’s Carbon Market Expands Into Heavy Industry As USA Regresses
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Meet the Inuit scientist kayaking around Greenland to highlight just how far microplastics travel
Armed with just a kayak and a self-built microplastic filter, Kristian Louis Jensen has spent the last decade…
The week the EU’s climate foundations started to shake – POLITICO
“It says, basically, if you want to pollute, you pay. If you don’t want to pay, innovate. And…