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The Swedish environmentalist said that fossil fuel companies and banks are trying to “give polluters a free pass to keep polluting”.

Thunberg and other activists from Greenpeace and the Indigenous Environmental Network appeared at a panel at the climate summit to raise awareness about…

Greta Thunberg chose the day that finance chiefs rallied trillions of dollars to deploy in the fight against climate change to make her presence felt at COP26.

New research from the Australia Institute Climate & Energy Program reveals that planned new gas and coal projects in Australia would result in almost

Carbon dioxide emissions have dominated discussions about climate change, but reducing the amount of methane released into the atmosphere can also make an

Carbon dioxide emissions have dominated discussions about climate change, but reducing the amount of methane released into the atmosphere can also make an impact. Later this month, the world’s largest gathering devoted to climate change, COP26, will convene in Glasgow where world leaders are expected to discuss carbon dioxide emissions and methane emissions from oil and gas production, waste and agriculture. Two Duke earth science and environmental policy experts discussed these issues Wednesd...

Dacia T. Meng Producer Responsibility Initiatives Attorney Beveridge & Diamond Washington, DC including end-of-life management of plastics, packaging, electronics, pharmaceuticals, recycling, Corporate Sustainability, Pharmaceuticals

Date Time Groups in Australia and Japan highlight damage caused by their nations’ coal trade Civil society groups in Australia and Japan have teamed up to release a new report that examines the damage caused by coal mining in Australia and coal consumption in Japan, shining a light on the costs of Japan’s reliance on Australian coal. The report by the Australian Conservation Foundation, the Australia Institute and major Japanese climate organisation Kiko Network highlights the impacts on th...

It is disappointing that peak bodies claiming to represent Australia’s farmers have chosen to interpret the Australia Institute’s report Banking on...

Published May 20, 2021 Today, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) delivered a letter signed by more than 50 Connecticut scientists to Connecticut Attorney General William Tong expressing support for the state’s lawsuit against ExxonMobil. The suit alleges the company misled state consumers about its products’ climate change impacts. As far back as the 1960s, ExxonMobil knew that the climate consequences of fossil fuel pollution were potentially catastrophic. Equipped with info...