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- Gas flaring created 389m tonnes of carbon pollution last year, report finds Fri, 18 Jul 25, 6:23pmRules to prevent ‘enormous waste’ of fuel are seen as weak and poorly enforced and firms have little incentive to stop
- Fuel firms can challenge California’s emission limits, supreme court rules Sat, 21 Jun 25, 12:36amCourt votes to back challenge to state waiver that allows it to set tougher car emission standards than federal limits
- White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open Fri, 20 Jun 25, 10:00pmOne plant produces more arsenic pollution than any other in US, and the other has been slated for closure since 2021
- ‘A future on our terms’: how community energy is lighting up Latin America Thu, 8 May 25, 11:00pmSmall-scale schemes are replacing dirty diesel with clean electricity in remote areas – and ensuring a just transition
- Public affairs firms in Europe enable pollution by lobbying for big oil, says analysis Fri, 25 Apr 25, 2:00pmExclusive: EU Transparency Register shows law firms also among lobbyists working for fossil fuel companies
- Will global climate action be a casualty of Trump’s tariffs? Fri, 11 Apr 25, 4:00pmClean energy investors likely to pull back from US, but other countries may seize opportunity to speed transition
- Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda could keep the world hooked on oil and gas Wed, 12 Mar 25, 10:00pmThe US president is making energy deals with Japan and Ukraine, and in Africa has even touted resurrecting coal
- Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart - or pay $11bn Wed, 5 Mar 25, 4:00pmThe island is being sued by a mining company over its decision, and faces paying nine times its annual budget in damages if it loses
- JP Morgan’s ‘sustainable’ funds invested £200m in mining giant Glencore Sun, 2 Mar 25, 5:00amBacking of Glencore angers campaigners who have highlighted firm’s environmental breaches in South Africa
- Guardian investigation fuels class-action lawsuit against petro giant Tue, 28 Jan 25, 3:00amMarathon Petroleum said a massive fire at its Louisiana refinery caused ‘no offsite impacts’. Reporting by the Guardian and Forensic Architecture raised doubts about this claim
- Guardian investigation fuels class action lawsuit against petro giant Tue, 28 Jan 25, 3:00amMarathon Petroleum said a massive fire at its Louisiana refinery caused ‘no offsite impacts’. Reporting by the Guardian and Forensic Architecture raised doubts about this claim
- Labour under fire over plans for 40 more ‘greenwashing’ waste incinerators Sun, 29 Dec 24, 5:00pmCommunities across the UK are fighting ‘catastrophic’ proposals to build new energy-from-waste plants
- ‘I have to live in a cocoon’: locals in Pennsylvania feel ‘sacrificed’ for Shell plastics plant Wed, 11 Dec 24, 11:00pmResidents accuse the oil firm of overstating the benefits of its ethane cracker plant – and playing down the harms
- US supreme court declines to pause new federal power plant emissions rule Thu, 17 Oct 24, 7:25amEmergency requests by 27 states to pause rule requiring fossil fuel-powered plants to reduce emissions were denied
- Pollutionwatch: Dangers of adding rubbish to home fires Fri, 4 Oct 24, 3:00pmTests show adding just 10% of waste to a wood burner indoors can double its particle pollution