Financial Times (London)
Waste-to-energy: panacea for Asia's pollution problem or a load of rubbish?
Liu Xiao spends her weeks visiting sludge and organic waste treatment plants across China. The travel can be tiring but as a technical and policy adviser on waste management she must help implement President
China's carbon emissions set for fastest growth in 7 years
China's carbon emissions are on track to rise at their fastest pace in more than seven years during 2018, casting further doubt on the ability of the Paris climate change agreement to curb dangerous greenhouse
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Thousands at risk of starvation in Nigeria, aid agencies warn
As food stocks dwindle, people at risk of famine in north of country climbs to 1.5m The UN's World Food Programme blames a funding shortfall for the deepening crisis, which comes at a crucial time.
EU 'ready to fight' for climate change action despite Trump
Europe stands "ready to lead the fight" for global emissions reductions even if Donald Trump undercuts the bloc's efforts to tackle the issue, the European Commission's energy chief has said. Sign up By
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Eight carmakers on course to miss European CO2 targets
Only four of the 12 largest companies — Peugeot Citroën, Toyota, Renault-Nissan and Volvo — are on track to hit incoming EU targets, according to PA Consulting group, which advises many of the companies
Big companies not doing enough to meet carbon goals
Research shows 94 of 900-plus groups have strategy to meet Paris climate accord goals More than 900 of the world's largest companies have a plan to cut their carbon pollution but only a fraction are
British Petroleum (BP)
Toxic haze in SE Asia killed 100,000, study says
Toxic haze that spread across Southeast Asia from Indonesian forest fires last year caused the deaths of about 100,000 people across the region, according to the first academic study of the health impact
China protest against nuclear waste plant
Thousands of people took to the streets of an eastern Chinese city this weekend to protest against a proposed nuclear waste reprocessing facility, in a show of public opposition that China fears could
Nuclear Wastes
Brussels starts work on stricter CO2 targets for vehicles
Brussels will tighten CO2 targets for cars and vans from 2020 as it moves towards a long-term ambition of zero emissions from road vehicles. The European Commission has begun consulting on new targets
Legal shake-up threatens Germany's energy 'revolution'
In Germany, people's power has wrought a revolution. All over the country, citizens have formed co-operatives to build wind farms and solar arrays, in a grassroots push that has helped to make Germany