Fossil fuels

Engineer inside a nuclear reactor.

World's nuclear power capacity must double by 2050, say energy experts

A coal power plant in Kozani, Greece.

European countries return to coal as Russia threatens to turn off gas

Cars driving in Berlin, Germany.

Germany refuses to agree to EU ban on new fossil fuel cars from 2035

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at a news conference to introduce the second report of the Global Crisis Response Group on June 8, 2022, at United Nations headquarters.

Guterres warns humanity is in the 'danger zone' due to climate change

Using banana skins, scientists have found a new way to produce energy from biomass.

Banana peel could hold the key to more 'renewable' biofuel

07/06/2022

Bitcoin symbol above a shop as people walk by.

Which city wants to ban crypto miners using fossil fuels?

07/06/2022

Antonio Guterres gives his commencement speech at Seton Hall University, 24 May.

‘Don’t work for climate wreckers’, UN chief tells class of 2022

24/05/2022

An oil rig in Texas: Existing fossil fuel extraction must end early to stop climate change say experts

New and existing fossil fuel projects must end now, says new study

18/05/2022

A boy disposes of raw sewage into a stream in the sprawling Kibera slum in Kenya's capital of Nairobi.

Pollution kills millions more people a year than COVID has, data shows

18/05/2022

General view of the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off the coast of Blackpool, Britain.

Norway turns its back on gas and oil to become a renewable superpower

13/05/2022

New fossil-fuelled cars are set to be banned in the EU from 2035.

EU-wide ban on new fossil fuel cars to kick in from 2035

12/05/2022

Solar energy is the future.

Why solar power is the greenest renewable we have at our disposal

11/05/2022

Solar panels could be installed on all suitable public buildings in the EU by 2025.

There could be solar panels on all buildings in the EU by 2025

11/05/2022

Portugal is building the largest floating solar park in Europe.

Portugal is opening Europe's biggest floating solar park this year

09/05/2022

A concept image for what the energy island could look like.

Can Denmark’s ‘energy islands’ help it escape Russian fossil fuels?

06/05/2022

Police officers try to remove Etienne Stott, former Olympian, and an activist from Extinction Rebellion who have occupied a Shell oil tanker during a protest.

What is a windfall tax and how would it help with the cost of living?

04/05/2022

A plane lands at Heathrow Airport in London.

The real climate impact of flying could be much worse than we thought

04/05/2022

A group of woman cool off in front of a cooling fan during a heatwave as they queue at the enterance of the Colosseum in Rome.

Italians banned from overusing air con in a bid to save energy

25/04/2022

Zurich is planning to switch off natural gas as part of a plan to save the planet and money.

Switzerland’s largest city is switching off natural gas for good

22/04/2022

What a solar farm would like on Turkey's coal mines.

Turning Turkey’s coal mines into solar farms would power 7m homes

13/04/2022