More than 100 countries pledged to better protect nature at UN biodiversity talks last week
Think-tank institutes, politicians and Big Business conspired to discredit researchers and the science of the climate crisis
Civic organisations from across the world ask whether this moment will go down in history as yours truly stepping up to the challenge, or the moment when you caved in to powerful…
The president has previously floated the idea of opening up protected rainforest areas to agriculture, a highly controversial move
A Greenpeace report outlines ways Eskom can adopt green technology and save itself financially
In mainland China, imports of plastic waste have dropped from 600 000 tonnes per month in 2016 to about 30 000 a month in 2018
The NGOs allege that France, where greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2015, has not met its short-term climate objectives
Earth’s surface has warmed 1°C and is on track toward an unliveable 3°C or 4°C rise
At present, almost 90% of South Africa’s electricity mix consists of coal, but many of these plants fail to meet the required emission standards
The continent’s three largest economies are all being courted by Russia’s Rosatom
A severe nuclear accident can happen anywhere, and its impact extends over great distances. The socioeconomic consequences are significant.
"What hurts is that my government might have been engaging in surveillance on me and may have shared that, upon request, with South Korea," he said.
Greenpeace has suffered large losses after an employee speculated on currency markets.
Two members of punk protest band Pussy Riot could be freed from prison under an amnesty proposed by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, say lawyers.
Briton Anthony Perrett says the Greenpeace arrests highlighted the issue of climate change as he tells of his two months in jail.
Eskom has apologised for using a private security company at the Medupi power station in Limpopo to spy on environmental bodies.
The Netherlands has taken Russia to the world’s maritime court in order to free 30 crew members of Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise, charged with piracy.
Activists came out with a united call for Russia’s release of 30 Greenpeace activists after being jailed for protests against Arctic oil drilling.
The rhetoric around fracking is building as Water Minister Edna Molewa issued a notice of her intention to declare fracking a "controlled activity".
Activists have planted a flag at the North Pole along with signatures calling for the Arctic to be declared a sanctuary protected from oil drilling.
