A rendering of what the Trojena ski resort in Neom will look like

Greenpeace: Saudi Arabia ski resort will ‘massively alter’ ecosystem

Energy Minister Simonetta Sommaruga calls hydropower "the backbone" of Switzerland's electricity production.

Hydropower: Switzerland’s secret weapon against the energy crisis

A polar bear waits on the shore in northern Canada for the ice to return so it can hunt

Climate change could starve polar bears to extinction

Scientists work on Taiwan's new sustainable, organic, metro farm

Taiwan is turning unused metro stations into vertical farms

Ben van Beurden speaks at an event in January 2019. van Beurden has called for governments to tax energy firms to help the 'poorest'.

Shell boss calls for tax on energy firms to help ‘poorest’ people

Campaigners say Coca Cola is one of the world's biggest polluters.

Climate campaigners ‘baffled’ by COP27 Coca-Cola sponsorship

Code Effort has recycled over 300 million cigarette butts from India's streets so far.

This Indian factory turns cigarette butts into soft toys

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This famous football club has saved €400,000 from its solar roof

Taiwan is turning unused metro stations into vertical farms

Shell boss calls for tax on energy firms to help ‘poorest’ people

South America's 'lithium fields' reveal the dark side of electric cars

Climate campaigners ‘baffled’ by COP27 Coca-Cola sponsorship

Green News

Scientists have discovered that enzymes in wax worm saliva dissolve plastic

Wax worm saliva rapidly dissolves plastic bags, scientists discover

Aerial view of solar panels placed atop a bakery building used to power it, in Gaza City in the Palestinian enclave.

Is solar energy a solution to power cuts in Gaza?

Unlike existing nuclear power plants, the new facility will be powered by nuclear fusion. It will be up and running by 2040, the government says.

UK plans 2040 nuclear fusion plant - but is it realistic?

Ukrainian service members walk next to destroyed buildings, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, on Snake (Zmiinyi) Island, in Odesa region.

Ukraine estimates €35bn in environmental damage from Russian invasion

Climate

The availability of safe lake ice for recreation will decrease, on average, by 13 and 24 days in response to global warming of 1.5°C and 3°C, the scientists say.

Thinning ice: How climate change is making frozen lakes unsafe

Italy's new PM, Giorgia Meloni, does not have a plan for tackling the climate crisis.

Meloni: How will Italy’s new far right PM handle the climate crisis?

Ocean Calls. Episode 3.

Deep-sea mining: solution or environmental disaster?

Nature

Big Bang

Drone Photo Awards: These winning shots show the power of nature

These wild beavers have just become a protected species in England.

‘A game-changer’: Beavers are now legally protected in England

A griffon vulture is seen in an acclimatisation aviary near the village of Korfi, Cyprus.

Spanish vultures released in Cyprus to boost dwindling populations

Kurt, born in 2020 is a clone of a Przewalski's horse born in 1975

Could cloning save this endangered horse species from extinction?

Living

Chikako uses the sun's energy to cook her food

Meet the Japanese woman who hasn’t paid for electricity in 10 years

The Global Bicycle Cities Index factors in cycle paths, theft rates and days of decent weather each year to rank the world’s 90 most bike-friendly cities.

Revealed: The 10 most bike-friendly cities in the world

The Netherlands' transformation into a bike-friendly country has been decades in the making

Cycling nation: The secret to the Netherlands’ biking success

Eco-Innovation

The solar energy produced from the panels provides up to 65 per cent of the stadium’s electricity use.

This famous football club has saved €400,000 from its solar roof

Using nitrogen from cow manure as flower feed will reduce the emissions of both industries

Dutch flowers fed with cow ‘urine’ are healthier than ever

Electric plane "Alice" completed its first test flight this week in Washington state, the US.

All-electric plane 'Alice' takes to the skies on its first test flight

Can solar energy be stored in soil? The UK government is hedging on it.

Underground ‘bugs’ could be the future of solar energy storage

Opinion

Julia Francisco Martinez, the widow of Indigenous activist and human rights defender Francisco Martinez Marquez who was murdered in 2015.

View: The EU must act on the brutal killings of climate defenders

Apple has unveiled its new iPhone 14 models.

Why you should think twice before buying the new iPhone 14

Calorie counting is unhealthy, but adding carbon to menus could really make a difference argues Hope Brotherton.

View: We should be counting carbon on menus, not calories

Series

Croatian coast guard performs a search and rescue exercise at COASTEX-22 near Split

This is a drill: How Europe’s coast guards protect our seas

EMSA's Maritime Support Services (MSS) centre in Lisbon, Portugal

Maritime Safety: How vessel monitoring can help protect our waters

Hottest ever August: As temperatures soar, the Rhine level plummets

Hottest ever August sees Rhine drop to its lowest level since 2018

Traditional ways of aquaculture — like this fish pond in Czechia — can be helping local ecosystems

Traditional fishing and aquaculture: in harmony with nature