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An advertisement for Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) was banned because Australia's advertising watchdog determined that the claim that natural gas is '50% cleaner' than coal was not substantiated.

News / Energy

Australian petroleum lobby advertisement banned over 'cleaner' natural gas claim

...the complaint. The ad campaign also claimed that the more supply of gas there is, the less it costs, and said natural gas will "help keep Australia running as we transition to a cleaner future". Austr...

18 Jul 2023

Australian petroleum lobby advertisement banned over 'cleaner' natural gas claim

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Taxing polluters is the key to climate justice

...the new taskforce can help everyone to address the injustices at the heart of the climate crisis and unlock the resources they need to address it. Reducing the burden on poorer people and countries is...

12 Apr 2024

Taxing polluters is the key to climate justice

Logging truck in Cambodia's Mondulkiri protected forest

News / Policy & Finance

Majority of Asian investors still lack deforestation policies: AIGCC

...When investors were asked what they thought should be the key climate-related priority of the national government in the country they were based in, over a third responded that an improved approach to...

12 Apr 2024

Majority of Asian investors still lack deforestation policies: AIGCC

News / Energy

Prospects and challenges of India’s first geothermal plant

...when the initial contractor for ONGC quit in the middle of work because of a lack of relevant experience. Second, the project underestimated the level of equipment needed to manage the geothermal liqu...

8 Nov 2023

Prospects and challenges of India’s first geothermal plant

News / Cities

In South Asia, heat stress kills without a heatwave

...the country. The researchers say the index they used will improve these warnings. Asked what the improvement will be, the components of the index used in the study and the relationship between this in...

8 May 2024

In South Asia, heat stress kills without a heatwave

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Young voters care about climate change. Politicians don't.

...the impact of climate change on their lives. Politicians, however, appear to be ignoring the issue if their public pronouncements are anything to go by. A survey of 4,020 young voters in 2021 showed ...

14 Feb 2024

Young voters care about climate change. Politicians don't.

News / Carbon & Climate

Bumpy road ahead as battery fears hit global EV rollout

...the ecosystems. “In the past, the Indian Supreme Court has ruled that natural resources belong to the citizens of the country, [but now] the natural resources are no longer for the welfare of the peop...

25 Sep 2024

Bumpy road ahead as battery fears hit global EV rollout

News / Energy

What is driving hydropower construction in Arunachal Pradesh?

...the inception of Etalin 14 years ago, the Idu Mishmis have opposed the project on the grounds that it will devastate their livelihoods and threaten their existence. Mickrow is sceptical about the temp...

28 Apr 2023

What is driving hydropower construction in Arunachal Pradesh?

News / Carbon & Climate

El Niño forecast spells doom for coral ecosystems

...the deep ocean to the surface of the eastern Pacific. But when warm surface water builds up in the eastern equatorial Pacific, an El Niño will develop. El Niños occur when there is a weakening of the ...

8 Feb 2023

El Niño forecast spells doom for coral ecosystems

Opinion / Corporate Responsibility

The coming crackdown on corporate greenwashing

...the report, these companies will cut just 36 per cent of their emissions by their net-zero target year. Moreover, their plans imply a median reduction of 15 per cent by the end of the decade, rather t...

2 May 2023

The coming crackdown on corporate greenwashing

News / Food & Agriculture

Revitalising coconut farming in Southeast Asia

...The oil palm versus the coconut Long before the Dutch brought the oil palm from West Africa to Southeast Asia in the 1840s, coconut palms grew across the region, from India to the islands of the Pacif...

24 Jul 2023

Revitalising coconut farming in Southeast Asia

News / Policy & Finance

X factor: Twitter ban hits businesses, news in Pakistan

...the financial cost of the X ban, which is just the latest in a series of internet restrictions linked to the Feb. 8 election. The vote was marred by a mobile internet shutdown on polling day and unusu...

12 Mar 2024

X factor: Twitter ban hits businesses, news in Pakistan

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Strategic intervention is needed to reshape global energy markets

...the volumes they exploit, without any direct accountability for how these resources are efficiently utilised? In the future, these organisations should have a vested interest in ensuring their end-use...

3 Aug 2023

Strategic intervention is needed to reshape global energy markets

Press Releases / IWG

Landmark report reveals hybrid working can reduce carbon emissions by 70 per cent

...the US on the other hand showed the largest potential carbon savings when also taking transport into consideration, due to the prevalence of commuting by car, with Atlanta (90 per cent reduction) just...

25 Apr 2023

Landmark report reveals hybrid working can reduce carbon emissions by 70 per cent

News / Water

What are the environmental costs of AI?

...when and where ChatGPT is deployed", the researchers wrote. "All these numbers are likely to increase by multiple times for the newly-launched GPT-4 that has a significantly larger model size," they s...

22 Aug 2023

What are the environmental costs of AI?

News / Cities

‘Persist despite opposition’: How Masungi Georeserve champion Ann Dumaliang rolls with the punches

...the cusp of the Sierra Madre mountain range — a vital green lung for the Philippines’ Luzon island — getting to know the “nooks and crannies” of the karst landscape and the wildlife they share the are...

19 Apr 2023

‘Persist despite opposition’: How Masungi Georeserve champion Ann Dumaliang rolls with the punches

News / Policy & Finance

Despite war, Indians rush to fill Israel's construction jobs gap

...when he heard about the hiring drive, the prospect of a much higher salary made the decision to apply easy, despite the ongoing conflict with Hamas. "Our sole goal is to secure a means to live and it ...

8 Feb 2024

Despite war, Indians rush to fill Israel's construction jobs gap

News / Carbon & Climate

Carbon industry watchdog approves first 'high-integrity' credit certifiers in bid for market confidence

...ther verify over a quarter of carbon credits put on the global voluntary market, will soon be able to add a new label created by the ICVCM to carbon credits they list. The hope is for the label to dri...

5 Apr 2024

Carbon industry watchdog approves first 'high-integrity' credit certifiers in bid for market confidence

Through the carbon offsetting function on its app, Grab neutralised the emissions of more than 43 million trips and saved about 30,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, the company claims. But these claims are based on carbon credits of questionable credibility, according to non-profit RimbaWatch. Image: Robin Hicks / Eco-Business

News / Transport

Ride-hailing app Grab's 'carbon neutral' travel fee risks greenwashing: NGO

...the climate impact of their travel is based on discredited carbon offsets and exposes the company to greenwashing risk, Malaysian non-profit RimbaWatch has warned. The Singapore-headquartered mobility...

8 Mar 2024

Ride-hailing app Grab's 'carbon neutral' travel fee risks greenwashing: NGO

News / Water

Fears Thailand’s fishing reform will destroy a decade of progress

...the fish by tonnage but not by value, says Dominic Thomson, Southeast Asia regional director for the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), another of the NGOs behind the March letter opposing the ch...

6 Aug 2024

Fears Thailand’s fishing reform will destroy a decade of progress

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