In Poland’s coal heartland, miners defend their jobs but imagine a greener future
Marek Wystyrk, 44, began mining at 18 and worked underground for nine years. He got a degree and worked his way up Kompania Węglowa, Poland’s...
What would Hannah Arendt have seen on a beach covered in plastic bottles?
Finding myself one minute from the equator in the middle of the Indian Ocean, on a wooden boat, presents a few unanticipated challenges.
Foremost is...
No heating at -6C: Poor bear brunt of Beijing’s air cleanup
While middle class Beijingers breath the cleanest air in recent winters, in Zhuozhou, a small city just 20 minutes by train from the capital’s...
Kevin Rudd: ‘I don’t know how Malcolm Turnbull faces his grandkids’
Climate change preoccupies the mind of Kevin Rudd.
This week it will be ten years since he became prime minister of Australia, a little over ten years...
Climate Weekly: oil man out, oil money in
Remember how shocked you were when Donald Trump appointed the former head of Exxon Mobil as the top US diplomat?
Well, Rex Tillerson at least...
Communities face down plans to expand Britain’s last coal mines
In 2015, the UK government promised to phase out coal power. In April this year, the country had its first coal power-free day since the industrial...
Pompeo, Koch ally and Paris climate critic, tipped as US secretary of state
The Trump administration is poised to replace Rex Tillerson as the US’ top diplomat with Mike Pompeo, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
That would see a...
How New Zealand can make world-leading climate refugee visas work
New Zealand’s new government plans to create the world’s first humanitarian visa for climate refugees.
If the policy goes ahead, 100 Pacific Islanders could be...
India raises $400m green bond to fund renewables drive
A leading Indian financier issued a $400 million “green” bond on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday, to support the country’s renewable energy drive.
In...
Australia: Labor victory a ‘death knell for Adani’
A near A$1 billion taxpayer-funded loan for a giant Australian coal project proposed by an Indian billionaire appears dead after the Labor Party won...