Tory environmentalist Zac Goldsmith loses seat in General Election
Leading Tory environmentalist Zac Goldsmith has lost his seat as the constituency of Richmond Park changed hands for the third time in three years.
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Greenhouse gas levels hit new ‘record high’, report warns
Levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another record high, the World Meteorological Organisation has warned.
Chevron announces new oil and gas emission reduction goals
Chevron said Thursday it will adopt new goals to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions from its oil and gas production by 2023.
BP announces £75million fund to reduce emissions
BP has announced a £75.6million fund to develop new technologies which will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Scotland beats rest of UK in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, report
Scotland is outperforming the rest of the UK in reducing greenhouse gas emissions - but success in areas such as energy and waste is masking a lack of action in other sectors, a report has said.
Greenhouse gas emissions up for first time since 2010
A new report shows that greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union rose in 2015 - the first increase since 2010.
2015 set to be hottest year on record
This year is very likely to be the hottest year on record worldwide, the World Meteorological Organisation has said.
European Commission’s renewable dreams
Last month, the member states of the European Union (EU) and European Parliament approved - in a fanfare of publicity - a climate and energy package proposed by the European Commission (EC). It has been popularly described as the 20/20/20 package - to establish a 20% share for renewable energy and to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by the year 2020.