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The UK government’s “high-risk” research funding agency last week announced that it will invest £57m ($76m) in a new solar geoengineering rese... Read More
China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter as well as the fastest deployer and manufacturer of low-carbon technologies, has issued a series ... Read More
The leader of the opposition Conservative party, Kemi Badenoch, has shattered the political consensus on climate change in a speech attacking the UK�... Read More
The term “global warming” is typically used to describe increasing global temperatures as a result of human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and... Read More
During the 2024 UK general election campaign, politicians and newspapers have used a series of “scary-sounding numbers” to mislead voters about n... Read More
Over the past year, there has been a vigorous debate among scientists – and more broadly – about whether global warming is “accelerating”. ... Read More
Heat pumps are an alternative to gas boilers and wood stoves for indoor heating. They now feature in most proposals for cutting greenhouse gas emi... Read More
Electric vehicles (EVs) significantly cut lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions in almost all circumstances and are the key technology for decarbonising... Read More
A researcher who claimed his wildfire study was only published in a prominent journal because he “left out the full truth” has faced widespread c... Read More
The UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss has used her first major policy address to announce an end to the moratorium on fracking in England. Annou... Read More
The “threat” posed to UK farms by the expansion of solar power has emerged as a campaign issue for the final two candidates in the race to become... Read More
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