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  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    Carbon trading
    Carbon pricing reaps $84bn but falls ‘well below’ climate goals

    World Bank says only 4% of greenhouse gas emissions covered by a fee high enough to meet global warming targets

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Urban planning
    Are low-traffic neighbourhoods good for our cities?

    London’s ‘LTN’ schemes show the difficulty of achieving behavioural change that could help us reach net zero

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    EU energy
    EU prepares to sell more carbon permits to pay for exit from Russian gas

    Plan risks pushing up emissions by making it easier to use other fossil fuels

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Energy Source
    Big Oil fends off shareholder climate votes amid energy crunch Premium content

    Plus, the US Gulf Coast emerges as a carbon capture and storage hotspot and oil refineries are emitting unsafe levels of benzene

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Environment
    Overhaul of environmental rules will harm habitats, warn campaigners

    Wildlife groups and industry bodies say post-Brexit plan would ‘shake foundation’ of conservation law in England

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    BYD Co Ltd
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    China’s second-biggest automaker is being investigated over claims of harmful emissions

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders
    Carmakers embrace greener vision in wake of Dieselgate

    The emissions scandal has prompted soul-searching in the industry

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Shipping
    Shipping heavyweight Japan tables carbon tax proposal for the industry

    Plan would raise more than $50bn a year on sector’s almost 1bn tonnes of emissions

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    Climate change
    Climate graphic of the week: record methane level adds to warming fears

    Explanation for rising concentration of potent greenhouse gas has yet to be identified

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
    Energy sector
    Companies used carbon credits created in oil extraction projects

    Process to tap inaccessible deposits employs captured carbon and was therefore eligible to generate offsets

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    House & Home
    Breathing rooms: pollution and the property market

    Air quality could become as important to homebuyers as price per square foot, proximity to schools and transport links

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    Special ReportFT Health: Future of Antibiotics
    Drug pollution in rivers raises risks of antibiotic resistance

    Study finds lower middle income countries in South Asia and Latin America have highest levels of pollutants

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    Energy sector
    Biomass industry lobbies to weaken proposed EU woodland protection

    Producers of wood-based fuels including Drax have objected to classifying some forest areas as ‘no go’ for harvesting trees

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    Lloyd's of London Ltd
    Lloyd’s of London shuts headquarters after fossil fuel protest

    Climate group Extinction Rebellion barricades one of City’s best-known buildings

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    The Big Read
    The oil giants drilling among the giraffes in Uganda

    With activists lined up against it, the Lake Albert project is a litmus test for oil development in the age of net zero

  • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
    ExplainerClimate Capital
    Climate change A to Z: an FT jargon buster

    A guide to commonly used terminology in the climate change discussion

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Peggy Hollinger
    Beware lobbyists claiming support for the EU’s climate ambitions

    Airlines should be wary of delaying the Fit for 55 proposals

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Climate change
    Carbon removal ‘unavoidable’ as climate change alarm bells ring

    Expensive technology in the spotlight as polluters fail to prevent catastrophic warming

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Climate change
    Landmark UN report on global warming solutions delayed by top polluters

    US, China and Saudi Arabia wrangle about responsibilities for greenhouse gas emissions

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Almost all the world’s population breathes harmful air, says WHO

    New database reveals 99% of people on the planet are exposed to air pollution above safe limits

  • Sunday, 3 April, 2022
    Climate change
    UK needs carbon import tax to meet emissions targets, say MPs

    CBAM would be likely to reduce risk of companies offshoring production to avoid domestic levy

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Special ReportInvesting in Mauritius
    Wakashio oil spill highlights fragile Mauritian ecology

    Critics say government needs to think harder about how to develop the blue economy in a sustainable manner

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    Water companies leaked sewage into UK waters 370,000 times in 2021

    Campaigners reject as inadequate UK government’s proposals for a clampdown on releases of effluent

  • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
    InterviewClimate Capital
    US environment agency chief defends push for greater oil supply

    Increased production of fossil fuel and clean energy transition are not ‘mutually exclusive’, says Michael Regan

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Inger Andersen
    The world’s cities must take on the cacophony of noise pollution

    Uncontrolled din can have a serious impact on the health of urban dwellers

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