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Ozone layer recovery will be delayed by chemical leaks

27 June 2017

Leaks of a common chemical used in paints and for manufacturing are harming the ozone layer and could delay recovery of the ozone hole until 2095


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Energy-related CO2 emissions held steady despite economic growth

17 March 2016

The decoupling of energy related carbon dioxide emissions from economic growth for the second year running hints that peak emissions might not be too far away


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People today are still dying early from high 1970s air pollution

9 February 2016

Exposure to UK urban pollution 40 years ago is raising death rates today as a result of bronchitis, emphysema and pneumonia


VW scandal: Corporate green claims need a new kind of scrutiny

VW scandal: Corporate green claims need a new kind of scrutiny

29 September 2015

The Volkswagen emissions outrage shows how hard it is to gauge the environmental claims of big business. A fresh approach is needed, says Fred Pearce


Ozone hole: How we are misled in the fight to cut smog

Ozone hole: How we are misled in the fight to cut smog

28 January 2015

Obama wants to cut ozone pollution, but Republicans are crying foul over the cost. Europe is being tougher… or is it? Much is obfuscation, finds Fred Pearce


Beijing's coal ban may herald the end of the fuel

Beijing's coal ban may herald the end of the fuel

7 August 2014

China's capital plans to ban burning coal from 2020. If the rest of the energy-hungry country follows suit, peak coal production could be near


El Niño will make Indonesia's deforestation even worse

El Niño will make Indonesia's deforestation even worse

2 July 2014

Not only is Indonesia deforesting faster than any other country, the coming El Niño looks set to take forest loss to record levels


Lake clean-up leads to huge bird decline at sanctuary

Lake clean-up leads to huge bird decline at sanctuary

21 November 2013

When farmers in Northern Ireland cut the amount of fertiliser leaking into the UK's largest lake, the area saw a huge decline in migrating birds


Climate report: How the science has moved on

Climate report: How the science has moved on

30 September 2013

The science of climate change has moved on a great deal in the six years since the last IPCC report. We break down the most important new findings


Bringing major corporations to book for their crimes

Bringing major corporations to book for their crimes

24 April 2013

Two new books tell the complex, fascinating and sometimes frustrating tale of attempts to hold multinationals to account for environmental and social crimes


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