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City Hall sources say mayor is hoping to introduce separate car-free days in each borough this year, with ‘more ambitious plans’ for 2019

London is considering introducing car-free days in an attempt to tackle the city’s air pollution crisis that experts say is responsible for thousands of early deaths each year.

Officials at City Hall were due to meet on Tuesday to examine how best to roll out a ban across specific areas of the capital on different days this year - with “more ambitious plans” in the pipeline for 2019.

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A former Deutsche Bank sales manager has been jailed by Germany’s federal supreme court for three years for his role in facilitating tax fraud through the EU carbon market.

Situated in the heart of the ‘coral triangle’, this young nation boasts some of the most biodiverse waters in the world. As it emerges from years of unrest, it now faces the challenge of protecting its coasts, and the communities that rely on them, in the face of growing development

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South Korea has pledged to meet a third of its Paris target through buying international carbon credits, and is now considering pushing that responsibility over to companies in its emissions trading scheme rather than spending taxpayer funds.

Coal-fired power generation in China rose 7.3% y/y in April, outpacing overall power output amid an ongoing manufacturing boom threatening to derail efforts to curb carbon emissions.

After last years first test runs, the Bloodhound supersonic car is being rebuilt ready to go faster still.

After last years first test runs, the Bloodhound supersonic car is being rebuilt ready to go faster still.

Tesla Model X tows a Qantas Dreamliner jet some 300 metres across the tarmac. Why? For publicity, of course, and because they could.

Forests are increasing around the world because of rising incomes and national wellbeing say researchers.

Government releases new acreages for offshore exploration as protesters oppose drilling

The government has released a new acreage for offshore oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight that green groups says should have been kept off limits after it was cancelled by BP.

The permit is one of two that BP cancelled after the company abandoned its plans for oil and gas drilling in the bight in 2016. Its remaining two permits were sold to the Norwegian oil and gas multinational Statoil.

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ESC chair says outcome of retailer switching drive has been "contrary to usual expectations" of increased market competition.

Aigas, Highlands: The pine marten brought a touch of night in its sharp black muzzle and in the big silent dark-stockinged feet

For more than 90 minutes we’d sat until cold air quieted the wood and the day thinned into the long shadows of the trees. By 10.30pm we were centred in an arc of artificial lamp glow. There was just the sound of a last robin across the loch, its spindly song an analogue for the vanishing day.

The silent theatricality of the moment was thus complete when the creature strolled into our vision without the merest hint of drama. Its step was sprightly, its acceptance of the lamp instantaneous. It brought a touch of night in its sharp black muzzle and in the big silent dark-stockinged feet – and every now and then it paused from eating to stare hard at its own route through the trees, reassuring itself of solitude – but otherwise we were all at ease with the mutual encounter. For 10 minutes there were no sounds but the crunch of nut and the click of camera.

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South Australia remains the most fascinating market, with all sorts of competing ideas and technologies to firm the state's wind and solar output.

The 220MW Bungala solar farm - Australia's largest - begins production, signalling a milestone for the transformation of Port Augusta into a renewable energy hub.

Facts will only get you so far when it comes to climate change. To get conservatives on side, climate communicators must focus on the values conservatives hold dear, such as preserving the status quo. Jamie Freestone, PhD student in literature, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Clare solar farm begins production in north Queensland, while Hughenden solar farm also connected to the grid.

Whales are the giants of the marine realm, and we've only recently discovered why they're so huge.

The AEMC has made a new rule to prohibit energy retailers from making discounts appear bigger than they actually are.

Nearly half Australian businesses considering wind, solar and storage, and one third of them will make it major source of power. Could business take over from governments to lead push into renewables?

An investigation into whether electricity networks and regulated gas pipelines are gouging consumers to cover their corporate tax liabilities will be carried out the Australian Energy Regulator.