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Litter such as crisp packets and bottle tops are polluting the coast at the rate of nearly two items a sq metre, conservation charity report finds

Single-use plastic waste increased on UK and Channel Island beaches last year with items such as crisp packets and bottle tops polluting the coast at the rate of almost two items a sq metre, according to data from beach cleanups.

The amount of plastic waste collected on beaches rose by 9.5% in 2024, compared with 2023, and more than three-quarters of a million pieces of waste were picked up by volunteers, according to evidence from the State of our Beaches report by the Marine Conservation Society.

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AEVA’s Chris Jones on the state of the EV market, and what consumers want from government policy. Plus: The Driven team gets together to discuss what caught their eye at Everything Electric.

The post The Driven Podcast: Will everything go electric? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Environmental groups presented proposals on Wednesday to shore up and decarbonise the EU steel industry, ahead of the European Commission’s Steel and Metals Action Plan due to be published today.

I drove 2,000 miles with a French friend across my home country – and saw the endless nowhere land that is the crucible of Trumpism

In 1941 Dorothy Thompson, an American journalist who reported from Germany in the lead-up to the second world war, wrote an essay for Harper’s about the personality types most likely to be attracted to Nazism, headlined “Who Goes Nazi?” “Those who haven’t anything in them to tell them what they like and what they don’t – whether it is breeding, or happiness, or wisdom, or a code, however old-fashioned or however modern, go Nazi,” Thompson wrote.

Talia Lavin, a US writer, recently gave Thompson’s idea an update on Substack with an essay of her own: “Who Goes Maga?”

Alexander Hurst is a Guardian Europe correspondent

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Developer says its plan to run a 265km HVDC cable underground from outer Melbourne would be cheaper, faster, more robust – and friendlier to farmers.

The post Cheaper, faster and farmer friendly: Battery developer proposes buried transmission cable along highway appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A Singapore-based venture capital firm has launched a $100-million maritime tech fund, the largest for the sector to date.

Greens accuse Dutton of "Trump-like attack", as Albanese says proposal to fast track Woodside gas is a "thought bubble." Others wonder why ALP has not already canned it.

The post Peter Dutton accused of copying Donald Trump as he promises to fast track Woodside gas project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Labor has refused to reveal Australia's 2035 emissions reduction target before the election, despite it being the subject of cabinet debate for more than a year.

The post New documents reveal how Labor stalled on 2035 emissions reduction target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New report finds wind, solar and battery storage has shielded Australian households and businesses from much higher power bills than they would otherwise be paying.

The post Dutton blames renewables for rising power prices, but bills would be much higher without them appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The atmosphere now has the highest carbon dioxide levels in the last 800,000 years – and global heat records have toppled yet again. Coincidence? Of course not Andrew King, Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne Linden Ashcroft, Lecturer in climate science and science communication, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Washington's senate committee on Wednesday will consider a bill that aims to adjust carbon intensity (CI) reduction targets under the state's Clean Fuel Standard (WCFS).

The potential layoffs listed in documents reviewed by Democrats are part of the White House'’s broader push to shrink the federal government

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to eliminate its scientific research office and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and ecosystems from environmental pollutants.

As many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists – 75% of the research programme’s staff – could be laid off, according to documents reviewed by Democratic staff on the house committee on science, space and technology.

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The BC Ministry of Forests did not use defined methodologies to calculate consistent and transparent forest carbon projections, a government watchdog said in an audit published Tuesday.

Power sector emissions reductions will double by 2040 if the Trump administration maintains the Biden-era power plant regulations, according to a new study.

A number of state lawmakers have proposed clean fuel standards in the 2025-26 legislative session, including one that contains language for policymakers to consider linkage with jurisdictions such as California, Oregon, and Washington.

The National Confederation of Insurance Companies (CNseg) has challenged Brazil’s new carbon credit investment mandate in the Federal Supreme Court (STF).

One of Canada's largest banks traded $17 billion worth of allowances in North American and European compliance carbon markets last year, according to a new report, almost double the value of its trading in 2023.

Australia's biggest solar project delivered a three fold lift in earnings in 2024, boosted by increased output and higher prices, and despite grid constraints.

The post Australia’s biggest solar farm trebles profits despite grid outages appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Dolphins circled their capsule after it landed off the coast of Florida.

The 300MW wind farm was rejected by an independent panel, leading to outrage and a threat to dig up coal from right-leaning regional development minister.

The post “Time for us to start digging coal:” NZ minister irate as big wind farm rejected on threat to wetlands, bats appeared first on RenewEconomy.