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Residents accuse the oil firm of overstating the benefits of its ethane cracker plant – and playing down the harms

Emergency requests by 27 states to pause rule requiring fossil fuel-powered plants to reduce emissions were denied

Tests show adding just 10% of waste to a wood burner indoors can double its particle pollution

‘Opaque’ recording system means recorded volume of everyday oil pollution over the past decade should be increased by 43%, according to Oceana report

Voluntary regulations for burning wood and coal to heat homes could help tackle impact on air pollution

Gavin coal plant, now part-owned by Blackstone whose CEO backs Trump, bought Cheshire in 2002 to move people en masse. Two decades later, locals recall its noxious fumes

Venture Global’s plant depletes water, emergency services and road space, say local officials, people and paramedics

Corporations and politicians are pushing carbon capture despite big questions over its value as residents in the southern ‘petrostate’ fear the worst

Secretary general said wealthiest countries are ‘signing away our future’ with more production and called for phase-out of fossil fuels

The UN secretary general called world’s dependance on oil and gas an ‘addiction’ and called for phase-out of fossil fuels

New government faces massive task in repairing UK’s degraded environment and fighting climate crisis. Here’s what will be top of its in-tray

Fears of fire and environmental disaster as company repeatedly misses UK deadlines to decommission sites

Unease and anger are rising over proposals to build country’s first facility on Kilifi coast, home to white sand beaches, coral reefs and mangrove swamps

Unease and anger are rising over proposals to build country’s first facility on Kilifi coast, home to white sand beaches, coral reefs and mangrove swamps

‘Catastrophic’ global decline due to dams, mining, diverting water and pollution threatens humans and ecosystems, study warns