Shipping companies that transport the world's coal are in the crosshairs of some financial backers who are cleaning up their businesses in the absence of a truly global drive by nations to renounce the dirtiest fossil fuel.
Russia's Transneft temporarily suspended two domestic oil pipelines last week after tainted oil was discovered there, the company says, adding the contaminated flows were localized with no risk to the customers.
41 of the world's 250 biggest corporate emitters - or 16% - are only just starting to assess their emissions, with no reduction targets set for any year, an analysis of data from research firm Signal Climate Analytics found.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has set her sights on changing how the world produces and consumes food in order to counteract a trio of threats: carbon emissions, disease outbreaks and animal suffering.
Politicians, including Sweden's leaders, are still in denial over the threat from climate change, environmental activist Greta Thunberg said after meeting Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven.
Canada's opposition Conservative Party on Thursday dropped its resistance to carbon pricing and adopted it as part of its own climate plan, reversing a long-held position that could put it at odds with some of its staunchest supporters.
