Benzene poisons household gas in Europe
A team of researchers from PSE Healthy Energy and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability has found high levels of benzene, a known carcinogen, in household gas supplies across Europe.
32 emitters produce half of world CO2
A new update of the Carbon Majors data makes one thing unmistakably clear: global fossil fuel emissions are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a very small group of producers, most of them state controlled.
Climate change painfully absent in Davos
The word climate change was not mentioned once during a week of high-level talks at the World Economic Forum in Davos. That is according to We Don’t Have Time, a Swedish organisation focused on sustainability and climate change. It therefore organised its own presentation but was not allowed to do so within the event. So the presentation was given from a pile of snow in front of the door.
Boycott of FIFA World Cup 2026 as a weapon against Trump
Europe is searching for ways to pressure the United States as President Donald Trump continues to float the idea of seizing Greenland from Denmark. One proposal gaining traction is striking in its symbolism: a European boycott of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Richest 1% have blown their carbon emissions budget for 2026 in just 10 days
The richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming – only ten days into the year, according to new analysis from Oxfam. The richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on the 3rd January.
Recycled polyester makes microplastics pollution worse
Recycled polyester produces, on average, 55% more microplastic particles during washing than virgin polyester.
2026: Three futures to choose from
In a world shaped by climate stress, technological acceleration, and political instability, neither fear nor blind hope is particularly helpful. What we need is a sober sense of what is still possible.
How war comes for your brain
Many naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals that affect the central nervous system (CNS) can cross from the bloodstream into the brain, influencing human behavior and bodily functions, sometimes beneficially, sometimes harmfully. As brain weapons, for instance.
The lungs of the Earth are emitting CO2, no longer absorbing it
The world’s tropical rainforests, once known as the lungs of the Earth, are losing their ability to store carbon. New satellite data show that vast forest regions are now emitting more CO₂ than they absorb.
COP30 in Belém Ends with an Open Door to Ecocide
An open door to ecocide is the stark conclusion when adding up all the measures that were postponed or not taken at COP30. The gap between what’s needed to halt further global warming and climate disruption, and what countries actually agreed to do, keeps widening. And it grows even further because many of the promises that were made are not being fulfilled — as history keeps showing.