The billionaire who gave Nigel Farage’s party a £36m donation has been on the electoral roll since 2022 but has said he lives abroad

There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair? The Independent Planning Commission’s published reasons for approving the largest coalmine in New South Wales history in the context of mounting death, disaster and despair brought on by global heating reads like a hostage statement. In its decision, the commission accepts that the extension of the Hunter Valley Operations’ mine for a further 19 years – resulting 809m tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution – will materially worsen global warming. The panel members cite CSIRO’s finding that climate change is having a growing effect on the lives and livelihoods of all Australians and that the severity of that impact “will depend on the speed at which global greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced”. They reject the idea that keeping HVO’s coal in the ground would make no difference to global warming. Continue reading...

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) is no stranger to solar power records, and it’s just set another…

If the green economy—defined as the group of companies heavily involved in environmental business—were its own industry, it would be the third-largest in the world.

Engineering teams around the world have been attempting to develop new methods of seawater desalination.

Indigenous lands are crucial for climate mitigation and resilience. Research shows their health is a direct result of Indigenous stewardship.

Since then, a staggering 2,540 animals from 16 different species were moved from the neighboring countries into Zinave National Park.

Global solar capacity hit 3 terawatts in early 2026. The first took 68 years. The third took 19 months. Here's what's driving the acceleration.

Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans

A major Ecuador study finds cleared rainforests can recover 90 percent of their species diversity in just 30 years, as long as humans leave the land alone.

The housing secretary says the government's plans to change wait times for permanent residency are unfair because they "change the goalposts".

Snap analysis of these yield estimates, including a ranking of where 2026 sits alongside other harvests going back to 1984.

A 50-min film centred around the National Emergency Briefing. The frank facts, but also the huge opportunity if Government steps up and leads a WW2-scale response. Designed to be watched by communitie...

National Trust has transformed Sandilands in Lincolnshire into a nature reserve with wetlands and wading pools There is no chance of a birdie or an eagle any more. But there are skylarks, short-eared owls, avocets and curlew. Sandilands, a former golf course on the Lincolnshire coast, has been transformed by the National Trust into a 2km-long nature reserve with wetlands, wading pools, rough grassland and coastal scrub. Continue reading...

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Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover

I want him to start the fightback next week against extremists who peddle hate and those who despise this country. That would be true patriotism, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Shabana Mahmood says she wants to distinguish between far-right extremism and legitimate local concerns over asylum sites