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    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      FT MagazineSimon Kuper
      We should regulate SUVs out of existence

      They’re not only awful for the climate, they’re also killing pedestrians, including children in driveways

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      Environment
      Chipmakers fight spread of US crackdowns on ‘forever chemicals’

      Intel helped form lobbying group that has opposed state legislation on PFAS

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Weakened EU greenwashing rules under attack

      Environmental guidelines watered down from draft proposals after heavy business lobbying

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Environmental Protection Agency USA
      US regulator vows ‘aggressive’ crackdown on oil and gas methane leaks

      EPA head Michael Regan prepares tough new rules on emissions of potent greenhouse hydrocarbon

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      UK water industry needs tougher policing, says Lords report

      Lax oversight allows focus on financial returns at expense of environment and operational performance

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      News in-depthUK business & economy
      UK’s top airports aim to fly 150mn more passengers a year

      Expansion plans would lift numbers by 60% as sector pursues growth ahead of 2050 net zero target, FT analysis finds

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      Microbes on the farm: a solution for climate change?

      Evolving technology is enhancing soil’s ability to store carbon and mitigate the environmental effects of industrialised farming

    • Saturday, 18 March, 2023
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      Brazil looks to start-ups in battle to reforest the Amazon

      Companies are replanting millions of hectares and generating revenue through carbon credit sales

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      News in-depthClimate legislation
      EU climate agenda at risk after German pushback

      Last-minute block of combustion engine ban triggers other states to rebel against laws that threaten industries

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Wealthy cities can breathe cleaner air but India’s air pollution worsens

      Richer conurbations benefit from stricter guidelines and electrification, study indicates

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Germany slams the brakes on the EU’s engine ban

      The clean energy transition requires painful trade-offs

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Oil groups line up for billions in subsidies under US climate law

      Inflation Reduction Act’s tax credits include technologies favoured by fossil fuel sector

    • Saturday, 4 March, 2023
      Utilities
      Supreme Court to hear test case over sewage in UK waterways

      Challenge to United Utilities one of a number of legal claims against water companies

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Plastic pollution
      Plastic ingestion by humans and animals altering cells, scientists say

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    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Automobiles
      Germany and Italy stall EU ban on combustion engines

      Berlin and Rome raise objections to rules agreed by member states last year

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Relentless rise in carbon emissions tempered by renewable energy surge

      The IEA said Europe benefited from power-saving measures caused by the fall in gas supplies from Russia

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      European Union
      Threat from Berlin to block EU’s combustion engine ban

      Coalition ministers from pro-market FDP say Brussels must allow for use of vehicles running on e-fuels after 2035

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Pilita Clark
      Why 2023 might just be a turning point for climate action

      Policy and regulatory breakthroughs are coming together — but will government and business deliver?

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Carbon trading
      EU carbon price tops €100 a tonne for first time

      Record cost of polluting is landmark for one of EU’s critical tools to cut emissions

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      Rutherford Hall
      ‘You look like you’re swimming in cash when everyone else is swimming in sewage’

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    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Climate change
      Aviation sector pushes EU for green investment status

      Including jet-fuel powered aircraft in finance framework would be ‘greenwashing’, say environmentalists

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Climate change
      EU drives through truck emissions targets with new 2040 goal

      ‘Near zero’ rules attacked for giving heavy vehicles more time to reduce pollution than cars

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Special ReportCircular Economy
      Packaging industry prepares for tougher recycling rules

      California and the EU step up pressure for earlier intervention in the supply chain

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Special ReportCircular Economy
      Droughts trigger water-saving debates in rainy regions

      Farmers are intensely aware of the challenges in conserving water supplies

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