Climate change
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Oil firm accuses newspaper of ‘lack of objectivity’ on climate change reporting in ‘campaign’ against energy companiesHypersensitive Exxon bans Guardian from AGM
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My father warned Exxon about climate change in the 1970s. They didn't listenPerhaps 2015 wouldn’t have broken all temperature records had they acted then – but it’s not too late to do something now
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ExxonMobil tried to censor climate scientists to Congress during Bush eraExclusive: 2001 intervention adds to evidence that oil company was aware of the science and its implications for government policy and the energy industry
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Great Barrier Reef: advisers call for cap on farm pollutionTaskforce head reportedly tells Queensland government ‘we’re stuffed with a capital S’ if water quality isn’t improved
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Christopher Pyne on Q&A: Direct Action no emissions trading scheme – videoChristopher Pyne rejects a further suggestion that the Coalition’s Direct Action climate policy could operate as a de facto emissions trading scheme
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Climate denial arguments fail a blind testDana Nuccitelli: In a ‘Pepsi challenge’ test, economist and statisticians find mainstream climate arguments accurate and contrarian arguments wrong and misleading
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Protesting to #Breakfree of fossil fuels – in picturesFrom 3-15 May, thousands of young people around the world took part in civil disobedience on six continents, calling for oil, coal and gas to be kept in the ground
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Clive James: ‘It is not yet against the law to be frivolous…’…In the US, it’s a reason to hand names to the FBI
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Gloucester cathedral’s zero-carbon footprintLetters: We should be able to generate around 25% of the main cathedral electricity from our new panels, including power for our air source heat system
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Oil company records from 1960s reveal patents to reduce CO2 emissions in carsExxonMobil and others pursued research into technologies, yet blocked government efforts to fight climate change for more than 50 years, findings show
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Let's give up the climate change charade: Exxon won't change its stripesEvery year at the shareholders’ annual meeting, there is an attempt to push the company on reducing emissions. It’s time to stop trying and divest instead
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The Science Museum is free – so what is BP buying?Chris Garrard: A new report shines a light on the links that BP has developed with leading cultural institutions. Does this limit their ability to speak out on climate change?
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Fracking protesters gather in North Yorkshire as crucial planning meeting beginsRyedale residents tell councillors they do not want to be the first place in the UK to allow fracking
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Carbon dioxide's 400ppm milestone shows humans are rewriting the planet's historyLevels of CO2 are pushing beyond 400 parts per million in the atmosphere. The last time they were there, 15 million years ago, the world was very different
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Climate scientists, mourning Earth's losses, should make their voices heardSarah Myhre: Climate scientists are feeling the need to engage in social leadership before it’s too late
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Greenpeace activists scale British Museum to protest BP sponsorshipMuseum temporarily closes as activists hang huge banners renaming the new BP-sponsored Sunken Cities Egypt exhibition as ‘Sinking Cities’
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Nick Xenophon, the 'anti-politician' poised to cause headaches – whoever wins electionThe senator who started out as an anti-pokies campaigner is likely to be leading a new, significant political force after the poll
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Great Barrier Reef needs $10bn for chance of survival, scientists sayThis election is Australia’s last chance to save the reef, which requires $1bn a year for 10 years to reduce water pollution to give it a chance to survive climate change, report warns
ExxonMobil CEO: ending oil production 'not acceptable for humanity'