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Ocean Rebellion activists demonstrate by vomiting fake oil and causing a fire during a protest outside the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), central London, in November 2021
REQUIRING fossil fuel companies to pay to clean up their carbon emissions could help curb dangerous global warming at a relatively affordable cost, a study revealed today.
The approach, which holds producers responsible for the waste generated by the products they sell, already exists in other areas such as plastic packaging or electrical goods.
Applying it to energy would mean that the emissions from all fossil fuels extracted or imported into a region, country or bloc would be offset by storing the same amount of carbon back underground.
The glacier collapse in Nepal is yet another warning that a warming planet is making Himalayan disasters more frequent and destructive – but the countries facing the greatest risks are often those least responsible, says LI YANG
Burnham urged to stand up to the fossil fuel giants and reject plans to drill Britain’s largest untapped oil fields
