Economy
Rosebank and Jackdaw: Legal challenge to oil field approvals gets under way
A legal challenge over the decision to give consent to the UK’s largest untapped oil field has begun in Edinburgh. Greenpeace and Uplift have...
Bluesky gets surge in users switching from X after US election
Social media platform Bluesky says it has gained 700,000 new users in the week following the US election. Bluesky, which was originally conceived as...
UK pledges punchy new climate goal – but these parts of the puzzle are missing
The UK has unveiled a punchy new climate goal to slash its emissions by 81% by 2035. The government said it is on a mission to “tackle the...
COP29: Changes to our lives are certain if Starmer meets bold climate target – but a key ingredient is missing for success
Keir Starmer’s arrival at COP29, with a promise to drastically cut the UK’s carbon emissions by 81%, will be a small ray of sunshine in...
Argentina walks away from COP29 – amid fears Trump may pull US out of Paris climate deal
Argentinian negotiators have been summoned home from global climate talks in Azerbaijan by the President Javier Milei’s government. The team...
Warming effect of jet contrails can be cut for a few pounds per ticket, says study
Tweaking the routes of a small number of planes could reduce the warming effect of contrails by half and cost less than €4 per ticket, according to a...
Apple sued by Which? over iCloud use – with potential payout for 40 million UK customers
Consumer rights group Which? is suing Apple for £3bn over the way it deploys the iCloud. If the lawsuit succeeds, around 40 million Apple customers...
There’s already a risk COP29 will end in failure – and damage of Trump 2.0 could yet spread
World leaders who came for the start of the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Azerbaijan are now heading home. And as the whine of...
Battle lines drawn on new climate fund despite ‘shot in the arm’ cash injection at COP29
Battle lines have been drawn between the almost 200 countries meeting in Azerbaijan as they seek to agree a new pot of money to help developing...
The Guardian quits Elon Musk’s X social media platform
The Guardian has quit the social media platform X. The news organisation announced its decision on Wednesday to stop posting from official editorial...
