A wealth fund pioneer targets credit markets to save the planet →
The founding CEO of Norway’s massive sovereign wealth pool says the way to punish big polluters is to attack them in the fixed-income market. BLOOMBERG
Read MoreHydrogen power plants get backing from two big German companies →
Uniper SE and Siemens AG said they will develop a hydrogen business in an effort to slash fossil-fuel pollution from industrial processes. BLOOMBERG
Read MoreShutdown of US coal power facilities saved over 26,000 lives, study finds →
The human toll from coal-fired pollution in America has been laid bare by a study that has found more than 26,000 lives were saved in the US in just a decade due to the shift from coal to gas for electricity generation. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreThe Ocean Cleanup device has returned from the Pacific Garbage Patch with its first load of plastic →
Now the plan is to recycle that plastic into products you can buy to help fund the effort. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreBarcelona is taking radical steps to ban cars. Here's why. →
Sick of traffic and pollution, cities are showing we can reclaim public space from cars and improve our health and well-being. HUFFPOST
Read MoreAmerica's biggest trash hauler stops shipping plastic to poor countries →
After months of global outcry over the United States’ role in the plastic pollution crisis, companies that collect and dispose of waste are trying to clamp down on the amount of American refuse that gets dumped in poorer countries. Waste Management Inc., the nation’s largest trash hauler, is no longer shipping discarded plastic to countries outside North America. THE HUFFINGTON POST
Read MoreChina to meet ultra-low emissions goals →
Polluting emissions from Chinese thermal power plants declined significantly between 2014 and 2017, according to research involving UCL. The reductions are important in helping to control China’s national emissions which could lead to an improvement in air quality and considerable health benefits. THE ECOLOGIST
Read MoreMore trees, less cars: cities pledge cleaner air →
Dozens of mayors of cities from every continent pledge cleaner air in a bid to improve urban health and tackle climate change. From Los Angeles to Tokyo, 35 cities committed on Friday to meet WHO minimum air quality levels by 2030 - something they said could save 40,000 lives a year - and report on progress. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
How polluted, noisy Barcelona could save lives by cutting traffic →
Barcelona's plan for "superblocks" - which reclaim space from cars and free it up for residents - would prevent several hundred deaths per year if implemented in full, a study says. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreStop burning fields to cut smog and boost profits, scientists tell Indian farmers →
Every year, a choking smog descends on northwest India as the region’s farmers burn their fields following the rice harvest - a phenomenon that has helped make New Delhi one of the world’s most polluted cities. Now, scientists have come up with a method that would allow farmers to sow their winter crop, usually wheat, without burning off the stubble left behind after the rice harvest. REUTERS
Read MoreA community in America's 'Cancer Alley' fights for its life against a plastics plant →
In this Louisiana parish, residents are already surrounded by industrial plants and factories. They’re desperate to stop a new plastic company. THE HUFFINGTON POST
Read MoreFlip-flops to building blocks: Ivory Coast uses plastic waste to build classrooms →
The factory will be the first of its kind in Africa and aims to produce enough plastic bricks to build 500 classrooms by 2021. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
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