Lauri Myllyvirta

Pollution levels in nearly 250 cities exceed the government’s ambient air quality standards, new data shows

Data from a new European Space Agency satellite reveals the scale and spread of NO2 on a global scale - from cities in Europe to wildfires in Africa.

CO2 from the world’s biggest emitter had been in decline until last year. Now data reveals a three percent year-on-year increase in the first half of 2018. LAURI MYLLYVIRTA and EMMA HOWARD investigate

The Chinese government may be effectively cracking down on some forms of air pollution, but toxic ozone levels are rising , reports LAURI MYLLYVIRTA for Greenpeace Unearthed

China's 2015 carbon emissions fell for the second year running, by an amount equal to all of Poland's, while total power consumption increased, writes Lauri Myllyvirta. Credit goes to the massive expansion in renewable energy, with a record-breaking 47GW of wind and solar capacity added.

China has just recorded its first fall in emissions from burning fossil fuels in 15 years, writes Lauri Myllyvirta. The sharp decline has surprised analysts, and reflects the fast growing proportion of renewables in the country's power supply.