Foreign minister warns of environmental catastrophe in Baltic Sea as he accuses Moscow of using unseaworthy vessels Russia appears prepared to create “environmental havoc” by sailing unseaworthy oil tankers through the Baltic Sea in breach of all maritime rules, the Swedish foreign minister has said. Speaking to the Guardian during his first visit to London since Sweden became a Nato member, Tobias Billström called for new rules and enforcement mechanisms to prevent the ageing and uninsured Russian shadow fleet causing an environmental catastrophe. About half of all Russian oil transported by sea the passes through the Baltic Sea and Danish waters, often operating under opaque ownership, and using international waters to try to avoid scrutiny. Continue reading...
Passengers report being stranded in the desert city as the international hub struggles in the wake of unusually heavy rain Don’t blame cloud seeding for the Dubai floods Dubai is wrestling with the aftermath of extraordinary torrential rains that flooded the desert city, with residents describing harrowing stories of spending the night in their cars, and air passengers enduring chaotic scenes at airports. Up to 259.5mm (10.2in) of rain fell on the usually arid country of the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, the most since records began 75 years ago . The state-run WAM news agency called the rains on Tuesday “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949”. Continue reading...
The burning of fossil fuels plays a major role in the region's unusually intense heat wave.
The United States said it will snap back sanctions on Venezuela’s crucial oil industry after President Nicolas Maduro’s government continued its repression of opponents.
Open access notables Glacial isostatic adjustment reduces past and future Arctic subsea permafrost , Creel et al., Nature Communications: Sea-level rise submerges terrestrial permafrost in the Arctic, turning it into subsea permafrost. Subsea permafrost underlies ~ 1.8 million km2 of Arctic continental shelf, with thicknesses in places exceeding 700 m. Sea-level variations over glacial-interglacial cycles control subsea permafrost distribution and thickness, yet no permafrost model has accounted for glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA), which deviates local sea level from the global mean due to changes in ice and ocean loading. Here we incorporate GIA into a pan-Arctic model of subsea permafrost over the last 400,000 years. Including GIA...
Extreme heat linked to the deaths of hundreds of people would not have happened without global warming.
[The Conversation Africa] The effects of ocean warming are profound and well-documented. But sometimes changes in the patterns of winds and ocean currents cause seawater to suddenly cool, instead.
[The Conversation Africa] A greater part of Africa's population can't afford a healthy diet than any other regional population. Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa is caused by climate change, high levels of poverty, rapid population growth, low economic growth, inadequate infrastructure and conflicts. Women are the backbone of agricultural labour in the region. The problems of limited access to land, water and technology faced by these women also worsen food insecurity.
While electric vehicles (EVs) gain in popularity as an option to replace oil-powered cars, hydrogen still holds promise as a future energy that may suit mobility technology and help reduce air pollutants, says national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc.
The United States is to snap back sanctions on Venezuela's crucial oil industry after President Nicolas Maduro's government continued its "repression" of opponents, US officials said Wednesday. "The areas in which they've fallen short include... what we see as a continuing pattern of harassment and repression against opposition figures," the official added.
PEROVSKY, Russia - As floods engulfed large parts of central Russia, residents of one village defied advice to flee their homes and started building a homemade dam.
Relief had been granted after president Nicolás Maduro promised to hold free and fair elections this year The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela, admonishing the president Nicolás Maduro ’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the US eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in the Opec nation. A senior US official, discussing the decision with reporters, said any US company investing in Venezuela would have 45 days to wind down operations to avoid adding uncertainty to global energy markets. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss US policy deliberations. Continue reading...
With a bolder policy and flexible payment mechanisms, perhaps Alexis Rodríguez would have opted for solar panels for his home, instead of the portable generator that has made it possible for him to weather the frequent blackouts caused by Cuba’s recurrent energy crises. “It’s a little noisy, the fuel is expensive, but I can tolerate […]
Scientists fear time is running out to protect the World Heritage Site.
Post readers respond to articles on climate change, Trump’s comments on Jewish voters and calls for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Decades ago, humans began employing chemicals to enhance clouds' ability to produce rain and snow, a practice that is increasingly relevant as climate change exacerbates heat and dryness in certain areas. While embraced in countries like the US and the United Arab Emirates, cloud seeding remains contentious due to potential unintended outcomes such as excessive precipitation or heightened pollution levels.
Environmental campaigners have warned the Scottish Government against trying to "weasel out” of their 2030 climate change targets.
Negative thinking is unpopular but it could drive more realistic efforts to limit harm from global warming
Lightning and heavy rains led to the heaviest downpour in decades, flooding villages in Pakistan’s southwestern coast.
The United States said Wednesday it will snap back sanctions on Venezuela's crucial oil industry after President Nicolas Maduro's government continued its repression of opponents.
A senior U.S. official, discussing the decision with reporters, said any U.S. company investing in Venezuela would have 45 days to wind down operations to avoid adding uncertainty to global energy markets.
As the Orkney Islands position themselves as a pivotal hub in Scotland’s renewable energy landscape – leveraging centuries of innovation and strategic natural assets – the focus now shifts to infrastructural advancements and collaborations to harness the region’s full potential, writes Paul Olvhoj, Business Development Manager at Orkney Harbours
This is a re-post from Andrew Dessler at the Climate Brink blog In 2023, the Earth reached temperature levels unprecedented in modern times. Given that, it’s reasonable to ask: What’s going on? There’s been lots of discussions by scientists about whether this is just the normal progression of global warming or if something we don’t understand is happening — in other words, we’ve broken the climate. from the Washington Post In this post, I compare the observational temperature record to an ensemble of state-of-the-art CMIP6 models to see exactly how unusual 2023 was. It turns out that 2023 is just not that unusual when compared to the model ensemble. Let’s start with observations. I’m going to...
Coral bleaching was observed on 73 per cent of the surveyed reefs in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Government support for green manufacturing is actually the easy part. To truly reduce emissions, we must stop digging up and burning fossil fuels Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Last week Anthony Albanese finally announced the government’s major plan for the transition to a renewable energy economy. The Future Made in Australia plan was quickly derided by critics as “picking winners”, in the misguided view that the market is better at deciding how to tackle climate change and that the market is in any way free or lacking distortions. It’s an article of faith among many economists and commentators that governments should not try to “pick winners”, despite the fact that Australia has a long and glorious tradition of doing so. Continue reading...
Anadolu via Getty ImagesCryptocurrency aficionados flying into Dubai this week were looking forward to a few days in the desert sunshine enjoying a series of high-profile crypto events and some glamorous afterparties.Instead, many have been plunged into a nightmare. The United Arab Emirates has been lashed by the heaviest rainfall the country has seen for 75 years, with some areas seeing over 10 inches of precipitation in under 24 hours, the state’s media office said in a statement Tuesday. Flash flooding around Dubai saw roadways completely submerged and the city’s airport warned travelers to stay away while flights were delayed and diverted.After the rains began late Monday, the downpour continued until more rain had fallen on Dubai in 24 hours than the region typically records in a year...
It comes after Britons who are in Dubai opened up about their nightmarish experiences in the city after a storm dumped more than a year's worth of rain in the space of a matter of hours.
The full extent of the impact is still unknown despite a 'gutwrenching' update on Wednesday which revealed almost three-quarters of the reef has been affected.
Addressing our planet’s climate crisis requires commitment, cooperation, and urgency – all underpinned by finance. But our international financial systems were not designed for a challenge of this scale, and we are falling behind in meeting the needs of developing countries in combatting climate change.
CNN — It’s not just ocean heat that’s affecting marine life – new research shows extremely cold events are welling up and causing mass mortalities. And the same planet-warming pollution that’s driving the climate crisis is likely to blame for these “killer events” on the other end of the temperature spectrum. The world’s oceans have … The post How climate change could be driving ‘killer’ cold outbreaks in oceans appeared first on Egypt Independent.
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON - The Biden administration has signaled that it could reimpose oil sanctions on Venezuela on Thursday in response to what U.S. officials see as President Nicolas Maduro's failure to meet his commitments for free and fair elections this year.
A new office to lead on environmental justice and civil rights is dealing with a transition of top staff and questions over whether it can meet administration goals.
Rahul Vaidya, amidst Dubai's storm, shared flooded images humorously on social media, highlighting the city's unpreparedness for heavy rains. The storm led to floods in UAE, Bahrain, and fatalities in Oman.
And that’s an extremely conservative estimate. The post Climate change likely killed tens of thousands of people in 2023 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Site of the proposed Te Kuha coal mine. PHOTO: Forest & Bird By Jeremy Rose Resources minister Shane Jones told RNZ this morning that digging up more coal would help deliver the economic surplus required to meet the...
“I hate wind,” the former president told oil industry officials at a recent Mar-a-Lago dinner, doubling down on promises to end this form of clean energy.
UK researchers want to understand what triggers the Antarctic to kick out city-sized blocks of ice.
The Montana GOP Senate candidate now says he lied about accidentally shooting himself at Glacier National Park.
Investors, regulators, researchers, policymakers, and representatives of renewable energy companies, acknowledged the key challenges of shifting away from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Africa when they gathered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week. The latest estimates by the African Development Bank show that Africa’s energy potential, especially renewable energy, is enormous, […]
[GroundUp] The company is among 57 companies in the world responsible for 80% of carbon dioxide emissions
Steel is one of the most carbon-intensive industries, producing roughly 8 percent of energy sector emissions annually.
The president's global climate adviser wasn't as optimistic about EPA climate regulations surviving a Trump victory.
More than 1,800 people in North and South America have died this year from the mosquito-borne disease.
It will support investments in early stage companies focused on renewable energy, biomanufacturing and rare mineral processing.
People who fish in Florida and in federal waters are required to have special gear on board to help ensure groupers, snappers and other reef fish survive when they're returned to the water.
[Greenpeace] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Switzerland for violating the European Convention on Human Rights. The verdict is a major victory for a women's association that had brought a complaint against the country for its inaction on climate change.
Floods, cyclones, heat stress and predatory starfish contributing to impacts as fourth planet-wide bleaching event confirmed The Great Barrier Reef is in the midst of what could be its worst summer on record with a widespread and extreme coral bleaching event coming on top of floods, two cyclones and outbreaks of coral-eating starfish, according to an official Australian government report. The “summer snapshot” report released by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Australian Institute of Marine Science said: “Compared [with] previous summers, cumulative impacts have been much higher this summer and a widespread bleaching event is still unfolding.” Continue reading...
City records over 120mm of rain in a day, about as much as it expects in a year as rain floods highways and homes Heavy rains have hit the United Arab Emirates, flooding major highways and disrupting flights at Dubai international airport – in what the government has described as the largest amount of rainfall in the past 75 years. The rains began on Monday night, and by Tuesday evening, over 120mm (4.75in) had soaked the desert city of Dubai – normally the average amount it gets for the whole year. Continue reading...
Offsets are sold on a promise to help wipe out emissions. But studies show they often don’t deliver. A project targeting Asian coal plants aims to change that.
Gunmen attacked fuel tankers in Tamenglong, causing oil spill and injuring a driver. The incident prompted reinforcement before Manipur's Lok Sabha elections. Constable suspension resulted in mob violence, leading to SP transfer.
GENEVA - The United Nations on Tuesday said it was seeking to raise $1 billion to boost humanitarian aid to Ethiopia, which has been hit by conflict, drought and floods.
El Niño weather phenomenon depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants Ecuador has begun to ration electricity in the country’s main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants that produce about 75% of the nation’s power. “We urge Ecuadorians to cut their electricity consumption in this critical week,” the ministry of energy said in a statement late on Monday. “And consider that each kilowatt and each drop of water that are not consumed will help us face this reality.” Continue reading...
One of the world’s richest people is awarding $100 million in grants for AI solutions to tackle climate change and nature loss.Read more...
Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst bleaching event on record, the country's reef authority reported on Wednesday.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE01258E, Paper Jiaqi Sang, Tianfu Liu, Pengfei Wei, Hefei Li, Conghui Liu, Yi Wang, Youwen Rong, Qi Wang, Guoxiong Wang, Xinhe Bao Cu-based catalysts selectively convert CO2/CO into valuable C2+ oxygenates and hydrocarbons electrochemically, which is regarded as a promising strategy for carbon cycle utilization. Herein, we synthesized CuxP2Ox+5 (x=2, 4, 5)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A bakery, fruit pulp processing and water pumped from springs are empowering women farmers in Goiás, a central-eastern state of Brazil. New renewable energy sources are driving the process. “We work in the shade and have a secure, stable income, not an unsteady one like in farming. We cannot control the price of milk, nor […]
OPEC and its economic allies in the OPEC+ bloc have been trying to cut global oil supplies in order to bid up prices lowered by record production from the United States. Russia, for its part, pledged earlier this year to cut crude oil exports as part of that mission. But it has actually been ramping up its exports.Read more...
Modelling that shows how the world can remain below 1.5°C of warming assumes we can store vast amounts of carbon dioxide underground, but a new analysis reveals that achieving this is extremely unlikely
The task force aims to create a global trading system that cuts pollution and prevents buying goods made with weak environmental regulations elsewhere.
The challenge for a resource-rich, medium-sized economy such as Australia is to identify the right green industries to focus on, while minimising the risks to taxpayers Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast It’s taken a while to get here, but Anthony Albanese is on the verge of promising what some economists and most clean energy advocates have been urging Australian governments to do for years. Or at least a version of it. The prime minister’s promised “future made in Australia” act is clumsily named, and the announcement last week had few details, but the idea – that the government will need to use its weight to help develop green industries if the country is to make a rapid transition from fossil fuels to a clean economy – has been a long time...
Shortages raised expectations of an accerated shift to green energy, but India's response was exactly the opposite.
Coral in the coastal town of Bauan frequently suffered from natural hazards like typhoons and human-caused destruction.
Amid threats of a weekend driving ban to hit emissions targets, Germany's governing coalition has reached a last-minute agreement on reforms to climate protection rules. Here's what you need to know.
Minnesota’s Lower Sioux Indian Community is pioneering green building with its fully integrated hempcrete facility – a first in the country When Earl Pendleton first heard about building houses out of hemp more than a decade ago, it seemed like a far-fetched idea. To start, it was still illegal to grow hemp – the non-psychoactive strain of Cannabis sativa – in the US. Importing it from overseas was prohibitively expensive. But Pendleton, a member of the Lower Sioux Indian Community , was intrigued by early research that showed hemp could be transformed into non-toxic construction materials that allow for faster build times and result in low-carbon, energy-efficient houses. Continue reading...
The change announced Monday will follow policies adopted by the Forest Service and Navy.
Coal at Lyttelton Port. PHOTO: Liz Kivi By Jeremy Rose Resources minister Shane Jones’ announcement of changes to the Resource Management Act to facilitate more coal mining have been met with incredulity by...
Progress roundup: Digging up paved surfaces inspires others to reap the climate benefits. In Australia, landlords are installing solar to help meet emissions goals.
In an unprecedented deal, a private company purchased land in a tiny Arizona town – and sold its water rights to a suburb 200 miles away. Local residents fear the agreement has ‘opened Pandora’s box’ One of the biggest battles over Colorado River water is being staged in one of the west’s smallest rural enclaves. Tucked into the bends of the lower Colorado River, Cibola, Arizona, is a community of about 200 people. Maybe 300, if you count the weekenders who come to boat and hunt. Dusty shrublands run into sleepy residential streets, which run into neat fields of cotton and alfalfa. Continue reading...
Heavy rain likely to cause low yields in Britain and other parts of Europe, with drought in Morocco hitting imports Which UK foods are at risk? The UK faces food shortages and price rises as extreme weather linked to climate breakdown causes low yields on farms locally and abroad. Record rainfall has meant farmers in many parts of the UK have been unable to plant crops such as potatoes, wheat and vegetables during the key spring season. Crops that have been planted are of poor quality, with some rotting in the ground. Continue reading...
The recent oil price spike fueled by rising Middle East tensions has the potential to derail the IMF's "relatively good" outlook for the world economy, its chief economist told AFP. "We are projecting a global economy that is quite resilient for 2024," Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said in an interview ahead of the publication of the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook (WEO) report on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON - The U.S. will not renew a temporary license that widely eased sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas sector unless progress is made by President Nicolas Maduro on commitments for free and fair elections this year, a State Department spokesperson said on Monday, three days before the license is to expire.
Oil prices rose on Tuesday amid heightened tensions in the Middle East after Israel's military chief said his country would respond to Iran's weekend missile and drone attack amid calls for restraint by allies.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00318G, Paper Zimin Yang, Yi-Lun Sun, Siting Deng, Hao Tong, Mingqiang Wu, Xinbin Nie, Yifan Su, Guanjie He, Yinghe Zhang, Jianwei Li, Guoliang Chai Irreversible Zn plating/stripping along with interfacial degradation seriously affect the practical applications of aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Herein, 3-(hydroxy (phenyl) phosphoryl) propanoic acid (HPA) is introduced as an electrolyte additive that... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine has come under a series of drone attacks since April 7.
Challengers want to overturn a ruling that upheld Interior's leasing freeze in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
U.S. West Coast refiners that have relied on Basrah Heavy and other crudes from the Middle East will have incentives to switch to Canadian oil, which is cheaper and located right next door, said an energy analyst.
The residual blazes underscore how Canada’s energy industry — underpinned by an oil-sands sector — is imperiled by climate change.
[WHO] More than 900 filmmakers from 110 countries have submitted short films for the 5th edition of the WHO Health for All Film Festival on themes ranging from climate change, refugees, tobacco, and gender-based violence. Some 60 films have been selected for the shortlist, for review by a jury of international artists and health experts, before the announcement of the winners on 26 May 2024.
Humanitarian work in Afghanistan and Yemen now classified as climate finance, FoI request reveals, as £11.6bn pledge slips The UK government has been accused of double counting £500m of overseas aid as climate finance in an attempt to meet its commitments under the Paris agreement . Money for humanitarian work in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia is now being classified as climate finance, according to documents released under a freedom of information request by the website Carbon Brief . Continue reading...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 129, Issue 8, 28 April 2024.
WASHINGTON - The World Bank and other multilateral development banks are making good progress on reforms to expand their lending capacity to help countries brace for climate change and other challenges, but more work is needed, a senior U.S. Treasury official said.
The US NOAA reported a major coral bleaching event caused by warming oceans and climate change, with 2023 being the hottest year on record. Coral bleaching is becoming more frequent and severe, impacting coral reefs worldwide. The bleaching has been confirmed in at least 53 countries or territories, including the Great Barrier Reef and Florida's coral reef.
Asian stocks fell and oil prices climbed Tuesday on growing fears of a wider war in the Middle East after Israel's army chief vowed a response to Iran's unprecedented attack on his country at the weekend.
MOSCOW - Russia has been able to swiftly repair some of key oil refineries hit by Ukrainian drones, reducing capacity idled by the attacks to about 10% from almost 14% at the end of March, Reuters calculations showed.
During a recent visit to Ketchikan, Rep. Mary Peltola discussed her approach to housing, mental health resources and addressing climate change.
Countries’ Methane Action Plans Need to Do More to Account for a Just Transition shannon.paton@… Mon, 04/15/2024 - 13:33 .just-transition-gray { background-color: #9B9B9B !important; } .just-transition-green { background-color: #32864B !important; } .just-transition-yellow { background-color: #F0AB00 !important; } .just-transition-table tr td { border: 1px solid #000; } Recent data shows that for the world to stay on track with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F), fossil fuel operations must reduce their methane emissions by 75% by 2030. These findings were released just days before industry leaders and government representatives convened for the annual Global Methane Forum — a platform to share methane reduction techniques, policies...
Mr. Gore spoke at a climate leadership conference hosted by his nonprofit organization.
Revamped financial assurance regulations could provide up to almost $7 billion in new insurance bonds from oil and gas companies, the federal government said.
Ocean heat records have been breaking for months. This is the first global evidence of the impacts on sea life.
The percentage of reef areas experiencing bleaching-level heat stress is increasing by about 1% a week, scientists say Global heating has pushed the world’s coral reefs to a fourth planet-wide mass bleaching event that is on track to be the most extensive on record, US government scientists have confirmed. Some 54% of ocean waters containing coral reefs have experienced heat stress high enough to cause bleaching, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coral Reef Watch said. Continue reading...
More than 54 percent of all the reef areas on the planet have experienced bleaching level heat-stress in the past year, according to the Global Bleaching Event Index.
Nearly four dozen countries would risk default if they invested the necessary amounts to hit Paris Agreement goals.
Citigroup Inc has increased its three-month target for West Texas Intermediate by $8 a barrel. Additionally, Citigroup analysts, including Max Layton, expressed in a note that the current market has not fully accounted for the possibility of an ongoing direct conflict between Iran and Israel. They estimate that such a scenario could drive oil prices up to over $100 per barrel, depending on how events unfold.
Energy market sanctions imposed on Moscow have already had a dramatic impact on China’s buying habits, helping Russia surpass Saudi Arabia to become the largest oil supplier to Beijing last year.
[The Conversation Africa] Media reports about the biodiversity crisis and what researchers have argued qualifies as a mass extinction event tend to focus on the big ecological effects. Melting ice sheets, severe weather events, droughts, habitat loss and wildfires dominate headlines. So too do the plights of large iconic animals - orangutans, gorillas, polar bears, rhinos, elephants, pangolins.
This is the second one in the past decade, the agency determined.
The rule would empower EPA to make sure polluters pay for cleaning up tracts contaminated with two of the most notorious "forever chemicals."
The world is currently experiencing the second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florida at risk of dying following months of record-breaking ocean heat, a US agency announced Monday.
[Daily Trust] Research has demonstrated that majority of food crops are producing less due to climate change, which is caused by rise in temperature and altered rainfall patterns.
Humanity needs to burn less fossil fuels. But that means fewer aerosols to help cool the planet—and a potential acceleration of global warming.
The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) received a report from the Director of the South Sinai Reserves and the Mutual Aid Center at the Regional Authority for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden about the stranding of a gas vessel on the Ras Nasrani reef at the entrance … The post Gas vessel runs aground in the Red Sea, leading to environmental emergency appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Winning a battle for survival requires understanding the opponent. And, for the peoples of 22 island nations and territories scattered across more than 155 million square kilometres of Pacific Ocean, the volatility and wrath of the climate are their greatest threats. The region harbours three of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, while eight are among […]
Long-awaited Interior Department policy will raise financial assurance and royalty rates. The post Drilling for oil on public land is about to cost a lot more appeared first on High Country News.
A highly misleading new documentary claims soil carbon storage can redeem the livestock industry – it’s all so much ‘moo-woo’ We draw our moral lines in arbitrary places. We might believe we’re guided only by universal values and proven facts, but often we’re swayed by deep themes of which we might be unaware. In particular, we tend to associate the imagery and sensations of our earliest childhood with what is good and right. When we see something that chimes with them, we are powerfully drawn to it and attach moral value to it. This results from a combination of two factors: finding safety and comfort in the familiar, and what psychologists call “ the primacy effect ” – the first thing we hear about a topic is the one we tend to recall and accept. These tendencies contribute to the illusory...
California gas prices are on the rise again as Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration mulls a cap on refiner profits.
Atmospheric physicist Susan Avery once spoke out about the need to "get off fossil fuels." But her appointment didn't stop Exxon from doubling down on oil and gas.
The move comes as European banks step back from fossil fuel lending over concerns about violating climate-related legislation.
[UN News] Fishing communities in the south of Madagascar are facing sometimes deadly sea conditions due to climate change, but with the help of the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) are finding ways to adapt to the new circumstances they face.
BJP emphasizes rooftop solar for PM Modi's third term, targeting India's 2047 energy independence. Focus on electric mobility, renewable energy, energy efficiency, China challenge, clean energy center, manufacturing hub, and green hydrogen.
The spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are due to open Tuesday, with two clear objectives: help countries combat climate change, and assist the most indebted nations.
Indigenous groups see hope in the environmentally friendly process of bioremediation. But will cities pay attention? It almost looked like a garden. In Taylor Yard, a former railyard near downtown Los Angeles, volunteers knelt down to tend to scrubby plants growing in neat rows under the sweltering sun. But beneath the concrete of the 60-acre site overlooking the Los Angeles River, the soils were soaked with an assortment of hazardous heavy metals and petrochemicals like lead, cadmium, diesel, and benzene. As the volunteers worked to dig up entire plants for closer study – some with roots nearly 12ft deep – they wore protective gear and carefully avoided inhaling or touching the toxic soil. Even a brief exposure to the contaminants could cause serious health consequences. Continue reading...
The landscape features in the dreamtime stories of Australia's Indigenous people.
Only three provinces in the North and the Northeast were blanketed with red levels of PM2.5 while most parts of the country had good air on Sunday morning.
Paris agreement negotiator Todd Stern attacks premiers who say that decarbonisation programmes are unrealistic and should be slowed down Political leaders who present themselves as “grownups” while slowing the pace of climate action are pushing the world towards deeper catastrophe, a former US environment chief has warned. “We are slowed down by those who think of themselves as grownups and believe decarbonisation at the speed the climate community calls for is unrealistic,” said Todd Stern, who served as a special envoy for climate change under Barack Obama, and helped negotiate the 2015 Paris agreement. Continue reading...
The US fixation on a China threat distracts it from its serious domestic challenges and holds the world back from addressing critical challenges, from climate change and wars to AI risks.
Modi met top gamers to discuss e-sports regulations, emphasizing no need for regulations. Talks included terms like 'noob', women's participation, and climate change games. The focus was on allowing e-gaming industry growth without restrictions.
Indian Army's valour in Siachen Glacier-Saltoro Ridge under Operation Meghdhoot, with upgrades in infrastructure and logistical improvements, supported by helicopters. Saltoro Ridge acts as a wedge between China and Pakistan. Challenges include casualties, AGPL, environmental conservation.
A recycling facility in Pathum Thani province went up in flames on Saturday morning, causing over 10 million baht in damage. No casualties were reported.
A club of nations that imposed tariffs on imports from high emission countries would put the global effort to combat climate change on a more promising track.
A new poll found that nearly half of Ontarians polled would scrap the price on carbon price, with a majority saying affordability is more important than climate action.
Maria Dias, 61, left the waste beside a 'do not dump' sign in the car park recycling center of the supermarket in Andover, Hampshire last summer after her bins were not collected.
Decision by European court of human rights around vulnerability of older women to heatwaves marks significant shift A landmark legal ruling at the European court of human rights could open the floodgates for a slew of new court cases around the world, experts have said. The Strasbourg-based court said earlier this week that Switzerland’s failure to do enough to cut its national greenhouse gas emissions was a clear violation of the human rights of a group of more than 2,000 older Swiss women. The women argued successfully that their rights to privacy and family life were being breached because they were particularly vulnerable to the health impacts of heatwaves. Continue reading...
LONDON - Trustees of a climate targets verification group at the centre of a governance storm on Friday sought to assuage concern over their plan to allow offsetting of companies' supply chain emissions.
Three fishermen got into trouble after their boat hit a coral reef and took on water.
Alliance says there’s not enough ambition in proposed laws to prevent extinctions, as promised by the environment minister Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government is backing away from a promise to substantially transform how nature is protected in Australia and is planning some changes that would make things worse, according to eight of the country’s top environment groups. The conservation organisations said they were concerned the government planned to break up promised legislation for new environmental laws and defer some difficult reforms until after the next election, if it wins a second term. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Include a “call-in”...
The DOE is tripling efficiency standards for light bulbs, a move that will cut CO2 emissions by 70 million metric tons and save consumers $27 billion over 30 years.
Company is fighting Dutch court ruling that says it must emit 45% less CO2 by 2030 than in 2019 Shell has argued that it “lobbies for, not against, the energy transition” on the final day of its appeal against an important climate ruling. The fossil fuel company is fighting the decision of a Dutch court in 2021 that forces it to pump 45% less planet-heating CO 2 into the atmosphere by 2030 than it did in 2019. In court on Friday, Shell argued the ruling is ineffective, onerous and does not fit into the existing legal system. Continue reading...
STOCKHOLM - Sweden will not reach its climate targets without further political action to cut carbon emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday.
STOCKHOLM - Greenpeace activists painted slogans on an Estonian-owned tanker in the middle of the Baltic Sea on Friday, and said the ship's supply of bunker fuel to vessels transporting Russian oil poses a danger to the environment.
In a resignation letter, an adviser called carbon credits "scientifically, socially, and from a climate perspective a hoax."
Facebook's AI bot flagged an article about climate change as a security threat, showing its bias. Google's chat bot was also accused of doing something similar earlier this year.
(This post was co-authored by EDF attorney Richard Yates) The Environmental Protection Agency is soon expected to update our national protections against mercury and other toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants – pollution that is extremely dangerous to human health and has been linked to brain damage in children. EPA proposed strengthening the Mercury and […]
Rule adds stronger requirements for cleaning up wells but does not ban leasing on public lands, as called for by environmentalists Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on public lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells, according to a final rule issued on Friday by the Biden administration. The interior department’s rule raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more than one-third, to 16.67%, in accordance with the sweeping 2002 climate law approved by Congress. Continue reading...
It was a clear, starry sky above the Titanic as it struck an iceberg in the night of April 14, 1912.
March 2024 was the planet’s 10th consecutive warmest month on record. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffered its worst coral bleaching in history. The post Earth just had its warmest March on record appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
An Arctic-wide survey has found that the permafrost region is emitting more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs, causing the planet to heat even further
The EPA regulation requires energy companies to do more to crack down on leaks and other releases of the climate-warming pollutant.
Clearing out your wardrobe? Here’s how you can stop good quality clothing from ending up in landfill Change by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com It’s a Saturday morning and I’m pulling clothes out of my suitcase and hanging them on a rack. Around me are three others attending their own displays. We’re all here for the same purpose – to find a more sustainable way to part with the clothes we no longer need . Selling my secondhand clothes at rent-a-rack stores is just one approach I took over the past year in my quest to find alternatives to my local overflowing op shop. Continue reading...
Oil companies drilling on public lands must post larger bonds and pay higher royalties under a rule finalized Friday by the Biden administration.
It shows that human rights courts are open to arguments that challenge commitments to tackling climate change.
Gopichand Thotakura is set to make history as the first Indian to embark on a journey into space as a tourist. Thotakura will join a six-person crew aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard mission, embarking on a journey that will take them beyond the Earth's atmosphere. His experience spans commercial jet piloting, bush flying, aerobatics, seaplane, glider, and hot air balloon piloting.
Electric vehicle drivers have saved Americans billions of dollars on their electric bills — and that’s only the beginning, according to recent studies. Read more...
Resolutions in both the House and Senate would undo administration rulemaking.
The mayor of the small town of Vadso in the Arctic Circle sent the proposal to the European Commission to 'offer individuals the opportunity to enjoy more quality time' with their families.
Over 120 scientists and operational professionals working for British Antarctic Survey, based in Antarctica and their headquarters in Cambridge, have received a new qualification to help the polar research institute … The post New carbon literacy milestone achieved on journey to net zero appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
"If countries do not protect their people, then they may be undermining the human rights. That's completely climate justice," said former Ireland President Mary Robinson.
Some families are expected to save up to $700 a year on their electricity bills. The post Solar canopy over Denver school parking lot will provide energy to low-income families appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Nicola Willis The finance minister and associate Climate Change minister told a business gathering that the Climate Change Commission is not “a deity” and its Emissions Trading Scheme advice was “not...
The role of clouds and warm air masses from the open ocean for the rapid warming of the Arctic is at the heart of a recent Alfred Wegener Institute project on Svalbard. The researchers are applying a new perspective and tracking how individual air masses cool above the sea ice, form clouds, and lose moisture through precipitation. To do so, they’re using specially designed weather balloons capable of continually measuring the temperature and humidity within a given air mass.
A National Geographic film crew was visiting Atka Bay on the Ekstrom Ice Shelf, when they spotted approximately 700 emperor penguin chicks gathering at the edge of a cliff.
[Vanguard] Libya has emerged as the highest crude oil producer in Africa following the drop of Nigeria's output by 6.8 per cent to 1.23 million barrels per day in March 2024, from 1.32 bpd in February 2024.
LIMA - Deaths caused by the mosquito-born dengue disease have more than tripled in Peru so far this year, according to data from the South American nation's government, which is redoubling efforts to contain an epidemic that has hit poor areas the hardest.
NHDC assesses damage to the floating solar plant at Omkareshwar Dam after a storm. Despite setbacks, the plant is expected to resume power production, aiming for 100 MW by end-April. NHPC, employees, and various villages impacted.
Ajay Banga’s comments come after the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change urged the World Bank, other financing institutions and G7 and G20 countries to “step up the pace” on climate finance.
Washington state voters will decide in November if they want to keep the system, which critics say has contributed to higher gasoline prices.
The government's public health response to rising temperatures isn't "partisan," the leader of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity said.
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors told members Woodside Energy Group’s climate strategy was not sufficiently developed and to vote against it.
A proposed framework could help create a new electricity market that taps more renewable energy.
London mayor expected to criticise Susan Hall in speech launching panels on school roofs Sadiq Khan will accuse his Conservative rival in the race to be London’s next mayor of being “Trumpian” over the climate crisis, as he announces plans for solar panels on schools. Khan is expected to acknowledge resistance to his expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) in a speech on Friday but insist that he still intends to “go further”. Continue reading...
Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency announced new drinking water standards to limit people's exposure to some PFAS chemicals. For decades, PFAS have been used to waterproof and stain-proof a variety of consumer products. These "forever chemicals" in a host of products — everything from raincoats and the Teflon of nonstick pans to makeup to furniture and firefighting foam. Because PFAS take a very long time to break down, they can accumulate in humans and the environment. Now, a growing body of research is linking them to human health problems like serious illness, some cancers, lower fertility and liver damage. Science correspondent Pien Huang joins the show today to talk through this new EPA rule — what the threshold for safe levels of PFAS in tap water is, why the rule is happening...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 129, Issue 4, April 2024.
Fast fashion giants H&M and Zara have used cotton from farms linked to massive deforestation, land-grabbing, corruption and violence in Brazil, a report by the environmental group Earthsight said Thursday. But that has contributed to environmental destruction in the Cerrado, where "a ruinous mix of corruption, greed, violence and impunity has led to the blatant theft of public lands and dispossession of local communities," Earthsight said.
Mayor Karen Bass, Judd Apatow, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, and more gathered at the Gagosian to support a ban on oil drilling in California neighborhoods
Food waste is a worldwide problem but is particularly pressing in Asia, which is home to hundreds of millions of hungry people. Not only is wasted food not getting to the people who urgently need it, that which ends up in landfills produces methane which exacerbates climate change.
Sport junkie or couch potato? Always on time or often late? The animal kingdom, too, is home to a range of personalities, each with its own lifestyle. In a study just released in the journal PLOS Biology, a team led by Sören Häfker and Kristin Tessmar-Raible from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the University of Vienna report on a surprising discovery: even simple marine polychaete worms shape their day-to-day lives on the basis of highly individual rhythms. This diversity is of interest not just for the future of species and populations in a changing environment, but also for medicine.
ALMATY - More than 98,000 people have been evacuated due to floods in Kazakhstan, the country's emergencies ministry said on Thursday.
NASA is now publicly distributing science-quality data from its newest Earth-observing satellite, providing first-of-their-kind measurements of ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite was launched on Feb. 8, and has been put through several weeks of in-orbit testing of the spacecraft and instruments to ensure […]
A leading voice on Highlands issues has calculated that heating rural new builds with wood-burning stoves could result in lower emissions than heat pumps.
Biden administration officials put pressure on the fact-checking website Snopes to change claims that the government was going to ban gas stoves over climate change concerns.
Russia launched a series of missiles at Ukrainian natural gas storage facilities and power plants Thursday, the Kyiv Independent reports. No workers were injured, but the incident does further complicate Europe’s energy situation.Read more...
Fast fashion giants H&M and Zara have used cotton from farms linked to massive deforestation, land-grabbing, corruption and violence in Brazil, a report by the environmental group Earthsight said Thursday.
This year’s tally shows that the U.S. has slashed its greenhouse gases by 17 percent compared with 2005 levels.
Climate Change Authority says goal could be achievable if more action is taken by governments, business, investors and households Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Australia could meet an “ambitious” target to cut national greenhouse gases by at least 65% and up to 75% by 2035, according to an initial assessment by the Albanese government’s climate advisory body. The Climate Change Authority has been commissioned to advise the government on a 2035 target and plans to cut emissions from electricity and energy, transport, industry and waste, agriculture and land, resources and buildings. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
[The Herald] Wallace Ruzvidzo -- Zimbabweans will be the primary beneficiaries of the recent oil and gas discoveries in Muzarabani and to this end, the Second Republic is in the process of establishing mechanisms to ensure the country derives maximum value from its mineral wealth, President Mnangagwa has said.
By Anna Lóránt The EU is striving to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. As one of the fastest warming continents in the world, with climate risks threatening its energy and food security, ecosystems, infrastructure, water resources, financial stability and people’s health (EEA, 2024), ambitious climate action is a necessity. It’s clear that the […]
A large 60ft crack was discovered in the Panguitch Lake Dam on Monday. State and local leaders said that there is no imminent danger to the 1,8000 residents but have set up an evacuation plan.
Country had previously turned the tide on deforestation but armed rebels have revoked ban Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon is surging and could be at a historic peak as armed groups use the rainforest as a bargaining chip in peace negotiations with the government. Preliminary data shows that deforestation in the region was 40% higher in the first three months of this year than in 2023 as armed groups tightened their control over the rainforest, said Susana Muhamad, the country’s environment minister. Continue reading...
“I believe we all have a responsibility to do our part for the planet,” writes Ty in Salt Lake City. “I’ve been biking to work for almost 20 years now, and I try to be mindful of my consumption by eating vegetarian and buying local produce.”
Megabrands like Zara and H&M sell garments produced with cotton from Brazilian farms. These are linked to deforestation and land grabbing, according to a new investigation.
Ground-level ozone, a product of pollution from cars, degrades insect pheromones, and this can result in mismatched mating and sterile offspring
A Yanomami shaman briefed Pope Francis on the plight of his people as deforestation surged to a 15-year high during the previous administration of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
[IPS] Bulawayo -- While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice.
Intense weather fluctuations caused by climate change could be contributing to an increase in stroke deaths, a new study claims.
Environmental regulators have found explosive levels of methane in a popular Berkeley park. Regulators and the city are sparring over the source of the gas and what to do about it.
Biden administration hopes funding will spur enduring cuts to planet-heating emissions no matter who is in White House Amid rising global temperatures and a looming election against an opponent who has indicated he will gut his climate policies, Joe Biden’s administration is shoveling billions of dollars into efforts it hopes will spur enduring cuts to planet-heating emissions, no matter the occupant of the White House. In recent weeks, large tracts of funding has been announced by the administration to help overcome some of the thorniest and esoteric challenges the world faces in driving down carbon pollution, seeding the promise of everything from the advent of zero-emissions concrete to low-pollution food production , including mac and cheese and ice-cream, to driving the uptake of solar...
In 2019, the European Commission launched the European Green Deal (EGD) (1), an ambitious plan to achieve a sustainable economy in Europe. The plan’s goals included protecting and recovering nature, guaranteeing a sustainable food system, and boosting renewable energy capacity. Unlike previous EU strategies, this plan established targeted and time-bound objectives. However, misinformation and lobbying driven by the agriculture sector have led to policy changes that undermine the EU’s ability to achieve these goals.
The initial Russian reports say Navalny died of a 'detached blood clot' in a hellhole Arctic prison - dubbed Polar Wolf - where he had been jailed in an act of political repression.
New analysis finds "quite a big gap" between 51 companies' emissions targets and their plans to actually achieve them.
China accounted for two-thirds of the coal-burning power capacity that came online last year, according to Global Energy Monitor, which ‘starkly contrasts with the global trend, putting China’s 2025 climate targets at risk’.
Scientists in Florida have created a "Coral Fort" from biodegradable drinking straws that can protect lab-grown coral from predators after it is transplanted into the wild.
Details in the climate rule are shifting as EPA prepares its release.
The world "can't afford a talkfest," said the U.N.'s top climate official Wednesday as global financial leaders prepare to meet in Washington.
European farmers say the legislation will saddle them with more obligations that they can ill afford.
The lawsuits allege Enable and Symmetry used various tactics to reduce natural gas supplies and drive up the price during a winter storm.
by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is an excerpt from the book “On The Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America,” about climate migration in the U.S. For more, see abrahm.com. Another great American migration is now underway, this time forced by the warming that is altering how and where people can live. For now, it’s just a trickle. But in the corners of the country’s most vulnerable landscapes — on the shores of its sinking bayous and on the eroding bluffs of its coastal defenses — populations...
Elon Musk is set to come to India to meet PM Modi and announce a much-awaited plan to make Tesla electric cars in the country. The visit aims to address stock decline, sales slump, and investor concerns in the growing Indian market. Musk will be travelling to India later this month and his visit comes during the peak election season
Increase of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closures The world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to close at a rate of at least 6% each year to avoid a climate emergency. A report by Global Energy Monitor found that coal power capacity grew by 2% last year, driven by an increase in new coal plants across China and a slowdown of plant closures in Europe and the US. Continue reading...
Marine researcher ‘devastated’ by widespread event that is affecting coral species usually resistant to bleaching Concern that the Great Barrier Reef may be suffering the most severe mass coral bleaching event on record has escalated after a conservation group released footage showing damage up to 18 metres below the surface. Dr Selina Ward, a marine biologist and former academic director of the University of Queensland’s Heron Island Research Station, said it was the worst bleaching she had seen in 30 years working on the reef, and that some coral was starting to die. Continue reading...
Kevin Jordan, 70, said he had 'lost everything' after sea erosion saw his home in Hemsby, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk demolished by the local council after it was deemed unsafe to live in.
BRUSSELS - European Union lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a law to place methane emission limits on Europe's oil and gas imports from 2030, pressuring international suppliers to clamp down on leaks of the potent greenhouse gas.
Electric cars are a key part of Europe's green transition plans but the road ahead remains littered with obstacles with 10 years to go before a crucial milestone.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-01976-6The degree to which changes in marine organisms due to warming can influence tropical cyclones is not well known. Here the authors show that changing chlorophyll patterns can lead to more landfalling tropical cyclones in East Asia.
Mining superpower Australia will on Thursday announce a US-style scheme to pour public money into manufacturing and clean energy industries, joining the global race to build a cleaner and more resilient economy.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has expressed confidence that Thailand is on track to recycle all plastic waste by the year 2027.
Wind and solar operators in Canada are being urged to reduce the likelihood of future catastrophic grid outages by making their infrastructure more resilient to climate change.
The new rule would reduce exposure to “forever chemicals” in the water supply of 100 million people, preventing thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of serious illnesses, the Environmental Protection Agency said.
Researchers out of the University of California San Diego say that building more, smaller 5G towers could increase everyone in an urban area’s battery life by roughly 50%. Rethinking how urban areas approach 5G coverage would improve the area’s carbon footprint and overall coverage, according to a new study first…Read more...
The price of oil has been on a steady climb all year, but the talk at Canada's biggest oil and gas conference is still focused on spending discipline.
Toyota arguably made hybrid vehicles popular with the Prius, but it looks like they're aiming for a slightly different market with the Tundra Hybrid.
The controversy arises as global oil prices hit a six-month high, a situation the US attributes to conflicts in the Middle East and asserts that its sanctions and price cap on Russian oil have been effective. However, Russia reports an increase in oil exports in 2023 compared to pre-conflict levels, challenging the narrative of sanctions' impact.
The federal government says Canada could face another destructive wildfire season, after an unusually warm winter, widespread drought conditions and a forecast of above-normal temperatures in the months ahead.
Simon Stiell calls for reform at development banks to enable governments to provide more climate finance to developing world The World Bank must take a “quantum leap” to provide new finance to tackle the climate crisis or face “climate-driven economic catastrophe” that would bring all the world’s economies to a halt, the UN climate chief has said. Simon Stiell warned that there were just two years left to draw up an international plan for the climate that would cut greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goal of limiting temperature rises to 1.5C above preindustrial levels . Continue reading...
Gas Leaks Project launches campaign targeting the American Gas Association, which claims nearly all utilities in the US as members A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washington DC on Tuesday to decry utilities’ practice of spending customers’ money to advance a pro-fossil fuel agenda. “Americans are already paying the price of climate change,” said Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts at a gathering at the US Capitol. “They shouldn’t have to pay the salaries of those who are fueling it.” Continue reading...
“Let’s require Rocky Mountain Power to pay for a small part of their harm,” writes Jan in Los Angeles. “My bet is that they will switch to clean energy and avoid the fees.”
In a landmark ruling, Europe’s top human rights court has ruled the Swiss government violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change. But what happens next?
A new trial of Eutelsat OneWeb at British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station is providing new opportunities for science, and even live broadcasting. The low Earth orbit service was launched … The post New connectivity for Antarctica appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Coal mines in the Illawarra struggled with last weekend’s deluge, sending coal deposits into residential areas and the Royal National Park where the platypus live.
The Pennsylvania state Senate is advancing legislation aimed at helping the nation’s No. 2 natural gas-producing state attract carbon capture projects
This year's General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) will take place as a fully hybrid conference in both Vienna and online from April 15 to 19. I decided to join the event virtually this year for the full week and I've already picked several sessions I plan to attend. Among them are two sessions, I'll be presenting in. This blog post provides an overview of my itinerary. Monday The week kicks off right away at 8:30 in the morning with a Union Symposia (US2) about the Climate emergency, human agency: making sense of the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change to strengthen climate literacy . This Union Symposium will build on key findings from the Sixth Assessment Cycle of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It will...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judged that Switzerland's weak climate policies violate fundamental human rights - its first such verdict against a state on the issue.
Climate change is coming for your morning joe. Startups are betting that substitutes made out of date seeds and chickpeas are the answer.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday finalized a rule setting strict limits on the amount of so-called "forever chemicals" allowed in drinking water.
A low-pressure system just off the coast of New South Wales and drawing in arctic south-westerly winds on Wednesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced its first-ever limits for several common types of PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances
A final rule was released in late March but had not been published in the Federal Register until Wednesday.
The court found that climate change is a human rights issue, providing a blueprint for Europeans to force their governments to tackle rising temperatures.
Since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month, with marine heat waves across large areas of the globe’s oceans contributing.
BP has increased oil production amid a surge in crude prices fuelled by concerns about potential fallout from the conflict in Gaza and Russia's war on Ukraine.
CARACAS - Venezuelan former oil minister Tareck El Aissami, once one of the most influential officials in President Nicolas Maduro's government, has been arrested in a corruption probe into state oil company PDVSA, the attorney general said on Tuesday.
Dooars faces climate change impacts on tea estates, with Gorkha community seeking Gorkhaland. Political contests intensify in LS seats. Mamata's initiatives lead to conflicts over land ownership. PM Modi urges patience for a lasting solution in Siliguri meeting.
The new regulations could cut emissions of certain carcinogens by nearly 80 percent.
The High Street giant said it will work with farmers in its supply chains to introduce a new feed into their cattle's diet to reduce the amount of methane they produce.
Tareck El Aissami latest in purge of politicians, human rights advocates and critics by government of Nicolás Maduro Venezuela’s former oil minister Tareck El Aissami – once one of President Nicolás Maduro ’s closest allies – has been arrested for allegedly participating in an international scheme that syphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars from the country’s state oil company. The charges against El Aissami are part of a wider government purge that has so far led to charges being brought against more than 50 people, including some of Venezuela’s most important political and business figures. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE03913G, Paper Zhengxin Zhu, Zehui Xie, Wei Ping Wang, Zaichun Liu, Mingming Wang, Yahan Meng, Qia Peng, Shuang Liu, Taoli Jiang, Kai Zhang, Hongxu Liu, Yirui Ma, Wei Chen Self-charging aqueous metal-based batteries are attracting extensive attention in energy conversion and storage technologies. However, they are constrained to chemically self-charging mode by oxygen gas (O2) reactants and suffer from... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Paper dates 82 pottery pieces found in single dig site at between 3,000 and 2,000 years old Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Groundbreaking archaeological research may have upended the longstanding belief that Aboriginal Australians did not make pottery. A paper published in the Quaternary Science Reviews on Wednesday details the finding of 82 pottery pieces from a single dig site on a Great Barrier Reef island, dates them at between 3,000 and 2,000 years old and determines that the pots were most likely made by Aboriginal people using locally sourced clay and temper. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue...
President Joe Biden has repeatedly bragged about all he's done to fight climate change but a shocking new poll from the Wall Street Journal shows voters don't care.
Carbon dioxide emission taxes, prices and markets have been touted as key to stopping global heating. However, carbon markets have failed mainly because they favour the rich and powerful. Market solutions better? Mainstream economists believe the best way to check global heating is to tax greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Equivalent ‘carbon prices’ have been set […]
STRASBOURG - Europe's top human rights court ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who said their government violated their human rights by not doing enough to combat climate change.
Exclusive: Report finds lack of funding has led to just 6% of land being managed effectively for nature National parks are failing to tackle the biodiversity crisis, with just 6% of national park land in England and Wales managed effectively for nature, according to the first full assessment of how well they are supporting nature recovery. National parks, which cover 10% of England and 20% of Wales and this year celebrate their 75th anniversary , are not restoring nature because of a chronic lack of government funding and because they were designed for a different era, according to the report by the Campaign for National Parks (CNP) charity. Continue reading...
VIENNA - An extraordinary meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors called by Russia to discuss attacks on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine is due to be held on Thursday, four diplomats said.
Oil prices have risen to around six month highs putting North Sea firms on course to grow revenues while stoking fears about a potential rise in inflation.
Chemical plants across the country will need to slash the amount of toxic air pollution they release under a rule finalized Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The agency is poised to sign off on a change to the state’s regional haze reduction plan, once at the center of an EPA nominations fight.
Areas that will benefit from the new rule include majority-Black neighborhoods outside New Orleans that EPA Administrator Michael Regan visited as part of his 2021 Journey to Justice tour.
Venezuelan authorities announced the arrest Tuesday of influential ex-oil minister Tareck El Aissami, who had resigned from his post last year amid a corruption scandal at state oil company PDVSA. "We have managed to reveal the direct participation and consequent arrest" of El Aissami, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said, adding that charges would be announced "in the next few hours."
Deaths from record temperatures in Mali reportedly led to full morgues turning away bodies this month The deadly protracted heatwave that filled hospitals and mortuaries in the Sahel region of Africa earlier this month would have been impossible without human-caused climate disruption, a new analysis has revealed. Mali registered the hottest day in its history on 3 April as temperatures hit 48.5C in the south-western city of Kayes. Intense heat continued across a wide area of the country for more than five days and nights, giving vulnerable people no time for recovery. Continue reading...
Bad-faith scapegoating around the attacker’s identity shows Australian media needs to shake its addiction to Elon Musk’s rapidly toxifying platform Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The harrowing local news stories of the last week have confronted Australians with the limitations and opportunities of our contemporary media environment. Between the disinformation hurricane that absorbed the slaughter in Bondi Junction and the sober verdict of the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, Australians have been provided with an unusually clearcut choice between the media we have … and the media we may want. It’s less than a week and an aeon ago that six innocent people – five of them women – were...
Japan expects AUVs to be used for inspecting offshore wind power generation facilities and underwater surveillance.
Scottish Government plans to scrap a flagship climate target have been branded “the worst environmental decision in the history of the Scottish Parliament.”
Coral bleaching is evident across 73 percent of the famed marine park, as abnormally high ocean temperatures propel the world’s fourth mass bleaching event.
[VOA] Windhoek, Namibia -- Environmentalists in Namibia have accused local wildlife officials of hiding the real extent of rhino poaching in the Etosha National Park, which holds the highest concentration of black rhinos in the world. The Ministry of Environment recently acknowledged that rhino killings at the park quadrupled during the first quarter of 2024.
[IPS] Abu Dhabi -- Investors, regulators, researchers, policymakers, and representatives of renewable energy companies, acknowledged the key challenges of shifting away from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Africa when they gathered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week.
Ampace is betting on a boom in home energy storage systems and the ‘batterification’ of tools and electronic devices as it aims to solidify an already dominant position in a part of the market away from electric cars and smartphones.
Sen. Bert Stedman said the state has been "blessed" the last couple of years by high oil prices — but warned high prices won't last forever.
Climate Change and Revenue minister Simon Watts and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon are leading a business delegation to South East Asia. New Zealand has signed separate partnership agreements with Singapore and Thailand,...
JAPARATINGA, Brazil - Brazil is bracing for what may be its worst-ever coral bleaching event as extremely warm waters damage reefs in the country's largest marine reserve – threatening the region's tourism and fishing revenues.
Cloud seeding almost certainly did not play a significant role in the flooding on the Arabian peninsula this week – but the heavy rains may have been exacerbated by climate change
Though oil companies do a lot more than other businesses to contribute to global warming, Shell thinks it’s doing just enough to fight global warming. Ahead of its annual meeting next month, its notice document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday is advising shareholders to vote down a…Read more...
American tourists are stuck in Dubai after the desert nation was hit with 'historic' floods that drenched the city and shut down its airport.
ADVISORY: Embargoed WRI Press Call on Cities Climate Hazards Analysis casey.skeens@wri.org Wed, 04/17/2024 - 15:23 Registration is for members of the media only. Register here. WASHINGTON (April 17, 2024) – Join the World Resources Institute (WRI) team on April 23, 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT / 14:30 CEST , for a preview of new analysis highlighting climate hazards under different warming scenarios – including heatwaves, cooling demand, and disease – for the world’s cities. The speakers will present findings on potential climate hazards for nearly 1,000 cities across the world – currently home to 2.1 billion people representing 26 percent of the global population. The data analysis and projections show the shifts, patterns and links between climate...
The United States on Wednesday announced that it will be reimposing sanctions on Venezuelan oil after the government had conceded that the South American country had not gotten close enough to free and fair elections.
Observations of Venus taken with the BepiColombo space probe show that our cosmic neighbor is leaking significant amounts of carbon and oxygen from its atmosphere, and researchers can't totally explain why.
The Scottish government is to scrap its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.
Anglerfish first colonized the ocean's midnight zone 55 million years ago, during a period of extreme global warming, a new study finds. The bizarre fish adapted to thrive in the deep sea by becoming sexual parasites, the researchers said.
The United States is to snap back sanctions on Venezuela's crucial oil industry after President Nicolas Maduro's government continued its "repression" of opponents, US officials said Wednesday.
The Alaska House of Representatives is set to vote for House Bill 50 on Wednesday, sending it to the Senate.
Cost of environmental damage will be six times higher than price of limiting global heating to 2C, study finds Average incomes will fall by almost a fifth within the next 26 years as a result of the climate crisis, according to a study that predicts the costs of damage will be six times higher than the price of limiting global heating to 2C. Rising temperatures, heavier rainfall and more frequent and intense extreme weather are projected to cause $38tn (£30tn) of destruction each year by mid-century, according to the research, which is the most comprehensive analysis of its type ever undertaken, and whose findings are published in the journal Nature . Continue reading...
Clerics in the world’s largest Muslim country are mobilising congregants to rein in climate change.
In anticipation of Earth Day, NASA invites media to a briefing at the agency’s headquarters on Friday, April 19, at 11 a.m. EDT. The event will share updates on NASA’s climate science and early data from the agency’s ocean-watching PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission, as well as reveal upcoming Earth airborne missions. The […]
Natural disasters like volcanic eruptions, floods, and tornados can dramatically change the surface of Earth to the point where alterations are visible in space. Changes driven by human actions and interventions, such as mining and deforestation, are also visible in satellite imagery. For over 50 years, NASA’s Landsat satellites have recorded our planet’s changing surface. […]
Renewable energy experts from around the world will arrive in Glasgow next month for the prestigious All-Energy and Dcarbonise conference – a two-day extravaganza that will be also attended by political leaders and top academics
The state-run WAM news agency called the rain Tuesday “a historic weather event” that surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949.”
Ground-up concrete can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a similar way to ground-up rocks, according to a field study in Ireland
Development Banks Are Starting to Spark Climate Action. Will They Complete the Task? shannon.paton@… Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:14 The World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) are on the cusp of evolution. Their transformation is fundamental to the world’s ability to simultaneously tackle the climate crisis and poverty. Ten years ago, having had no substantial policies for climate change, development banks began to gather climate data and increase attention to the impacts of climate change. This process gradually led to where we are today, with the MDBs recently releasing principles on how to align all their investments with the international Paris Agreement on climate change. The World Bank also committed to combat climate change as part of its mission...
Fossil Fuels Are in Everything from Plastics to Makeup, but Cleaner Alternatives Are Emerging margaret.overh… Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:00 Fossil fuels aren’t just used to power cars, heat buildings and keep the lights on. They are, quite literally, woven into almost every facet of our lives. From crayons, cosmetics and carpeting to fabrics, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals, around 70,000 everyday products are made with “petrochemicals” produced from fossil fuels. These products are so ubiquitous that many oil and gas companies are betting on chemical production to stay in business even as fossil fuel use in energy, heating and transport declines. This comes with serious consequences for people and the planet. In the United States alone, chemical production directly...
The agency admitted mistakes in the Clean Air Act standards update to curb soot emissions at mini-mills.
“To bring prosperity and business investment to all the cities and towns in our amazing state, our leaders need to face market realities and support the BLM Oil and Gas Rule,” writes Jacques Hadler.
Climate change caused by CO2 emissions already in the atmosphere will shrink global GDP in 2050 by about $38 trillion, or almost a fifth, no matter how aggressively humanity cuts carbon pollution, researchers said Wednesday.
[Seychelles News Agency] Climate mitigation will play a big role in the strategic plan of the Islands Development Company (IDC) and it is crucial to put adequate measures in place sooner rather than later if Seychelles wants to preserve its islands, said a top official in a press conference.
Virginia data centers that process nearly 70 percent of global digital traffic need more electricity. Coal-fired power plants in neighboring states are going to provide it.
Pressure piles on World Bank and IMF to steer countries to low-carbon transition at spring summit Governments of wealthy countries must pledge hundreds of billions more in overseas aid payments channelled through the World Bank to avert the worst effects of the climate crisis, civil society experts and economists have said. The International Development Association fund, the arm of the World Bank that disburses loans and grants to poor countries, is worth about $93bn (£b75n) but that figure must be roughly tripled by 2030, according to economic experts . Continue reading...
Herders in Kenya are substituting camels for cows, whose numbers have declined by the millions as drought has devastated eastern Africa.
TOKYO: Oil prices eased in early trade on Wednesday as worries about global demand due to weak economic momentum in China and fading hopes for U.S. interest rate cuts in the near term outweighed supply fears on heightened tensions in the Middle East.
The Senate kicks off the impeachment trial of the Homeland Security secretary. Coral reefs are undergoing a mass bleaching event that could soon be the worst on record.
Experts have backed rail to transport agricultural products over long distances following a successful trial, which saw a 13-fold lowering of carbon emissions when compared to air freight. It was also cheaper.
The report found that U.S. LNG had a lower emissions intensity than coal when used for power generation in 13 European and Asian countries.
Steel is one of the most carbon-intensive industries, producing roughly 8 percent of energy sector emissions annually,
Tuesday's agreement with Norway outlines cooperation on green transportation, energy, agriculture and recycling.
Climate change is heating oceans faster than the world's coral reefs can handle. So scientists are breeding corals that can withstand hotter temperatures – but only to a point.
Our guiding light will be progressive realism and an end to the reckless, gaffe-prone diplomacy of the Tory years Every time you look at social media, a new international crisis is unfolding. Drones from Iran or one of its proxies hurtling towards Israel. Another Israeli strike kills civilians in Gaza. A Ukrainian city faces a fresh wave of attacks from Putin’s war machine. The revelation of another cyber attack from a hostile state on UK soil. Another threat of a land grab in my ancestral home of Guyana. Another coup in the Sahel . A new flood, wildfire or hurricane – the latest manifestation of the climate emergency that is too often treated as an afterthought. The world order – which once appeared governed, at least to a large extent, by the rules we helped set up with our allies after...
Co-authors say ‘no-regrets policy’ would save consumers €2.8bn a year while cutting emissions by 48m tonnes Healthier ready-to-eat meals could cut EU emissions by 48m tonnes annually and save customers €2.8bn (£2.4bn) each year, as well as reducing disease, a report has found. Fast food and ready meals provide more than a sixth of the EU’s calories but contain far more salt and meat than doctors recommend, according to an analysis from the consultancy Systemiq commissioned by environmental nonprofit organisations Fern and Madre Brava. Continue reading...
The Panama Canal has been dubbed the greatest engineering feat in human history. It's also (perhaps less favorably) been called the greatest liberty mankind has ever taken with Mother Nature. But due to climate change, the Canal is drying up and fewer than half of the ships that used to pass through are now able to do so. So how did we get here? Today on the show, we're talking to Cristina Henriquez, the author of a new novel that explores the making of the Canal. It took 50,000 people from 90 different countries to carve the land in two — and the consequences of that extraordinary, nature-defying act are still echoing through our present.
At a South African wine farm, dry, uprooted grapevines are stacked at the bottom of a hilly stretch of brown fallow land.
Scientists say it's shaping up to be the worst one yet.
Former environment secretary Theresa Villiers called for the substance to be outlawed by 2024 to restore peatlands, which are the UK's largest carbon sink.
The Islanders and Hurricanes, who squared off in the playoffs last season, are coming into the playoffs looking much better than they did last year.
EDF's 2024 Climate Corps fellowship program empowers a new cohort of 185+ global fellows to advance climate solutions at over 130 organizations.
Bumblebees can surprisingly withstand days underwater, according to a study published Wednesday, suggesting they could withstand increased floods brought on by climate change that threaten their winter hibernation burrows.
In the UK, anxiety over the crisis after Iran’s missile strike on Israel drives down UK shares An escalating Middle East conflict risks leading to higher oil prices, a reversal of the recent fall in inflation and a puncturing of the optimistic mood in financial markets, the International Monetary Fund has warned. The Washington-based IMF said it was closely monitoring events in the region after Iran’s missile strike on Israel at the weekend and stressed the possibility that a war between the two countries could lead to higher interest rates. Continue reading...
A New Program Will Bring Clean Energy to Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in the US shannon.paton@… Tue, 04/16/2024 - 13:11 The U.S. just made one of its biggest investments in bringing clean energy to the communities that need it most. In April 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released $20 billion through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), one of the most significant clean energy funding programs created through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act . The funding essentially creates a national green bank network, distributing funds to an initial eight non-profits to finance clean energy projects that would otherwise lack access to capital. The GGRF is made up of three sub-programs: The National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF), which delivers...
Nineteen provinces in the North and the Northeast were shrouded with slightly unsafe levels of fine dust but no “red” levels of air pollution were detected nationwide on Tuesday afternoon.
Up to four regulations would cover a variety of pollutants including carbon dioxide.
Its revised energy mix target would provide companies a better long-term outlook for investment decisions.
Enabling the Shift to Electric Auto-Rickshaws: A Guidebook for Electrification of Auto-rickshaw Fleets in Indian Cities shannon.paton@… Tue, 04/16/2024 - 10:58 This project update highlights the release of a comprehensive guidebook aimed at facilitating the transition to electric auto-rickshaws (e-autos) in Indian cities. The transition to e-autos is critical for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, combating urban air pollution and promoting sustainable urban mobility in India. With auto-rickshaws serving as a vital mode of shared mobility, their electrification presents an opportunity to enhance environmental sustainability while improving the livelihoods of drivers and promoting social inclusion. About the Guidebook The guidebook offers a roadmap for governing authorities...
We need nature-based climate solutons to work. Yet as a recent study shows, questions remain on how we can achieve the best ground-level outcomes and maximize the enormous potential of these solutions to lower greenhouse gas concentrations.
Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared, a result of warming ocean waters amid human-caused climate change.
An expert said said that oil-related sanctions have not been strictly enforced in the past couple of years.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, April 16 -- Tunisia, which has suffered six years of drought over the past decade, is considered to be the 5th most vulnerable country in the world to the growing risk of droughts and water shortages, according to the latest report published in March 2024 by the Tunisian Institute of Competitiveness and Quantitative Studies (ITCEQ).
Riley Duren, a research scientist at the University of Arizona, explained how new satellites are changing companies' and governments' ability to find and stop methane leaks and avoid wasting a valuable product.
A wet spring in the United States will dampen early fires, but some regions will see elevated risk this summer. The post Forecasters expect slow start to U.S. wildfire season appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Dr Sarah Benn, 57, is fighting to keep her licence to practise medicine after being jailed for 31 days for contempt of court by breaching an injunction not to demonstrate outside Kingsbury oil terminal.
Our ozone is pennies thick – and soon we’ll put at least an Eiffel Tower’s worth of metallic ash into the ionosphere every year A dead spacecraft the size of a truck ignites with plasma and pulverizes into dust and litter as it rips through the ionosphere and atmosphere. This is what happens to internet service satellites during re-entry. When the full mega-constellation of satellites is deployed in the 2030s, companies will do this every hour because satellite internet requires thousands of satellites to constantly be replaced. And it could compromise our atmosphere or even our magnetosphere. Space entrepreneurs are betting on disposable satellites as key to a new means of wealth. There are currently nearly 10,000 active satellites and companies are working as fast as possible to get...
Many products consumed by Britons could be hit by floods and droughts driven by climate crisis UK facing food shortages and price rises after extreme weather From floods to droughts, extreme weather driven by human-caused global heating has become the new normal, causing havoc with the global food supply system.Many products bought and consumed in the UK are at risk of low supply and increased prices. Continue reading...
Scientists have discovered a landscape of rocky hills and smooth plains beneath the remote Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. A team of researchers used seismic imaging to map the area … The post New insights into the bed beneath remote Antarctic glacier appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Scientists are a step closer to being able to predict when large icebergs will calve in Antarctica. A team of glaciologists will present their new results at the European Geoscience … The post Scientists one step closer to predicting iceberg calving appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00445K, Review Article Farid Attar, Hang Yin, Simon Lennard Schumann, Julien Langley, Nicholas Cox, Zhiyuan Zeng, Kylie Catchpole, Siva Krishna Karuturi, Zongyou Yin New sustainable energy technologies are an important current research field, which aim to address the global environmental challenge caused by our excessive reliance on fossil fuels. Underpinning this field is... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00048J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Hakhyeon Song, Carlos A. Fernandez, Hyeonuk Choi, Po-Wei Huang, Jihun Oh, Marta C. Hatzell Electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) offers an environmentally friendly method to transform and harness sequestered CO2. While gas-phase electrolysis systems provide high efficiency, gas-phase electrolysis systems face challenges related to carbonate... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time due to prolonged warming of the oceans, according to reef scientists.
Revamped financial assurance regulations could provide as much as $7 billion in new insurance bonds from oil and gas companies, the department said.
Washington state's cap-and-invest program was among several new emissions trading systems in 2023.
A quarter of a million households now have home batteries to store the electricity their rooftop solar generates and help them avoid sky-high power bills.
Scientists have recorded widespread bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef as global heating creates a fourth planet-wide bleaching event. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Watch, 54% of ocean waters containing coral reefs have been experiencing heat stress high enough to cause bleaching Global heating pushes coral reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on record Continue reading...
Is There Such a Thing as “Better” Meat? It’s Complicated margaret.overh… Tue, 04/16/2024 - 00:00 Meat and dairy are major contributors to climate change. Animal agriculture is responsible for more than three-quarters of agricultural land use, 11% - 20% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and more than 30% of global methane emissions. Meat production is also a leading driver of recent tropical deforestation. The good news is that companies and consumers are increasingly looking for more sustainable animal products. But reducing emissions is just one piece of the puzzle. So are addressing water use, water pollution and biodiversity loss driven by animal agriculture; improving animal welfare; supporting local farmers and more. The problem is that there’s...
Forests Minister Ralston planted the milestone tree in Surrey’s Green Timbers Urban Forest Park, where B.C.’s reforestation efforts began nearly a century ago.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00086B, Paper Bo Yan, Hao Sun, Xueping Liu, Xinyuan Fu, Changqing Xu, Tiantian Zhang, Lu-Lu Zhang, Huachao Tao, Xifei Li, Xue-Lin Yang, Renheng Wang Self-supporting electrode materials play a pivotal role in advancing the progress of flexible potassium-ion batteries (PIBs). However, crafting self-supporting electrodes with unique compositions and structures to surmount the volume effect... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is suffering one of the most severe coral bleaching events on record, leaving scientists fearful for its survival as the impact of climate change worsens.
New deep-sea mobile operation can reportedly drill to a depth of 9,085 metres, a record for China as Beijing looks to rely less on imported oil and gas amid rising geopolitical uncertainties.
John Avery, 97, was one of thousands of men who were made to work in the mines to increase coal production - even though they put themselves forward for the military.
The issue of climate change continues to dominate the political discourse, with the ban on wood-burning stoves in new-builds claiming many column inches over recent days.
Climate change is making extreme cold upwellings more common in certain regions of the world, and these events can be catastrophic for animals such as bull sharks
Intense patches of cold water rising from the depths are killing sharks, rays and other creatures, researchers say A climate-disrupted ocean is pushing sharks, rays and other species to flee ever-hotter water in the tropics, only for them to be killed by increasingly intense upwells of cold water from the depths, a study has found. One of the authors of the paper described the “eerie” aftermath of a mass die-off of more than 260 marine organisms from 81 species in a singular event of extreme cold upwelling off the coast of South Africa in 2021. Continue reading...
As a result, power plants, compressor stations and other industries that rely on turbines will have to keep meeting national emission standards for formaldehyde and other hazardous pollutants.
Rising sea temperatures around the planet have caused a bleaching event that is expected to be the most extensive on record.
As American oil floods the planet, the biggest domestic players producing it are happy that the Biden administration’s relationship with the industry is less frosty than anticipated. The Wall Street Journal reports that they’re not getting everything they want, it but maybe more than they had expected when Biden was…Read more...
The world's oceans are now undergoing the fourth global coral bleaching event on record and the second in the last 10 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday.
A report, published by the International Coral Reef Institute, reveals that since 2023 there have been mass bleaching of coral reefs in at least 53 countries, territories and local economies.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The June general election in Mexico could mark a turning point in ensuring that the country’s climate policies better reflect the desire of its citizens to address the climate crisis, with both leading presidential candidates expressing support for renewable energy. Mexico is the 10th-most populated country with the 15th-largest economy and is also the 11th-most climate-polluting country in the world. In international surveys conducted in 2022 and 2023 , Mexico had one of the highest percentages of citizens worried about human-caused climate change at 92%, compared to just 63% of Americans.* And 88% of Mexican respondents reported that they consider climate change an important issue that their country should...
For the women who pick and prepare Maryland’s famous crab, the once profitable work is far more uncertain – and the climate crisis has had a damaging impact In the evening light, Maribel Malagon stepped outside into a rain storm. It was late October and Malagon, 53, had worked all day picking crab off the eastern shore of Maryland. That night, she and a handful of other seasonal workers walked to a neighbor’s house for an evening of prayer. On the way, Malagon clutched a pendant of St Judas, the patron saint of lost causes, that hung around her neck; she hoped he would hear her prayers for more work. Continue reading...
Appropriators had banked on the toxic waste site cleanup program as an EPA budget savior. That might not pan out.
Only 138 of the agency's more than 20,000 employees are full-time historians, the National Parks Conservation Association found.
Billionaire says ‘there is nothing I hate more’ than cutting staff as more than 10% of workforce to be affected Business live – latest updates Tesla is laying off more than 10% of its global workforce, equivalent to at least 14,000 roles. The electric carmaker’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said he had made “the difficult decision to reduce our headcount by more than 10% globally”, in a memo first reported by the online publication Elektrek . Tesla employs 140,473 people, according to its annual report . Continue reading...
The first instalment of the 2024 Canada carbon rebate will be delivered to some Canadians on Monday as long as they filed their taxes by the middle of March.
Many of these investments can be deployed now and rapidly scaled up to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
PHOTO: NIWA By Liz Kivi New Zealander of the Year Jim Salinger says government cuts to science funding will put Aotearoa even further behind other countries in terms of economic well-being and tackling climate change.
Study connects heatwaves and cold snaps to surges in payday lending, keeping people in debt and harming communities of color Two competing payday loan stores stand on the corners of an intersection in south Los Angeles. An area of persistent poverty, south LA is also a banking desert where payday lenders fill the gap. Long lines form inside the stores on the first of the month, when rent is due. Guillermina Molina, a 60-year-old retired housekeeper, visits the same Speedy Cash each month. During the summer months – which are becoming increasingly hot – she runs her air conditioner but frets about her utility bills. “It’s kind of hard because the [power bill] is coming up too high because you gotta have the air conditioner on,” Molina said. Continue reading...
The Biden administration views Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil facilities as reckless. Kyiv sees them as essential.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00580E, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Luyin Tang, Tianyu Li, Wenjing Lu, Xianfeng Li The robust and reversible solid bromine complexation effect was incorporated into electrodes, endowing bromine-based flow batteries with ultralow self-discharge. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The move is the latest in a long battle over Enbridge's plan to replace part of the Line 5 pipeline that runs under the waterway linking lakes Michigan and Huron.
More than 900 filmmakers from 110 countries have submitted short films for the 5th edition of the WHO Health for All Film Festival on themes ranging from climate change, refugees, tobacco, and gender-based violence. Some 60 films have been selected for the shortlist, for review by a jury of international artists and health experts, before the announcement of the winners on 26 May 2024.
The annual tally of U.S. climate pollution has some conservative supporters.
by Lisa Song ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Nearly 100 people crowded into the library in Calvert City, Kentucky, in February when the Environmental Protection Agency hosted a public meeting on air pollution. Many had discovered flyers in their mailboxes explaining how the agency had found “elevated levels” of chemicals that “can pose an increased risk of cancer.” The EPA aimed to deliver a simple message that evening: Local petrochemical plants were leaking...
The recent escalation in tensions, particularly following Iran’s drone offensive, is causing concern among finance ministers and central bank chiefs. The primary impact is expected on oil prices, which surged to $92.2 a barrel, posing risks to global economic stability. In India, while pump prices may not immediately rise due to elections, increased oil prices could strain government subsidies and impact inflation and deficits.
It is a Caribbean paradise with stunning beaches and practically guaranteed year-round sunshine.
Scientists buoyed after pledge by mainland Chinese officials that Hongkongers will be able to join future polar research missions.
Oil prices are expected to rise on Monday after Iran's attack on Israel over the weekend, analysts said on Sunday, but further gains may depend on how Israel and the West choose to retaliate.
Andriy Kobolyev calls for more weapons after Russia destroys one of Ukraine’s largest power plants A dramatic rise in European energy prices is inevitable if the Russian destruction of Ukrainian energy infrastructure continues unabated, the former chief executive of Ukraine’s state-owned oil company has warned. Andriy Kobolyev, a former head of Naftogaz, said in an interview with the Guardian: “Russia is trying to wage a global energy war and Ukraine is part of that war and if the markets perceive that Russia is winning that war the consequences will be very serious. You will see a spike in prices all round the globe”. Continue reading...
A listing of 31 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 7, 2024 thru Sat, April 13, 2024. Story of the week Our story of the week is about adults in the room setting terms and conditions of good behavior. Here it's not parents telling children what to do but instead the widely adopted, mutually agreed system of coercive behavior modification we call "rule of law." Legislators providing courts of justice with laws to apply are how we formalize overcoming widely harmful selfish actions— or negligent inactions. These are our proxy adults telling us what we can't do or must do— our aspirations for better nature given teeth. We could wish that we were all so perfect as to never need grownup guidance of...
Amy Westervelt and Kyle Pope have covered climate disinformation for a combined 20-plus years – here’s their guide on how to decode it Increasingly sophisticated and better-funded disinformation is making climate coverage trickier both for journalists to produce and for the public to fully understand and trust. But telling the story, and understanding it, has never been more urgent with half of Earth’s population eligible to vote in elections that could decisively impact the world’s ability to act in time to stave off the worst of the climate crisis. Continue reading...
KYIV - Safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine remains precarious but the shift to a cold shutdown of all six reactor units, completed on Saturday, is positive, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said in a statement.
At the Harvard College China Forum on Saturday participants said existential threats such as global warming cannot be solved unless the two countries move beyond their mutual distrust.
With ties at ‘crucial juncture’, Beijing and Washington should find common ground on challenges such as climate change, AI and debt, according to leaders in business, academia and politics at annual China forum at Harvard University.
The legal repression of activism has been fast and frightening, yet it won’t make protesters disappear and only sows division Years ago, when Dr Sarah Benn recognised the scale of the climate crisis, she made sure that she was doing all the right things. She recycled, she went vegan, she stopped flying, she voted Green, she signed petitions. It was because she didn’t see real change happening, despite doing all those things, that she then went further. She glued her hand to a building. She sat down in front of an oil terminal. And she stood on a grass verge with a handwritten sign, saying, “Stop New Oil”. Benn’s story will be pretty familiar to anyone with a passing interest in the current wave of climate protest. This wave grew out of deep frustration with existing avenues for change...
Fishing communities in the south of Madagascar are facing sometimes deadly sea conditions due to climate change, but with the help of the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) are finding ways to adapt to the new circumstances they face.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. This fact brief was written by Sue Bin Park in collaboration with members from our Skeptical Science team. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Did global warming stop in 1998? While 1998 was an abnormally warm year, annual average temperatures have trended steadily upward in the decades since. As a strong El Nino year, 1998 featured a significant spike in global temperatures. El Nino is the warm phase of a cyclic climatic pattern where sea temperatures in parts of the Pacific swing higher or lower than average. The 1998 El Nino stood out above the rising temperature trendline that is due to manmade global warming. However, the...
Heavy rains spurred by climate change earlier resurrected a prehistoric lake in Death Valley. Now the area is covered by colorful blooms.
Bulldozed tracks and informal byways in tropical forests and palm-oil plantations ‘almost always’ an indicator of future deforestation, say researchers A vast network of undocumented “ghost roads” is pushing into the world’s untouched rainforests and driving their destruction in the Asia-Pacific region, a new study has found. By using Google Earth to map tropical forests on Borneo, Sumatra and New Guinea islands, researchers from James Cook University in Australia documented 1.37 m kilometres (850,000 miles) of roads across 1.4m sq kilometres of rainforest on the islands – between three and seven times what is officially recorded on road databases. Continue reading...
The province says the three-month timeline to repair a pipeline supplying gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel to Winnipeg, is still on target.
ABUJA - Nigeria's military said on Friday it had inflicted heavy losses on Islamist militant groups in the north and oil thieves in the south, arresting hundreds, seizing weapons and rescuing kidnap victims in a week-long operation.
The Trypilska plant, which was the biggest energy supplier for the Kyiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions, was left ablaze after the transformer, turbines and generators were wiped out.
Gopi Thotakura, the trailblazing Indian space tourist, ventures with Blue Origin's New Shephard-25 mission. Co-founding Preserve Life Corp, he champions holistic wellness and applied health worldwide. Born in Vijayawada, Gopi, an entrepreneur and a pilot, will make a journey beyond the Earth's atmosphere with five other candidates. The launch date of the space flight will be announced soon.
Founded in 1866 in , Centralia, Pennsylvania was known for its local coal mines and bustling economy. An underground coal fire has caused the town to crumble, leaving behind five residents
Wars in Ukraine and Gaza could widen, the polar ice caps are melting, and even some scientists developing artificial intelligence systems are worried about unleashing a monster.
A new DNA study of living and historical members of the Blackfoot Confederacy in the U.S. and Canada suggests that they share a lineage with people from the last ice age.
EDF to Vigorously Oppose New Effort to Block Oil and Gas Methane Protections in Court
Uranus has more gas than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers found that unlike previous findings that Uranus was made of ice, it's actually composed of 10% methane.
On Earth Day, Learn How NASA Investigates the Blue in Our Blue Planet This Earth Day, join us in person and online to learn how NASA studies the ocean from space. Explore the complex connections between sea, air, land, and climate through a mix of in-person and virtual activities, talks, and trivia. For nearly five […]
The Interior Department finalized a rule requiring oil companies to pay more for drilling on public lands, a move aimed at saving taxpayers money.
The heat records keep tumbling – 2023 was the hottest year in recorded history. Extreme weather events keep mounting up. And yet the voices most strongly calling for action to prevent climate catastrophe are increasingly being silenced. It’s a sad fact that climate campaigners in the global south – in many countries in Africa, Asia […]
For the first time since 1920, the government has raised the rates that companies pay. The fossil fuel industry says it will hurt the economy.
Inflation continued to hold investors back from pouring more money into the stock market Friday. JPMorgan Chase and other major banks beat Wall Street’s earnings expectations, but their stocks dropped anyway. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East fueled higher oil prices. And higher oil prices could fuel further…Read more...
The target can be achieved if additional action is taken by governments, businesses, investors and households.
This phenomenon that could multiply fivefold by the mid-century.
The government says emissions on a steady decline, on track to meet 2050 net-zero targets.
GENEVA/ZURICH - Switzerland for all its snow-capped mountains and crisp Alpine air has failed to protect its people from the ravages of climate change, as a top European court ruled this week.
WHO and Netherlands Strategic Dialogue in The Hague, Netherlands 10 April 2024. Credit: WHO The WHO and the Netherlands convened in The Hague on 10 April 2024, to discuss joint priorities and alignment between the Dutch Global Health Strategy and WHO’s key strategic goals, marking a new milestone in their longstanding partnership. Rooted in the Netherlands' unwavering commitment to global health, human rights, and universal access to comprehensive health services, the collaboration between the WHO and the Netherlands is instrumental in addressing global health challenges and fostering health and well-being, worldwide and in the country. Against the backdrop of ongoing conflicts, disasters, and the escalating impact of climate change, and the interconnectedness of the Dutch public...
Low home-produced capacity and new undersea cables will see Britain buy surplus energy from nuclear-powered plants operated by French state-owned energy giant EDF.
A suite of regulatory changes from the Bureau of Land Management will increase royalties on oil and stiffen cleanup requirements for the first time in decades.
The EPA administrator urged organizations to apply for the agency's grants to help those most in need.
EXCLUSIVE: The monarch has applied for planning permission to install around 2,000 solar panels on horse grazing paddocks to provide zero-carbon energy for the 20,000 acre estate.
A draft priority list for the next five years goes heavy on defense, barely mentioning climate change.
El Niño weather phenomenon has contributed to warm, dry conditions in US, leading to more fires much earlier in the year The US midwest typically spends the start of spring emerging from snow. But this year, after a warm winter left landscapes parched, the region instead was primed to burn. Hundreds of blazes ignited in recent months in states more accustomed to dealing with just dozens for this time of year, as extreme fire behavior defied seasonal norms. Experts say the unusually early and active fire season was a symptom of El Niño, a climate pattern characterized by warmer surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean that was predicted to supercharge global heating and extreme weather. But the climate crisis turned up the dial, and helped create conditions in the midwest where winter ...
Speaker Mike Johnson has delayed aid for Ukraine for months in effort to include Republican demands in package A Russian drone damaged equipment at a substation in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast overnight, cutting power to a number of households and individual consumers, Ukrainian energy operator Ukrenergo said on Telegram. The attack came after Russian missiles and drones destroyed a large electricity plant near Kyiv and hit power facilities in several regions of Ukraine on Thursday, destroying the Trypilska coal-powered thermal power plant near the capital. Continue reading...
The Climate Council wants petrol and diesel cars banned by 2035 while Anthony Albanese is planning to impose new penalties on car maker that aren't going electric. Aussies have other ideas.
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With just two weeks left until the Democratic primary for western Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district, climate and environmental groups have overwhelmingly endorsed the anti-fracking incumbent, Rep. Summer Lee. One of the only contested Democratic congressional primaries in the state, the […]
Adnoc decided move was not right fit but it is latest sign of foreign buyers circling UK firms Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil company reportedly recently explored a multibillion-pound bid for BP in a sign that depressed share values in London are making even the biggest British businesses takeover targets. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) considered options including purchasing BP or acquiring a large stake before deciding it was not the right fit and abandoning preliminary discussions, according to Reuters. Continue reading...
[WFP] Violence, economic turmoil, climate change and shrinking humanitarian assistance among factors propelling food insecurity
Bicycles have passed cars as a means of transport in Paris according to a recent study, a city official said on Thursday.
[SAFCEI] It has been just over two (2) weeks since the deadline for comments on the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's (DMRE) draft 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP2023). T he Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute (SAFCEI) assessment is that the draft IRP does not provide a realistic assessment of the costs of nuclear power .
LONDON - The climate targets verification group that announced a plan this week to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain with carbon credits came under new pressure on Thursday to drop the policy.
Every state competing for $4.3 billion in EPA climate grants included proposals targeting the hard-to-decarbonize sector.
Researchers have developed the Coral Fort, a biodegradable cage that's made in part with biodegradable straws.
Oil majors are refusing to remove two offshore platforms in California, sparking a dispute that could stymie nationwide decommissioning efforts.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has said the Arctic oil program inked during the Trump administration contained “legal deficiencies.”
ICE agents arrested Kharwin on Feb. 28 in San Antonio, Texas, according to the outlet, but his time in custody was short-lived.
Drones attacked Zaporizhzhia - Europe's biggest nuclear power plant - on April 7, hitting a reactor building.
Tim Eicke said the decision from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) could slow down the fight against climate change.
Scott Moe is amongst some of the premiers that are calling for an emergency televised meeting over the carbon tax with the prime minister.
National Geographic/Bertie GregoryFor the first time ever, filmmakers for National Geographic have captured the annual rite of passage many baby penguins take before they embark on their first swim: a daring leap from a towering ice shelf. The astounding new footage shows approximately 700 Emperor penguin chicks gathering precariously at the top of a sheer ice cliff, and one-by-one launching themselves into the icy waters 50-feet below. The footage was captured on location at Atka Bay, in Antarctica, by the BAFTA Award-winning cinematographer Bertie Gregory as part of a upcoming National Geographic production called THE SECRETS OF PENGUINS, which will air in April 2025. Read more at The Daily Beast.
Raven ReCentre says that as of September, its recycling depot in Whitehorse will not accept paper, plastic or tin. The organization says it's up to the City of Whitehorse to ensure material does not end up in the landfill.
Scorching hot days and frigid cold spells may be contributing to an increasing number of deaths and disabilities from stroke, according to a new study.
The XTool P2 CO2 55W laser cutter and engraver is a gigantic beast of a tool made for big projects and precise cuts -- but is it worth what it'll cost you?
Global monitors have warned that 2024 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record, marked by climate extremes and rising greenhouse gas emissions.
The Post was granted a rare embed with Navy SEALs and Green Berets as the Pentagon, wary of war with Russia or China, stress-tested its Arctic readiness.
Calling on Marine Engine Manufacturers for Transparency of Emissions Data
The Interior secretary also said the Bureau of Land Management had reached a goal to permit 25,000 megawatts of onshore renewable energy by 2025.
Australia is the only continent free from the highly contagious H5N1 virus, after it was detected in wild bird colonies in Antarctica in February Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community Back yard chicken owners in Australia have been urged to implement biosecurity measures to prevent contact with wild birds in the wake of a global avian influenza outbreak. Australia remains the only continent without HPAI H5 (high pathogenicity avian influenza of subtype H5), after scavenging skua birds on mainland Antartica tested positive for bird flu in February . Symptoms for affected birds include diarrhoea, sneezing, a reduction in egg production and sudden death. Sign up to receive Guardian Australia’s fortnightly...
Exclusive: Australian Energy Markets Commission set interim value for cutting emissions that should reach $420/t CO-e by 2050 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast New energy market laws should set a carbon price starting at $70 a tonne, rising steadily to six times that by mid-century, according to the agency that sets the nation’s electricity and gas market rules. In a report released without fanfare at the end of March, the Australian Energy Markets Commission (AEMC) set an interim value for cutting emissions, starting at $70 per tonne of carbon dioxide-equivalent in 2024. That price should increase steadily to reach $420/t CO-e by 2050, when Australia aims to reach net zero carbon...
Grandparents living in a historic cottage are forced to use a Portaloo in their garden and beg neighbours to wash their clothes because floods keep blocking their drains.
General Whiting warns of escalating space capabilities by Russia and China at the Space Symposium, highlighting concerns over potential conflict beyond Earth's atmosphere. He emphasizes the urgent need for international dialogue and cooperation to prevent conflict in space.
Employees at SBTi have called for their CEO to resign over controversial plans which they fear will enable greenwashing Staff at one of the world’s leading climate-certification organisations have called for the CEO and board members to resign after they announced plans to allow companies to meet their climate targets with carbon offsets. They fear that companies will use the offsets for greenwashing, while avoiding making the necessary cuts in greenhouse gas emissions – without which the world faces climate catastrophe . Continue reading...
The White House energy and climate adviser also said the White House will “stand behind” its pause on new LNG export facilities.
Open access notables Global carbon emissions in 2023 , Liu et al., Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Annual global CO2 emissions dropped markedly in 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, decreasing by 5.8% relative to 2019 (ref. 1 ). There were hopes that green economic stimulus packages during the COVD crisis might mark the beginning of a longer-term decrease in global emissions toward net-zero emissions, but instead emissions rebounded and quickly exceeded pre-pandemic levels by 2021. However, year-on-year growth has slowed, with 5.4% increases in 2021 (ref. 2 ) (reaching 35.1 Gt CO2) and 1.9% increases in 2022 (ref. 3 ) (reaching 35.7 Gt CO2), rapidly using up the remaining carbon budget. Here, we outline global CO2 emissions...
Bangkok stood as the only city blanketed by red-coded (seriously hazardous) levels of fine dust pollution among 63 provinces battling thick smog late Thursday morning, according to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda).
A new industrial-strength heat pump boiler uses electricity to generate the high-temperature steam needed to manufacture many products. The post Industry has a huge carbon footprint. This technology could help. appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The carbon price continued its post-auction slump, with weak demand seeing the secondary market trading well below the auction floor.
Organizers of the Games have set a goal of generating no more than half the planet-warming emissions produced by other recent Summer Olympics.
Rules celebrated for reducing exposures, but experts say it’s not enough and will lead to ‘an endless game of Whac-a-Mole’ Strong new limits for some PFAS compounds in drinking water set by the US Environmental Protection Agency this week are being celebrated for how far they go in reducing exposures to the dangerous chemicals. But public health advocates say the rules merely represent a first step that is limited in its impact on the broader PFAS crisis because they do not directly prevent more pollution or force the chemical industry to pay for cleanup. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washington, DC, on Tuesday to decry utilities’ practice of spending customers’ money to advance a pro-fossil fuel agenda. “Americans are already paying the price of climate change,” said Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) at […]
A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed.
You may have heard rumours that a heatwave is on the way. Ben Rich takes a look at when it is likely to warm up.
The world's main benchmark for vetting corporate climate action has been accused by its own staff of "greenwashing" after allowing businesses to use carbon credits to offset pollution from their value chains.
[VOA] London -- Environmental and human rights activists are calling on the Nigerian government to withhold approval of plans by the London-based oil giant Shell to sell off its operations in the Niger Delta, unless the oil giant does more to tackle pollution in the region caused by the industry.
GOP lawmakers introduced a measure to nullify the rule this week, as a House hearing focused on a nonexistent provision requiring disclosure of supply chain emissions.
A Republican-penned bill that passed the state Senate lays out a framework for how Pennsylvania would regulate underground wells that store carbon dioxide.
DOJ warned of the trade implications of shuttering an oil pipeline that runs from Ontario to Wisconsin.
The state's highest court agreed to hear environmental groups' challenge to the California Public Utilities Commission's 2022 net-energy metering decision.
The oil company said it will begin producing again from assets in the eastern part of the Gulf “in the coming days” after a leak at the Main Pass Oil Gathering system was discovered in November.
Chiang Mai will declare a disaster relief area for emergency assistance if any area experiences a PM2.5 dust pollution crisis of Level 2 or higher, according to provincial governor Nirat Phongsitthithawon.
While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice. Researchers argue that women and girls have unequal access to food, water, health, education, and even income, thanks to climate change. This makes them more vulnerable. Pedi Obani, an […]
These titles recommended by conservationists and other environmental experts can help you feel a bit more optimistic about the state of the planet.
The country, along with India, is still building power stations that run on coal. Elsewhere, retirements of older plants have slowed.
Historic floods have engulfed towns across Russia after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks.
Canada risks another \"catastrophic\" wildfire season, the federal government said on Wednesday, as it forecasted higher-than-normal spring and summer temperatures across much of the country, boosted by El Nino weather conditions.
Compulsory lessons on climate change should be taught in all Scotland's primary and secondary schools, according to a report published today for a Holyrood body.
Private energy retailer behind the project above Lake Burragorang says venture would be about half the generation size of Snowy 2.0 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Sydney’s main source of drinking water could also supply enough renewable energy to power almost a third of the city’s households by 2031 if a pumped hydro project using a former coal washery proceeds as planned. Zen Energy, an energy retailer, announced on Thursday it had signed an agreement with the state-owned Water NSW to build a reservoir at Nattai on the escarpment about 400m above Lake Burragorang on Sydney’s south-west fringe. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your...
Four workers at Tanskeys Bistro, West Kirby, Wirral, were left stranded when water submerged the South Parade on Tuesday.
MOSCOW/ALMATY - Floods gripped cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan on Wednesday after Europe's third-longest river burst its banks, forcing over 110,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of the Russian city of Orenburg.
The picture is up for sale at Henry Aldridge & Son Auctioneers of Devizes, Wiltshire, for an estimated price of £4,000 to £7,000. It shows a large glacier taken two days after the ship sank.
The Arctic Domain Awareness Center will receive $46 million to study Arctic geopolitics, commerce, food security and climate change.
BMW was one of the few companies selling electric vehicles to report a surge of growth in the first quarter of 2024, even as rivals like Tesla and Volkswagen struggled.Read more...
Earlier this year, the Biden administration paused action on pending approvals for U.S. liquefied natural gas exports to countries without a U.S. free-trade agreement, with President Biden citing ”the urgency of the climate crisis.” The decision was hailed by climate activists and criticized by oil and gas industry representatives. While the Biden administration intended to send a […]
NOAA is using $2.7 million in federal funding to deploy a new data-gathering device that will improve measurements of ocean temperatures and climate change, officials said Wednesday.
CNN — Floods have swamped parts of Russia and Kazakhstan after Europe’s third-longest river burst its banks, forcing more than 100,000 people to evacuate and sparking protests against the authorities. The Ural River, which flows from Russia’s Ural Mountains through Kazakhstan to the Caspian Sea, was swelled this week by snow melt, causing a deluge … The post Floods ravage regions of Russia and Kazakhstan, but worse is yet to come appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Nico De Pasquale/GettyThe Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled the first-ever national drinking water standard imposing limits on so-called forever chemicals that public water systems will have to implement.The Environmental Protection Agency said the move would protect communities from harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—toxic synthetic chemicals that are called “forever chemicals” because they aren’t easily broken down in the environment or the human body. The agency estimates that between 6 percent and 10 percent of the country’s 66,000 public drinking water systems will be affected by the new rules, reducing about 100 million Americans’ exposure to PFAS.The reduced exposure will in turn prevent thousands of deaths and avoid tens of thousands of serious illnesses, the...
A landmark climate change ruling from the European Court of Human rights on Tuesday found that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change, in a case brought by a group of older Swiss women.
The third-longest river in Europe has burst from its banks joining others as floods have swept across parts of Russia and Kazakstan with more flooding on the way, according to multiple reports.
Simon Stiell, executive secretary for the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, told an event in London that politicians must embrace the "transformative potential of bold climate action."
Originating in the Pacific Ocean, the El Nino climate pattern is intensifying drought from Africa to Asia. Here's why El Nino and its sibling, La Nina, have such far-reaching weather impacts.
EPA takes action for first time in 27 years against ‘forever chemicals’ feared to be contaminating water for over 200 million The US Environmental Protection Agency has set legally enforceable drinking water limits for a group of the most dangerous PFAS compounds, marking what public health advocates hailed as “historic” rules that will dramatically improve the safety of the nation’s water. PFAS, known as “forever chemicals”, are ubiquitous in the environment and thought to be contaminating drinking water for more than 200 million people across the US. Any exposure to some highly toxic varieties of the compounds is considered a health and cancer risk. Continue reading...
Recently, the United Nations in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization released a report that highlighted the impacts of climate change including on agriculture. Additionally, the report highlighted the economic losses and other impacts extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, heatwaves, and tropical cyclones have on agriculture. Indeed, globally, and in the United States, […]
PHOTO: Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash The government and businesses are committing an additional $18 million to a public-private joint venture to reduce agricultural emissions.
A new rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is forcing 218 chemical plants across the county to reduce their emissions of toxic pollutants likely to cause cancer.
The EPA has issued federal limits on dangerous "forever chemicals" in drinking water, which it says will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses.
New limits on forever chemicals in water should reduce PFAS exposure for about 100 million Americans, according to the Environmental Protection Agency
Arizona's Supreme Court says an abortion ban passed during the Civil War should be the law of the land today. The EPA is putting limits on PFAS in drinking water.
[The Conversation Africa] Average fish catches by traditional fishing communities along the west African coast have declined significantly over the past three decades.
Heat stress from global heating could lead to impaired vision and increased deaths of pregnant mothers and their unborn young, Australian researchers say Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Octopuses could lose vision and struggle to survive due to heat stress by the end of the century if ocean temperatures continue to rise at the projected rate, a new study has found. While previous research has suggested octopuses are highly adaptable, the latest research found heat stress from global heating could result in impaired eyesight and increased deaths of pregnant mothers and their unborn young. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily...
Under threat from murder hornets, climate change, and habitat loss, UK honeybees are getting help from AI-enabled apiculturists tracking everything from foraging patterns to foreign invaders.
In the short term, the bridge disaster will push U.S. coal exports down 33 percent for April and 20 percent for May compared to the agency's prior forecast.
The Rhodium Group estimates that the U.S. needs to vastly increase taxpayer spending on technology to meet Biden's climate goals.
With the impact of wars, geopolitics and climate change, the unknowns have multiplied
Fast-melting snow and ice has caused rivers that cross the two countries' border regions to surge, flooding cities and roads and prompting local evacuation orders.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00219A, Paper Hua Zhang, Kang Xu, Yangsen Xu, Fan He, Feng Zhu, Kotaro Sasaki, Yongman Choi, Yu Chen Ammonia protonic ceramic fuel cells (NH3-PCFCs) are promising and attractive energy conversion devices owing to their high energy density, zero-carbon emission, and safety. Development of NH3-PCFCs, however, hinges largely on... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who said their government's inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves.
The region’s electric grid needs to find a replacement for Cook Inlet natural gas. One study suggests over the long term, the cheapest option is to ramp up renewable energy.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE00949E, Paper Zhongyou Peng, Yuting Huang, Alexander G. Bannov, Shulong Li, Ling Tang, Licheng Tan, Yiwang Chen Although manganese oxides (MnO2) have been extensively studied for energy storage, further applications are limited due to its sluggish electron/ion transfer kinetics and insufficient active sites, especially under high-mass loading... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Scientists said the record highs are caused by a mix of human-caused climate change and the El Niño climate pattern.
In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights found that Switzerland had not done enough to protect its citizens from climate change—blowing open the door for further cases against governments.
Europe’s top rights court on Tuesday ruled that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change, in its first such ruling against a state on the issue.
Capturing renewable energy from the sun becomes easier and more efficient each year. How simple would this option be to power a little house?
A new sustainable aviation fuel company is being set up through a collaboration between Energy Absolute Plc (EA) and Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services (BAFS), in a bid to serve demand for cleaner fuel to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
BRUSSELS - The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favour of a group of Swiss elderly women suing their government for alleged \"woefully inadequate\" efforts to fight climate change, agreeing that their government had violated some human rights by missing past emissions reduction targets.
Dozens of flood warnings and alerts remain in place as communities count the cost of latest floods.
Xue Long 2 docks at Ocean Terminal and opens to visitors in first visit to Chinese port on return from exploration of Antarctica.
Only half of the states factored in climate adaptation in their plans, putting over $1.2 billion in federally funded water projects at risk, a report said.
From decomposing waste to building coral reefs, invertebrates provide structure to ecosystems Invertebrate of the year 2024: all hail Earth’s spineless heroes Nominate your UK invertebrate species of the year From the moon jellyfish to the humble garden snail, invertebrates play a central – and often invisible – role in shaping our world. Numbering in their millions, species of insects, arachnids, snails, crustaceans, corals, jellyfish, sponges and echinoderms are among the least understood animals on Earth, often overshadowed by their vertebrate cousins. We asked scientists to tell us about how invertebrates shape our world and structure its ecosystems – and the unforeseen consequences of their disappearance. Continue reading...
Rising climate change impacts, from floods to droughts and extreme heat, are taking a disproportionate toll on women.
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