Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 23, 16 December 2025.
Exclusive: ‘extremely unhelpful’ policy seen as deterrent to clearing thousands of dump sites across England Millions of pounds in landfill tax owed to the government has to be paid by the Environment Agency (EA) if it clears any of the thousands of illegal waste dumps across the country. Of the £15m that taxpayers are paying for the clearance of the only site the agency has committed to clearing up – a vast illegal dump at Hoad’s Wood in Kent – £4m is landfill tax. Continue reading...
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) has issued a warning regarding weather conditions across Cairo and the governorates, stating that the country will experience sharp and rapid fluctuations, with temperatures significantly dropping across all regions. The weather will be cold in the morning across the north of the country down to northern Upper Egypt, becoming moderate … The post Egypt warns of sharp temperature drop, fog, and rain appeared first on Egypt Independent.
It continues a trend of cutting back, delaying and canceling EU laws brought in under the European Green Deal.
Dry winter air and seasonal pollution create discomfort indoors, causing dryness, breathing irritation and allergies. A humidifier restores moisture while an air purifier removes pollutants like dust and PM2.5. Using both together can improve comfort and respiratory health, especially in polluted cities or heated homes. Choose based on your environment and needs.
The death toll from last week's catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 on Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors and hundreds of people remained unaccounted for across the region.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the governors of all provinces in northern Thailand to tackle seasonal air pollution, while signalling flexibility on work-from-home arrangements for government employees.
[Daily Maverick] As thunderstorms rage across South Africa, December promises extreme weather -- hail, floods and relentless rain.
Nature is a double-edged sword for global business. A groundbreaking report will reveal how businesses profit from exploiting natural resources while simultaneously impacting biodiversity. An incisive scientific assessment, the Business and Biodiversity Report, set to be released by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) probes the impact and dependence of business […]
[Nile Post] One of the biggest drivers of deforestation in Uganda is the high demand for fuelwood and charcoal, as people cut trees in protected and forested areas.
The General Authority of Meteorology (GAM) announced that the weather conditions expected for Thursday, will feature a cold atmosphere across most areas, especially during the night and early morning hours, accompanied by active winds and chances of rainfall. The country is expected to experience cold weather in the early morning, with moderate temperatures during the daytime … The post Cold nights and fog expected on Thursday as temperatures start gradual drop across Egypt appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Inger Andersen is Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
Outdoor walks, while beneficial, carry hidden risks from air pollution, especially during early mornings and late evenings when pollutants peak. Temperature inversions trap harmful particles like PM2.5 near the ground, impacting respiratory and cardiovascular health. Experts advise exercising mid-morning to early afternoon or opting for indoor workouts on high pollution days to safeguard well-being.
Between 2022 and 2024, hospitals in Delhi reported more than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses, resulting in a wave of hospital admissions. The Health Ministry attributes this alarming rise to increased air pollution, designating it a significant 'triggering factor.
A system expected to drop 6 inches of snow or more from Pennsylvania to Maine could tie up the Tuesday evening commute, the National Weather Service says.
[This Day] Port Harcourt -- The Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation has insisted that until there is proper environmental accountability in Ogoniland there will be no resumption of oil exploration in the area
ATRenew is a tech platform designed to give a second life to electronic devices through large-scale recycling and refurbishment. Established in 2011, the company has over 2,000 offline stores in 291 cities across China, offering data-driven systems for smartphones and other electronic devices. Rethinking refurbishment processes The foundation of ATRenew’s operations is its C2B2C (“consumer-to-business-to-consumer”) […] The post AI-driven recycling at scale: How ATRenew advances the circular economy appeared first on Digital Trends.
The Supreme Court has urged the Centre and authorities to re-evaluate their Delhi NCR air pollution reduction strategies, questioning their effectiveness. The court emphasized examining all contributing factors beyond stubble-burning and noted the unfairness of solely blaming farmers. It highlighted the need to understand why clear skies were visible years ago but not now.
A growing number of the world's waterways face overlapping changes from global warming.
Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding Wood-burning stoves are likely to face tighter restrictions in England under new pollution targets set as part of an updated environmental plan released by ministers on Monday. Speaking to the Guardian before the publication of the updated environmental improvement plan (EIP), the environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, said it would boost nature recovery in a number of areas, replacing an EIP under the last government she said was “not credible”. Continue reading...
Despite years of policy interventions, air pollution in India is rapidly getting worse. By the middle of this month, cities including the capital New Delhi were seeing air quality readings at hazardous levels. A 2024 IQ Air report found India’s particulate matter (PM2.5) levels to be more than 10 times the World Health Organization’s safe limit. In the north, pollution mainly comes from traffic, construction dust, industry and seasonal stubble burning. What began as an environmental issue is now...
The Environmental *Protection* Agency is undergoing massive deregulation.
Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Hanson-Young says environmental action and business interests linked Hanson-Young was asked if she could guarantee the targets wouldn’t damage the economy or business. She said the Greens were looking at the connection between the two, pointing to the devastating algal bloom in South Australia that had smashed local industry, fishing and tourism. You cannot continue to pretend that somehow the economy is off over there while the environment has nothing to do with it and that the climate has nothing to do with it. If we want a strong economy, we have to transition. We’ve got to do it faster. And the community wants it. No one told South Australians that when the climate crisis hit, they wouldn’t...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05379J, Paper Libin Zeng, Xinyue Wang, Dashuai Wang, Xianyun Peng, Zhibin Liu, Na Wu, Kexin Wang, Zhongjian Li, Bin Yang, Qinghua Zhang, Lecheng Lei, Paolo Samorì, Yang Hou Electrochemical conversion of methane (CH4) represents a sustainable route for converting greenhouse gases into valuable liquid fuels and chemicals. However, achieving high-yield products at industrially relevant current densities remains a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Uncertainty remains regarding whether domestic cats ...
The deal to re-write the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks an end to a five-year struggle to fix the broken system Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul federal environmental protection laws on parliament’s final sitting day of the year, ending a five-year struggle to deliver on Graeme Samuel’s blueprint to fix the broken system. The Greens have agreed to support Labor’s re-write of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act after securing further concessions from the government amid tense and prolonged negotiations. The deal will sideline Sussan Ley’s Coalition, which refused to yield on their...
Environment and Climate Change Canada will now be using a colour-coded system to make it easier to understand the severity of extreme weather.
[Premium Times] During an inspection of True Metals, the battery-recycling plant at the centre of the investigation, the minister found workers operating in what she described as "hazardous and dehumanising conditions."
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy The UK could end its reliance on exporting plastic waste by 2030 to support the creation of 5,400 new jobs and take responsibility for the environmental impact of its waste, according to research. The report said up to 15 new recycling facilities could be built by the end of the decade, attracting more than £800m of private investment. The increase in capacity would help generate almost £900m of economic value every year, providing at least £100m in new tax revenues annually. Continue reading...
[The Conversation Africa] Delhi: 442. Lahore: 334. Beijing: 16. These are the levels of PM 2.5, one of the principle measures for air pollution, on November 19.
Delhi government issued advisory on Monday for 50 per cent on-site staff for offices to combat rising air pollution, following directions from the Commission for Air Quality Management. This measure aims to reduce exposure and vehicular emissions, with staggered timings already in effect for government offices until 2026.
Khao Laem Ya-Mu Ko Samet national marine park in Rayong province is asking people to refrain from stacking rocks during their visits to a popular cliff, as it disrupts the ecosystem.
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover In May 2023, a lightning strike hit the forest in Donnie Creek, British Columbia, and the trees started to burn. It was early in the year for a wildfire, but a dry autumn and warm spring had turned the forest into a tinderbox, and the flames spread rapidly. By mid-June, the fire had become one of largest in the province’s history, burning through an area of boreal forest nearly twice the size of central London. That year, more of Canada burned than ever before. The return of cold and snow at the close of the year typically signal the end of the wildfire season. But this time, the fire did not stop. Instead, it smouldered in the soil underground, insulated...
A new study estimates that the deadly 2003 heat wave would cause up to 32,000 deaths each week under 3 degrees Celsius of warming.
The government has offered to make changes to the bill to both the Greens and the Liberals hoping to reach a deal on legislation that can pass the Senate Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Years of debate about environmental law reform have come down to a tense standoff in the final sitting week of federal parliament for the year, with Labor claiming it can do a deal that will pass the Senate by Thursday. The government is still pushing to pass its major changes, despite not yet having reached an agreement with either the Greens or the Coalition. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
Europe is once again embroiled in a prolonged argument over how to keep deforestation-linked timber out of its markets. The European Union’s deforestation regulations, once promoted as a bold step forward, have instead become a symbol of hesitation and uneven political will. Some governments want delays and others push for exemptions, creating persistent uncertainty. For Asia, observing this from afar, the indecision carries more consequence than might initially be apparent because the region...
Methanotrophs, including those that capture methane from the air, seem to outcompete methanogens in dry environments, a new study shows.
State regulators said the rules would cost $12 million annually but save $34 million per year in health and environmental costs.
California faced evacuation warnings over flood risk, while Japan experienced heavy early season snowfall Evacuation warnings were issued last week in California as heavy rain brought the risk of flooding and landslides . The storms in the US were linked to a phenomenon known as an “atmospheric river” – a long filament of moisture-laden air that originates above the Pacific Ocean and provides vital replenishment of reservoirs and snowpack along the western coast of the US. However, they can also bring destructive volumes of rain, particularly along coastal areas. Elsewhere in the US, parts of Colorado experienced some of their longest stretches of snowless days ever this year, with Denver surpassing its third-latest snowfall date this week after recording its highest ever November temperature...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 22, 28 November 2025.
Representatives of small island states said their economies depend on keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
[263Chat] Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has called on residents to closely follow weather updates and use mobile alerts to avoid being caught in flash floods as the city steps up efforts to clear blocked drainage systems ahead of peak rains.
California air regulators adopted new rules designed to reduce methane leaks and better respond to disastrous underground fires at landfills statewide.
Iqaluit's only beer can recycling facility closed down in July after 31 years leaving residents with nowhere to recycle the cans. Since then Derek Allerton has been collecting cans he finds littered on the streets.
The country is considered a key player in global efforts to fight pollution and address global warming.
As Dow takes steps to grow its chemical business, the US-based company is looking back to ensure it has left no or little carbon footprint behind.
California is considering adopting new rules to better identify and more quickly to respond to dangerous methane leaks and underground fires at landfills statewide.
Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent to losses in species-heavy forests Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast At face value, the amount of forest in Australia is officially increasing, and has been since 2008. But if an old-growth tree is felled in a forest and seedlings grow elsewhere, is the official account ecologically sound? Not according to new analysis, which suggests that the way Australia calculates forest cover obfuscates the impacts of ongoing deforestation. Continue reading...
Tech companies are promoting AI to help solve global warming, while greens push regulations to soften AI’s environmental footprint.
Despite some progress in slashing the highly potent greenhouse gas, experts say the world can, and must, go much further to cut methane pollution.
Scientists have identified potential sites for the UK's first 'direct air capture machine' (DAC) which would extract CO2 from the air and turn it to stone underground.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink “Super pollutants” – short-lived climate pollutants like methane (CH4) and some refrigerants (halocarbons) – are having a moment. There were numerous sessions on the topic during the recent New York Climate Week, and a number of companies are exploring investments in reducing these emissions as part of their climate goals. Reducing emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) is, by itself, an unambiguously good thing. Methane in particular is responsible for around a third of all warming to-date from well-mixed greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and reductions in emissions can have a rapid cooling effect on the planet. It is when methane (or other SLCPs) are used to offset or neutralize CO2 emissions –...
The country’s gas network spans hundreds of thousands of miles and accounts for nearly half of national methane.
Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.
Exclusive: Growth has been steady even since Trump’s re-election, building on increase from $20bn to $157bn, says thinktank Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Surging Australian demand for pro-environment investments has overcome a US-led backlash, with potential global ramifications, against green finance brought on by Donald Trump’s re-election, even if backers are less vocal about their projects. Green, sustainable and social investments have risen from $20bn to $157bn in the past five years, with $137bn backing projects with environmental benefits, according to new research from Impact Investing Australia (IIA) and the Centre for Social Impact. Continue reading...
Egypt’s Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment, Manal Awad, announced on Thursday the issuance of Prime Ministerial Decree #4419 of 2025, declaring the entire Great Fringing Reef area in the Red Sea as a marine nature reserve. This declaration represents a significant step forward in the state’s efforts to protect biodiversity and … The post Egypt declares Red Sea’s Great Fringing Reef as a marine nature reserve appeared first on Egypt Independent.
As head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin has weakened protections against toxic chemicals, say members of the MAHA movement.
Hot, dry and windy weather is fuelling extreme fire danger in south-eastern Australia, marking an ominous start to summer.
28 exploration licences have been upheld, though a judge said environmental impacts would have to be fully weighed before drilling could commence
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04331J, Communication Guixiang Ding, Zhaoqiang Wang, Zihe Chen, Yin Xiao, Xin Liu, Li Shuai, Lihui Chen, Hongwei Huang, Guangfu Liao Achieving efficient photocatalytic carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction is pivotal for sustainable energy and carbon neutrality. However, a fundamental challenge resides in the rational design and fine-tuning of catalyst active sites.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
NASA has selected two science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during the Artemis IV mission to the lunar south polar region. The instruments will improve our knowledge of the lunar environment to support NASA’s further exploration of the Moon and beyond to Mars. “The Apollo Era taught us that […]
When flying in certain weather conditions, tiny freezing water droplets floating in the air can pose a risk to aircraft. If not taken into consideration, these water droplets can accumulate on an aircraft as ice and pose a safety risk. But NASA software tools such as Glenn Icing Computational Environment (GlennICE) are working to keep […]
India’s capital city of New Delhi recorded more than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses at six state-run hospitals between 2022 and 2024, government numbers showed, highlighting the adverse effects of toxic air on health. Delhi, with its sprawling metropolitan region of 30 million residents, is regularly ranked among the world’s most polluted capitals. India’s health ministry told parliament on Tuesday that air pollution was one of the triggering factors for respiratory...
The latest figure came as meteorologists warned of renewed rainfall across North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh in the coming days.
Pace of area’s temperature rise, outpaced in US only by Alaskan Arctic, apparently increased in past five years The US region called New England is widely known for its colonial history, maple syrup and frigid, snow-bound winters. Many of these norms are in the process of being upended, however, by a rapidly altering climate, with new research finding the area is heating up faster than almost anywhere else on Earth. The breakneck speed of New England’s transformation makes it the fastest-heating area of the US, bar the Alaskan Arctic , and the pace of its temperature rise has apparently increased in the past five years, according to the study. Continue reading...
After a $15 million investment, Chile has built the first long-haul truck designed to run on green hydrogen, meaning it emits no carbon dioxide.
In an effort to boost environmental sustainability and industrial development, the Egyptian government has formally reviewed a major investment proposal from the UK-based Polar Hydro Company. The company is seeking to inject US$2.4 billion into the Egyptian market to establish a large-scale facility in Giza under the Private Free Zones system. The proposed plant is … The post UK firm to build $2.4 billion recycling and fuel plant in Egypt appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Save My Louisiana asserts that state policies favoring CO2 pipelines and wells are unconstitutional.
South Tapanuli, Indonesia - Reliwati Siregar gestured angrily at deforestation around her home on the island of Sumatra, where landslides and floods brought by a tropical storm killed more than 700 people in its deadliest disaster since a cataclysmic tsunami in 2004.
The ozone hole - which appears yearly over Antarctica - closed on Monday (December 1), reveal experts at Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05170C, Paper Tengxiu Tu, Xinyuan Zhang, Yijin Wu, Zhixian Mao, Jifang Zhang, Jiapeng Ji, Lei Xing, Jian Kang, Shan Chen, Porun Liu, Haimin Zhang, Huajie Yin, Huijun Zhao Electrochemical carbon capture offers a sustainable route to mitigate CO2 emissions, but practical deployment is often limited by modest capture rates and system complexity. Here we report a saline-water electrolysis... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Weather officials have warned that more than half the US could see week-long frigid conditions and snow that shatters records for early December.
The delay gives oil and gas producers more time to comply with the Biden administration’s landmark crackdown on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.
The Nini oil field is getting a second lease on life as a means of permanently storing planet-warming carbon dioxide beneath the seabed.
Nature, Published online: 01 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03879-8A study of the effects of COVID-19 policies highlights the underexplored impacts of commercial cooking on air quality.
Complaints about air pollution in the SNP 's first low emission zone are higher now than they were before it was brought in.
Over nearly 70 years, they’ve documented atmospheric CO2 levels rising at Mauna Loa. The post Why scientists monitor carbon dioxide levels at a Hawaiian volcano appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Electronic waste is surging globally, challenging recycling systems. Tech recycling 2025 and sustainability tech initiatives aim to reduce the e-waste crisis.
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The passage of long overdue reforms to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act demonstrates powerfully that democratic governance is alive and well in Australia. The Australian parliament has done its job and passed 21st-century reforms that support a modern economy, enable the creation of new and sustainable jobs while promising not to destroy, but in fact improve, the health of the natural world. Continue reading...
[Leadership] Nigeria could lose over $1 billion in direct agricultural export earnings and more than $3 billion in total economic value each year if it does not align with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here We should start at the beginning in assessing the Labor-Greens deal to revamp Australia’s national environment law . And the beginning is that, ideally, you would not start from here. Despite its name, the 1999 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act was designed under John Howard to allow developments to go ahead, usually with conditions attached that may limit the damage to nature. Continue reading...
Anthony Albanese announces Greens have agreed to support Labor’s rewrite of the EPBC Act. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast ‘We are very close’ on environment bill, Hanson-Young says Hanson-Young says she’s feeling more positive about a deal on the environment bill than she was at the start of the week. I don’t expect that we will get everything we want. We’re just trying one last time [on the basis] that I wanted more protections for our forests, and protections for climate, of course. If we can get movement on those issues, I’ve always said that I’m up for helping the government improve these laws. We’re not there yet. But I’m feeling more positive than I was at the beginning of the week. There’s no requirements on them...
Launched just a little over three months ago, Copernicus Sentinel-5A has returned its first images – including a global map of ozone, maps of nitrogen dioxide over the Middle East and South Africa, formaldehyde over parts of Africa, and emissions of sulphur dioxide from an active volcano in Russia – showcasing the mission’s powerful capability to monitor atmospheric gases worldwide.
In Sydney, public transport is suffering delays especially the T1 western line with trains not running between Parramatta, Richmond and St Marys.
[Premium Times] "I have been doing this work for one year and three months now," he said. "My parents are poor farmers. I've written WAEC and passed, but there's no money to continue school. This is the only work I have for now."
[Global Witness] An investigation by Global Witness links some of the world's most popular chocolates, including Mars, Magnums, KitKat, Hersheys and Dairy Milk, to a new deforestation crisis in Liberia
Antarctica's ozone hole is showing significant recovery, appearing smaller and breaking up earlier this year. Scientists attribute this positive trend to global efforts under the Montreal Protocol, which has reduced ozone-depleting chemicals. While weather plays a role, the long-term outlook for the ozone layer's full recovery by the late 2060s remains promising.
The ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century. The hole this year was the fifth smallest since 1992, the year a landmark international agreement to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals began to take effect.
There are widespread concerns that deep-sea mining for metals will damage fragile ecosystems. But if mining ever goes ahead, hydrogen plasma could shrink the carbon footprint of smelting the metal ores
We're still behind on our global warming targets after the big summit in Brazil.
Plans for a new nationwide UK digital ID are sparking widespread public concern, but some critics including far-right politicians are fuelling fears with unproven claims that it will be used to boost government control over people’s lives. They have warned that a digital ID would be used to store data on vaccinations and carbon footprint and limit access to flying and food, which the government has vehemently denied. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in September said the ID card would be...
The Toyota Tundra has beeb a reliable and popular pickup truck in the U.S. market for years, but if you need towing capacity, other trucks have it beat.
Extinction Rebellion activists said an environmentally harmless dye was released into 10 Italian cities' waterways, lakes and fountains to emphasise 'the massive effects of climate collapse'.
The EPA proposes to narrow the scope of a key part of the Clean Water Act – a change criticized by environmental groups but welcomed by businesses.
The Meteorological Authority has issued a warning regarding Saturday’s expected weather conditions in Cairo and the governorates, as the region experiences the peak of the heatwave. Temperatures in Cairo are expected to reach a record high of 33∘C during the day, while Southern Upper Egypt will record 35∘C. In its official statement, the Meteorological Authority … The post Weather alert for Egypt: Heatwave peak continues on Saturday appeared first on Egypt Independent.
[FrontPageAfrica] Belém, Brazil -- In a major step toward enhanced regional collaboration on environmental governance and climate action, the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia and the Environment Protection Agency of Sierra Leone today signed a milestone Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Belém, Brazil, on the margins of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30).
A new independent evaluation of the Global Environment Facility’s food systems programs says they are delivering strong environmental and livelihood gains in many countries but warns that a narrow focus on farm production, weak political analysis, and shrinking coordination budgets are holding back deeper transformation. The Evaluation of GEF Food Systems Programs, prepared by the GEF […]
Igunaq is a delicacy made from fermenting walrus for months underground. But thawing permafrost and unstable ground are bringing the practice into question leading to changes in the tradition, and in some cases, health concerns.
[Daily News] Dodoma -- MINISTER of State in the Vice -President's Office (Union and Environment), Engineer Hamad Masauni, has outlined plans to expand Union and environmental education for stakeholders, including the media.
The Supreme Court has prohibited new mining leases in the Aravali hills to protect them from desertification, while allowing existing operations to continue. The court mandated the preparation of a sustainable mining management plan for the entire range across four states, emphasizing ecological impact analysis and restoration measures.
Snow falls in parts of UK with Met Office warning that worst-affected regions could face travel disruption and power cuts Hundreds of schools are closed and many roads are blocked or treacherous to drive on as the UK feels its first significant blast of winter, with snow blizzards, ice and freezing temperatures. Many parts of the UK experienced the coldest night of the season. The Met Office issued eight separate yellow snow and ice weather warnings for Thursday, covering Devon and Cornwall, parts of Kent, the east coast of England and East Anglia, north-east England, south-west and north-west Wales, Northern Ireland and northern Scotland. Continue reading...
Sussan Ley’s offer allows a clear path to pass laws to rewrite Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in final sitting week Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Coalition has offered to help Labor rush through new nature laws if it agrees to gut environment protection, challenging Labor to side with business interests over green groups to implement the long-awaited changes. Environmental lawyers are urging the government against further weakening already flawed laws at the “behest of industry”. Continue reading...
Germany’s support for Brazil’s new rainforest protection fund adds momentum to a global effort that will reward forest conservation, penalize deforestation and direct resources to Indigenous and traditional communities.
As president Lula tries to find common ground between negotiating countries, planetary scientists say emissions must be urgently cut Mother Earth is watching over Cop30. “I am taking care to watch over all the decisions taken here about me,” she told the Guardian. The blessing card she presented said: “Knowing the powerful impact my thoughts can have on others and the environment, I choose to create a positive mindset.” This beautiful vision is in everyday life Nazaré Oliveira, an indigenous woman from Belém, and a descendant of the Potyguar people. She is part of the international spiritual organisation Brahma Kumaris , led by women and which uses meditation to emphasise the concept of identity as souls rather than bodies and the idea that humanity and nature are one. This is my fifth...
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
If countries follow their climate plans, global methane emissions in 2030 will be 8 percent below 2020 levels, a U.N. official said.
The Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing ban that has protected it.
Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing ‘a lot more than our fair share’ on climate and west must cut emissions ‘for the happiness of your people’ The wealthy western countries most responsible for the climate crisis would improve the health and happiness of their citizens by prioritising environmental conservation and sustainable economic growth, according to the prime minister of Bhutan, the world’s first carbon-negative nation. Bhutan, a Buddhist democratic monarchy and biodiversity hotspot situated high in the eastern Himalayas, is among the world’s most ambitious climate leaders thanks to its people’s connection with nature and a strong political focus on improving gross national happiness rather than just GDP, Tshering Tobgay told the Guardian. Continue reading...
The EPA administrator offered some of his first public remarks on the controversial process that some say can boost plastic recycling rates.
Doing so would make a big difference to the climate. The post How satellites can help us find and clean up methane super-polluters appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Heatwaves will become hotter, longer and more frequent the later net zero emissions is reached globally, new research suggests. Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather and Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, simulated how heatwaves would respond over the next 1,000 years, examining the differences for each five-year delay in reaching net zero between 2030 and 2060. Continue reading...
The country has downgraded its participation in a global forum that regulates trade in wildlife after the firing of its environment minister.
Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The federal government risks repeating grievous mistakes made in NSW with its proposals to change the way developers compensate for damage to the environment, scientists and legal experts have warned. As the Coalition tears itself apart again over climate , Labor’s plan to overhaul biodiversity offsets – and nature laws more broadly – has coasted under the radar with comparatively little scrutiny. Continue reading...