Dr Gianluca Grimalda told by Kiel Institute for World Economy he must be at his desk on Monday after finishing fieldwork A climate researcher has been threatened with the sack by his employer after refusing to fly back to Germany at short notice after finishing fieldwork on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands archipelago. On Friday Dr Gianluca Grimalda, an environmental campaigner who refuses to fly on principle, was told by his employer, Germany’s Kiel Institute for World Economy, that if he was not at his desk on Monday he would no longer have a job to return to. Continue reading...
October 04, 2023 2:40 PM Shifting weather patterns caused by climate change are restricting when controlled burns can be carried out.
Asian nations will need to more than double their renewable-energy adoption in the next two to three years to help keep the world on track for emissions reductions, analysts say.
Severe weather warnings are in place for parts of NSW and Victoria as fires continue to burn fuelled by hot dry heat ahead of heavy rain and strong winds causing potential floods.
At 17, athlete Innes Fitzgerald is risking her career by not attending some races, but believes the climate emergency comes first.
[Daily Maverick] Lungisa Fuzile, Standard Bank South Africa's chief executive, maintains that the bank has a strong commitment to renewable energy, financing R5 in renewable energy for every R1 lent to non-renewable power in 2022.
Typhoon Koinu grinded towards southern Taiwan on Wednesday bringing heavy rain and winds and causing the cancellation of 70 domestic flights. Koinu is expected to make landfall on Taiwan's southeastern coast near the city of Taitung on Thursday morning as a category three typhoon, but then weaken as it crosses the island's southern tip and enters the Taiwan Strait, according to Tropical Storm Risk.
October 04, 2023 5:18 AM EL TAMBO, Colombia - Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday launched a new national drug policy that will look to reduce the size of coca crops, cut potential cocaine output and prevent deforestation linked to drug trafficking, while helping transition small farmers to the legal economy.
October 04, 2023 5:00 AM Politicians are retreating from pledges and fudging on targets as the costs of carbon emission cuts sink in.
At his farm in Syria's northeast, Abdullah al-Mohammed adjusts a large solar panel, one of hundreds that have cropped up over the years as farmers seek to stave off electricity shortages in the war-ravaged region.
On a Yemeni beach, a sea turtle clambers ashore to lay eggs, which will likely be born female due to rising temperatures, creating a gender imbalance that brings the threat of local extinction.
Four years into the Yukon River salmon collapse, Mackenzie Englishoe is one of many young people on the river grappling with the way climate change is transforming their communities and culture.
October 03, 2023 6:50 PM Some 30 provinces have experienced floods since late September.
American Seafoods was fined for waste discharges in Oregon and Washington. EPA officials didn't say whether its Alaska operations are under scrutiny.
EXCLUSIVE: A former Environment secretary has called for action to tackle the risks at biogas plants by installing lightning rods after a massive explosion at a Severn Trent plant.
Torrential rains will hit the islands through Wednesday, and Philippe is expected to threaten Atlantic Canada by Sunday. The post Tropical Storm Philippe drenches the Leeward Islands appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Rachel Saltzman will join Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP's environmental practice in Washington as a partner.
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / GettyLet’s make one thing clear right away: Planting trees and having a diverse array of them is a great way to improve air quality, promote biodiversity, and absorb harmful carbon dioxide emissions from the air. It’s a crucial component of fighting the effects of anthropogenic climate change and planting efforts need to be ramped up in order to stave off environmental disaster.However, if it’s done the wrong way, it could actually have a very negative effect on our environment. Unfortunately, that might be the case when it comes to carbon-offset planting—a popular method for large companies to offset their carbon footprint. A paper published today in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution that found carbon-offset tree plantations may actually result...
October 03, 2023 2:43 PM The Dutch government says it will work towards creating a coalition to phase out subsidies and tax breaks tied to fossil fuels.
Exclusive: Analysis says under Labor’s revamped safeguard mechanism some coalmines could more than double their emissions and still benefit financially Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Ten coalmines could increase their greenhouse gas pollution until 2030 while being financially rewarded under an Albanese government climate policy that is meant to cut industrial emissions, according to a new analysis. The analysis of how different facilities are treated under the safeguard mechanism – the government’s main policy to deal with major polluters – has prompted calls for changes to deal with this “perverse outcome” and require every coalmine to take additional steps to cut emissions. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon...
Higher crude oil prices, US refinery shutdowns, global diesel shortages and a weaker rand among the factors blamed The post Fuel prices to rise from Wednesday, energy department says appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
The Fish and Wildlife Service pinpointed "development, urbanization, and the perils of climate change" as the major threats to the species.
Taiwan weather officials warned of “extremely heavy rain” on Tuesday, October 3, as Typhoon Koinu continued its path toward the country. A sea and land typhoon warning was in effect on Tuesday, according to local news reports. Weather officials expect Typhoon Koinu to make landfall in southern Taiwan between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, Taiwan News reported, citing weather officials. The typhoon has brought stormy weather to parts of the Philippines, officials said on Tuesday, as residents were warned of possible flash floods and landslides. Hong Kong could also see impacts from the typhoon later in the week, including rain and wind, according to weather reports. These satellite images posted to X by the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) show the typhoon moving...
“RMP needs to stop the burning of fossil fuels and shifting the costs of climate change from investors to ratepayers,” writes Stan Holmes. “Now is the time for Utahns to demand climate accountability.”
Bill Gates is emphatic: "I don't plant trees," he declared recently, wading into a debate about whether mass tree planting is really much use in fighting climate change.
State Highway 2 in Otoko in Tairāwhiti District. Photo: NZ Police By Jeremy Rose The road to climate hell is a brand spanking new, asphalt paved motorway.
Growing geopolitical fragmentation since the invasion of Ukraine has hit commodity markets, threatening to slow the transition to renewable energy as the world looks to combat climate change, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.
October 03, 2023 8:05 AM Nations need to fight for greater international cooperation in order to advance the struggle against climate change.
[IPS] Victoria, Seychelles -- Everyone knows that small island states are on the frontline of global warming. Rising sea levels, acidification destroying fisheries and coral reefs, and changing patterns of rainfall are just some of the challenges. Some low-lying islands have already been lost to the ocean.
[Premium Times] With over a third of methane emissions stemming from fossil fuels production and operation, oil majors - led by Shell - publicly claim to be reducing their methane pollution.
[This Day] All On, a Shell-funded impact investment company, and Auxano Solar Nigeria Limited have brought to operation Nigeria's biggest fully-automated 100 Megawatts (MW) Solar Photovoltaic (PV) module assembly factory located in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos.
[Daily Maverick] French hydrocarbon company TotalEnergies can proceed with plans to drill for oil and gas off the Western Cape coast after Environment Minister Barbara Creecy rejected an appeal from 18 NGOs and individuals. They can apply to have the decision judicially reviewed within 180 days.
Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber urged the industry to capture its carbon and generate more renewable energy.
Race organizers say the window for endurance events is shrinking as climate change drives hotter days and more frequent extreme weather.
Australia captain Pat Cummins discusses his foundation, and the sport's opportunity to lead the way on tackling climate change.
The Climate Council ought to “concentrate on information and science” rather than being proud of themselves for making people scared and angry, says Sky News host Chris Kenny. This comes after the Climate Council released a new video for its tenth anniversary. “If their aim is to scare people and sheet home every bushfire, every flood and every heat wave to climate change, you'd have to say they've had some success … much of the media buys this stuff, and it all leads to emotional responses." Mr Kenny said the Climate Council is helping to make people angry. “How wise is that, given Australia cannot change the global climate?”
The secretary general says further investment in oil is needed to meet rising global energy demand.
All 10 of the country’s most at-risk counties are in the South, according to the Climate Vulnerability Index, and half of them are in Louisiana.
Electric cars are quiet. Almost too quiet. Let's examine the reasons for all the silent running, and find out about the dangers this quietude can create.
The plan follows Biden's decision earlier this year to approve ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow oil project in Alaska.
The UK’s Net Zero Secretary has warned that reducing carbon emissions must not “impoverish people” as she took aim at Labour’s “ideology” to oppose new oil and gas developments.
Philippe is predicted to bring dangerous flooding rains of 4-6 inches to Antigua and Barbuda in the Leeward Islands over the next few days. The post Tropical Storm Warnings in the Leeward Islands for Philippe appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
As EPA considers modernizing its old air quality systems, the agency should explain the need for and costs of a new system, a GAO report found.
What Is Peat Subsidence and How Can Countries Prevent this Environmental Disaster? alicia.cypress… Mon, 10/02/2023 - 10:25 Peatlands are among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth. The carbon-rich ecosystems, located near wetlands around the globe , store almost a third of the world’s terrestrial carbon, creates a great habitat for wildlife and plays an important role in water management. It also provides livelihoods for communities by supporting agricultural activities and producing natural products , such as medicinal plants or honey. Sadly, peatlands are also prone to disturbance, both from natural and human activity. Among the biggest issues is what’s known as “peat subsidence,” a form of land subsidence , which is the downward movement of the Earth's surface...
In November, Sam Cox, 34, from Devon, will begin a journey of more than 1,200 miles (2,000km) in an attempt to complete the longest solo unsupported Antarctic crossing.
This year has seen an unprecedented number of Russian oil tankers in Arctic waters, increasing the risk of oil spills that could impact human communities and marine wildlife
Even if the 2050 goal is still met, postponing action – as the UK has done – will cause more heat and damage Postponing action and taking a slower route to net zero emissions by 2050 will worsen the climate crisis even if the goal is still reached by that date, the new chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned. Prof Jim Skea also said that approving new oil and gas fields only increased the already large amount of reserves that will have to be kept in the ground if global heating limits are to be reached. Continue reading...
Rainfall amounts expected through Tuesday include 4 to 6 inches for Antigua and Barbuda and 2 to 4 inches for the rest of the Leeward Islands, the National Hurricane Center reported.
Converting all schools to 100 percent clean energy would cut as much carbon pollution as retiring eighteen coal-fired power plants. The post K-12 schools can be major players in the clean energy transition appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE01999C, Paper Shaoqing Liu, Minrui Gao, Shuwen Wu, Renfei Feng, Yi-Cheng Wang, Linfang Cui, Ying Guo, Xian-Zhu Fu, Jing-Li Luo Coupling cathodic electrochemical CO2 reduction (eCO2RR) with anodic electrochemical 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation reaction (HMFOR) is an appealing approach to co-produce value-added chemicals and simultaneously lower the energy input, while the main... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Tropical Storm Philippe was expected to drift north away from the Leeward Islands on Monday night, October 2, but tropical storm conditions were still expected to reach Antigua and Barbuda, the United States’ National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. This timelapse satellite imagery depicts the storm east of the Caribbean Sea over a 45-hour period from 2 pm Saturday to 11 am Monday, according to timestamps. The NHC said heavy rain and flash flooding could impact Antigua and Barbuda as Philippe tracks northeast of the island nation through Monday and Tuesday. A Tropical Storm Warning was in effect for Barbuda and a Tropical Storm Watch for Antigua, according to the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Service. Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA via Storyful
Sixteen young activists took the state to court, fighting for their right to a healthy environment. The post Young people hold Montana accountable for contributing to climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
[Afrobarometer] But most citizens haven't heard of the concept yet.
[IPS] Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo -- The world is moving away from fossil fuels towards so-called "green" energies as a solution to the climate crisis, which has increased the demand for strategic minerals such as cobalt, copper and lithium.
[Vanguard] Stanbic IBTC Plc, weekend, provided 30,000 units of trees to be planted in 10 states of the federation.
With the African continent recycling less than 11 percent of its waste, COP28 provided leaders on the African continent to consider integrated waste systems that include informal waste workers. Akinyi Walender, Africa Director at Practical Action, an innovative international development group, says the informal waste workers are rarely involved. She was speaking recently at the inaugural Africa Climate […]
Congress averted a government shutdown. Now, Speaker McCarthy must avoid losing his job. And, this stinky seaweed-fighting robot could help fight climate change.
When FijiSun visited the site, people had stopped over to see the alleged underground oil which was cordoned off by Police.
Wind advocates heralded the plan for allowing more leasing of future offshore wind projects.
Ministers and business chiefs will gather this week in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for the Adipec summit, an annual gathering where oil investment, production and markets have been dominant topics. This time, climate is likely to take over.
Around the country, health care workers continue to grapple with their industry's massive carbon footprint. In Pittsburgh, doctors formed Clinicians for Climate Action to address the problem.
[Daily Maverick] While the resulting oil spill is minimal, SanParks and Sanccob are on alert in case nearby penguin colonies are affected.
Combining technologies and innovations to take advantage of solar, wind, hydro and biomass potential has made the Finca del Medio farm an example in Cuba in the use of clean energies, which are the basis of its agroecological and environmental sanitation practices. Renewable energy sources are used in many everyday processes such as electricity generation, […]
'Given that, as recently as 2019, 89% of organisations recycled less than 10% of their IT hardware, it is clear the need for change in our sector is urgent
Nature, Published online: 02 October 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03065-8Marine biologist Long Ying studies how warmer, more-acidic oceans are affecting these ‘trees of the seas’.
Observatory predicts storm Koinu will become severe typhoon, possibly bringing strong winds and rain as it comes within 400km of city by Friday.
Scientists use a new catalyst to convert methane to methanol with a ‘remarkable’ conversion rate and minimal by-products.
Federal investment in carbon capture could help fight climate change, but this technology is facing fierce opposition
Ngo Thi To Nhien detained over charges of ‘appropriating documents’, a government spokesperson confirmed Vietnam state media has confirmed the arrest of the director of an independent energy policy thinktank – the sixth expert working on environmental issues to be taken into custody in the past two years. A rights group reported last month that Ngo Thi To Nhien, executive director of the Hanoi-based Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition (Viet), had been detained, although at the time there was no official confirmation. Continue reading...
A new global framework to reduce environmental risks from chemicals and waste was adopted at a UN conference on Saturday, with countries committing to phase out the most harmful ones.
The UK government recently approved a new oil field which, according to the Carbon Brief Analysis, has the potential to "release roughly the same annual emissions of around 90 countries and 400 million people". Due to the fact most of the product from the oil field is predicted to be exported, the impact this initiative will have on lowering energy bills for the British public has been described as "at most, marginal", by the Climate Change Committee, an independent public body which advises our governments. Rolling back climate change policies and targets in the name of prioritising the cost of living crisis, as the Tory government is in the process of doing, is incredibly short-sighted at best and intentionally deceptive at worst. The climate emergency and the cost of living crisis are not...
This story was originally published by the Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who died on Thursday evening at the age of 90, leaves behind a long and complex legacy on climate and environmental issues. Feinstein represented California as a Democrat in the US Senate for more than 30 years, becoming […]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 128, Issue 19, 16 October 2023.
This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest full report on the flooding here: New York declares state of emergency amid heavy rainfall and flash flooding Governor Kathy Hochul’s office has issued the following steps to residents to remain safe amid the heavy rainfall and flooding: Develop a household disaster plan and know how to always contact family members. Identify an out-of-town friend or family member to be the “emergency family contact” and make certain all family members have the contact info Designate an emergency meeting spot - a familiar location where family can meet if the residence cannot be accessed Know hurricane and storm risks in your community If you live near coastal areas, learn about your area’s storm surge history and your community’s warning signals...
Since 2000, there have been seven El Niño events. The last and strongest El Niño of that time period lasted two years, from 2014-2016. This year, El Niño is back and may prove to be even stronger. Rising global temperatures set a hotter baseline for this El Niño, which naturally warms the Earth, to be even more…Read more...
The proposal is the only wind project the federal agency is looking at in Nevada, where many solar projects on public lands are under consideration.
Administration releases plan, which represents lowest number of lease sales since 1980, but is still set to increase oil production The Biden administration on Friday released a plan to sell as many as three offshore oil and gas leases over the next five years, garnering criticism from some climate advocates. Set to govern potential sales through late 2028, the hotly anticipated plan from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, a part of the interior department, includes no auctions for next year, and represents the lowest number of lease sales since the program began in 1980 . Continue reading...
[allAfrica] Climate change and vaccine hesitancy pose serious threats to public health
The EPA standard is a key part of the Biden administration's climate agenda.
The agency has "sufficient carryover payroll" to stay open until Oct. 7, but more than 14,000 employees would be furloughed if EPA needs to start shutdown operations after that.
[Islamic Relief] Although the flood waters have receded, tens of thousands of lives continue to be devastated by this month's floods in eastern Libya.
With current efforts to boost Africa’s carbon credit production by 2030, experts believe the commitments will require Governments to switch from a voluntary to a compliance market by generating renewable energy for a portion of national and regional electricity supplies. The compliance market in Africa, according to experts, is critical for countries to establish a […]
Creating resilience is crucial to climate change justice. In Bijbehara, a hamlet south of Kashmir's capital, Srinagar, lavender farming has meant farmers grappling with unseasonal rains, prolonged heat waves, and severe water scarcity have found a new means of survival.
While satellites and offshore buoys can inform scientists about marine heat waves, the effects on ocean species are less understood.
In Detroit, residents are battling persistent flooding and mold issues. Climate change is making it worse.
September 29, 2023 8:20 AM The move aims to tackle a major source of US plastic waste as recycling rates have faltered.
[ANGOP] Benguela -- The Minister of Energy and Water João Baptista Borges reiterated Wednesday the Angolan government's aim to reach 72 percent of renewable energy to diversify the country's energy matrix.
SET-listed Sakol Energy (SKE), a compressed natural gas trader and biomass power plant operator, has downgraded its revenue target for 2023, which was earlier projected to surge to almost 1 billion baht from 497 million in 2022, due mainly to a delay in operating a new refuse-derived fuel (RDF) production facility.
The oil major had proposed sending up to 24,820 tanker trucks a year on coastal Highway 101 and State Route 166 for up to seven years.
The department said the $3 billion loan is the single largest federal commitment to solar power.
Hoang Thi Minh Hong, who headed the advocacy group Change, is the fifth known climate or environmental activist jailed in Vietnam in the past five years.
EPA rules on clean cars, power plants and methane could face delays.
September 29, 2023 5:00 AM I refer to the letter “How sincere are rich G-20 countries in addressing climate concerns?” (Sept 15), and wondered what could be the reason for the “hypocrisy” of developed countries worsening global warming while vilifying the practices of others.
The links between Agenda 2030 and SDGs, including climate action and biodiversity preservation are clear and straightforward. Yet, leveraging them, and bringing them to together in a unified framework, remains extremely challenging. The only way possible to create synergies would be to rethink the way governments are accountable towards these issues at national and local […]
A viral video has revealed the haunting sound a submarine's sonar makes underwater after a group of divers visiting a coral reef in the Bahamas were left baffled by the ear-piercing shriek.
Joe Biden shutdown a climate change protester at his remarks in Arizona on Thursday by promising to meet with him afterwards if he would just 'shush up.'
A new report finds that five major global insurers are still backing U.S. coal mines, even when they've promised not to.
Hunter Biden texted his business partners in Chinese oil giant CEFC that Joe Biden would join them for a meeting in August 2017.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE02213G, Review Article Yangyang Liu, Haodong Shi, Zhong-Shuai Wu With the rapid prosperity of the global electric vehicle market and increasing demand for the higher user experience of portable electronics, the development of high-performance lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with fast-charging... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE02592F, Paper Zhenyuan Xu, Jie Yu, He Shan, Jiebing Wang, Jintong Gao, Zhanyu Ye, Ruzhu Wang As a promising pathway for sustainable desalination and wastewater treatment, thermally-localized solar evaporation has been successfully demonstrated, mainly with water or NaCl solution. However, the evaporated solution could vary a... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE02675B, Paper Yang Guo, Zhaoqing Jin, Jianhao Lu, Lei Wei, Weikun WANG, Yaqin Huang, Anbang Wang Single-atom catalysts (SACs) with unique coordination chemistry open up promising opportunities as a high-efficiency electrocatalyst system in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries and the rational design has been highlighted for lithium polysulfides... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D3EE00633F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Cai Williams, Hannes Michaels, Andrew F. Crossland, Zongtai Zhang, Natasha Shirshova, Roderick C. I. MacKenzie, Hongjian Sun, Jeff Kettle, Marina Freitag, Christopher Groves Here we demonstrate a new concept in PV in which devices are designed to minimize variability in generation. Modelling of the UK energy network predicts that such devices yield greater reductions in carbon emissions than conventional PV technology. 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
After the summer of 2023, the hottest in recorded history, it is not just laborers but labor itself that is in the hot seat. Workers who spend their days exposed to the elements may find respite as the seasons turn, but as more of the world starts responding to climate change, the question remains: Where will…Read more...
Nearly 700,000 people have migrated internally in Peru due to the effects of climate change. This mass displacement is a clear problem in this South American country, one of the most vulnerable to the global climate crisis due to its biodiversity, geography and 28 different types of climates. “We recognize migration due to climate change […]
The Prime Minister has insisted that “we’re going to take every last drop” of oil from the North Sea as he defended the decision to give the largest untapped field the go-ahead for development.
Tanzania government blamed for violence against villagers in national park, while thousands more people face losing their homes The World Bank is investigating allegations of killings, rape and forced evictions made by villagers living near the site of a proposed tourism project it is funding in Tanzania. The bank has been accused of “enabling” alleged violence by the Tanzanian government to make way for a $150m (£123m) project ministers say will protect the environment and attract more tourists to Ruaha national park. Continue reading...
NOx is a lung irritant and tightly tied to the burning of fossil fuels, whether through coal-fired power plants or the internal combustion engine.
The directive targets actions that ease climate change impacts and that integrate climate-related solutions into the agency's enforcement operations.
The five-year oil plan governs how many lease sales the federal government will hold.
Open access notables "Net zero is only a distraction— we just have to end fossil fuel emissions." The latter is true but the former isn't, or not in the real world as it's likely to be in the immediate future. And "just" just doesn't enter into it; we don't have a simple problem on our hands. Net zero is afflicted by various carpetbaggers and the fossil fuel industry itself— plus plain old human nature in the form of wishful thinking. But fully eliminating hydrocarbon fuels and non-fuel CO2 emissions from key industrial processes spanning from agriculture through production of concrete and on to manufacture of steel is going to be a long process. Likely we'll never be able to eliminate GHG side-products from our culture. Quite arguably we're not going to stop eating...
With three degrees Celsius of warming, U.S. deaths during extreme temperatures could reach 63,000 a year, researchers calculate
The price of CO2 units compared to NZUs over time. Graph: Edi Rose Salt Management's Carbon Fund spent more than $1.2 million buying units in its own fund over the last month.
[Daily News] Arusha -- ARUSHA: MORE than 200 young people from four regions have been trained in renewable energy skills to help them secure employment in the environment-friendly sources of fuel.
Genome-wide study in staghorn coral identifies markers of disease resistance
As demand for aluminum grows, a new report calls for tighter pollution controls and more recycling.
[ShareAmerica] In Madagascar's Tsarazaza village, people have long relied on candles, solar power or generators for light. The farming community's remote location, 10 hours from the capital of Antananarivo, has kept Tsarazaza beyond the reach of the country's power grid.
The new document details entities eligible for the credit, applicable values, energy-saving and certification requirements and wage specifications.
The proposal outlining the administration's plan for offshore drilling over the next five years is expected to come out by Sept. 30.
The proposed rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission would require public companies to disclose detailed information about their climate plans, risks and greenhouse gas emissions.
The country’s biggest undeveloped oil field will move ahead as ministers talk up a "huge untapped resource."
The shallow attendance of powerful countries' leaders helped clear space for leaders of less prominent countries to be heard on issues such as reconfiguring the international body and taking more urgent action on climate change.
[Scrolla] Eskom has strained its coal-fired power facilities, causing four out of its 15 plants to violate government emission standards, according to a Reuters report confirmed by Eskom insiders.
Rising risk of heatwaves and bushfires means politicians will be put to the test about the effect of the climate crisis. Already, some have roundly failed Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast As Australia stares down the barrel of a hot summer and a rising risk of heatwaves and bushfires, politicians are going to have to get to grips with answering the obvious question. What is climate change doing to our weather extremes? The Coalition’s shadow social services minister, Michael Sukkar, was given an early test last week and he roundly failed. Continue reading...
Scientists using space-based radar found that land in New York City is sinking at varying rates from human and natural factors. A few spots are rising. Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking and rising at different rates due to factors ranging from land-use practices to long-lost glaciers, scientists have found. While […]
The right mix of trace elements is essential to a healthy diet. That’s true not only for humans, but also for phytoplankton. As a key carbon dioxide sink, these tiny algae in the Southern Ocean can have significant effects on the global climate. In this regard, a new study from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) and the University of Bremen reveals an interesting connection: When phytoplankton simultaneously have access to more iron and more manganese, their biotic communities change. As a result, the algae can bind more CO2 and form more of their sticky, carbon-rich colonies, which more readily sink to the seafloor. In this way, they more efficiently absorb atmospheric carbon, as the team of researchers reports in the journal Current Biology.
A Deloitte report into the release of millions of litres of oilsands wastewater at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine has found Alberta's energy regulator followed all its rules and procedures in keeping the public and area First Nations informed.
This re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Andy Furillo was originally published by Capital & Main and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. The California Legislature took a step last week that has the potential to accelerate the fight against climate change within the state and have a transformative effect across the nation. It also marked the rise of a more forceful climate caucus in the legislature, led by new Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, bucking an intense industry lobbying push that killed a similar bill last year. Senate Bill 253, which would force companies that generate revenues of more than $1 billion a year to fully disclose their total greenhouse gas impact, cleared the Capitol’s...
The promising technology could be applied in various ways to address climate change. But it also uses a lot of power.
Cumulatively, buildings now account for about 40 percent of energy consumption and 9 percent of direct greenhouse gas releases in the United States, the report's authors said.
The transition to clean energy will only succeed if workers fill the jobs to make it happen. Climate tech is one industry struggling to find skilled people.Read more...
A new study finds that intense tropical cyclones are advancing by more than three days per decade.
[263Chat] Hwange Colliery Company (HCCL) has distances itself from burning fossil fuels that causes air pollution which has been causing respiratory diseases in several villages close to mining areas, as the effects of climate change take their toll.
A controversial North Sea oil field has been given the go-ahead, prompting anger from environmental campaigners.
[Vanguard] President Bola Tinubu's Ministers have been urged to create 500,000 jobs in less than two years through harnessing the skills in the solar energy sector.
Top UN officials pledged support for Pakistan on Wednesday as it continues the painstaking process of rebuilding in the wake of last year’s devastating floods.
In Brief: Scientists using space-based radar found that land in New York City is sinking at varying rates from human and natural factors. A few spots are rising. Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking and rising at different rates due to factors ranging from land-use practices to long-lost glaciers, scientists have found. While the elevation changes seem small – fractions of inches per year – they can enhance or diminish local flood risk linked to sea level rise. The new study was published Wednesday in Science Advances by a team of researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and Rutgers University in New Jersey. The team analyzed upward and downward vertical land motion – also known as uplift and...
[Premium Times] The agency's work is shifting the narrative from Africa being a victim to solution to climate change - Osinbajo
Study finds climate policy alone cannot meaningfully reduce racial/economic disparities in air pollution exposure.
Six young people from the post-millennial generation will appear in a French court this week as part of a lawsuit against 32 European nations, claiming their human rights are being violated due to failed climate efforts.
British regulators approved Wednesday a controversial new $9.85 billion project to develop a major 500 million barrel oil and gas field in the North Sea by the Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor.
The Brazilian state-controlled oil company's outreach comes as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pursues Chinese investment to deliver on his ambitious plans for reindustrializing the economy.
[Nile Post] The Green Africa Youth Organisation(GAYO) Uganda, a youth-driven NGO that builds capacity to protect the environment and support sustainable community-based development has called for an effective circular economy management and bolstering resilience against climate risks.
[Daily Maverick] The partnership announced between the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, SANParks and TotalEnergies makes a mockery of efforts to fight climate change by giving one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases a chance to seem to be supporting conservation.
The governor wants to "clean up" language before signing a bill that would require thousands of companies to report their planet-warming emissions.
Fishers and conservation groups are working to recruit the next generation of workers through grants and training.
The country's main coal-producing province will lose 48,500 jobs by 2030, according to a report from a South Africa-focused research organization.
[Vanguard] Abuja -- AS Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate 2023 World Rivers Day, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, Monday, raised concerns over the threat of climate change, indiscriminate pollution of water bodies and other factors.
[IPS] New York -- The world is now half way to 2030 but the ambitious goals agreed in 2015 including the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are under threat, action is urgently needed.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Accepted Article.
Nature, Published online: 27 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06402-zInsect biomass data covering 27 years were reanalysed using sample-specific information on weather conditions during sampling and weather anomalies during the insect life cycle, finding that biomass is driven by complex weather conditions.
Holding global warming in check requires tripling renewable power, the IEA says.
Alaska's aging fishing industry has high barriers to entry and increasing unpredictability as human-caused climate change alters marine habitats.
Disease forecasters struggle with the complex impacts of climate change
Electric vehicles and solar power are growing quickly and offering hope the world could still meet climate change goals.
[African Union] Stakeholders from across Africa and beyond gathered at the "Towards Energy Transition in Africa through Geothermal Energy Development" a side event of Africa Climate Summit 2023 took place on the 5th September 2023, discuss accelerating geothermal energy development on the continent. The Summit highlighted geothermal energy's crucial role in supporting Africa's energy transition goals through a stable, renewable and indigenous energy source.
[African Union] At the Africa Climate Summit 2023 held in Nairobi from September 4-6, energy efficiency was highlighted as a cost-effective solution to expand energy access across the continent. During a high-level event on energy efficiency, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy H.E. Dr Amani Abou-zeid highlighted that energy efficiency is the cleanest form of energy available.
A group of young Portuguese activists plan to take 32 European governments to court for what they say is a failure to adequately address human-caused climate change. It’s the first climate change case to be filed with the European Court of Human Rights.
After heavy rains caused a flash flooding in the high mountains in the trans-Himalayan Mustang district of Nepal, residents and scientists have called for additional research and risk reduction measures in a region now considered vulnerable to climate-change-related disasters.
In Brief: The annual Arctic sea ice minimum (lowest) annual extent was the sixth-lowest on record this year, while Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest maximum ever. These both continue a long-term downward trend due to human-caused global warming. Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 19, 2023, making it the sixth-lowest year in the satellite record, according to researchers at NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Meanwhile, Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest maximum extent on record on Sept. 10 at a time when the ice cover should have been growing at a much faster pace during the darkest and coldest months. Scientists track the seasonal and annual fluctuations because sea ice shapes Earth’s polar ecosystems and plays...
A new study in New York found that hospital visits from alcohol-related disorders spike along with temperatures.
Humanity would go extinct even if we stopped burning fossil fuels now, suggests a new study led by experts at the University of Bristol.
[New Times] Rwanda is set to unveil its carbon market scheme at the 28th UN Climate Summit, known as COP28, scheduled to take place from November 30 to December 12, at Expo City Dubai, The NewTimes has learnt.
The French president said the country's goal to reduce its emissions by 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels is "attainable."
The Republicans are digging into a California-based law firm that represents clients suing the oil majors over the impacts of climate change.
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said governments must "separate climate from geopolitics" and work together to triple renewables and deeply cut planet-warming emissions.
Jese Saukuru, the minister for youth and sports, emphasised the significance of preparing the next generation to face rising natural catastrophes and difficulties associated with climate change.
First minister Humza Yousaf appeared to enjoy himself last week bestriding a world stage left vacant by prime minister Rishi Sunak amid the climate crisis. However, he must focus his attention on more mundane matters in Scotland where the SNP has failed to deliver on the grand plans it loves to announce.
Nature, Published online: 26 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03019-0Coffee’s legacy: almost 300 years of deforestation
On September 19, Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 4.23 million square kilometers (1.63 million square miles). The 2023 minimum is sixth lowest in the nearly 45-year satellite record. The last 17 years, from 2007 to 2023, are the lowest 17 … Continue reading →
On Wednesday, the Biden administration launched the American Climate Corps, a climate-focused youth job training program. The plan will put some 20,000 people to work doing clean energy, wildfire prevention, and coastal resilience jobs and has already cost $150 million in investment. It’s far from the original vision, which Biden announced in 2021 and which would have invested $30 […]
Green New Deal for Schools demands districts teach climate justice, update buildings and plan for extreme weather Students at more than 50 high schools across the US are proposing a Green New Deal for Schools , demanding that their districts teach climate justice, create pathways to green jobs after graduation and plan for climate disasters, among other policies. The campaign, coordinated by the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate justice collective, is a reaction to rightwing efforts to ban or suppress climate education and activism at schools. The national effort could include teach-ins and walkouts, as well as targeted petitions to school boards and districts in the coming weeks, organizers with Sunrise told the Guardian, ahead of the Monday launch. Continue reading...
At the summit’s start, Biden said that his administration is requesting Congress approve $200 million in new assistance for the region, including financing to help the islands prepare for climate and natural hazards and improve infrastructure.
The ruling bodes well for the agency's ability to enforce smog reduction requirements, which have been stayed in 12 states.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Katie Myers . This story was originally published by Grist and is part of Covering Climate Now , a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Pittsburgh, in its founding, was blessed and cursed with two abundant natural resources: free-flowing rivers and a nearby coal seam. Their presence made the city’s 20th-century status as a coal-fired, steel-making powerhouse possible. It also threw so much toxic smoke in the air that the town was once described as “ hell with the lid off .” Though air quality laws strengthened over the decades, pollution in Pittsburgh and surrounding Allegheny County has remained high, ranking among the 25 worst metro areas...
The power of embracing despair, building community, and fostering emotional strength in the face of climate challenges. The post Feeling anxious about climate change? Check out these strategies. appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Former EECA head Andrew Caseley (centre) at NZ Steel Despite the rapid expansion of the Government’s retrofitting housing for energy efficiency, there is still easily five years of work at the current pace to make a...
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Climate change is the greatest threat humanity has ever faced, and the United States has begun mobilizing an army to fight it: the American Climate Corps. Formerly conceptualized as the Civilian Climate Corps, the new initiative will “put more than 20,000 young […]
Often the only way to identify the dead after natural disasters, like Libya's floods or Hawaii's wildfire, is with DNA, fingerprints and dental records.
Europe's summer was marked by record temperatures and climate disasters, including historic floods and wildfires.
But Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis acknowledged global warming is going to be a long-term challenge all the same.
[Daily News] THE government in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is finalising implementation of Tanzania's first Energy Efficiency Action Plan project.
Former British PM calls for 3% levy on oil and gas export revenues of biggest producers to generate $25bn a year for global south Petrostates should pay a small percentage of their soaring oil and gas revenues to help poor countries cope with the climate crisis, the former UK prime minister Gordon Brown has urged. Countries with large oil and gas deposits have enjoyed a record bonanza in the last two years, amounting to about $4tn (£3.3tn) last year for the industry globally . Levying a 3% windfall tax on the oil and gas export revenues of the biggest-producing countries would yield about $25bn a year. Continue reading...
[Namibian] The Institute of Public Policy and Research (IPPR) has raised concerns over a plan by the African Energy Chamber (AEC), led by Cameroon's controversial businessman NJ Ayuk, to present president Hage Geingob with an award in South Africa next month.
The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system is the gold standard for environmental design. But more than 800 LEED-certified buildings are at risk from climate-related disasters.
Six young activists are due Wednesday at the European Court of Human Rights, where they're accusing 32 governments of violating their human rights for failing to adequately address climate change.
The well is a repurposed conventional well, which locals fear is at higher risk for leaks and material failures that could contaminate drinking water.
A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Sep 17, 2023 thru Sat, Sep 23, 2023. Story of the Week Opinion: Let’s free ourselves from the story of economic growth A relentless focus on economic growth has ushered in the climate crisis. We need a better definition of well-being. Growth rules the world. Presidents succeed or fail, companies soar and crash, and countries are invited to the table on the basis of their growth percentage. Economic growth by the common definition is that GDP — gross domestic product — keeps getting bigger over time. GDP is an idea, and it was created to measure exports, consumption, investments, profits, wages — the total value...
[VOA] Nairobi -- About 76% of farmers are worried about the future impact of climate change, while 71% say it already has had an impact on their farms and incomes, a recent survey by life science company Bayer Group found.
New York City has begun construction on a project to hook up its grid to hydroelectric power plants in Canada via a 546-kilometre-long transmission line
First, some recent history. In August, it emerged that Infosys, the firm co-founded by Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law, signed a billion-dollar deal with BP two months before the Prime Minister opened hundreds of new oil and gas extraction licences in the North Sea.
The proposed rule aims to eliminate a loophole that allowed industrial plants to increase emissions of hazardous pollution.
[New Dawn] The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is unequivocally warning residents of Ziadue Clan, Rivercess County, and other forest communities against engaging in discussions with Blue Earth Capital, an American firm, regarding the potential sale of carbon credits. The EPA's involvement and approval are non-negotiable prerequisites in carbon credit deals in Liberia.
"The discovery signals a potentially habitable environment in the ocean of Europa," according to the Webb Space Telescope's website.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The clean energy transition will require lots of batteries—primarily to power electric vehicles and to store renewable energy that can be dispatched to the electric grid on demand. European Union policymakers are growing more concerned about where the bloc will get all the […]
Citing a rarely used statute, the court dismissed Line 3 protest charges in the name of climate justice.
[Daily Maverick] Climate protesters held a three-day campout at the Standard Bank Headquarters in Rosebank, Johannesburg, which ended in activists being removed by the police.
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have shown carbon dioxide on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa – that’s a good sign for the habitability of its buried seas
The Scottish Government may have to delay its new climate change plan as ministers wrestle with “significant concerns” over the SNP’s strategy caused by Rishi Sunak’s policy U-turn.
Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed people were “safer than ever” from climate change just weeks after a Category 3 hurricane hit his home state of Florida.
“Air quality monitoring is nonexistent at most U.S. ports,” the report said.
SNP ministers have pledged to begin “urgent work” after admitting they have breached their own legal climate change legislation.
The Scottish Government has been accused of risking North Sea jobs after Humza Yousaf suggested a move away as Scotland being the “oil and gas capital of Europe”.
Cutting carbon emissions means replacing the heating systems in homes, transforming transport and greening steel production. All of these will take time, but the UK prime minister has instead chosen to delay the transition
Although small island States are the most vulnerable to rising sea levels, the scope of those impacted is much wider, the President of the UN General Assembly warned on Thursday.
The U.S. has already seen a record number of disasters costing at least $1 billion in 2023, which underscores how unprepared the nation is to withstand climate-driven catastrophe
French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) are moving with pace in the development of oil and gas projects with a potential investment portfolio estimated at more than USD 15 billion. IPS looks at the project’s human rights record for the compensation of affected communities. The development of oil […]
Warnings about a future of climate-related disasters, the GOP governor and presidential candidate said, were merely “fear tactics.”
Nutrient-rich soil known as “dark earth” has been cultivated by Indigenous farmers in the Amazon for centuries, leaving behind a large and still uncounted store of carbon
A team of marine virologists reported the discovery of a new virus in sediment 29,200 feet below sea level in the Mariana Trench which reaches nearly 36,100 feet at its lowest point.
President Joe Biden is using executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps. The White House says the program will employ 20,000 young adults who will build trails, plant trees, help install solar panels, and help prevent wildfires.
The growing and changing material requirements for new technologies have triggered natural resource scrambles for strategic minerals, generating dangerous rivalries fought out in the global South. Scrambles for resources Jayati Ghosh, Shouvik Chakraborty and Debamanyu Das have analyzed these new scrambles for mineral resources in developing countries triggered by major new innovations since the electronics […]
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01808-zThe decarbonization of the global iron and steel industry is important for energy systems mitigation. Using a facility-level database, this Article presents cost-effective, region-specific strategies targeting plants with a large age-to-capacity ratio and/or high emissions intensity.
Following similar declarations by other global meteorological organisations, an El Nino has been declared, setting Australia up for a long, hot, dry and dangerous summer.
After Storm Daniel sparked extreme flooding across the Mediterranean, a new study shows global heating made the deadly heavy rainfall up to 50 times more likely in Libya.
The race to protect the planet is about to accelerate, as world leaders, business giants, and experts gather to attend the Climate Ambition Summit on Wednesday.
CEO Mary Barra is helping Biden unleash waves of electric cars. That could color how the White House responds to the UAW strike.
Continuing heatwave and fire risk triggers closure of 20 schools on NSW South Coast.
A decade after Hurricane Sandy, critics of a federal plan that allocates billions to protect the region from rising waters are calling it a ‘failure of imagination’ The retired FDNY firefighter Patrick Kilgallen remembers the night well. In late October 2012, the approach of Hurricane Sandy up the US Eastern Seaboard coincided with a spring tide, propelling a surge of storm water that crashed into New York City and its surrounds, causing more than $70bn (£56bn) in damages, mostly from flooding. When water from the ocean and bayside came coursing up the street, Kilgallen was with his family at home, one block in from the wooden boardwalk, at Rockaway Beach – a barrier island off Queens that faces the Atlantic Ocean and has become known as the “Irish Riviera” for its large population of Irish-American...
September 19, 2023 12:33 AM As many as 75,000 activists marched through midtown Manhattan on Sunday calling for an end to fossil fuels.
Humza Yousaf was last night accused of hypocrisy after jetting to New York to lecture global leaders on climate change.
An Estonian oil company planned to produce enough oil in 30 years to spew the equivalent of carbon emissions from 63 coal plants.
A Saint John recycling plant, which was the site of a massive fire that prompted a city-wide air quality warning, has been ordered to stop operating until an investigation is done.
Tropical storm Nigel formed in the Atlantic Ocean late last week and has quickly intensified into a category 1 hurricane. The storm system is not currently a threat to any community as it is far out in the middle of the ocean.Read more...
But this movement clearly needs to expand again.
Study in US shows one day a week of remote working cuts emissions by just 2% but two or four days lowers them by up to 29% Business live – latest updates People who work remotely all the time produce less than half the greenhouse gas emissions of office workers, according to a new study. Employees in the US who worked from home all the time were predicted to reduce their emissions by 54%, compared with workers in an office, the study found. But hybrid workers did not reduce their emissions so dramatically, according to the research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Continue reading...
Tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday kicked off a week where leaders will try once again to curb climate change primarily caused by coal, oil and natural gas.
California is suing some of the largest oil and gas companies in the world for years of climate science denialism while worsening extreme weather related to the climate crisis.Read more...
Apple is investing in clean energy projects in order to offset every bit of carbon released by Apple devices.
Decarbonizing Freight: Opportunities and Obstacles for Clean Fuels shannon.paton@… Mon, 09/18/2023 - 12:50 Transportation is changing rapidly as the world moves to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. While passenger transport shifts to electric vehicles with increasing momentum in the U.S., the picture for freight transport — the movement of goods by truck, rail, ship or plane — is more complex. Electrification is a good option for some freight transportation, such as short- and medium-haul trucking, but is more challenging for other parts of the freight system, such as ocean shipping or aviation. “Drop-in” alternative fuels — those that can be used in place of fossil fuels in existing engines — can play an important transition role if sustainably...
Nigel expected to become a major hurricane on Tuesday but is not a threat to land. The post A very busy Atlantic hurricane season continues: Hurricane Nigel is here appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Several days after a post-hurricane Lee swept across Nova Scotia, hurricane forecasters on Monday warned about the formation of Hurricane Nigel in the Atlantic, saying it is expected to become a major hurricane soon.
Officials have warned that a disease outbreak in Libya's northeast, where floods have killed thousands, could create "a second devastating crisis" as diarrhea spread among those who drank contaminated water.
September 18, 2023 3:06 PM The law will require about 5,000 companies to report the direct and indirect emissions that they have created in their operations.
September 18, 2023 2:23 PM The government says it would need 71 small modular reactors to replace the 21 GW of coal-fired power in the system.
Though the Bureau of Meteorology has yet to officially declare an El Nino, there are signs the weather pattern and climate change are driving up temperatures.
Prospective investors will be subject to ‘strict national security checks’, minister vows Prospective investors in the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk will undergo “strict national security checks”, the government has said, as it formally kicked off a hunt for outside investment. The project, led by the French state-backed energy company EDF and backed by the UK government, aims to produce 3.2 gigawatts of electricity – enough to power about 6m homes – and was approved in July last year . Continue reading...
As the planet warms, a contingent of archaeologists has taken on the task of collecting and identifying what glaciers and other ice patches release as they melt.
The lawsuit aims to force the agency to act on standards for facilities that are major sources of cancer-causing ethylene oxide emissions.
The Biden administration is flooding New York with top climate and energy officials in an effort to prove his Cabinet is up to the task of tackling climate change.
The hottest summer ever recorded in Hong Kong coincided with higher temperatures elsewhere in Asia, as global climate change also sent the mercury rising in Europe and North America. Will next year be hotter?
Exclusive: Almost £40m given since 2010 as government delays to low-carbon regulations save builders and developers billions At least one-tenth of the money donated to the Conservative party and its MPs since 2010 has come from property developers, real estate tycoons and others connected to the construction industry, an exclusive Guardian analysis reveals. Meanwhile, housebuilders and property developers have benefited by billions of pounds from delays to low-carbon building regulations in the past eight years. The delays mean homeowners and taxpayers will have to pay tens of billions of pounds to bring newly built homes up to low-carbon standards, and have resulted in years of unnecessarily high greenhouse gas emissions, and higher energy bills for residents. Refusing to require new homes...
October 04, 2023 2:17 PM The India-Japan Fund aims for sustainable projects in areas like renewable energy, e-mobility and waste management.
Heero Technologies has successfully completed a seed investment of £550,000 to further development of its energy efficiency app
The government's effort to keep the domestic diesel price below 30 baht a litre until December will cause a loss of almost 100 billion baht for the Oil Fuel Fund, says the Oil Fuel Fund Office (Offo).
[New Times] Rwanda is planning to plant 63 million indigenous and exotic tree seedlings to be able to sell carbon credits on the carbon market, mitigate climate change, and build resilience to extreme weather, The New Times has learnt.
Shau Kei Wan and Shek O, still clearing up after Super Typhoon Saola and later record rainstorm, fear further damage as Koinu nears.
The nation has reeled from disaster to disaster in recent years, as it feels the effects of climate change.
October 04, 2023 5:23 AM Switzerland and the United States have donated $8.4 million to Brazil's Amazon Fund to help stop deforestation and preserve the world's largest tropical rainforest, the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) that manages the fund said on Tuesday.
PHOTO: Anthony Powell/Antarctica New Zealand New Zealand scientists are calling for an immediate and dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, in response to record low sea ice levels in Antarctica this year.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has reached as far south as Florida, engulfing Miami and causing smog that has resulted in some of the unhealthiest air conditions in the US on Tuesday.
The thunder of icebergs crashing into the turquoise sea of eastern Greenland is the sound of one of the planet's most important ecosystems teetering on the edge of collapse.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE02712K, Minireview Lu Li, Gao Chen, Zongping Shao, Haitao Huang Water electrolysis powered by renewable energy could provide green hydrogen energy that holds significant potential to build a near-zero-emission society. In addition to factors such as catalyst, membrane, and electrolyzer... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Home secretary says Tories were ‘too squeamish’ in past to deal with immigration properly from fear of being called racist. This live blog is closed Suella Braverman claims ‘hurricane’ of mass migration coming to UK The proceeedings in the main hall at the Conservative conference opened this morning with a speech from a member praising the party’s record on gay rights. Steve Barclay, the health secretary, is speaking now, and he will be announcing plans to ban trans women from female hospital wards. The Daily Telegraph has splashed on the story . On a visit this morning Suella Braverman , the home secretary, said she backed the idea. She said: Trans women have no place in women’s wards or indeed any safe space relating to biological women. And the health secretary is absolutely...
Home secretary uses populist speech at Tory conference to attack Human Rights Act and ‘luxury beliefs’ of liberal-leaning voters Suella Braverman has warned of a “hurricane” of mass migration and attacked the “luxury beliefs” of liberal-leaning people in a populist speech aimed at cementing her position as a standard-bearer of the Conservative right. In a claim that will anger lawyers, judges and some within her own party, the home secretary told delegates at the Tory party conference that the Human Rights Act should be renamed the “Criminal Rights Act”. Continue reading...
Planting trees in vast schemes to 'offset' carbon emissions is harming nature, a new Oxford study claims.
October 03, 2023 3:45 PM But experts warned the funding would be only a drop in the ocean unless broader climate risks are addressed.
Paper reveals scientists’ concerns that single-species carbon plantations threaten native flora and fauna, while delivering negligible benefits Monoculture tree-planting schemes are threatening tropical biodiversity while only offering modest climate benefit, ecologists have said, warning that ecosystems like the Amazon and Congo basin are being reduced to their carbon value. Amid a boom in the planting of single-species plantations to capture carbon, scientists have urged governments to prioritise the conservation and restoration of native forests over commercial monocultures, and cautioned that planting swathes of non-native trees in tropical regions threatens important flora and fauna for a negligible climate impact. Continue reading...
A 73-year-old woman was taken to hospital after being mauled by a bear at Flathead National Forest - a popular hiking spot close to Glacier National Park and just south of the U.S. Canadian border.
Japan recorded the highest average temperature for September since records began in 1898. This year is expected to be the hottest in human history as climate change accelerates.
Russia will begin constructing the al-Dabaa nuclear power plant, in cooperation with Egypt, starting on October 6 – coinciding with Egypt’s October War victory holiday. RT broadcast the first look into the final preparations for the nuclear power plant in Egypt, before installing the first nuclear piece in the nuclear reactor. The Russian ambassador to … The post Russia to start building the world’s largest nuclear reactor in Egypt on October 6 appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Eight months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, EPA announces sampling of cancer-causing chemicals was sufficient and soil levels are safe.
Climate scientist Michael Mann warns that "despair and doomism" could hinder progress on climate change.
Too Good To Go works with businesses to sell leftovers at a reduced price. This helps prevent food waste from ending up in landfills, where it decomposes and produces a potent planet-warming gas.
Firefighters inspect the smouldering remains of the recycling plant that exploded after a lightning strike.
Republicans can’t stop attacking Biden’s nonexistent war on fossil fuels. If only.
A California bill requiring oil companies to set aside funds for the capping of old wells may have an unlikely detractor: Gov. Gavin Newsom.
A new federal initiative is bringing together climate scientists and community leaders to examine cities’ microclimates — and make them more resilient.
Homeowners in Canada may be forced to 'absorb' more of the cost of flooding and other catastrophic climate-fueled extreme weather events.
[New Times] Minister of Infrastructure, Jimmy Gasore, has assured Rwandans that an additional 27 MW of electricity will be supplied to the national grid by the end of 2023. This power will be generated from the regional Rusumo hydroelectric power plant.
October 03, 2023 6:03 AM The European Parliament's environment committee on Monday delayed its decision on whether to accept former Dutch foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra as the EU's next head of climate change policy, the chair of the committee said.
Unlike the rest of Europe, Ireland appears to be pushing ahead with its zero carbon transition policy, despite energy shocks last year that left most European countries scrambling for more, not less, LNG.
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism entered a trial phase Sunday.
The U.S. could amass more than $12 trillion of extra debt by 2050 if it doesn't adopt some form of carbon pricing, according to a new analysis.
[allAfrica] COP28 President-designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber called on the oil and gas industry to rally around ambitious decarbonization targets as part of the COP28 Presidency's Action Agenda to fast-track the energy transition and keep 1.5C within reach.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D3EE02601A, Paper Lingyi Fang, Yuyan Zhang, Yaohang Cai, Jing Zhang, Yuefang Wei, Yi Yuan, Peng Wang A triple-helicene-based organic semiconductor was synthesized, with excellent solution-processability and exceptionally high glass temperature. This material excels as a heat-resistant hole transporter in perovskite solar cells. 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 president-designate of the upcoming UN Cop28 climate talks, Sultan al-Jaber, has urged oil and gas companies to play a central role in addressing climate change. His call comes as the industry increases production to take advantage of rising global energy prices.
India has expressed its concerns to the UN climate body regarding the unfair use of certain provisions in the Paris Agreement, which it claims deny fossil fuel development for developing countries. It argues that developed countries continue to invest heavily in fossil fuel infrastructure whilst burdening developing nations with emission reduction responsibilities. India also highlights the failure of rich nations to mobilize finance for climate action and meet their promise of collectively providing $100 billion by 2020.
Oil is used in every car on the road. Knowing the basics of motor oil and how to keep it fresh can significantly lengthen the life of your Honda.
Rapid attribution study finds storm 10-20% wetter after city experienced a month’s worth of rain in just a few hours on Friday The unmistakable influence of the climate crisis helped cause New York City to be inundated by a month’s worth of rain within just a few hours on Friday, scientists have warned, amid concerns over how well the city is prepared for severe climate shocks. A new rapid attribution study, released by scientists in Europe , has found that the type of storm seen on Friday is now 10-20% wetter than it would have been in the previous century, because of climate change. Continue reading...
Home-grown Haijing system seeks out offshore oil reserves and can detect ocean earthquakes, state broadcaster says.
Rightwing thinktank Civitas mistakenly cost onshore wind power 10,000 times higher than reality and claimed bill would be £4.5tn A report that hugely overestimated the cost to the UK of reaching net zero emissions has been retracted by the rightwing thinktank that published it. The Civitas pamphlet published on Thursday claimed to offer a “realistic” estimate of the cost – £4.5tn – and said “the government needs to be honest with the British people”. However, factual errors were quickly pointed out after publication. Continue reading...
The group claims the agency violated the Clean Air Act by not forcing finalization of 13 states' implementation plans.
September 2023 in the UK had a mean temperature of 59F (15.2C), which puts it level with 2006's record figure. It is thought the figure has been 'influenced' by climate change.
Are you interested in discovering how high your destination is above sea level? Here's how you can do that on Google Maps on Android, iPhone, and in a browser.
After the Russian Supreme Court rejected a case challenging Russia's climate policy, activists have taken the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
The company Arctic Green Energy, which is based in Iceland, is developing eight projects in Poland.
Three conservation groups are asking a federal court to block the agency from using motorized equipment to control wildfires at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
The military is among the largest buyers of independent power systems known as microgrids. They make tactical sense; and environmentalists hope they can help the transition from fossil fuels.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE03073C, Paper Wei Li, Hang Li, Jiaxiang Liu, Shini Lin, Qichen Chen, Weijie Ji, Zheng He, Peng Zhang, Jinbao Zhao It is widely believed that replacing flammable liquid electrolyte (LE) with solid electrolyte can solve the safety problem of lithium batteries. However, the safety of solid-state batteries (SSBs) has rarely... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE02768F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Alessio Santecchia, Rafael Castro-Amoedo, Tuong-Van Nguyen, Ivan Kantor, Paul Stadler, François Marechal Intermittent renewables require hefty backup power sources that compensate for sudden generation shortfalls and ensure grid stability and balance, both across time and geographies. As a result, carbon emissions associated... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
There’s still two months left in the 2023 hurricane season and FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber is keeping an eye on the tropics. He says the biggest player this tome of year are cold fronts that work their way down south and can create an area of low pressure that may develop tropical characteristics. Weber is watching Tropical Storm Philippe, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane ...
Surface flooding at Ruawai College, Kaipara Kaipara District Council has canned key climate work, with the decision to stop development of a climate change policy and cancel its emissions accounting contract.
The president of the upcoming COP28 climate talks told an Abu Dhabi oil conference on Monday that the fossil fuel industry would play an essential role in addressing the climate crisis.
The plan to build a 2,000-mile carbon pipeline through five Midwestern states has sparked heated debate in Iowa, where hundreds of landowners and expert witnesses are facing off over politics and property rights.
Four environmental groups have taken legal action against French giant TotalEnergies on claims of "climaticide" over a controversial oil project in Tanzania and Uganda, their lawyers said Monday.
European lawmakers will on Monday grill former Dutch foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra on his bid for a top European Union climate post, in the face of criticism from green activists over his past ties to the oil industry.
[UN News] Ending the war in Ukraine, promoting climate action and ramping up efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) topped the agenda of the High Level Week of the UN General Assembly, the man at the helm of the global platform for dialogue said on Thursday.
About 92 percent of Kenya’s generating capacity already comes from renewables such as hydroelectric dams and geothermal.
Dengue cases in rural areas of Bengal have surpassed those in urban areas, marking a significant shift from previous years. Last week, 64% of reported cases were from rural areas, while 36% were from urban regions. Health officials are now focusing on strengthening vector control measures in rural areas, as well as investigating the impact of climate change on dengue transmission. The districts with the highest number of cases are North 24 Parganas, Murshidabad, and Nadia. Virologists are also studying whether a new vector, Aedes albopictus, is contributing to the spike in rural cases.
Climate change is making rain more extreme, and scientists warn Indian Himalayan states should expect more unpredictable and heavy seasons like this one.
by Mark Olalde ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. The California Legislature recently passed a bill that would provide the state’s taxpayers some of the strongest protections in the nation against having to pay for the cleanup of orphaned oil and gas wells. But Gov. Gavin Newsom has not indicated if he will sign it. AB1167 would require companies that purchase idle or low-producing wells — those at high...
[Capital FM] Today, Global Warming is increasingly rising at unprecedented scale with countries around the world, both in the Global South and the Global North continue to confront the unfolding realities of the devastating impacts of climate change.
The world is moving away from fossil fuels towards so-called “green” energies as a solution to the climate crisis, which has increased the demand for strategic minerals such as cobalt, copper and lithium. As a human rights lawyer in the Democratic Republic of Congo – which has the world’s largest cobalt reserves and among the […]
Ontario's Great Lakes region is hailed by many as the greatest shipwreck diving area in the world, but due to invasive species and climate change, the province's rich underwater history might only have a decade or two before it crumbles to dust.
This month’s open thread on climate topics. Please try to stay on topic and refrain from posting tedious, oft-debunked nonsense. Look out for more reports of ridiculously high global temperatures and intense rainfall, and more confident predictions of the budding El Niño event and annual temperature rankings… The post Unforced variations: Oct 2023 first appeared on RealClimate.
Mosquitoes are growing bigger and living longer thanks to a continuously warming climate, increasing their ability to pick up and spread diseases from dengue to malaria.
Los Angeles' first documented smog attack — yes, we had smog attacks — was in 1943. We've been fighting the sources of pollution and the quirks of geography that trap it ever since.
The Chumash tribe had advocated for California’s central coast to be protected, but a draft management plan left out the stretch they had hoped would be protected Violet Sage Walker stands on the bow of Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise ship and looks out at Morro Rock jutting up from the Pacific Ocean. The dramatic promontory – known as Lisamu’ in Chumash, the language of Walker’s tribe – is part of a stunning stretch of California coastline she hoped would soon be part of a sprawling new marine sanctuary six times the size of Yosemite. Walker is the chairwoman of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council, a small group of Indigenous Americans who once lived along the coast of San Luis Obispo county. Records of their occupation of the central coast date back to 18,000 years. Continue reading...
A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, Sep 24, 2023 thru Sat, Sep 30, 2023. Story of the Week We’re not doomed yet’: climate scientist Michael Mann on our last chance to save human civilisation The renowned US scientist’s new book examines 4bn years of climate history to conclude we are in a ‘fragile moment’ but there is still time to act “We haven’t yet exceeded the bounds of viable human civilisation, but we’re getting close,” says Prof Michael Mann. “If we keep going [with carbon emissions], then all bets are off.” The climate crisis, already bringing devastating extreme weather around the world, has...
Austria, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland announced their hottest Septembers on record on Friday, in a year expected to be the warmest in human history as climate change accelerates.
[263Chat] Harare - In a landmark development for climate action, the United Arab Emirates' Blue Carbon and the Government of Zimbabwe have joined forces to pioneer forest emission reduction projects under the Paris Agreement's Article 6 ITMO framework.
[New Zimbabwe] United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Global Carbon Investments (GCI) has entered into a US$1.5 billion deal with Zimbabwe's Environment Ministry for climate related ventures that will ensure the country ensures reduction of forest emissions.
Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations Clad in black waders, Guðmundur Hauker Jakobsson jumps into the River Blanda, whose freezing waters run down from the Hofsjökull glacier. Armed with a net, he casts around the ascending pools of the river’s fish “ladder”, built to aid wild salmon migrating up this powerful waterway from the sea. Within minutes, he pulls out a 15lb silver fish, which thrashes and writhes against the net, then another, then another – five in all. The wild salmon of the Blanda here in north-west Iceland are some of the largest and most athletic in a country where the rivers are considered among the world’s best. King Charles has fished for salmon here, as have David Beckham...
Record-breaking rains caused major flash flooding in New York City, reminiscent of Hurricane Ida and a sign of what climate change will increasingly bring
Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them.
Astronomers say the evidence suggests the detected CO2 on Europa rose to the surface relatively recently from the moon's subsurface ocean.
A simulation used 130 processors to test 300,000 extinction scenarios. The model found climate-warming gases from volcanoes drove the dinos extinct before asteroid hit
Beyond the Paris Agreement: The Next Phase of International Cooperation on Climate Action shannon.paton@… Fri, 09/29/2023 - 09:20 Many of us who were present during the final hours of the 2015 UN climate summit in Paris (COP21) will surely be surprised to realize it will soon be eight years since the world adopted the historic Paris Agreement on climate change. At the time, the spirit of cooperation was strong, including by national governments and non-state organizations across all geographies. After all, an international agreement on climate change — one with clear commitments to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) — was completely unprecedented. Today, however, that commitment to cooperation seems strained. The world faces a series...
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) said BLM's plan matches his efforts to secure "a future for Northwest California where public lands are restored and protected, and communities can thrive in a healthy environment."
The White House plans to hold three offshore oil sales — the smallest five-year total since the program began during the Jimmy Carter administration.
Although they may support clean energy, many white and wealthy communities don't want wind turbines close to their homes.
After eventful and busy months, the Arctic season ends this weekend with the Polarstern expedition called ArcWatch-1. The team of almost 100 crew and scientists measured sea ice thickness and properties, recorded the currents and chemical properties of the ocean and investigated life in and under the ice, in the open water and at the bottom of the deep sea. Their data show significant changes compared to previous expeditions. On 7 September 2023, Polarstern reached the North Pole, and on 20 September there was the world's first livestream of an ROV under-ice dive from the Central Arctic.
Trees make clouds by releasing small quantities of vapors called “sesquiterpenes.” Scientists are learning more—and it’s making climate models hazy.
They look like any other cattle strolling through a grassy paddock in Queensland, but beneath their hooves the soil is doing more than producing feed. It is helping to fight climate change.
Image: Part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field with its white glaciers and aquamarine lakes is featured in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image from 10 January 2023.
The administration's offshore drilling plan proposes no more than three lease sales over the next five years — the smallest number in the leasing program's history.
[AIM] Maputo -- The French oil and gas company, TotalEnergies, has reiterated its commitment to work in Mozambique, taking into account that over the last 15 years the government has created effective regulations that are attractive to private investment.
[VOA] Juba, South Sudan -- Environmental experts are ringing alarm bells, saying decades-long climate and environmental changes in Sudan have exacerbated social and political instability, fueling the monthslong conflict in the country centered around access to land, water and other vital resources.
The deal underscores a push to get Saudi companies to invest more internationally alongside efforts to branch out from oil under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 development plan.
The Midland Basin hub could start injecting carbon dioxide underground in oil and gas country as early as 2025.
The GLAMOS monitoring center is looking out for an extreme melt of the country's 1,400 or so glaciers.
Young people are “paying the price” for governments' failures to adequately address global warming, a friend of the youth challengers tells an influential court.
[UN News] More than 16,000 children are displaced in eastern Libya following Africa's deadliest storm in recorded history the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday, highlighting the urgent need for psychosocial care.
The push to move away from the internal combustion engine is becoming an election issue on two continents.
The IAEA adopted a resolution calling on Russia to withdraw from Europe's biggest nuclear power plant near the front line in Ukraine. DW has the latest.
A ghostly dumbo octopus stunned scientists 2,665 meters below the surface on an Ocean Exploration Trust expedition to Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii.
Switzerland has lost 10 per cent of its glaciers in the past two years as hot summers and a lack of snow 'dramatically' accelerate the loss of ice.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE01696J, Paper Xiang Han, Lanhui Gu, Zhefei Sun, Minfeng Chen, Yinggan Zhang, Linshan Luo, Min Xu, Songyan Chen, Haodong Liu, Jiayu Wan, Yanbing He, Jizhang Chen, Qiaobao Zhang Silicon (Si) anode with high theoretical specific capacity (3579 mAh g−1) offers great promise for realizing high-energy solid-state batteries (SSBs). However, given Si’s huge volume variations during cycling, sluggish kinetics... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D3EE01119D, Paper Changhong Wang, Shuo Wang, Xudong Liu, Yanlong Wu, Ruizhi Yu, Hui Duan, Jung Tae Kim, Huan Huang, Jiantao Wang, Yifei Mo, Xueliang Sun Achieving a balance between lithium ion and vacant site contents plays a crucial role in obtaining optimal ionic conductivity in halide electrolytes, especially with a hexagonal close packing (hcp) anion framework. 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
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE02102E, Paper Ana De La Fuente Durán, Allen Yu-Lun Liang, Ilaria Denti, Hang Yu, Drew Pearce, Adam Marks, Emily Penn, Jeremy Treiber, Karrie Weaver, Lily Turaski, Iuliana P Maria, Sophie Griggs, Xingxing Chen, Alberto Salleo, William C Chueh, Jenny Nelson, Alexander Giovannitti, J. Tyler Mefford Electrochemical reduction of atmospheric oxygen provides carbon emission-free pathways for the generation of electricity from chemical fuels and for the distributed production of green chemical oxidants like hydrogen peroxide. Recently,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D3EE02243A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Michael Filippi, Tim Möller, Liang Liang, Peter Strasser This work explores and provides new understanding how catholyte flow compartment design and catholyte bubble flow characteristics of a Gas Diffusion Electrode inside a CO2 flow cell electrolyzer affect its... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Accepted Article.
The Biden administration is trying to dramatically change how and where oil and gas drilling occurs on federal land, which is getting mixed reviews in longtime drilling boom-towns.
An electric vehicle won't get you far without an EV charger, and these are some of the best electric car charger deals you can find right now.
The SNP’s Energy Minister appears to be at odds with Humza Yousaf’s strategy to wind down the North Sea oil and gas sector.
Sun-powered evaporation is ‘green and efficient’ and provides ‘new direction’ for desalinating seawater that could address water shortages while saving energy, says scientist.
Several companies are beginning to scale up production of jet fuel made from captured carbon dioxide and green hydrogen, but decarbonising global aviation this way would require huge amounts of clean energy
The agency has nine regional climate adaptation science centers, which have recently received big funding boosts.
The Republican presidential hopeful wants to increase oil and gas production while defending limits in his own state.
Lloyd’s of London, Zurich and Swiss Re among top 10 insurers of largest US coalmines, study finds Lloyd’s of London and other big European insurers are underwriting almost a third of US coal production despite their net zero pledges, according to research, with the Lloyd’s insurance market emerging as the second-biggest player. A report from the Insure Our Future campaign group found that Lloyd’s, Zurich and Swiss Re are among the top 10 insurers of the 25 biggest US coalmines, which produced more than 60% of the country’s output last year. They underwrite 13 mines producing 30.7% of US coal. Continue reading...
In this Washington Post Live conversation from Sept. 18, USAID administrator Samantha Power discusses the ways women are leading the charge in combating our changing climate, why they are disproportionately impacted, and USAID’s efforts to help communities mitigate and adapt to the climate change.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- LONESTAR CELL MTN, as part of their corporate social responsibility, organized a workshop on plastic waste upcycling and recycling for 4 schools in Monrovia over 5 days. The program is the first of its kind aimed at empowering young people to understand the waste management value chain and explore the possibilities available to turn plastic waste into products and arts that have economic value.
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Northern Wisconsin’s landscape is defined as much by the stunning shores of Lake Superior or the Bad River as the region’s seemingly endless winters. But as climate change accelerates, attention is shifting to ways of controlling a steep increase in […]
Weather attribution studies connect human-caused climate change to a wave of extreme heat, storms and wildfires. But it's complicated.
A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10 per cent of its ice volume in the past two years.
Arguments in favor of cross-border electricity transmission appear to be prevailing as demand grows and as climate concerns and the transition away from fossil fuels highlight the benefits of an interconnected grid.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reported the views of oil and gas leaders on where the industry is headed.
A climate lawsuit against Exxon Mobil isn't about extracting fossil fuels but about "talking about what happens to the environment when they are burned," an appeals court says.
Hong’s three-year sentence is the latest in a string of convictions for environmental campaigners in the country A leading Vietnamese climate activist has been jailed for tax evasion, the latest environmentalist put behind bars by the country’s communist government. A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced Hoang Thi Minh Hong to three years in prison for dodging $275,000 in taxes related to her environmental campaign group Change, her lawyer, Nguyen Van Tu, said. Continue reading...
The rise of far-right parties is persuading many national leaders to pump the brakes on ambitious climate change policies.
As much ice was lost as between 1960 and 1990, said the Swiss Academy of Sciences, thanks to high summer heat and low snow volumes in winter.
British newspaper The Telegraph revealed that the UK is currently working to import energy from solar farms in Egypt, aiming to enhance energy security. Plans are being made to harness solar energy from the Egyptian desert to power homes in the UK, according to the Solar Quarter website. The proposal includes installing an undersea cable … The post Britain seeks to light its homes using imported Egyptian energy appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Nature, Published online: 28 September 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03008-3Ozone recovery is predicted to shift westerly winds, which will reduce the amount of warm water flowing into the Southern Ocean.
The German government set aside hundreds of millions to help property owners with an electric car buy solar panels and a charging point. Some 33,000 people applied for the grants in just a few hours, draining the fund.
The European Court of Human Rights is hearing one of the most ambitious legal efforts yet to force action on climate change. If successful, it could be legally binding.
A rising global average surface temperature will mean more stifling hot days, and more frequent extreme weather, researchers say,
The suits are part of a rolling campaign to prod EPA into meeting a variety of Clean Air Act deadlines that include reviews of hazardous air pollution standards and industry regulations.
Researchers have identified infectious organisms at Norse sites in Greenland
The lakes on Saturn's largest moon create their own exotic weather patterns, say planetary scientists.
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Solar energy is clean, has no carbon footprint and is sustainable, says director of the Institute of Energy and Technology (IET), Ms Charity Kennedy.
[263Chat] In Hwange's Chachachunda village, tucked in western Zimbabwe, 14-year-old Amina has to trek long distances in search of water because rising temperatures and unpredictable rainfall patterns, hallmarks of climate change, have led to drought-induced water scarcity.
Humza Yousaf has accused the UK Government of “climate denial” for giving the green light to the largest untapped North Sea oil field being opened up, warning the decision will “risk the pace” of the green transition.
A Seattle company has won the University of Utah's Wilkes Center Climate Prize for developing a product that could drastically reduce the climate-damaging methane from cows.
Six young Portuguese people have brought a climate case to Europe's human rights court that could hold governments accountable for moving too slowly to reduce emissions.
This year’s hurricane season provides a test run for the idea that machine-learning algorithms can improve weather forecasts. So far, the AI models are making good calls.
Rod Carr and Dr Seuss's The Lorax, nominated by the Climate Change Commission chair as his favourite fiction book on climate change. By Jeremy Rose The Act Party wants it abolished, NZ First is...
The plant will inject 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the ground each year – but is it just greenwashing from big oil?
The controversial Rosebank oil field has been granted development and production consent by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).
[The Conversation Africa] As our planet warms, we're experiencing more frequent and severe weather events, rising sea levels, prolonged droughts and altered ecosystems. These environmental shifts directly affect people's livelihoods by destroying crops and depleting water sources. They make once-inhabitable areas uninhabitable.
The energy targets and the country's plan to curb electricity prices will be detailed in an energy law and decrees that will be presented before the end of the year.
[Daily Maverick] The City of Cape Town has a Climate Change Strategy and Winter Readiness Programme, but it will probably have to do more to prepare for future extreme weather events.
Global leaders clinched an agreement at last year’s climate talks to create a fund to help less wealthy countries address unavoidable climate harm. But without money to fill it, climate-vulnerable countries worry it could prove ineffectual.
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has re-emphasised the call for developed economy countries to fulfil their pledge to assist developing nations in their transition to low carbon economies.
The proposal comes as countries such as South Africa, Indonesia and Vietnam strike new climate finance deals intended to help them shift to cleaner economies.
[IPS] Nairobi -- African countries are increasingly in the eye of deadly climate-induced disasters. Recent devastating extreme events include intense shattering earthquakes in Morocco, followed shortly by catastrophic floods in Libya this September that left 11,300 people dead, according to Libya's Red Crescent.
We are at a tipping point in public consciousness over our future, but it’s a dangerous time, one when those who feel powerless, or disbelieving can turn to dangerous conspiracies and denialism about climate and even about democracy itself.
They claim governments' slow action on climate change violates their human rights.
At the entrance to the municipality of Paraíso, in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco, there is a traffic circle that displays three things that are emblematic of the area: crabs, pelicans and mangroves. But the monument lacks another element that has been vital to the region: oil, which has damaged the other three symbols […]
Media awareness about global warming and climate change has grown fairly steadily since 2004. My impression is that journalists today tend to possess a higher climate literacy than before. This increasing awareness and improved knowledge is encouraging, but there are also some common interpretations which could be more nuanced. Here are two examples, polar amplification […] The post Old habits first appeared on RealClimate.
Researchers say climate change is playing a big role in the collapse, which has left thousands of people along the river without access to the salmon they depend on.
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has suffered a rare rebellion at Holyrood after one of his MSPs protested over party U-turns on climate change.
Tribes say Line 5 is a ‘ticking time bomb’ for the Great Lakes, which contain a fifth of the Earth’s surface fresh water, and risks destroying their relationship with land and water It’s little known to the throngs of tourists who gawp at the wonder of the Great Lakes but at the meeting point of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, a combined system that forms the largest lake in the world, there is a 70-year-old pipeline, battered and dented by dropped boat anchors. The pipeline pushes a million gallons of oil each hour through the heart of this vast ecosystem. Continue reading...
The idea that fossil fuels are largely responsible for climate change made its way through New York City last week, as the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Climate Ambition Summit and NYC Climate Week collectively drew in thousands of participants. But it wasn't only written on protest placards.
[African Union] The Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the African Union Commission delivered strong remarks highlighting Africa's leadership in global climate action at the High Level Dialogue on the 1. °C Energy Transition held ahead of COP28. Organised by the COP28 Presidency (United Arab Emirates) and the International Energy Commission (IEA), the dialogue was held on 6th September 2023, on the side line of the Africa Climate Summit. The event brought together senior government officials and energy
Lessons from past eras when Earth was a hothouse or a snowball tell us whether we are doomed by climate change or still have time to prevent that fate
Scientists are blaming climate change for an increase in alcohol- and drug-related hospital visits over the course of 20 years. They say higher temperatures are causing people to indulge more.
The Labour Party has released a “climate manifesto” promising to set separate targets for gross emissions and carbon removals, develop a voluntary carbon market framework, and limit exotic afforestation, if it wins the election next...
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project . This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a "bump" for our ask. This week features " How do human CO2 emissions compare to natural CO2 emissions? ". More will follow in the upcoming weeks. Please follow the Further Reading link at the bottom to read the full rebuttal and to join the discussion in the comment thread there. At a glance Have you heard of Earth's carbon cycle? Not everyone has, but it's one of the most important features of our planet. It involves the movement of carbon through life, the air, the oceans, soils and...
The International Energy Agency on Tuesday said limiting global warming remains a possibility due to advances in clean energy.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Renewable Energy Forum Africa (REFA), a European program supported by GET.invest, which mobilizes investment projects in renewable energy in developing countries, is set to hold a 3-day annual conference at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi.
Record adoption of clean energy technologies over the past two years keeps targets to avoid global warming above 1.5 ̊C within reach, according to a report from the International Energy Agency
Officials have selected four industrial "clusters" in the last two years to organize the capture, transport and storage of carbon emissions across different regions of England, Scotland and Wales, but delays and political upheaval threaten to derail progress.
New measurements of how the boundary between onshore glacier and floating ice shelf glides back-and- forth could help predict melting The grounding line of the southern Ronne Ice Shelf in … The post Antarctica’s glacial border moves for miles with the tide appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
The GOP-authored bill increases fees for electric vehicle owners and blocks North Carolina from joining the Northeast's carbon trading program.
The world is now half way to 2030 but the ambitious goals agreed in 2015 including the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are under threat, action is urgently needed. Over the past week world leaders gathered at the UN at the SDG Summit to set out the next steps towards 2030 and […]
Images captured by a University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist were incorporated into clothing, showing how brittle new sea ice contrasts with less-abundant old ice.
On September 10, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its annual maximum extent of 16.96 million square kilometers (6.55 million square miles). This is the lowest sea ice maximum in the 1979 to 2023 sea ice record by a wide margin. Please note … Continue reading →
One year ago this month, much of Western Alaska was under flood and storm warnings as Typhoon Merbok transitioned into the Bering Sea.
NASA's Osiris-REx mission brought back asteroid samples untainted by Earth's atmosphere.
Haven’t got access to a roof for solar? One group has set up a solar garden in order to sell plots to distant renewable energy enthusiasts.
A new model suggests that in 250 million years, all land will collide into a supercontinent that boosts warming and pushes mammals to extinction.
British Antarctic Survey scientists are called up for their expertise this season, in a series of documentaries on radio and television. Secrets of our Universe with Tim Peake, Channel 5 … The post British Antarctic Survey on Radio & TV this Autumn appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
[South African Weather Service] South Africans may experience another significant storm system over the weekend and early next week following the damaging coastal storm surge and wind events of the past week. A cut-off low-pressure system (the equatorward displacement of a low-pressure system at high altitudes) is expected to develop along the west coast of South Africa from Saturday night (23 September). Cut-off lows arenotorious for causing widespread severe weather such as flooding, heavy rainfall, and severe thunderstorms.
[IPS] New York -- With its global representation, one would expect the UN General Assembly to touch on many diverse issues. And it does. But talks have repeatedly come back to one unifying call: if we want to save ourselves, our planet, and our future, we must act now.
In Boston, the weather-heads at Tomorrow.io, which does bespoke forecasting for companies like the N.F.L. and Delta, were never worried about Hurricane Lee.
Renault, BMW and Mercedes-Benz among those claiming levy agreed in Brexit deal will hand chunk of market to global firms, including China Car giants including Renault, BMW and Mercedes-Benz have called on EU leaders to “act now” and delay plans for a 10% tariff on electric car exports from Europe. Renault’s chief, Luca de Meo, led the calls, saying that if the EU did not take action then policymakers would simply be “handing a chunk of the market to global manufacturers” including Chinese companies, which are making significant inroads. Continue reading...
With its global representation, one would expect the UN General Assembly to touch on many diverse issues. And it does. But talks have repeatedly come back to one unifying call: if we want to save ourselves, our planet, and our future, we must act now. In his remarks at the UN General Debate last Tuesday, […]
[Leadership] Again, despite previous experience and warnings from the relevant authorities, several states and local governments across the country have been caught unprepared for the yearly devastating rains and floods.
More Americans believe they've personally felt the impact of climate change because of recent extreme weather, including a summer that brought dangerous heat for much of the United States. That's according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for…
The former Labour PM wants the wealthiest oil producers to help poorer nations tackle climate change.
RELEASE: WRI APPOINTS AMBASSADOR MELANIE ROBINSON TO LEAD GLOBAL CLIMATE PROGRAM casey.skeens@wri.org Mon, 09/25/2023 - 00:01 WASHINGTON (September 25, 2023) — World Resources Institute (WRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Melanie Robinson as WRI’s new Global Climate Program Director. Starting this week, Robinson will work with WRI’s global staff and partners to advance ambitious climate action. She will be based at WRI’s office in Nairobi, Kenya. Robinson has 25 years of experience working in international development and climate finance. Most recently, she served as the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe and represented the U.K.’s 160 Ambassadors on the Management Board of the U.K. Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office...
Each September, the ice at the top of the world hits its lowest extent of the year. Researchers are studying how a warming climate is affecting a not-so-frozen ocean.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 25 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01828-9To test the reproducibility of ocean acidification research, the authors conducted a meta-analysis of 373 studies on calcification of marine calcifiers across 24 years. While the size of negative effects declined over time, the results remained reproducible and their limitations were then explored.
Opinion: Rishi Sunak's only existential concern is losing power, not climate change, writes Dani Garavelli
India, Israel, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates have announced a joint space venture aimed at creating a space-based tool for policymakers, institutions, and entrepreneurs. The project will utilize space-based observation data and capabilities of the four countries to address environmental and climate change challenges. The initiative is part of the I2U2 group, which encourages joint investments in various sectors. The group also recently launched a website to strengthen public-private partnerships and tackle global challenges. The I2U2 aims to mobilize private sector capital and expertise for infrastructure modernization, low-carbon development, and public health improvements.
This story was originally published by Yale e360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A family of muskox rumbles along craggy hilltops overlooking the small parade of humans crossing the West Greenland tundra. Ecologist Václava Hazuková, in the lead, sets a brisk pace as we bushwhack through knee-high willow and birch. Leaning forward under […]
The liquefied-natural-gas buildout—and fossil-fuel exports—challenge progress on global warming.
This week, another UN climate summit was held. Even as the dead of a series of climate calamities were being counted, commitment to action fell short.
Data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows carbon dioxide on a region of Jupiter's moon Europa, suggesting it potentially could harbor conditions suitable for life.
Developing Countries Won’t Beat the Climate Crisis Without Tackling Rising Debt shannon.paton@… Fri, 09/22/2023 - 10:58 */ /*--> */ /*--> */ After years of pandemic, a global recession, and intensifying droughts, floods and other climate change impacts, many developing countries are operating on increasingly tight budgets and at risk of defaulting on loans. And while debt isn’t inherently bad, it’s becoming a bigger challenge by the day for developing countries, including those most vulnerable...
RELEASE: UrbanShift Launches ‘City Academy’ Online Courses to Empower Sustainable Urban Development shannon.paton@… Fri, 09/22/2023 - 09:53 UrbanShift , the Global Environment Facility-funded partnership led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and supported by C40 Cities , World Resources Institute (WRI), and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability – has launched a new digital platform to enhance knowledge and understanding around integrated, sustainable urban development. The UrbanShift City Academy is an online learning platform designed to train people working in urban contexts to rethink existing urban systems and develop integrated processes that contribute to building climate-resilient, nature-positive cities. “All challenges...
Climate Town is the YouTube channel of Rollie Williams and a ragtag team of climate communicators, creatives and comedians. They examine climate change in a way that doesn’t make you want to eat a cyanide pill. Get informed about the climate crisis before the weather does it for you. The latest episode of Climate Town , is devoted to " The Brainwashing of America's School Children ." Host Rollie Williams discusses the history of fossil-fuel-industry propaganda aimed at students, with a focus on material from the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, such as "Petro Pete" and "Lab Time with Leo." This entertaining yet disturbing video outlines the many horrific ways that the fossil fuel industry target children by getting their pro-industry/pro-fossil fuel propaganda into classrooms...
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has lauded Kenya's contribution to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa and across the world.
African countries are increasingly in the eye of deadly climate-induced disasters. Recent devastating extreme events include intense shattering earthquakes in Morocco, followed shortly by catastrophic floods in Libya this September that left 11,300 people dead, according to Libya’s Red Crescent. A quarter of Libya’s Port City of Derna – the epicentre of this tragedy – […]
[IPS] Victoria, Seychelles -- For the people of Seychelles, the ocean is more than just a source of livelihood. It is also a way of life. About 80% of our homes and infrastructure are located along the coast and those homes and infrastructures are impacted by the ocean in various ways.
‘My patience ran out,’ said Christiana Figueres, who for years had advocated oil companies should be involved in policymaking talks Fossil fuel companies should not be included in the Cop28 climate summit if they continue to block climate action, the UN’s former climate chief told reporters on Thursday. “If they are going to be there only to be obstructors, and only to put spanners into the system, they should not be there,” said Christiana Figueres, who was pivotal to the delivery of the landmark Paris climate agreement in 2015. Continue reading...
The president's just-launched work and training program will accelerate America's climate resilience and its transition to sustainable energy — and make the rest of country more like California.
Jupiter’s mysterious moon Europa may hold carbon in the ocean lurking beneath its icy shell
[Daily News] Zanzibar -- ZANZIBAR: IN an exciting development for renewable energy initiatives, Aseel Oilfield Services Limited and Sany Renewable Energy conducted a site visit to potential locations for a revolutionary wind farm in Zanzibar.
Industry groups had said the waiver's elimination would do nothing to stop excess emissions "that are the unavoidable result of emergencies."
For the people of Seychelles, the ocean is more than just a source of livelihood. It is also a way of life. About 80% of our homes and infrastructure are located along the coast and those homes and infrastructures are impacted by the ocean in various ways. We depend on our ocean and we need […]
The melting of the supergiant iceberg A-68 had a huge impact on the ocean around South Georgia, in sub-Antarctica, and significantly changed the Southern Ocean’s temperature and saltiness, with potentially … The post Supergiant iceberg makes surrounding ocean surface colder and less salty appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
[IPS] Kampala, Buliisa, Kikuube -- French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) are moving with pace in the development of oil and gas projects with a potential investment portfolio estimated at more than USD 15 billion. IPS looks at the project's human rights record for the compensation of affected communities.
Rishi Sunak has insisted he is “absolutely not slowing down” efforts to combat climate change as he rejected accusations his government’s legal net zero pledges are at risk of failure despite warnings from his top independent climate adviser.
Why is there so little solar energy in one of Europe's sunniest countries? Meet the Croatians battling old socialist stereotypes and government red tape to change that.
In the “weather kitchen,” the interplay between the Azores High and Icelandic Low has a substantial effect on how much warm water the Atlantic transports to the Arctic along the Norwegian coast. But this rhythm can be thrown off for years at a time. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research finally have an explanation for why: Due to unusual atmospheric pressure conditions over the North Atlantic, low-pressure areas are diverted from their usual track, which disrupts the coupling between the Azores High, the Icelandic Low and the winds off the Norwegian coast. This finding is an important step toward refining climate models and more accurately predicting the fate of Arctic sea ice in the face of progressing climate change.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 September 2023; doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01819-wIce melt processes that take place at the ice–ocean boundary of Greenland and Antarctic glaciers play a pivotal role in their evolution and contribution to sea-level rise, but widespread observations in these regions are lacking. A major observational initiative will be necessary to drastically reduce uncertainties in projections and better prepare society for sea-level rise.
STATEMENT: Countries Offer Lackluster Progress at Climate Ambition Summit; Steep Road Ahead to COP28 alison.cinnamo… Wed, 09/20/2023 - 14:50 NEW YORK (September 20, 2023) — The UN Climate Ambition Summit concluded today at the UN Headquarters, with heads of state and world leaders making speeches, showing progress and announcing new commitments on climate action. The summit came on the heels of a massive march in the streets of New York where thousands gathered calling for an end to fossil fuels. Taking place alongside New York Climate Week, the SDGs Summit and UN General Assembly, the Summit is an important milestone on the road to COP28 in Dubai. There countries will determine how to respond to the Global Stocktake report findings to keep the 1.5 degrees C goal...
by Sarah Elbeshbishi, Mountain State Spotlight 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 was produced by Mountain State Spotlight, a member of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. A citizens’ group in West Virginia is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, alleging that federal regulators have failed to protect a majority-Black community in the state and residents of parts of Louisiana and Texas from cancer-causing chemicals. A 2021 Mountain State Spotlight and ProPublica story detailed how largely Black communities across the country...
The Ocean Can Play a Bigger Role in Fighting Climate Change than Previously Thought margaret.overh… Wed, 09/20/2023 - 08:00 With climate extremes dominating the global news cycle in 2023, from record heat both on land and at sea to devastating wildfires and floods around the world, the need to address climate change is more apparent and urgent than ever. But one of the most promising areas for climate action has been largely overlooked and underinvested to date: the ocean. New research commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel) shows that ocean-based climate solutions can deliver up to 35% of the annual greenhouse gas emission cuts needed in 2050 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) — the...
In the quest to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, detecting methane leaks – a potent contributor to global warming – has become increasingly vital. Researchers are harnessing the capabilities of cutting-edge satellite technology to monitor these leaks from space.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. Over a year later, its climate provisions remain a hot topic. The law’s proponents argue that it’s created a boom in domestic manufacturing jobs within the United States while paving the way for significant climate pollution cuts. Its opponents claim that by accelerating the transition to clean technologies like electric vehicles and solar panels whose main components are predominantly made in Southeast Asia, the Inflation Reduction Act is increasing U.S. dependence on Chinese manufacturing. But though China does play an outsized role in the manufacturing of clean energy technologies, the Inflation Reduction Act’s authors included...
RELEASE: Ocean-based Climate Action Could Deliver Up to 35% of Emission Cuts Needed to Limit Temperature Rise to 1.5°C by 2050 alison.cinnamo… Tue, 09/19/2023 - 14:38 NEW YORK (SEPTEMBER 20, 2023) - Ocean-based action can play a critical role to help the world avoid the worst impacts of climate change, according to a new study commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (Ocean Panel). The new report finds that ready-to-implement ocean solutions could close the emissions gap in 2050 by up to 35 percent on a 1.5°C pathway, a reduction equivalent to four times the annual emissions of European Union countries. The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change: Updated Opportunities for Action was published today as the 17 Ocean Panel Heads of State...
Recent extreme rainfall that caused flooding across the Mediterranean and contributed to the catastrophic collapse of two dams in Libya was probably made more likely and more intense by climate change
In Brief: The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission is able to measure ocean features, like El Niño, closer to a coastline than previous space-based missions. Warm ocean waters from the developing El Niño are shifting north along coastlines in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Along the coast of California, these warm waters are interacting with a persistent marine heat wave that recently influenced the development of Hurricane Hilary. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography ( SWOT ) satellite is able to spot the movement of these warm ocean waters in unprecedented detail. A collaboration between NASA and the French space agency, CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales), SWOT is measuring the height of nearly all water on Earth’s...
PHOTO: Monika Kubala via Unsplash The agriculture sector is calling for a review of New Zealand’s methane targets, citing a report suggesting Kiwi farmers are being asked to do more than their fair share in...
On February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project . This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a "bump" for our ask. This week features " Do volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans? ". More will follow in the upcoming weeks. Please follow the Further Reading link at the bottom to read the full rebuttal and to join the discussion in the comment thread there. At a glance The false claim that volcanoes emit more CO 2 than humans keeps resurfacing every so often. This is despite debunkings from bodies like the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Such claims may be easy to make, but...
by Lisa Song and Maya Miller The plastics industry has long pushed for recycling as a way to clean up its image. But large-scale, effective plastic recycling remains a myth. In 2021, the United Nations Environment Program reported there were 75 million to 199 million tons of plastic waste in the oceans. Plastic continues to drive climate change and threaten human health, biodiversity and the environment — sometimes in ways the public can’t even see. ProPublica wants to better understand everything about the plastics industry, from how supply chains work to the health impacts of its products to the unwanted plastic wealthy nations export to lower-income countries. We want to hear from people working in growing...
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. The plastic crisis has grown exponentially. Despite marketing claims, less than 10% of the plastic waste from recent decades has been recycled. The rest gets incinerated, is buried in landfills or piles up as litter on land and in the water. Today, it is widely acknowledged that everything about plastic — from extracting fossil fuels to make it, to manufacturing products that use it, to disposing of it — can seriously...
Vital forest is cleared every day, with major climate effects. Satellites have revolutionized measurement of the problem, but what can we do about it?
Action came as world leaders begin arriving in New York for the UN general assembly and after Sunday’s march to end fossil fuels One day after the largest climate march since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of climate activists blockaded the Federal Reserve Bank in New York to call for an end to funding for coal, oil and gas, with police making scores of arrests. “Fossil fuel companies … wouldn’t be able to operate without money, and that money is coming primarily from Wall Street,” Alicé Nascimento, environmental campaigns director at New York Communities for Change, said hours before she was arrested. Continue reading...
You might be surprised at the results of this study regarding how Tesla EV batteries perform in the cold.
Map and projected storm path of Hurricane Nigel
The right flank of the US Republican Party is pushing ‘Project 2025’, a plan that would transfer unprecedented power to the presidency. Its goals include abolishing the Inflation Reduction Act and increasing extraction and usage of fossil fuels, undoing progress in fighting climate change.
Humza Yousaf has accused Western leaders of “catastrophic negligence” in fighting the climate crisis as he insisted Scotland will “no longer be the oil and gas capital of Europe”.
The net emissions from each fin whale during its life span is about 1,770 tons of carbon dioxide. The average age of caught fin whales is 26 years, meaning that each animal emits 570 tons of carbon dioxide. From the age of 27 years onwards, annual emissions are estimated to be 1,200 tons, but by hunting fin whales it would prevent the release of such a quantity of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Each fin whale is estimated to emit a corresponding amount of carbon dioxide a year as more than 30 cars, that burn six liters per hundred kilometrs driven annually for 14 thousand miles.
The New York City Department of Transportation declared gridlock alert for the week of the UN General Assembly. Dozens of roads will be shut down for the world leaders arrival.
September 18, 2023 5:53 PM More than two million people sought medical treatment in 2023 for problems linked to air pollution.
Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre travelled to Whitehorse for a rally Friday.
Taxing highly-fattening foods could potentially reduce harmful climate emissions, a new study by Scottish-based experts has found.
It is the first court challenge to a coal or gas decision made by the current environment minister and the outcome could affect all pending coal and gas projects.
The White House's chief federal sustainability officer laid out how the purchasing power of the federal government is being deployed to reduce emissions from various sectors.
September 18, 2023 3:17 PM They need bolder commitments to make up for relying on polluting power sources, said its Mines and Energy Minister.
This article by Michele Currie Navakas Professor of English, Miami University is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article . Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Aug. 30, 2023, bringing surging seas and winds over 100 mph . Meanwhile, another climate emergency has been unfolding along Florida’s coast this summer: a marine heat wave bleaching corals throughout the world’s third-largest barrier reef . Similarly, ocean temperatures in many parts of the Atlantic and Pacific are at record highs , with reefs from Colombia to Australia showing signs of stress in recent years. Scientists warn that the world may be witnessing the start of a global coral-bleaching event ...
September 18, 2023 2:18 PM Ms Tanya Plibersek was accused of failing to protect the Great Barrier Reef from the climate risks of coal mining.
Burning fossil fuels makes the Earth warmer, causing weather patterns to change. In areas with air pollution, this can make it even harder for people with lung diseases to breathe The post The heat is on: Why climate change will leave you gasping for air appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
The Mount Graham red squirrel lives at the top of a Sky Island in Arizona. If temperatures change the landscape, the squirrels have no place to go.
As many as 75,000 people in New York City have begun a week of demonstrations seeking to end the use of fossil fuels and demand policy change. The march marked the beginning of New York’s Climate Week, where world leaders are gathering for a U.N. summit.
The agency will focus on an area in New York City that saw deadly floods in 2021.
From what could be Singapore’s worst case of money laundering to how Europe is trying to slow down the influx of Chinese electric cars, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend.
"Gradual weakening is forecast during the next couple of days, and Lee could dissipate on Tuesday," the U.S. hurricane center said.
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