A new study found that neurotoxins in whales pose risks to Native whale-hunting communities.
Current list of 24 invitees to next month’s economic reform summit includes only one environmental representative Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Environmentalists fear they are being shut out of the economic debate after peak nature groups were overlooked for invites to Jim Chalmers’ reform roundtable. The current list of 24 invitees to next month’s summit features only one representative from the environment movement: former Treasury secretary Ken Henry, in his capacity as chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
[New Times] Government has announced a possible plan to reintroduce elephants into the fast-growing Nyungwe National Park located in the south-western part of the country. Originally known for its thick rainforest, Nyungwe is gaining increasing global attention and the opportunity to reintroduce elephants into this unique ecosystem could mark a new and exciting chapter in the country's conservation and tourism story.
President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities Brazilian lawmakers have passed a bill that drastically weakens the country’s environmental safeguards and is seen by many activists as the most significant setback for the country’s environmental legislation in the past 40 years. The new law – widely referred to as the “devastation bill” and already approved by the senate in May – passed in congress in the early hours of Thursday by 267 votes to 116, despite opposition from more than 350 organisations and social movements . Continue reading...
The failures of our environmental protection laws mean we are not only failing nature but also undermining productivity – at a huge cost Left to their own devices, humans often make stupid choices. This is, perhaps, most amusingly summed up in the viral public safety video “Dumb Ways to Die” launched by Melbourne Metro more than a decade ago. Far more seriously, human treatment of the environment represents possibly the dumbest choice we have collectively made – and consistently been making for decades. Economics is about making choices, as Dr Ken Henry, one of Australia’s most eminent economists and public servants and now chair of the Australian Nature and Biodiversity Foundation, told the National Press Club in a passionate speech about both the environment and economy: in a world...
Much of Central Canada was placed under special air quality statements amid smoke from wildfires, as Environment Canada advised residents to limit time outdoors.
[Nile Post] In a significant move to promote environmental sustainability and empower low-income earners, the United Boda Boda Riders Union has begun distributing 2,000 electric motorcycles to riders across Uganda.
The European Commission will set out rules for certifying tools such as direct air carbon capture and storage, bioenergy carbon capture and storage, and biochar, according to a document seen by Bloomberg News.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 14, 28 July 2025.
The tech giant will help build a recycling plant at the nation's only operating rare earths mine in California.
The $1.6bn Biden-era plan for a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Middletown, Ohio, is indefinitely on hold A Biden-era plan to implement a gas-powered blast furnace at a steel mill in Ohio, which would have eliminated tons of greenhouse gases from the local environment year over year and created more than a thousand jobs, has been put on hold indefinitely by the Trump administration . Experts and locals say the setback could greatly affect the health and financial state of those living around the mill. Continue reading...
NO 2 and PM2.5 levels down significantly since 2015 but climate crisis may be driving rise in harmful surface ozone The UK’s air pollution has dropped since 2015, scientists have found, but they have warned that dangerous levels are still reached too often. Researchers found that nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), which is mainly produced by traffic, fell by 35% on average at monitoring sites. Fine particles called PM2.5, which are small enough to get deep into lungs and are caused by burning wood and driving cars with internal combustion engines, dropped by 30%. Continue reading...
The UN Financing for Development Summit failed to deal with the real issue of funding Asian, African and other countries who are hit hardest by the climate crisis yet contribute least to global warming
An ammonia producer plans to claim a federal tax incentive while working with Exxon Mobil to store carbon dioxide.
Louisiana lawmakers have redefined methane gas as "green energy," meaning that natural gas producers can now apply for grants reserved for clean energy sources.
The temperature has just reached 26.5°C according to measurements from the Icelandic Meteorological Office's weather station at Árnes. Later today, temperatures could climb as high as 29°C, according to a meteorologist’s forecast.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02225H, Review Article Xiaofeng Ke, Weicong Xu, Chao Liu, Yakun Wang, Xiaozhong Huang, Rui Xiao, Xiaomin Xu, Tao Li, Zongping Shao The electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (eCO2RR) is a key technology for converting intermittent renewable energy into value-added fuels and chemicals, offering a promising pathway to re-balance the carbon cycle.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[IPS] SAN Francisco, California / Apex, North Carolina, -- "Never let a good crisis go to waste." Winston Churchill's famous maxim feels very relevant today, when multilateralism and many environmental causes seem to be in retreat. We now face a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Winston Churchill’s famous maxim feels very relevant today, when multilateralism and many environmental causes seem to be in retreat. We now face a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Yet, the existing international environmental agreements and science bodies are not addressing these interconnected […]
More and more voices, including politicians, say that cloud seeding — or man-made ways of increasing precipitation — caused the deadly floods in Texas. Experts say this is damaging public trust.
Scotland and Northern Ireland set heat records, as hot weather causes disruption in England and Wales.
[The Conversation Africa] Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land. It also promises to bring wealth to developing nations. But the evidence suggests these promises are false, and mining would harm the environment.
Operation Green Shield, coordinated by the United Arab Emirates, has struck a major blow to transnational environmental crime networks, officials said.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, July 10 -- During an unannounced visit late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning to the governorates of Monastir and Nabeul, President Kais Saied sharply criticized the Coastal Protection and Development Agency (APAL) for its failure to fulfill its role in curbing environmental crimes committed against Tunisian beaches, despite having sufficient funding.
It’s yet another blow for the European Commission in its effort to get the anti-deforestation law up and running.
A weather modification company has come under scrutiny after claims its cloud-seeding operation may have contributed to the catastrophic floods in Texas.
The corrected result is no longer statistically significant, meaning there is some possibility the result is due to chance, but it's not the first time air pollution has been linked to dementia.
Thames Water, which supplies 16million people, said it would impose restrictions after 'ongoing dry weather and increased customer demand' unless the situation 'changes significantly'.
Scientists have long insisted that we can and must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees—and some still do, even as that grim milestone nears.
[Liberian Observer] Across Africa, communities are facing a growing storm - climate shocks, land degradation, toxic pollution, and unchecked resource exploitation are threatening lives and livelihoods. Yet in the face of these mounting crises, hope is rising in the form of a bold and collective vision: a legally binding regional agreement to protect the environmental rights of African people.
Heat health alerts have come into force with increasing amounts of sunshine and hot weather expected over the next few days
What Is the EU Deforestation Regulation? 7 Key Questions, Answered sarah.brown@wri.org Tue, 07/08/2025 - 15:11 Between 2001 and 2024, the world lost 177 million hectares of tree cover — a loss that is likely permanent. Most of this loss was the result of clearing for farms, pastures and tree crop plantations. This daunting number is a wake-up call, underscoring the urgent need for stronger action to curb deforestation for farming and forest degradation from wood production. As a major buyer of commodities largely responsible for fueling deforestation — such as palm oil, cocoa, coffee, soy, cattle and timber — the EU has both a responsibility and an opportunity to help shift global markets toward more sustainable supply chains. The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)...
As catastrophic floods swept through Central Texas on July 4, several National Weather Service (NWS) offices across the state were already in crisis due to DOGE cuts.
The justices closed out this term with key decisions on environmental reviews, nationwide court orders and EPA permitting authority.
Hot weather is forecast to return this week but to which locations and for how long?
India’s capital has put the brakes on a contentious vehicle scrappage policy aimed at curbing deadly air pollution after fierce resistance from residents, highlighting the city’s struggle to balance environmental urgency with economic realities and the need to find alternative solutions. The rule, which took effect on July 1 in New Delhi but is now suspended, barred refuelling and permitted impounding of private petrol cars older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10. Officials had...
Glacial melt could increase volcanic activity in North America, New Zealand and Russia, spewing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Kayapó chief tells in memoir of seeing former president in his dreams and of warning Lula not to repeat past mistakes Brazil’s most revered Indigenous leader, Raoni Metuktire , has said he believes that one of the former president Jair Bolsonaro’s goals while in office was to “exterminate” the country’s Indigenous peoples. According to the Kayapó chief, the far-right populist “encouraged invasions, mining and deforestation” in order to hand Indigenous lands over to the kubẽ (non-Indigenous people). Continue reading...
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has announced the implementation of a comprehensive wildlife transformation programme.
Victims of the flash floods wrecking havoc on Central Texas are infuriated as local officials blame the National Weather Service for failing to warn communities of the dire threat.
PETCHABURI - A panda crab, also known as a Sirindhorn Crab, was spotted at a waterfall in Kaeng Krachan National Park, reaffirming the rich biodiversity of western Thai forests.
While we work towards net zero, we also need to adapt. And we can pay for cooling measures like splash pads and trees by taxing the worst polluters There’s a lot to be anxious about as a new parent, let alone in a heatwave when the thermometer in your one-year-old daughter’s room is reading 26C. That’s six degrees higher than the upper limit of the recommended temperature for a child’s room. After scrolling my phone for advice on how to cool her room, I couldn’t help waking up every few hours to check she was OK on the baby monitor. In the UK, we are unprepared at every level for the extreme weather caused by climate breakdown. Whether it’s unbearably hot buildings in the summer, our damp and cold homes (some of the leakiest in Europe) filled with mould in the winter, our unprotected towns...
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has issued an urgent weather alert for 33 provinces across the North, Northeast, Central and South, warning of flash floods, forest runoff, landslides and rising water levels in major rivers, particularly the Mekong, between July 6 and 12.
Canada's environment ministers back tougher air quality standards, citing wildfire smoke and rising health risks from fine particulate pollution.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 13, 16 July 2025.
A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that Earth remained hot for millions of years
Weather warnings for rain may have been issued for this weekend, but there is potential for heat to build again next week
Open access notables The Emergence of Near-Permanent Marine Heat wave State in the Tropical Indian Ocean During 2023–2024 , Soumya, International Journal of Climatology In 2023/24, global mean surface temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and the Tropical Indian Ocean (TIO) experienced a record-breaking basin mean anomalous warming of 0.88°C. This unprecedented warming in the TIO is linked to the severe and long-lasting marine heatwave (MHW) events ever recorded in the region, reconciling with the ongoing long-term warming and internal climate variabilities. The MHW events of 2023/24 were primarily centred in the Arabian Sea (AS) and southwestern TIO regions, with mean intensities of 0.73°C and 0.89°C, respectively...
Scientists discovered three new species of sea spiders that live near the ocean floor and feast on bacteria that convert methane. Scientists say the finding gives them a deeper understanding of the methane cycle and the creatures far below the ocean's surface.
Studies suggest a connection between warmer months and reduced fertility rates, particularly related to male fertility.
[Ghanaian Times] As part of its commitment to environmental sustainability, Ecobank Ghana has embarked on a nationwide tree planting initiative to mark this year's World Environment Day.
Research finds that the higher the levels of air pollution in a region, the more cancer-promoting mutations are present Air pollution has been linked to a swathe of lung cancer-driving DNA mutations, in a study of people diagnosed with the disease despite never having smoked tobacco. The findings from an investigation into cancer patients around the world helps explain why those who have never smoked make up a rising proportion of people developing the cancer, a trend the researchers called an “urgent and growing global problem”. Continue reading...
The two-year break applies to major sources of lead, hydrochloric acid and other pollutants tied to serious health and environmental effects.
The Met Office says it is 'virtually certain' that this week's 35°C temperatures were caused by global warming.
The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission lifted off at 23:04 CEST on Tuesday, 1 July. The satellite is now on its way to monitor Earth’s atmosphere from an altitude of 36 000 km. From this geostationary orbit, the missions can provide game-changing data for forecasting severe storms and air pollution over Europe.
Operators lost contact with the MethaneSAT satellite on 20 June, a significant blow to efforts to track – and stop – methane emissions
Governor Gavin Newsom says bureaucratic roadblocks have made it difficult to build housing in the most populous state California is overhauling its landmark environmental protection rules, a change state leaders say is essential to address the state’s housing shortage and homelessness crisis. California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, had threatened to reject the state budget passed last Friday unless lawmakers overhauled the California Environmental Quality Act, or Ceqa, a 1970s law that requires strict examination of any new development for its impact on the environment. Continue reading...
Researchers say tugboats could tow huge underwater parachutes around the ocean to manually power a vital ocean current.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Are human CO 2 emissions driving current global warming? While many natural factors influence Earth’s climate, human emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide are driving today’s global warming. Scientists have conducted detailed studies of climate “forcings,” or the factors impacting global temperatures, especially with the past 50 years of satellite data. Long-term natural forcings, such as changes in Earth’s orbit or tectonic movement, take tens of thousands of years. They cannot explain the pace of recent warming. More immediate, smaller-impact changes occur...
Rising fruit and vegetable prices contribute to jump in annual food price inflation in June to 3.7% Britain’s largest retailers are warning that food prices are being driven up by hot weather hitting harvest yields, as the latest UK heatwave pushes temperatures close to record levels . The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said rising fruit and vegetable prices had contributed to a jump in food price inflation in June, while retailers also passed on tax rises and employment costs to consumers. Continue reading...
With the world on the cusp of passing 1.5°C of warming, scientists are turning their attention to defining a new limit for temperature rises – but not everyone agrees that we should
Baumgartner famously jumped from the edge of the Earth's atmosphere in a 2012 stunt.
In a spotless cleanroom, engineers at Redwire’s facilities in Belgium, have completed the assembly of a key part ESA’s ALTIUS ozone mission – the all-important satellite platform is now fully formed ready to receive its measuring instrument.
Conspiracy theories about weather-altering technologies have spiked online after the Texas floods.
Using a speech to the National Press Club as a rallying cry to federal parliament to finally agree on a rewrite of the quarter-century old Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, Ken Henry, now the chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation, said that Australia's environmental protection laws are 'broken' and should be reformed. 'We have had all the reviews we need,' Henry said. 'All of us have had our say. It is now up to parliament. Let’s just get this done' Fixing Australia’s broken environment laws hold key to productivity, ex-Treasury head says Continue reading...
Using samples collected by the Chinese Chang’e 5 mission, researchers have discovered a new way to release water from lunar regolith and process the carbon dioxide breathed out by astronauts
New research shows that even with modest reductions in military funding, the United States would keep a whole lot of carbon out of the atmosphere.
What if the ingredients of life could assemble on a methane world?
Rewrite of environmental protection act could help meet climate and housing targets, Ken Henry to tell national press club Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Fixing the nation’s broken environment protection laws is the most important reform the Albanese government can pursue to boost productivity, and holds the key to meeting climate and housing targets, according to former treasury secretary Ken Henry. Henry, now the chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation, will use a speech to the National Press Club as a rallying cry to federal parliament to finally agree on a rewrite of the quarter-century old Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Reductions in air pollution might sound like a positive thing. But scientists now say that reductions in East Asia are actually to blame for the sudden, rapid acceleration in global warming.
Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures to a level beyond what is survivable for all known life
Proposed budget cuts in the US will lead to the loss of vital carbon dioxide measurements, but no other countries are preparing to step in so far, researchers warn
[SAnews.gov.za] Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Narend Singh, has urgently called for global leaders to address climate action and provide the necessary support for mitigation and adaptation.
NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form naturally in the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan is the only world apart from Earth that is known to have liquid on its surface. However, Titan’s lakes and seas are not filled with water. Instead, they contain liquid hydrocarbons like ethane and methane. […]
If you've got a SodaStream or Ninja Thirsti, you might be wondering if the CO2 canisters are compatible between the two brands. Here's all you need to know.
Republicans are proposing a 23 percent reduction for the environment agency.
Satellite data suggests cloud darkening is responsible for much of the warming since 2001, and the good news is that it is a temporary effect due to a drop in sulphate pollution
Extremes in temperature and rainfall in the UK are becoming increasingly frequent, the nation's meteorological service said Monday in a report on Britain's changing climate.
Chinese scientists have developed a method to turn the alcohol methanol into white sugar, which they say could allow captured carbon dioxide to be converted into food. The team’s biotransformation system produces sucrose without the need to grow sugar cane or sugar beets – crops that require large amounts of land and water resources. Their method to convert methanol – which can be derived from industrial waste or made by hydrogenating carbon dioxide – into sucrose using enzymes was also adapted...
Sunday will see possible highs of 31C before a slight dip that will bring a cooler change next week, the Met Office says.
Hong Kong authorities are investigating whether a contractor involved in a fatal work incident took the necessary precautions during a rainstorm, the city’s labour minister has said as he urged employers to ensure a safe work environment during times of adverse weather. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said on Saturday that contractors must exercise “extra caution” during poor weather, following an industrial incident two days ago in which a worker was killed by a falling iron...
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Circulate Initiative, a global non-profit organization dedicated to addressing ocean plastic pollution in emerging markets, has officially launched the first African implementation of its Responsible Sourcing Initiative in Kenya, marking a critical step in tackling systemic human rights challenges faced by informal waste workers in the plastics recycling value chain.
The crackdown has struck a major blow to transnational environmental crime networks.
Wild winter weather is expected to persist as experts warn two fresh cold fronts will send temperatures tumbling across the south-east.
2025 is already shaping up to be an extraordinary year for weather records in parts of the UK.
Worst-case scenario of 4.3C of warming could result in fiftyfold rise in heat-related deaths, researchers say More than 30,000 people a year in England and Wales could die from heat-related causes by the 2070s, scientists have warned. A new study calculates that heat mortality could rise more than fiftyfold in 50 years because of climate heating. Researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine compared different potential scenarios, looking at levels of warming, measures to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis, regional climatic differences and potential power outages. They also modelled the ageing population. Continue reading...
[New Times] Rwanda's climate resilience and ecosystem restoration efforts in Southern Province are expected to be expanded thanks to an $18 million (about Rwf25 billion) grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Scientists studying a 21 to 24-million-year-old rhino fossil found in the Haughton Crater on Nunavut's Devon Island say the high Arctic environment preserved the oldest recoverable ancient proteins found so far.
The EPA administrator will pick outside experts who will weigh in on consequential and increasingly politicized reviews of air pollution rules.
Regulator and government accused of colluding with water industry to dump potentially toxic waste without oversight Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year ‘A Trojan horse’: how toxic sewage sludge became a threat to the future of British farming An Environment Agency (EA) insider has broken ranks to expose what they describe as a “deliberate and ongoing cover-up” of the public health and environmental dangers of spreading sewage sludge on farmland. They accuse the regulator and government of colluding with water companies for years to facilitate the dumping of waste under the guise of soil enrichment – without oversight, transparency or testing. Continue reading...
CIVICUS speaks to Cristinel Buzatu, regional legal advisor for Central and Eastern Europe at Greenpeace, about how Romania’s state gas company is weaponising the courts to silence environmental opposition. On 10 June, the state-owned energy giant Romgaz filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve Greenpeace Romania. The legal attack came after the organisation campaigned against […]
Firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene is moving to make weather modification a felony offense in the wake of the tragic Texas floods.
The Trump administration's sudden U-turn on the historic rule preserves the long-fraught environmental and public health regulation.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Is global warming just due to El Niño? El Niño Southern Oscillation is a short-term and cyclical weather phenomenon caused by alternating wind patterns that result in heat exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere; it cannot explain long-term warming. El Niño originates when westward moving trade winds weaken, allowing warm surface waters to shift east across the tropical Pacific. This reverses the La Niña pattern, where trade winds push warm surface water toward Asia, upwelling cold water off the coast of South America. During El Niño, heat is transferred...
We all need to be careful about how we get information and reach conclusions – especially now Why exactly so many people drowned in the terrible Independence Day floods that swept through Texas’s Hill Country will probably have multiple explanations that take a while to obtain. But it’s 2025, and people want answers immediately, and lots of people seized on stories blaming the National Weather Service (NWS). There were two opposing reasons to blame this vital government service. For local and state authorities, blaming a branch of the federal government was a way of avoiding culpability themselves. And for a whole lot of people who deplore the Trump/Doge cuts to federal services, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service, the idea that...
[Nile Post] President Museveni has urged BRICS partner states to prioritize environmental protection and adopt sustainable measures to safeguard the planet for future generations.
Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics say Ted Cruz has had quite a week. On Tuesday, the Texas senator ensured the Republican spending bill slashed funding for weather forecasting, only to then go on vacation to Greece while his state was hit by deadly flooding, a disaster critics say was worsened by cuts to forecasting. Cruz, who infamously fled Texas for Cancun when a crippling winter storm ravaged his state in 2021, was seen visiting the Parthenon in Athens with his wife, Heidi, on Saturday, a day after a flash flood along the Guadalupe River in central Texas killed more than 100 people, including dozens of children and counselors at a camp. Continue reading...
France's most recent heatwave brought with it a fierce debate on air conditioning - which much of the country remains deeply resistant to. Some argue that warming temperatures make widespread AC inevitable, but The Local's editor Emma Pearson explains why she thinks the French are right to resist.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 7, July 2025.
As Texas reels from deadly flash floods, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene plans to introduce legislation that makes weather modification a felony.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued Decree No. 31 of 2025 approving an agreement to prepare a roadmap for reducing methane emissions in Egypt. A 959,006-dollar grant will be provided under the agreement between the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). The Egyptian House of Representatives approved the draft … The post Sisi approves deal for preparing roadmap for reducing methane emissions in Egypt appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ensuring that the carbon is kept out of the air for longer
Even in places, like Central Texas, with a long history of floods, human-caused warming is creating the conditions for more frequent and severe deluges.
The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cuts in the Trump administration and actions by other world powers may alter the environment.
Scientists find out how the epic deep sea migration of a tiny animal is storing planet-warming carbon.
Learn more about some of the microbes found in Yellowstone National Park hot springs and how they may hold the secrets to how life evolved on Earth.
NAACP plans to sue over massive Memphis data center near Black residents, who have long dealt with pollution Elon Musk ’s artificial intelligence company xAI has been granted a permit to run methane gas generators at its massive data center in Memphis, Tennessee. The county health department approved the permit for the 15 machines late Wednesday, a move that has sparked outcry from the local community and environmental leaders, who say the generators pollute their neighborhoods. “Our local leaders are entrusted with protecting us from corporations violating on our right to clean air, but we are witnessing their failure to do so,” said KeShaun Pearson, the director of the local environmental non-profit Memphis Community Against Pollution. Continue reading...
The satellite was part of groundbreaking efforts to track methane pollution and make information public. Capping methane leaks is one of the quickest ways to tackle global warning, say scientists, and MethaneSAT was a publicly-available global map of emissions.
Powerful leaks, patchy action, and untapped fixes keep methane near record highs in 2024.
A large aerial drone flies over the charred remains of Canadian forests devastated by wildfires, bombarding the ground with seed capsules to accelerate reforestation. "There is a niche that's appropriate for drone reforestation which we've spent the last five years narrowing in on," Flash Forest cofounder Cameron Jones said.
Ben Grumbles, along with the Environmental Council of the States, will accept the award at an October ceremony.
While there is some short-lived hot weather in the forecast, cooler conditions are kicking in across the UK.
[Nile Post] Uganda and Burundi are falling far behind their East African neighbours in tackling vehicle emissions, with a shocking average truck age of 37 years, a new study has revealed. Experts warn this trend is fuelling air pollution, road fatalities, and rising health crises.
Welcome to Daily Mail Australia's live weather blog. Heavy rain and destructive winds smashed much of the NSW coastline sparking widespread damage and travel chaos.
Vigorous coastal low forecast to keep sending severe weather across eastern NSW for much of Wednesday, before gradually easing on Thursday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Thousands are without power across New South Wales after severe winds and heavy rain battered the state, with wind gusts up to 122km/h and several places receiving more than 200mm rain. The NSW State Emergency Service has responded to more than 2,320 incidents since a vigorous coastal low began lashing the state’s east coast, bringing intense rainfall and strong winds. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- Ministers of Planning and Development, Peace, and Water and Energy have emphasized the pivotal role that Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) has been playing play in advancing the country's economic recovery and environmental sustainability.
Image: A powerful heatwave has been gripping large parts of southern Europe. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission’s Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer on 29 June 2025, reveals the temperature of the land surface.
Emergency services minister says ‘situation is going to worsen’ overnight with damaging rain and winds Weather maps: which parts of state are being hit by flooding and rain – and what areas are at risk? ‘Everyone’s just a bit over the weather’: NSW residents barely back on their feet brace for fresh floods – again Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Destructive winds and heavy rain have left thousands in New South Wales without power and forced some Central Coast residents to evacuate their homes as authorities warned conditions will “deteriorate even further”. Some areas received a month’s worth of rain in one day while others recorded winds above 100km/h on Tuesday as a vigorous coastal low continued to intensify late in the day. The Bureau...
The first ever geostationary satellite to provide 3D profiles for temperature and humidity for Europe launches today [1 July], in the latest phase of a multi-year project to transform weather forecasting and climate monitoring.