The invasion of lands inhabited by Amazon indigenous communities is growing in Peru, due to drug trafficking mafias that are expanding coca crops to produce and export cocaine, while deforestation and insecurity for the native populations and their advocates are increasing “Drug trafficking is not a myth or something new in this area, and we […]
Thousands of people have fled the raging wildfires that ripped through Jasper National Park and its town this week. But what about the parks' wild residents, such as caribou and elk? Here's how conservationists think they'll fare.
Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesArizona Senator Mark Kelly is ratcheting up his bid to be wing man to newly crowned Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.And the former astronaut and Navy veteran’s military and scientific bonafides just landed him a shiny new endorsement from the 314 Action Fund, a grassroots organization that elects STEM professionals who want to tackle climate change and health care.“He uses facts, science, and data to make informed public policy decisions,” Shaughnessy Naughton, the president of 314 Action Fund, said. “He can simultaneously energize the base, win swing voters, and profoundly impact this race and we are proud to stand with him.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
Danielle Smith and her government’s refusal to combat global heating is said to have made blazes more intense When Danielle Smith, premier of Alberta, began her grim update about the wildfire damage to Jasper, the famed mountain resort in the Canadian Rockies, her voice slipped and she held back tears. Hours earlier, a fast-moving wildfire tore through the community , incinerating homes, businesses and historic buildings. She praised the “true heroism” of fire crews who had rushed in to save Jasper, only to be pulled back when confronted by a 400ft wall of flames. She spoke about the profound meaning and “magic” of the national park. Continue reading...
Kyiv has imposed sanctions on Russia's Lukoil that have stopped the company's oil supplies to Slovak and Hungarian refineries.
Researchers think climate change will soon cause an increase in the incidence of Naegleria fowleri infections, a "brain-eating" disease.
The tanker Terra Nova, with about 370,000 gallons of industrial fuel oil stored in tanks, sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay.
Environmental groups want to intervene in two states' challenge of the Bureau of Land Management's conservation-focused rule.
President Joe Biden may no longer be on the 2024 ballot — but his legacy is. And former President Donald Trump would have multiple tools to thwart his ambitions on energy, infrastructure and climate change.
The Treasury Department and Brazil's Ministry of Finance announced Friday a partnership to align best environmental and climate policies.
The two spills in the Pointe-aux-Trembles district involved motor oil that flowed into the river from a city storm sewer but it's unclear how the oil ended up in the sewers.
[Ethiopian Herald] As we navigate the complex challenges of the 21st century, it has become increasingly clear that the success of any country depends not just on the actions it takes today, but on the long-term vision and foresight it cultivates. Countries are becoming well aware of the undesirable and severe impacts of climate change on the environment and are advocating for more practical interventions and impactful actions including seedling plantations and natural conservation measures.
Communities affected by construction of renewable energy infrastructure ‘have the right to see the benefits’ UK politics live – latest updates Labour will seek to persuade people living near proposed pylon routes and other renewable energy infrastructure that the developments are critical to bring down bills and tackle carbon emissions, the energy secretary said. Ed Miliband promised to consider new benefits for communities affected by the construction of renewable energy infrastructure, and community ownership of the assets, which could include onshore windfarms and solar farms. Continue reading...
Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, sits along a tectonic plate boundary called the East African Rift, which is dotted with hot springs that feed carbon dioxide and methane into the water.
Baffin, a seven-year-old polar bear has tragically died after he drowned due to an injury suffered while playfully fighting with his adoptive brother, Siku at Calgary zoo.
Every three months, the chef at Balcón del Zócalo unveils an artistic tasting menu themed around current affairs such as water shortages and women’s rights.
[Ghanaian Times] Ghana's desire to fast-track its renewable energy rate had a major boost when a 16.82 megawatts rooftop photo voltaic solar plant was inaugurated in Tema yesterday.
More than 30 councils relied on reports during development approval process for 135 sites but EPA says no immediate risks to public health identified Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast An environmental consultant has been accused of falsifying laboratory sampling results in environmental reports that councils used when assessing 135 sites for development across New South Wales – including 24 childcare centres and a school. The NSW Environment Protection Authority said on Friday it was investigating the allegations about Noel Child of N G Child & Associates and had begun visiting the affected childcare centres to “discuss the issues with the operators”. Continue reading...
A molten salt nuclear power plant that uses thorium as fuel instead of uranium is set to be built in the Gobi Desert.
Taiwanese giant TSMC tumbled with several other leading chip makers Friday as traders returned from a typhoon-imposed two-day break to play catch-up with a global tech rout.
The General Authority for Meteorology announced a break in the heat wave and a decrease in temperatures starting Friday of 2-3 degrees in the north of the country up to the north of Upper Egypt. The Meteorological Authority expected in a statement on its official Facebook page that Friday’s weather will be very hot and … The post Egypt enjoys cooler temperatures as heatwave breaks appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Rystad Energy said exploration has dropped given worries about the transition to electric vehicles.
The initiative spreads funding from the Inflation Reduction Act across regions vulnerable to climate warming on the coasts and in the Great Lakes.
But one oil industry advocate said Kamala Harris as vice president has toned down her rhetoric toward fossil fuels.
The arctic tern’s nesting (Sterna paradisaea) at Seltjarnanes has gone beyond expectations and no minks attacked the nests.
A perfect storm of hurricanes, diseases, and water scarcity threatens to wipe out the state's famed citrus industry.
Connection found between early exposure and bronchitic symptoms in adults without previous lung problems Air pollution breathed in during childhood is one of the factors in adult lung health, according to a new study. The origins of the study date back to 1992 when researchers began investigating the effects of air pollution on groups of children in California . Some of these children are now in their 40s. Continue reading...
The coast guard is scrambling to head off what could be the worst oil spill in its history.
HANOI - Flash floods and landslides triggered by tropical storm Prapiroon have killed at least 10 people and left 9 missing this week in northern Vietnam, the government's disaster management agency said on Friday.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Climate change has made extreme weather events like drought, higher temperatures, and heavy rainfall become common and severe in Kenya, the Kenya Meteorological Department has said.
California's Park Fire, caused by a burning car, led to evacuations and scorched 110 square miles. Oregon and Idaho faced lightning-induced fires, while Montana and southern California grappled with heat and strong winds. Climate change has intensified wildfire threats across regions, causing evacuation orders, power outages, and air quality alerts.
Researchers say 650 tonnes on order for Paris Games is a potential stress on local and regional resources From cold-water swimming to ice baths, deliberately freezing yourself has been hailed as a panacea for everything from menopause symptoms to arthritis, headaches and immunity conditions. And for sportspeople, ice is widely used to aid recovery after exercise. But now researchers have said the clinical benefits of ice therapy are not evidence-based and its popularity is bad for the environment. Continue reading...
The Philippine Coast Guard planned Friday to deploy oil dispersant and floating barriers a day after a tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel sank off Manila.
For thousands of Canadians and mountain-lovers around the world, cherished memory went up in smoke as wildfire destroyed historic properties in Jasper National Park.
An "out of control" wildfire has devoured up to half of the main town in western Canada's popular Jasper National Park, authorities said Thursday, with 400 foreign firefighters called in to help battle the blaze.
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa, the world's 14th biggest carbon emitter, has made strong commitments to climate action but is moving too slowly to wean itself off coal and roll out renewables to meet them, a key report said on Thursday.
‘Exceptional’ new material could be the answer in search for an efficient, economical source of endless nuclear energy, researchers say.
The world just experienced the hottest day on record and prolonged heat waves have become more common due to climate change, conditions that can alter medications and their effects on patients taking them.
While many vintners are forced to grapple with extreme weather brought on by climate change, some regions are seeing more consistent harvests and better-quality wines.
It's a win-win situation good for your skin and for corals.
Open access notables Could an extremely cold central European winter such as 1963 happen again despite climate change? , Sippel et al., Weather and Climate Dynamics: Here, we first show based on multiple attribution methods that a winter of similar circulation conditions to 1963 would still lead to an extreme seasonal cold anomaly of about −4.9 to −4.7 ° C (best estimates across methods) under present-day climate. This would rank as the second-coldest winter in the last 75 years. Second, we conceive storylines of worst-case cold winter conditions based on two independent rare event sampling methods (climate model boosting and empirical importance sampling): a winter as cold as 1963 is still physically possible in central Europe...
Former president Donald Trump isn’t one to mince words. The brash Republican nominee for president has made it clear he’s not a fan of electric vehicles or clean energy and promised to “drill, baby, drill” for more oil. But what would a second Trump administration mean for the EV industry? Read more...
[Nile Post] Two children have lost their lives after being swept away by flash floods in Moroto District on Wednesday.
[Greenpeace] Johannesburg/ 24-07-2024 The South African President has just "signed into law the Climate Change Bill which sets out a national climate change response", says the official communique. This decision implies among other that the law will include the mitigation and adaptation actions, which will play a key role in regulating the country's contribution to the climate change response as it strengthen the country's ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and build climate resilience"
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs and The Cairngorms have joined the new initiative to half their carbon emissions by 2030.
Prime minister says energy plans will bring down bills and help planet as he accuses Tories of shortsightedness The former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable is testifying at the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal today. My colleague Mark Sweney will be sharing updates on that in the live blog here: “The days of government ministers waging culture wars against civil servants are over,” chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden , has said. Yesterday I met the civil service unions together with my colleague, the new minister [Georgia Gould]. We had a very positive discussion covering a whole range of issues. I made it clear that the days of government ministers waging culture wars against civil servants are over. Instead, we want a civil service that’s motivated, valued...
Thousands of residents and tourists have already evacuated, and federal support offered to Alberta A fast-moving wildfire has hit the resort town of Jasper, in the Canadian Rockies’ largest national park, causing significant damage and forcing thousands of residents and tourists to flee . Jasper national park officials said the fire entered the southern edge of the town on Wednesday evening and crews were battling multiple structural fires and working to protect key infrastructure. There were significant losses in some areas, they said. Continue reading...
An element of a NASA-funded commercial space station, Orbital Reef, under development by Blue Origin and Sierra Space, recently completed a full-scale ultimate burst pressure test as part of the agency’s efforts for new destinations in low Earth orbit. This milestone is part of a NASA Space Act Agreement awarded to Blue Origin in 2021. […]
The agency says the coral reef species native to the Pacific and Indian oceans are endangered or threatened by illegal harvesting and habitat destruction.
There is a lot at stake as the UK government stays silent on where its energy company will be based.
The pipeline runs through a national park in the Canadian Rockies.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE02119C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Runxia Cai, Kunran Yang, Xijun Wang, Mahe Rukh, Azin Saberi Bosari, Eric Giavedoni, Alexandra Pierce, Leo Brody, Wentao Tang, Phillip R Westmoreland, Fanxing Li Sorption-enhanced reforming and gasification (SERG) offers a promising approach to intensify hydrogen production from carbonaceous feedstocks. However, conventional sorbents require substantial temperature increases for the endothermic CO2 release step and... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Wildfire season is underway across Canada and the Western U.S. states with nearly 80 fires burning. Jasper National Park in Canada evacuated its 5,000 residents and 20,000 park visitors.
Entomologists worry the summer flash is fading from habitat loss, pesticides, light pollution and climate change.
[Daily Trust] It is no news that the northern parts of the country are challenged by desertification and drought, which have affected the environment and livelihood in the area as a result of poor or no harvest of farm produce.
Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband has announced that the new state-owned Great British Energy firm will partner with the King to help speed up building.
Transpower report for the week to 21 July 2024 New Zealand's emissions were down in the March quarter, 8% lower than their peak in March 2019, partly due to a decrease in agricultural emissions.
Wind farms are key to a clean energy future but expansion in green zones faces growing opposition. Wind turbines on buildings, rail lines or airports could be a breath of fresh air.
The storm has made landfall in Taiwan, unleashing torrential rain and strong gusts that have claimed at least three lives. Typhoon Gaemi also exacerbated rains in the Philippines, flooding the capital, Manila, and nearby cities, forcing authorities to shut schools, offices and declare a state of calamity Typhoon Gaemi: oil tanker and cargo ship sink amid stormy seas In pictures: monsoon rains strike Philippines Continue reading...
This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The day after President Joe Biden said he would not seek reelection, his White House announced more than $4.3 billion in grants from the Environmental Protection Agency to communities to curb climate change, cut pollution, and seek environmental justice. It’s a big announcement, but easily […]
Brazil court freezes assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay climate compensation for illegal deforestation A Brazilian cattle rancher has been ordered to pay more than $50m (£39m) for destroying part of the Amazon rainforest and ordered to restore the precious carbon sink. Last week, a federal court in Brazil froze the assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay compensation for the damage he had caused to the climate through illegal deforestation. The case was brought by Brazil’s attorney general’s office, representing the Brazilian institute of environment and renewable natural resources (Ibama). It is the largest civil case brought for climate crimes in Brazil to date and the start of a legal push to repair and deter damage to the rainforest. Continue reading...
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Africa's green economy has the potential of creating up to 3.3 million new direct green jobs on the continent by 2030, with the majority particularly in the renewable energy solar sector.
Climate change activists glued themselves to the tarmac at Germany's busiest airport on Thursday morning, suspending some flights and air traffic around Frankfurt Airport.
A Philippine oil tanker sank in Manila Bay early Thursday after encountering huge waves, and the coast guard was working to determine whether the vessel was leaking oil — in what could be a major spill — after it rescued 16 of 17 crew members in a nighttime operation, officials said.
Germany’s busiest airport says operations ‘gradually resuming’ after protest by Letzte Generation climate activists carrying posters reading ‘oil kills’ Frankfurt airport, Germany’s busiest, temporarily suspended flights after climate activists staged a demonstration near the airport runways. The airport earlier posted on X that “Passengers are asked not to go to the airport for the time being”, advising travellers to check their flight status and allow for extra travel time. The tweet was later deleted and a later update said “flight operations are gradually resuming”. Continue reading...
But there are some significant differences between the Biden rule and the Obama-era Clean Power Plan that the justices halted in 2016.
The ruling is a win for local governments suing the oil industry. It comes weeks after a Maryland judge struck down a similar legal challenge.
Coal remains the largest source of power globally despite its decline in the U.S.
Administrator Michael Regan called it a “historic” effort to help low-income communities grapple with climate change.
Typhoon Gaemi swept towards southern China on Thursday after killing at least two people in Taiwan, with nine sailors missing after their cargo ship sank in stormy weather.
From scallop fishing in New Bedford to deforestation in the tropics, “our goal is to get some empirical traction on the problem,” says PhD student Aaron Berman.
GB Energy to partner with the Crown Estate to push forward offshore windfarm projects
We’re making the case for 21st-century, modern public ownership that serves our communities Ed Miliband is the energy secretary The public voted for change at the general election. Perhaps nowhere more than when it comes to energy. Every person and business has paid the price of our country’s energy insecurity. As Vladimir Putin sought to use energy as a weapon in his illegal invasion of Ukraine, bills went through the roof in a cost of living crisis unprecedented in modern times. As the Climate Change Committee (CCC) recently made clear, there is one obvious answer to preventing us being so exposed again – a sprint for homegrown clean energy. As it said in its progress report to parliament last week: “British-based renewable energy is the cheapest and fastest way to reduce vulnerability...
The King is in line for a cash boost after partnering with Labour 's new Great British Energy company. His Majesty is an avid supporter of both onshore and offshore wind power.
EDF Heads to Court to Defend EPA Action to Identify Climate Pollution, Including Methane from Landfills
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A wildfire burning in Oregon that's kicking smoke into neighboring states is now the largest active blaze in the U.S., authorities said, and fire crews are bracing for a storm late Wednesday that's expected to bring lightning, strong winds and the risk of flash floods.The Durkee Fire, burning near the Oregon-Idaho border about 130 miles (209 kilometers) west of Boise shut down Interstate 84 for hours on Tuesday as the flames approached the vital link between the states. The freeway briefly reopened Wednesday, but then closed again as officials warned of frequent disruptions because of the nearly 400-square-mile (1036-square-kilometer) blaze.The town of Huntington, Oregon, home to about 500 people, remained evacuated for a third full day, and authorities issued warnings about...
The Maine representative speaks of her worries of what the world will be like for her children and seven grandchildren, dispute having been called out years before for hypocrisy.
Torrential rain triggered widespread floods in the Philippine capital and surrounding areas.
Ten activists arrested at Heathrow, over 30 flights cancelled at Cologne-Bonn, and planes delayed or diverted Climate activists acting under the banner “oil kills” have glued themselves to the tarmac and grounded flights across Europe as holidaymakers attempt to make summer getaways. In a wave of protests at airports from Oslo to Barcelona, activists disrupted flights and demanded that rich and polluting countries phase out fossil fuels by 2030. The protests, which the activists said had led to several arrests, came a day after climate scientists logged the world’s hottest day on record . Continue reading...
Demonstrators at Queens College called the film shoot for CBS drama FBI: Most Wanted ‘propaganda’ A fake protest encampment set up for a TV shoot on a New York City college campus sparked a real reaction from pro-Palestinian activists, who organized their own demonstration against the filming, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The scenario unfolded on Monday and Tuesday at Queens College, where the CBS drama FBI: Most Wanted was filming an upcoming episode involving a climate change protest, the New York Times reported . Continue reading...
Energy authorities will be given more power to regulate domestic oil and cooking gas prices through taxes and subsidies under a new law, says Energy Minister Pirapan Salirathavibhaga.
Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is converted to CO2 by microbes in tree bark, meaning trees are even better for the climate than we thought
Data shows that the global surface air temperature reached 62.87F compared with 62.76F on Sunday. World temperature reached the hottest levels ever measured on Monday, beating the record that was set just one day before , data suggests. Provisional data published on Wednesday by the Copernicus Climate Change Service , which holds data that stretches back to 1940, shows that the global surface air temperature reached 62.87F (17.15C), compared with 62.76F (17.09C) on Sunday. Continue reading...
Researchers uncover ‘remarkable new way in which trees provide a vital climate service’ by reducing emissions Microbes in the bark of trees play a vital role in removing methane from the atmosphere, scientists have discovered. The greenhouse gas is a product of agriculture and the burning of fossil fuels and is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide. However, it remains in the atmosphere for a shorter time. Continue reading...
Glacial ice contains valuable data about climates past. These researchers are working to preserve those records for the future.
No country has ever in history produced as much oil and gas as the US does now and Louisiana is ground zero ‘Inexcusable’: should climate hypocrites get the petrostates label? Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion To witness how the United States has become the world’s unchallenged oil and gas behemoth is to contemplate the scene from John Allaire’s home, situated on a small spit of coastal land on the fraying, pancake-flat western flank of Louisiana. Allaire’s looming neighbor, barely a mile east across a ship channel that has been pushed into the Gulf of Mexico, is a hulking liquified natural gas (or LNG) plant, served by leviathan ships shuttling its chilled cargo overseas. Another such terminal lies a few miles to the west , yet another to the...
As a huge solar storm strikes Earth tonight, the Met Office predicts that the Northern Lights will be visible as far south as Northern Ireland and parts of the North of England.
The country has long been the world’s biggest market – but the government’s interest is more geopolitical than environmental When Kenzi, an advertising worker in Shanghai, bought an electric vehicle in November she wasn’t even thinking about the environmental benefits. She had read Elon Musk’s biography and thought the Tesla 3 looked good. She also knew that if she bought an EV she could bypass the long wait and cost of getting licence plates, which are rationed by the government. “It’s not easy to get a licence plate in Shanghai, but you get a licence for free when you buy an EV,” she said. Continue reading...
Monday was recorded as the hottest day ever globally, beating a record set the day before, as countries around the world from Japan to Bolivia to the United States continue to feel the heat, according to the European climate change service.
Vice President Kamala Harris is all but set to be the Democratic nominee for president, and that may end up being a very good thing if you care about the environment. Harris has long been a proponent of taking action to slow climate change, even before she was the vice president.Read more...
Nine Just Stop Oil activists were arrested Wednesday near London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of conspiring to interfere with key national infrastructure.
[This Day] Victor C. Ariole argues that France is yet to handle its technology and renewable energy adequately, and are telling on its prosperity
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 129, Issue 7, July 2024.
CNN — Sunday was the hottest day in recorded history, according to preliminary data from a climate tracking agency monitoring temperatures since the mid-1900s. It’s the second consecutive year average global temperatures have crashed through shocking climate records and will not be the last, as planet-warming fossil fuel pollution drives temperatures to shocking new highs. … The post The planet saw its hottest day on record appeared first on Egypt Independent.
A slew of environmental groups, meanwhile, have sued the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court, arguing that a March update of national emissions standards doesn’t do enough to protect residents from cancer-causing pollutants, including ethylene oxide.
On Sunday (July 21), the world's average temperature reached 62.76°F (17.09°C) - just exceeding the previous record set last year.
The carbon market barely blinked last week when the coalition government released its major climate policy, the second emissions reduction plan, which is intended to chart a path to reach climate targets to 2030.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 129, Issue 14, 28 July 2024.
The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges ‘Inexcusable’: should climate hypocrites get the petrostates label? A surge in new oil and gas production in 2024 threatens to unleash nearly 12bn tonnes of planet-heating emissions, with the world’s wealthiest countries – such as the US and the UK – leading a stampede of fossil fuel expansion in spite of their climate commitments, new data shared exclusively with the Guardian reveals. The new oil and gas field licences forecast to be awarded across the world this year are on track to generate the highest level of emissions since those issued in 2018, as heatwaves, wildfires, drought and floods cause death and destruction globally, according to analysis of industry data...
Black soldier flies could help cut planet-warming methane produced when organic waste breaks down, Macquarie University team says Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A team of Australian scientists is genetically engineering a common fly species so that it can eat more of humanity’s organic waste while producing ingredients for making everything from lubricants and biofuels to high-grade animal feeds. Black soldier flies are already being used commercially to consume organic waste, including food waste, but tweaking their genetics could widen the range of waste their larvae consume while, in the process, producing fatty compounds and enzymes. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news...
Project Prosperity, a water-for-energy deal between Israel and Jordan, promised major climate adaption in a drought-stricken region. Then October 7 happened.
Spreading fracking wastewater on roads is banned. Oil and gas companies do it anyway.
[African Arguments] What can governments do to mitigate the risks carbon offsets can pose to rights, livelihoods, food security, and ecosystems?
John Podesta says both nations are focusing on nitrous oxide, which is widely used in industry and has 300 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide.
The conditional commitment would finance the construction of a plastics recycling facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, as well as an injection system tower at a steel manufacturing facility in Indiana.
The European Commission also said it doesn’t see any "immediate" oil supply risks after Ukraine partially banned Russian oil exports to Europe.
The Small Business Administration now guarantees loans of $2 million — up from $350,000 — for emissions-reducing projects.
Global average temperatures have already hit or exceeded a key climate threshold for 12 months.
The measure aligns policies from national to municipal levels and governs mitigation, the reduction of carbon emissions and adaptation.
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. Last October, California passed the nation’s strongest law to address the glut of oil and gas wells that are unplugged and ownerless, many leaking pollutants into the environment. The legislation required that, as part of any sale or transfer of wells, the purchasing company set aside enough money in financial instruments known as bonds to cover the entire...
As a kid, Sabrina Imbler loved the ocean. They'd swim and snorkel, following around parrotfish in the water. Later, they tried to learn everything they could about the brightly-colored tropical fish – how some create a mucus cocoon at night to protect it from parasites, or how they help keep coral reefs healthy. As they got older, their fascination with sea creatures only grew. Imbler released a collection of essays in 2022 called How Far The Light Reaches: A Life In Ten Sea Creatures . Each chapter focuses on a different marine species – from yeti crabs near hydrothermal vents in the deep sea to the morphing abilities of cuttlefish. Often, these creatures act as a mirror for Imbler to explore parts of their own identity. Want more on the wonders of the deep sea? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.
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For Hamed al-Rafidain, a Saudi human resources worker, an electric vehicle offers welcome savings, especially since his other car is a fuel-guzzling four-wheeler favoured by motorists in the desert kingdom.
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city to publish an adaptation plan.
At a news conference Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis said of the fires burning in the national park, one of them is located about 12 kilometres south of Jasper.
Every month since June 2023 – 13 months in a row – has now ranked as the planet’s hottest since records began.
LONDON - Britain failed to set proper objectives in its climate adaptation strategy, environmental campaigners argued on Tuesday in a case which relies on a landmark recent ruling by Europe's top human rights court.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is teaming up with United Airlines to measure greenhouse gases and pollutants in the sky during domestic flights.
The world on Sunday recorded its hottest-ever day, as many parts of the Mediterranean face a heat wave that has led to extreme wildfire risks, climate change monitors say.
Thanks to Earth's atmosphere, solar flares can appear as beautiful aurorae.
A Mongolia forum to address inter-Korean tensions and the regional desertification crisis proposes tree planting as a potential path forward on both issues.
French President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Tuesday that he was pressing Danish authorities not to extradite anti-whaling activist and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson to Japan after his arrest in Greenland on Sunday under an international arrest warrant issued by Japan. He faces charges on interfering with a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic Ocean in 2010.
Preliminary data from Copernicus suggests temperature records were shattered, taking world into ‘uncharted territory’ World temperature records were shattered on Sunday on what may be the hottest day scientists have ever logged, data suggests. Inflamed by the carbon pollution spewed from burning fossils and farming livestock, the average surface air temperature hit 17.09C (62.76F) on Sunday, according to preliminary data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service , which holds data that stretches back to 1940. The reading inched above the previous record of 17.08C (62.74F) set on 6 July last year, but the scientists cautioned that the difference was not statistically distinguishable. Continue reading...
What we’re looking at This global map shows concentrations of carbon dioxide as the gas moved through Earth’s atmosphere from January through March 2020, driven by wind patterns and atmospheric circulation. Because of the model’s high resolution, you can zoom in and see carbon dioxide emissions rising from power plants, fires, and cities, then spreading […]
The vice president accused her GOP rival of promising to do oil companies’ “bidding” in exchange for campaign contributions.
Forests throughout the West are overgrown and full of flammable vegetation, fueling wildfires and carbon emissions. Could burying it help solve the problem?
The extreme weather raises risks of damage to everything from croplands and coal mines to offshore oil platforms.
[The Conversation Africa] Nature-based solutions are actions that use nature to solve environmental problems. Examples in cities would be setting up a wetland near a group of buildings to absorb floodwater, or building permeable pavements.
The results of a necropsy are expected to be announced today after the death of a polar bear at Calgary's zoo.
[Leadership] Nasarawa State governor and chairman of the North Central Governors Forum, Abdullahi Sule and other members of the federal government's delegation are expected to visit China on Monday.
The new measures by federal agencies and outside collaborators aim to better track and slash heat-trapping emissions.
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution project would release corrosive sodium hydroxide into waters off Massachusetts. Critics are calling for further study.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE01936A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Jinglin Jiang, Jorge Ontaneda, Subhajit Pal, Zhenyu Guo, Chloe Forrester, Kaitian Zheng, Mengnan Wang, Joe Briscoe, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Heather Au Lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries are a promising technology due to their high energy density and low cost. However, the polysulfide shuttle effect remains a significant cause of degradation in Li-S... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
If you want to climb like a champ, this is the forearm massager, climbing shoes, and ice vest (hello, climate change) that you need.
A solar storm could bring the northern lights to the northern United States this week, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said.
Renewable energy projects are rapidly expanding in China, so much so that the country has double the amount of renewable capacity under construction compared to all other countries combined.
Toronto city councillors are set to discuss how to make the metropolis more resilient to climate-fuelled floods.
Harris, a Californian who calls climate change an "existential threat," has prioritized investments in clean energy jobs and environmental justice.
The Teamsters president took a gamble and accepted Trump’s invitation to speak at the Republican convention – it backfired When Teamsters president Sean O’Brien spoke at the Republican national convention on opening night, it seemed to hint that the Republican party – long a lapdog for corporate interests – was turning an important page and would stop being so hostile toward labor unions. But when Donald Trump gave his hugely divisive acceptance speech three days later, he seemed to forget he was supposed to act lovey-dovey toward labor unions. The former president essentially kicked the United Auto Workers (UAW) in the teeth, and the UAW fired back by calling Trump the “mascot and lapdog” of billionaires. Continue reading...
Environmentalists have praised her climate record. Possible running mates from battleground states may take a more cautious stance.
WASHINGTON - Russia and China are increasingly cooperating in the Arctic region, which could impact regional stability, the U.S. military said as it released its strategy for the Arctic region on Monday.
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) will this week host the 3rd South African Conference on Essential and Vegetable Oils, bringing together 200 oil producers and stakeholders from across South Africa and Southern Africa.
The Biden administration said it would host a Tuesday White House Super Pollutant Summit to bring government officials together with environmental organizations, companies and others to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Interest in liquefied natural gas could run afoul of the state's climate settlement tied to transportation emissions.
Vice President Kamala Harris could choose a running mate who is more moderate on climate action.
There was “a discharge of natural gas, salt water and condensate coming from a recirculation line above the water at the platform, creating a light silvery sheen,” said a Coast Guard official.
Battery storage is growing fast, with around a third of India's total battery infrastructure coming online just this year.
Russia and China are increasingly cooperating in the Arctic, which could impact regional stability, the US military said as it released its strategy for the region on Monday.
In Canada, melting sea ice is forcing polar bears closer and closer to human populations, so scientists there are working on a program to track polar bears, tag them with GPS units and monitor their movement.
Last week, five supporters of the Just Stop Oil climate campaign who conspired to cause gridlock on London’s orbital motorway were sentenced to lengthy jail terms by a judge who told them they had ‘crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic’. Columnist and campaigner George Monbiot tells Ian Sample why the sentences are so significant, how they fit into a crackdown on protest in the UK in recent years, and what impact they could have on future climate activism in the UK Clips: ITV, Just Stop Oil, BBC, The Sun Read more reporting on this story Continue reading...
Initial efforts to salvage a fishing boat which sank off the coast of Mull have failed amid concerns from environmental campaigners over an oil spill where salmon are being farmed.
Harris has prioritized protecting public lands and pursued accountability for polluters, but her track record on tribal affairs is mixed. The post What a Kamala Harris presidency could mean for the West appeared first on High Country News.
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Harris has said, “the urgency of this moment is clear.” Trump has called climate change a “hoax.” The post How Kamala Harris and Donald Trump compare on climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Yvonne Niego, Nunavut's deputy Environment minister, confirmed to Radio-Canada Monday afternoon that there was a gasoline leak at the community's fuel tank farm and the territory suspects approximately 5,000 litres of gasoline had leaked.
By Magdalen Sullivan & Kate Roberts As the U.S. oil and gas industry expands, the vast network of largely unregulated pipelines that transport unprocessed natural gas —known as gathering pipelines — has crept closer and closer to residential communities. Most gathering pipelines are currently exempt from regular inspection, which means that leaks and other problems […] The post Mapping the maze: data reveals the need for protective standards for all gas gathering pipelines appeared first on Energy Exchange .
The White House protested cuts to climate and clean energy programs.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Global society may have finally slammed on the brakes for climate-warming pollution released by human fossil fuel combustion. According to the Carbon Monitor Project , the total global climate pollution released between February and May 2024 declined slightly from the amount released during the same period in 2023. Many experts believe that the clean energy transition has reached the point where emissions will stabilize and then begin to decline. The critical milestone of peak climate pollution might be happening right now. And it’s happening none too soon. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported in early June that “carbon is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever —...
CANBERRA - A plan by Australia's federal opposition that would slow the roll-out of renewable power and build a network of nuclear reactors has set the scene for a divisive confrontation on climate policy ahead of an election expected next year.
Some species are doing better than others in the race to adapt to climate change.
Observatory cancels standby typhoon signal at 12.20pm.
The world’s forests are becoming increasingly susceptible to wildfires and pests due to climate change, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), released Monday.
Project 2025 proposes breaking up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the parent agency for the National Weather Service, describing it as “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry.”
Authorities said nearly 100 firefighters were sent to battle a fire that broke out at the Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea coast.
Two weeks after Hurricane Beryl hit, heat-related deaths during the prolonged power outages have pushed the number of storm-related fatalities to at least 23 in the Lone Star State.
Strong winds and heavy rain trigger 230 weather-related events across the country, while Tropical Storm Gaemi nears Taiwan Slovenia was hit by heavy rain and strong winds on Friday as a series of storms brought an abrupt end to a prolonged hot and dry spell. More than 230 weather-related events including flooding and landslides have been reported across the country. The worst-hit regions were in the Gorenjska municipality of Preddvor, and in Koroška in the north, which experienced similarly devastating floods last August. Continue reading...
States, tribes, local governments and territories sent in proposals aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
[Ethiopian Herald] In Ethiopia, agriculture is the engine of the economy; it covers over 80% of the economy of the country, employs the majority of the population and contributes significantly to the country's GDP. Out of all the agriculture sectors, coffee plays a significant role in earning huge amount of foreign currency and creating considerable number of employment opportunity.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday that it has 25 projects for some $4.3 billion to implement community-driven solutions to the climate crisis.
Scientists at Kew believe half its 11,000 tree species could be at risk by the end of the century.
Steel production is one of the most carbon-intensive industries globally, in part because of its frequent use of coal.
Major oil field service companies are pivoting to more work in international and offshore fields amid a slowdown in U.S. shale activity.
The agency plans to dole out the funding ahead of the presidential election, which would make it nearly impossible for a new administration to stop it.
The Azerbaijani presidency made that claim while presenting a flurry of initiatives for the Baku summit.
Botanical gardens lost 400 trees during 2022 drought, prompting research into potential loss in coming decades More than half of the tree species at Kew’s Royal Botanical Gardens are at risk of death because of climate breakdown, a study by the public body has found. Founded in 1840, Kew Gardens says it houses the largest botanical collection in the world. During the drought of 2022, the botanical gardens in south-west London lost 400 of its trees. Scientists at Kew decided they should map and chronicle the climate risk to the trees to see how many could feasibly be lost to the changing weather in the coming decades. Continue reading...
Japan has used a leaders' summit to highlight its supporting role in the Oceania region, as Pacific island states seek assistance with infrastructure development and mitigating the effects of rising sea levels.
High temperatures and low rain levels have caused the Okanagan's drought level to be put at a level two. These dry conditions present hazards for both humans and the environment.
An oil tanker that left the site of a collision and fire east of Singapore has been intercepted off the coast of Malaysia in the early hours of Sunday, Malaysian maritime authorities said.
NSW, Victoria and Queensland local governments have limited roles in approving developments, but advocates say they’re best placed to keep communities onside Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community Rural councils should be “deeply engaged” with the planning of renewable energy projects in their backyards to keep communities onside and streamline the energy transition, local government advocates have said. But not all renewable projects require local government approval, meaning developers are left to deal directly with the community – to mixed results. Sign up to receive Guardian Australia’s fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter Continue reading...
Sir Keir Starmer's finance chief warned that failing to make the UK more energy self-sufficiency would leave it 'at the mercy of dictators' like Vladimir Putin and keep bills high.
Russia said Sunday it scrambled fighter jets to intercept two U.S. military long-range bomber aircraft that approached the Russian border over the Barents Sea in the Arctic.
In the Western U.S., the vast majority of oil wells in high wildfire risk areas are in California, and 2.6 million people live in close proximity.
In February of this year Scottish Forestry awarded a grant of over £2 million to the Guernsey-based Forestry Carbon Sequestration Fund, managed by the investment company True North, to plant 700 hectares of mostly Sitka spruce on a stretch of the John Buchan way.
The urgent needs of the road users they held up were ignored during this climate crusade It was “ a dark day ”, according to a UN special rapporteur. Others lamented “a gross miscarriage of justice” and “a farce” marking “a low point in British justice”. Such language would not have been hyperbolic had they been talking about the review highlighting the failings that left Andrew Malkinson jailed for 17 years for a crime he didn’t commit . Or a recent travesty of the single justice procedure , the expedited closed-door process that saw a woman dying from stage 4 breast cancer convicted for non-payment of a TV licence . But it was actually referring to the handing down of five- and four-year prison sentences to five Just Stop Oil activists for their role in masterminding four days of...
Almost two weeks after Beryl hit, heat-related deaths during the prolonged power outages have pushed the number of storm-related fatalities to at least 23 in Texas.
If we can’t control rising global temperatures by drastically cutting carbon emissions, could something called geo-engineering be a way to cool the planet?
A putrid smell hangs over the black-stained shores of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, where an oil slick is emblematic of the steep decline in the country's once-enviable petroleum industry.
KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian coast guard said on Saturday that one of the two large oil tankers involved in a collision that led to fires on both had left the location of the accident and was believed to have turned off its tracking system.
‘Sudden heavy rainstorm and flash floods’ caused bridge in southern Shaanxi to collapse into river below late on Friday, CCTV reports.
Trump’s VP pick flip-flopped on global warming as he rose in GOP politics, earning a zero score on climate from a leading environmental group
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said all operations and management systems of petroleum sector companies and oil and gas facilities are operating efficiently and stably, in light of Microsoft’s announcing announcing a major technical outage that has swept the world. The post Petroleum Ministry: Petroleum sector’s companies not affected by global cyber outage appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Kevin Jordan thought he would spend his retirement listening to the sound of the sea at his home on the Norfolk coast in eastern England.
ANKARA - Turkey is set to send navy support to Somali waters after the two countries agreed Ankara will send an exploration vessel off the coast of Somalia to prospect for oil and gas.
Few cases have created quite so much controversy as that of the Just Stop Oil protestors who have been sentenced for their part in organising a climate change demonstration on the M25 in 2022.
The administration also seeks tougher regulations on plastics manufacturers, which use fossil fuels to make many products in everyday use.
[ISS] Could policy convergence on climate change be a ray of hope in the country's new Government of National Unity?
Devastating power outages and destruction in Houston left by Hurricane Beryl again underscored the city’s inability to sufficiently fortify itself against extreme weather events worsened by climate change. This was the lowest level hurricane, a Category One, and yet it knocked out power to millions and left the nation’s fourth largest city reeling. Past horrific hurricanes, including Ike in 2008 and Harvey in 2017, made crystal clear that the city needed to bolster its infrastructure including expanding flood-plain protections, burying more power lines underground, and hardening its power grid. But those city, state and corporate efforts have repeatedly fallen short.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously denied an attempt by Republican Attorneys General and fossil fuel industry parties to block EPA’s protections limiting climate pollution from power plants.
Regenerative farmers, philosophers, scientists and more offer their insights, from feeding your dog to finding your ‘enough’ Change by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com “What is one habit all eco-enthusiasts should adopt?” After a year of asking this on my podcast, The Eco Enthusiast , I’ve gathered 10 memorable and effective habits from regenerative farmers, philosophers, scientists, CEOs, and sustainability directors. Here are the best insights I’ve learned so far. Continue reading...
Lengthy prison sentences seen by many as heavy-handed and prompt comparisons with other offences The lengthy jail terms handed to five supporters of the Just Stop Oil (JSO) climate campaign on Thursday – believed to be the longest ever meted out in the UK for non-violent protest – have sent shock waves through the protest community an d beyond. The five-year sentence for Roger Hallam and four-year terms imposed on Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and Cressida Gethin are being seen by many as the latest heavy-handed response to protesters, particularly those urging action on the climate crisis. Continue reading...
Roger Hallam, the eco-fanatic at the very top of Just Stop Oil , Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain, is starting a five-year jail term today.
Equitable urban design can help these major population centers respond to and mitigate climate change The post Books for adapting cities to climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Two groups said the agency should share more information to prove its "climate-smart commodities" projects actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The challengers argue that EPA is no longer entitled to “deference” on two points underpinning new emissions standards for coal and oil-fired plants.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE01705F, Paper Xinrong Yang, Yuan Gao, Lin-Yong Xu, Xiaohei Wu, Xingyu Chen, Yiming Shao, Bo Xiao, Shanshan Liu, Jianlong Xia, Rui Sun, Jie Min A highly efficient and stable all-small-molecule system with excellent thickness tolerance and recycling capability has been developed, by integrating a new giant molecule acceptor (Se-Giant) into the MPhS-C2:BTP-eC9 binary system. 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
Tourists and residents swelter in heat as temperatures rise to 44C in Spain, with forest fires in Greece and Croatia A fierce heatwave is continuing to roll across southern and central Europe, bringing temperatures of up to 44C (111.2F) to parts of Spain, sparking forest fires in Greece and Croatia, and prompting governments to urge people to take special care as the mercury rises. In Spain, the state meteorological agency, Aemet, said temperatures on Friday could hit 40C across large parts of the country – and even 44C in areas of Andalucía – as the first heatwave of the summer hit. Aemet said the high temperatures, caused by a mass of “very hot, dry and dusty air” from North Africa, were expected to last until Saturday. Continue reading...
[The Conversation Africa] As climate change drives temperature increases and lower precipitation in southern Africa, research has found that there is likely to be an increase in the number of wildfires in regions that are already hot, dry and water scarce.
The amount of electricity produced from renewable sources worldwide is set to surpass output from coal-fired plants for the first time in 2025, the International Energy Agency said Friday.
Bitcoin mining was long under scrutiny due to environmental concerns associated with the industry, but as more studies emerge about the role the sector plays in the world's transition toward sustainable energy sources, the tides may finally be changing.
Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.
The Australian Industry Group joined with a coalition of organizations to call for a “credible and consistent energy framework,” including greater investment in renewable energy.
While welcome news as Europe seeks to curb emissions, hotter-than-normal temperatures this summer are leading to higher electricity consumption in the country.
So much ice is melting at the Earth's poles that it's affecting the rotation of the planet, scientists say. Its spin is slowing down slightly, causing days to get longer.
The jail sentences handed down to Just Stop Oil activists take up many of Friday's front pages.
ATHENS - Yannis Asimakopoulos has worked as a food delivery driver in Athens for 17 years and cannot recall a hotter summer as a new heatwave gripped Greece this week.
PRAGUE/BUDAPEST - Slovakia and Hungary said they have stopped receiving oil from key supplier Lukoil after Ukraine imposed a ban last month on the transit of resources from the Russian energy company via its territory.
For about $80 you can have a pail-full of food pouches with a 25-year shelf life to help cope with disasters of all sorts The growing threat of climate change and the increase in unpredictable natural disasters that comes with it is leading survival-minded shoppers to a bucket of possible salvation from Costco. The big box warehouse club retailer is selling the “Readywise Emergency Food Bucket” for around $80 to its US customers. Continue reading...
Mining executive Andrew Forrest has denied he is abandoning his ambitions for green hydrogen, saying the fuel is imperative for combating climate change.
Five Just Stop Oil protesters, including one of its co-founders, have been jailed for conspiring to organise protests that blocked the M25 motorway.
As the climate crisis causes heavier and more frequent floods across the US, one in four small businesses are one disaster away from shutting down Alejandra Palma lives in perpetual fear of the next storm. “We are constantly checking the weather,” said Palma, who co-owns Root Hill Cafe in Brooklyn’s low-lying Gowanus neighborhood. “If we see that there’s a hurricane in Florida, it’s like, oh my God, please let it not come here.” Continue reading...
The coal mine promises to be net zero but a recent major ruling has cast doubt on its future.
Two studies pinpoint their likely industrial sources and mitigation opportunities.
STRASBOURG - Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Thursday to not weaken Europe's efforts to tackle climate change, if she wins a second five-year term as President of the European Commission, the EU's most powerful body.
[DW] Senegal is the latest African country to start producing oil. But would Senegal and other African countries be better off in the long term keeping their oil and gas in the ground?
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance Five supporters of the Just Stop Oil climate campaign who conspired to cause gridlock on London’s orbital motorway have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms. Roger Hallam, Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and Cressida Gethin were found guilty last week of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance for coordinating direct action protests on the M25 over four days in November 2022. Continue reading...
MAALE GILBOA, Israel - Maale Gilboa, a remote kibbutz on a rocky hilltop in northern Israel, was an unlikely spot to build a farming community let alone the future of Israel's energy supply.
The land use proposal has won the support of both industry and wildlife advocates.
Editor’s Note: Jeff Goodell is a journalist and author of several books on climate change, most recently “The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more CNN Opinion. CNN — Earlier this week, the Third Avenue Bridge in Manhattan had to be … The post Opinion: We built our world for a climate that no longer exists appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Considered as one of the sources of income for organised crime, along with drugs, weapons and human trafficking, transnational environmental crimes are rarely brought to justice. Within the European Union, the case of Italy highlights the challenge to prosecute environmental criminals. Could transitional justice could step in and offer solutions ?
“If activist groups can make the U.S. permitting process for carbon capture and storage projects unworkable, these projects will be pursued in other countries with much, much lower environmental standards than we take for granted in this country.”
The weather's hotting up in the UK but will be have a heatwave?
Lawyers for Climate Action say there are “significant concerns” about whether the government’s new climate plan will achieve its climate targets, and could be in breach of the Climate Change Response Act.
Natural gas plays a pivotal component in Australia’s energy transition.
When the maritime sector slashed sulfur emissions, it became an accidental experiment in geoengineering.
[New Zimbabwe] INCOMING United States (US) ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Marie Tremont has said her country will be providing food aid support to Zimbabwe which has been ravaged by the El Nino-induced drought.
Subsidising domestic oil prices through the state's rapidly dwindling Oil Fuel Fund is not the only way to deal with the fluctuations in global crude prices.
The pilot program could be one of the biggest carbon removal efforts in the U.S., if it works.
As part of the country's first major climate policy, millions of dollars are available for states to create climate action plans. Montana aims to make schools more energy efficient.
Scientists say government’s approach to emissions cutting is ‘high risk’ and reliant on ‘immature technologies’ New Zealand’s ambitious plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050 is at risk of being derailed, as the government backslides on climate policies, new figures show. In 2019, the Labour government passed landmark climate legislation , committing the nation to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 and meeting its commitments under the Paris climate accords. It requires future governments to detail how New Zealand will meet its greenhouse gas targets on the way to a carbon-neutral future. Continue reading...
Incredible new NASA footage shows the most abundant greenhouse gas that is warming our planet at an alarming rate.
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said Friday the department and NOAA are recommending $575 million in funding for 19 projects to boost coastal climate resilience.
The Park fire in the north of the state, only 3% contained, has burned more than 160,000 acres, including structures A massive wildfire in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada has grown into the state’s largest this year, destroying buildings and forcing the evacuations of thousands of people in a region reeling from a spate of devastating wildfires in recent years. The blaze started on Wednesday on the outskirts of Chico, a university town of 100,000 in the foothills. By Friday morning, the blaze, known as the Park fire, had burned more than 160,000 acres (64,700 hectares) across Butte and Tehama counties. Fueled by steady winds and hot weather, the flames have been particularly ferocious, licking above the tree line as the fire ballooned in size. Continue reading...
Energy secretary seeks to reestablish UK as a global leader on the climate crisis with meeting of Cop presidents Labour will honour a pledge of £11.6bn in overseas aid for the climate crisis, the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, told an unusual meeting of Cop presidents past and present on Friday, as he sought to re-establish the UK at the heart of international climate discussions. As the Labour government prepares for this year’s climate-emergency summit in November, Miliband hosted Mukhtar Babayev, the Azerbaijan government minister who will lead Cop29 , and Ana Toni, the top official on the climate for Brazil, which will host Cop30 in the Amazonian city of Belem in 2025 in a meeting to discuss what steps are needed to make a success of the next two UN climate Cops, as the “conferences...
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, and a new NASA mission is helping improve data modeling and increasing our understanding of Earth’s rapidly changing climate. Changing ice, ocean, and atmospheric conditions in the northernmost part of Earth have a large impact on the entire planet. That’s because the Arctic region acts […]
Firefighters are battling a 'monster' wildfire in the evacuated town of Jasper and Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.
Industry and environmental groups weigh in on how biofuel production can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The group Climate Defiance is urging the vice president to curb fossil fuel production and boost federal efforts to brace for climate change.
Bad news for Olympians headed to Paris -- high levels of ozone pollution and grass pollen are likely during the upcoming games if hot, sunny weather prevails, researchers said.
Jasper residents have described the shock and horror of fleeing their homes on little notice as a raging wildfire ripped through the national park and townsite in western Alberta.
As the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) undergoes its third program review, it is critical that the program scale its ambition to both meet the demands of the climate crisis and to fully capitalize on the cost-saving potential of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Ensuring ambitious reductions […] The post Setting an 80 by 30 target is critical for the third RGGI program review, new EDF modeling shows appeared first on Climate 411 .
[This Day] Experts have tasked the federal and state governments on the need for a system-wide solution to mitigate risks associated natural disasters.
TOKYO - A panel of Japan's nuclear watchdog decided on Friday against restarting a reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant citing seismic risks, paving the way for the regulator to keep the Japan Atomic Power plant shut.
Humans used the now-destroyed rockshelter throughout the last ice age until just a few decades ago.
Philippine authorities were engaged in a race to contain an oil spill from a tanker sunk by typhoon Gaemi and prevent 370,000 gallons of industrial fuel oil remaining on board from escaping into the ocean.
The park says due to the rainfall, fire behaviour is likely to calm over the next 72 hours.
Half a million people evacuated, 21 deaths confirmed so far and capsized tanker in Manila causes huge oil spill Typhoon Gaemi has been wreaking havoc, with the Philippines government forced to declare a state of calamity last week in its capital Manila, and flooding and at least three deaths in Taiwan. . Manila received more than 300mm of rainfall, with resulting floods reaching as high as one-storey buildings in places. More than half a million people have been evacuated or displaced, with 21 deaths confirmed so far. Gaemi initially developed on Sunday as a tropical storm to the east of the Philippines and then tracked north-west, strengthening until it achieved typhoon status on Monday as it drew level with the northernmost tip of the Philippines. Despite not making landfall in the Philippines...
Slovakia and Hungary said they stopped receiving oil from Russian group Lukoil via Ukraine.
When Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a pact last month to revive a Cold War-era mutual defense pledge between two of the world’s nuclear powers, it also had the implicit support a third nuclear power standing in the shadows: China. The new nuclear alliance, which has triggered fears […]
Resorting to absurdity to can make people care. The post Audio: What’s so funny about climate change? appeared first on High Country News.
As the weekend goes on, temperatures are set to climb from 24C (75F) to highs of 28C (82F) with most of the country experiencing long spells of warm and dry weather on Sunday.
A new study warns that the push for renewable energy could exacerbate socioeconomic disparities among Indigenous communities.
High temperatures, droughts and wildfire last year caused some forests to wilt and burn enough to degrade the ability of the land to lock away carbon dioxide.
From Los Angeles to Cairo, the global water crisis is escalating – but Valencia’s Tribunal de les Aigües could inspire a solution Every Thursday at noon, outside the west door of Valencia’s cathedral, nine black-cloaked figures – one wearing a banded cap and with a ceremonial harpoon by their side – gather for their weekly meeting, as they have done for hundreds of years. This is the Tribunal de les Aigües (Tribunal of Waters) – a water court that may be the oldest institution of justice in Europe. It may seem like a relic of the past, but in fact, in the midst of a global water crisis, the tribunal is more relevant than ever. We are a civilisation at risk of committing aquacide. Due to droughts caused by climate change, expanding industrial agriculture and growing urbanisation, one in...
BEIJING - Typhoon Gaemi lashed towns on China's coastal Fujian province on Friday with heavy rains and strong winds as the most powerful storm to hit the country this year began its widely watched trek into the populous interior.
Authorities are racing to contain the oil spill and prevent it from reaching the capital, Manila.
Climate change minister Simon Watts Climate change minister Simon Watts has not ruled out supporting a controversial private member’s bill to stop regional councils from considering climate change impacts in...
The blaze, which forced 25,000 to evacuate overnight, remains out of control, officials at the national park say.
Critical infrastructure such as telecommunications has been affected by the wildfires that have raged through Jasper National Park and into the picturesque townsite itself.
Parts of the popular tourist town of Jasper in Canada have been fully destroyed as a wildfire continues to ravage the historic alpine resort and the surrounding national park.
Ten Just Stop Oil activists appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with conspiring to disrupt Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, with eight individuals (pictured) remanded in prison.
STATEMENT: United States’ Bipartisan IMPACT Act 2.0 Fills Gaps in Concrete and Asphalt Climate Legislation casey.skeens@wri.org Thu, 07/25/2024 - 16:25 Washington, DC (July 25, 2024) – Today Representatives Max Miller (R-OH-7) and Valerie Foushee (D-NC-4) introduced the IMPACT Act 2.0 ( H.R. 9136 ) to bolster the manufacturing of low-emission cement, concrete, and asphalt binder and mixes to propel U.S. industrial decarbonization. These actions are particularly important as the industrial sector will likely become the U.S.’s top source of greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade — overtaking the transportation sector as the country’s number one source of planet-warming pollution. This bill complements the IMPACT Act introduced in the House of Representatives...
This blog was co-authored by Lulu August, State Climate Policy Intern This month marks five years since New York State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) was signed into law. At the time of its enactment in 2019, the groundbreaking climate law set New York apart as a national and global climate leader. Indeed, […] The post Five years into New York’s climate law, the state needs a bold cap-and-invest program to bring emissions goals into reach appeared first on Climate 411 .
The leader of America's best organized secessionist movement says Kamala Harris' record on immigration and climate change turn off voters in his frontier state.
Typhoon Gaemi and the massive floods it set off hit hard those already eking hardscrabble lives.
Trees are searching for colder temperatures, with far-reaching consequences for the entire ecosystem.
Online sales appear to be compounding threats from climate change and habitat loss, according to new research.
Secretary general said wealthiest countries are ‘signing away our future’ with more production and called for phase-out of fossil fuels The world’s wealthiest countries are “signing away our future” by leading a “flood” of expansion in fossil fuel activity that threatens worsening heatwaves and other climate impacts that imperil billions of people, the head of the United Nations has warned. António Guterres, secretary general of the UN, on Thursday called on countries to “fight the disease” of the world’s “addiction” to coal, oil and gas, warning that tumbling heat records this week must spur rich nations to lead the way in phasing out fossil fuels. Continue reading...
It could be among most destructive typhoons on record in terms of wind and rain damage, adding pressure to disaster prevention efforts.
[Greenpeace] Greenpeace Africa hosted a side event on climate finance ahead of the celebration of AU ECOSOCC's 20th anniversary happening this week in Ghana. The theme for this discussion was "Addressing the polycrisis: The role of Financial reforms in fixing the climate and environmental crisis in Africa". This event has been the space to discuss relevant topics such as the link between the current climate and environmental crisis and the financial reforms that are needed by African countries to meet these
Humanity is suffering from an "extreme heat epidemic," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday, calling for action to limit the impacts of heat waves intensified by climate change.
The Great Salt Lake released 4.1 million tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in 2020, researchers found -- more evidence that dried-out lakes are a significant source of emissions.
The oil tanker is one of two vessels to sink in the wider region as Typhoon Gaemi passes through.
People’s livelihoods depend on the coffee industry, but climate change is changing weather patterns, introducing or increasing pests and diseases and disrupting where the plants can be grown
Forests and other land ecosystems emitted almost as much carbon dioxide as they absorbed in 2023 – if this persists it will be much harder to restrict global warming to agreed targets
Vineyard Wind is one of the first major ocean wind power projects in the United States.
A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila as authorities raced against time to contain the spill.
Hotels and other amenities may be lacking for participants at the 30th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP30), in this northern Brazilian city in late 2025, but the bottom line is they will have a unique experience in the Amazon. Discussing the Amazon in the Amazon itself distinguishes COP30 from its predecessors and […]
“Firefighters like me can see the link between climate change and the escalating wildfire crisis. Fire seasons are becoming longer, and the summers are hotter and drier.”
Each Olympic visitor is accountable for 100kg of CO2 emissions, a scientist at Polytechnique Montréal in Canada has revealed.
The wildfire caused significant damage and forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate.
We need new fuels to transport people and goods around the globe as society moves away from coal, natural gas and oil. Here’s how things are shaping up. The post The greening of planes, trains, and automobiles appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
MANILA - One crew member was still missing after a tanker carrying industrial fuel capsized early on Thursday morning off the Philippines, the country's transportation minister said, and the incident had caused an oil spill.
16 of the 17 crew members have been rescued.
With ocean warming, we’re seeing stronger tropical storms. Typhoon Gaemi caused fatal destruction in the Philippines and Taiwan, then moved to China.
L.A.'s wellness crowd says it's amazing. The EPA says its filter should be registered as a pesticide. But the true story of The Berkey gets even weirder.
TAIPEI/BEIJING: Typhoon Gaemi swept through northern Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people, bringing floods and snarling traffic, before heading across the sea and into China where it is expected to dump more torrential rain.
An oil spill has been spotted off the coast of the Philippines, after a tanker carrying about 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil capsized. What are ways to limit the ecological impact of such spills?
Air pollution causes premature death and disease and disproportionately harms non-white and lower-income groups in the United States. Government policies are responsible for the racial disparity in air pollution exposure and related health outcomes. ...
CNN — Much of the Philippine capital remained underwater Thursday after deadly Typhoon Gaemi worsened torrential monsoon rains that lashed the country, trapping thousands of people in rising flood waters and causing widespread damage. Continuous heavy rains, massive flooding and landslides across the Philippines killed at least 13 people and displaced more than 600,000, Philippine authorities … The post Thousands stranded by floods in Philippine capital as deadly typhoon prompts calls for climate action appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Emergency services were called to the Clarence River at Lawrence and were told a truck was attempting to board a vehicle ferry before it entered the water. Follow the day’s news live Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Q: Why target the individuals when it’s state policy? Penny Wong said the Australian government has been “clear in terms of state-to-state relations about our view on settlements”. They are unlawful under international law. We’ve been clear about that … We have also said that we want to continue to take steps towards a two-state solution. That may not be the view of some people in the Israeli government, but that is the view of the Australian government. These individuals have been involved in violent attacks on Palestinians...
One Republican called Harris a "DEI hire." Another accused her of favoring minorities over white hurricane survivors.
The agency funded 21 projects in low-income areas as it launched the nation's largest-ever spending program on environmental justice.
Weather pattern changes are turning countries previously inhospitable to dengue-carrying mosquitoes into possible habitats.
Groups say the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hasn't significantly updated its air pollution rules in four decades.
State of the UK Climate report shows sea surface temperatures 0.9C higher than the 1961 to 1990 average The water near the UK’s coasts was hotter in 2023 than scientists have ever before recorded, a report has found, with children today experiencing a hotter and wetter climate than that in which their parents and grandparents grew up. The sea surface temperature near coasts was 0.9C hotter and winter rainfall across the country was 24% greater over the last decade than the average from 1961 to 1990, according to the State of the UK Climate 2023 report. It found the number of “hot” (28C) days has more than doubled over that period, and the number of “very hot” (30C) and “extremely hot” (32C) days has more than tripled. Continue reading...
The Pentagon has released an updated Arctic strategy that warns of low-level Russian 'destabilizing' activities in the Far North aimed at the United States, Canada and its allies.
The superstorm has caused downpours and strong gusts as it makes landfall, killing three people and injuring more than 200 Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall on Taiwan’s eastern coast, unleashing torrential rainfall and whipping winds across the island that left three people dead. On its path to Taiwan, Gaemi also exacerbated seasonal rains in the nearby Philippines, triggering flooding and landslides that killed six. Continue reading...
A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila on Thursday, authorities said, as they raced to contain a spill.
With temperature rising worldwide, it's never been more important to find ways to cool down
In its annual State of the Climate report, the Met Office said 2023 had the hottest June on record, the joint warmest September, and the year as a whole was the second warmest on record for the UK.
Climate change is causing a dramatic increase in the frequency of temperature extremes and number of temperature records the UK experiences.
Fire crews brace for more storms bringing lightning and risk of flash floods as Durkee fire grows to nearly 245,000 acres A immense wildfire in Oregon is now the largest active blaze in the US, and has grown so big that it’s creating its own weather. The so-called Durkee fire was sparked by lightning and has since grown to nearly 245,000 acres (97,000 hectares). The fire is threatening homes in and around the communities of Durkee, Huntington and Rye Valley, as well as a major highway, cell towers and power infrastructure in the area. Fire crews and equipment from 22 states were battling the blaze. Continue reading...
An unidentified Belgian tourist suffered third-degree burns to his feet after he walked barefoot through Death Valley National Park on Saturday in 123-degree heat.
Baffin the polar bear was seven-years-old when his trachea was crushed while roughhousing with one of his penmates.
Scotland must cut aviation emissions while improving the number of flight connections, according to a new SNP strategy which has been dismissed as 'hot air'.
MOSCOW - Hungary and Slovakia have threatened to take Ukraine to court for blocking supplies of oil by Russian producer Lukoil via the Soviet-built Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline, the last remaining route for Russian crude to Europe.
Campaigners say sudden sale suggests Abrdn’s use of Scottish countryside was ‘get-rich-quick scheme’ A Scottish estate that became a lightning rod for disputes over wealthy “green lairds” buying up the Highlands has been unexpectedly put up for sale. The Far Ralia estate in the Cairngorms has gone on the market for £12m, three years after it was bought for £7.5m by an investment trust run by Standard Life, now Abrdn, as a way to offset carbon emissions from its properties. Continue reading...
[Daily Trust] The Development Bank of Nigeria Plc (DBN) has announced that it has received the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Accreditation and has thus become the first Direct Access Entity (DAE) and the only authorized Nigerian channel for accessing green financing from the GCF.
Just Stop Oil activist, Phoebe Plummer, 22, who flung tomato soup over Van Gogh's priceless Sunflowers is prepared to be jailed for her cause, a court hears.
MOSCOW - Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of stoking tensions in the Arctic and dismissed assertions from the U.S. military that increasing cooperation between Russia and China in the area could impact regional stability.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters and Bob Henson Those who’ve trawled social media during heat waves have likely encountered a tidbit frequently used to brush aside human-caused climate change : Many U.S. states and cities had their single hottest temperature on record during the 1930s, setting incredible heat marks that still stand today. The critical context that’s typically left out is that the 1930s were the decade of the Dust Bowl — the grim result of relentless overplowing of the Great Plains followed by natural oceanic cycles that favored a multiyear drought, which coincided with the Great Depression. It’s a U.S. disaster almost a century old, one that draws little attention today and whose...
Environmental groups analyzed EPA-approved pesticide ingredients and found 30 percent approved within the last decade were PFAS.
The global average temperature broke a record set in 2023, partly driven by heat in Antarctica.
We ask ourselves whether the world is too dark now for something so wholesome. Then the torch is lit, and there’s magic in the air It feels a little embarrassing to be a grown adult excited for the Olympics . I am not sure why. Perhaps it’s the unequivocal joy. That feels childish. Why would I believe something good could happen? When was the last time something good happened? Oh, it’s so easy to be cynical about things. I’m really good at it too. If I were to play to my strengths, I should go on about how devastating the Olympics is to the economy of the host nation, how commercial elements have hijacked every last corner of the games, and I could maybe even make some vague reference to the carbon emissions required to get all the athletes to Paris, but not in such a way that would necessitate...
Mete Coban (left), 32, will begin the £148,000-per-year role as a deputy mayor of London on Thursday, it was announced last night.
Evacuees were initially ordered to go to British Columbia but were directed on Tuesday to make a wide U-turn as that province was dealing with its own wildfires.
EV prices remain high in Saudi Arabia, where fuel costs are lower than in most countries.
There’s a rich blend of stories in this week’s edition. Let’s start with some good news. President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday signed the crucial Climate Change Bill into law. This is the country’s first comprehensive piece of legislation to encourage the development of an effective climate change response, as Sheree Bega writes. Seals with rabies are […]
[This Day] Abuja -- In a significant move to bolster Nigeria's energy sector, the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) of Nigeria and Havenhill Synergy Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deploy up to 250mw of Decentralised Renewable Energy (DRE).
A German environmental group has won a lawsuit against the government for not adequately addressing air pollution. Could this reignite the debate on motorway speed limits?
In thrall to the oil and gas industries, wealthy nations are backing calamitous projects. But the tide is turning Tessa Khan is executive director of the climate action organisation Uplift It is a delusion to believe that the world’s climate is being pushed to the brink solely by undemocratic petrostates such as Russia and Saudi Arabia. The truth is that about half of all planned oil and gas developments between now and 2050 will be sanctioned by wealthy governments that position themselves as climate leaders: the US, Canada, Australia, Norway and the UK. It is the countries that like to think of themselves as the good guys that are driving the climate crisis – and not just because of historical emissions and the high-carbon lifestyles of our middle class. It is because our governments...
No injuries were reported, but the Biscuit Basin area was closed for visitor safety. The eruption damaged a boardwalk that keeps people off Yellowstone's fragile and often dangerous geothermal areas.
Many extremes over the past 40 years might have triggered transformational change – but didn't. The post Can a colossal extreme weather event galvanize action on the climate crisis? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Suggestions definition of petrostate is too narrow as many rich countries that could phase out fossil fuels double down Wealthy countries lead in new oil and gas expansion, threatening 12bn tonnes of emissions “Drill, baby, drill!” Donald Trump’s ominous avowal to pump up the oil and gas production of the US has horrified many people around the world about the intentions of the Republican candidate, who has also declared he wants to be “dictator for a day”. Rather than the prospective leader of the free world, the election frontrunner sounds more like the tyrant of a petrostate. That should not be entirely surprising given the country’s recent record: it has ramped up fossil fuel production to become the world’s biggest producer. As a Guardian investigation reveals , the total number...
A Just Stop Oil eco clown wants hard up Brits to stump up for her £1,200 legal bill after moaning she was nearly run over while blocking a road.
A six-month investigation reveals that many carbon credit ventures reap profits from public lands they have no right to and fail to share revenue with those protecting the forest.
[Greenpeace] Kinshasa -- Following her visit to the Republic of Congo's Conkouati-Douli National Park on 6 July, Greenpeace Africa calls on the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed to denounce the government's decision to award an oil and gas exploration permit there last February.
[SAnews.gov.za] The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) has welcomed the signing of the Climate Change Bill by President Cyril Ramaphosa, into law.
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettySunday saw the hottest day on Earth ever recorded—the average surface air temperature hit 17.09C (62.76F), according to preliminary data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service. “What is truly staggering is how large the difference is between the temperature of the last 13 months and the previous temperature records,” Copernicus Director Carlo Buontempo told the Guardian. “We are now in truly uncharted territory—and as the climate keeps warming, we are bound to see new records being broken in future months and years.”Buontempo is right. We’ve gotten off to an unusually hot start to the summer in the United States, and July numbers from around the globe are alarming. No matter where you look on the globe—here, the African continent...
With heat waves and wildfire smoke emergencies increasing, there's not always a clear pathway for states to access federal aid.
A slanging match has opened up between Chris Bowen and Gerard Rennick with the climate change and energy minister labelling the LNP Senator a 'conspiracy theorist' and 'cooker'.
Consumers paid $1.1 billion in excess costs because utilities generated electricity with coal instead of cheaper alternatives.
But most of its electricity will be generated by fossil fuels for another decade.
Technicalities and hesitations softened the effect of Trump's withdrawal last time. Here's what could make another departure more serious.
The French capital cut costs and emissions by using existing infrastructure and emphasizing climate-friendly construction.
Defense Department leaders have, for more than the past decade, warned that the U.S. needs to step up its activities in the warming Arctic.
Which? study found increase of 38% for one brand, while cheaper options often scored better in taste tests The price of popular ice-creams and lollies including Cornetto and Solero have soared by more than 30% over the past two years amid the rising cost of ingredients and energy. Analysts at the consumer group Which? have suggested switching to supermarket own-label options that are cheaper and – their study suggests – often tastier. Continue reading...
Relentless rain drenched the northern Philippines on Wednesday, triggering floods in Manila and landslides in mountainous regions as Typhoon Gaemi intensified the seasonal monsoon.
Most states submitted plans to reduce planet-warming pollution to unlock federal grant money, and they proposed projects to get started. This week, the Biden administration announced the winners.
A 56-year-old woman died from high temperatures and dehydration at Quail Creek State Park in Utah on Sunday, with temperatures reaching 106°F. Despite rescue efforts, she was found unresponsive and pronounced dead. This year’s heatwave has claimed multiple hiker lives in the Southwest, including recent fatalities in Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Snow Canyon, and Canyonlands National Parks.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A surprise eruption that shot steam, water and dark-colored rock and dirt dozens of feet into the sky Tuesday sent people running for safety in Yellowstone National Park.The hydrothermal explosion happened around 10 a.m. in Biscuit Basin, a collection of hot springs a couple miles (3.2 kilometers) north of the famous Old Faithful Geyser.Video posted online showed a couple dozen people watching from a boardwalk as the eruption sprayed and grew in front of them. As water and debris began to fall, they ran to keep clear, some yelling “Back up!" and “Holy cow!” People then turned to watch the spectacle under a huge cloud of steam.The eruption damaged the boardwalk, an elevated wooden walkway that keeps people off Yellowstone's fragile and often dangerous geothermal areas...
BUDAPEST - Hungary will block European Union refunds for member states that gave munitions to Ukraine until Kyiv allows the transit of oil from Russia's Lukoil through a pipeline over its territory, the Hungarian foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Activists are asking Europe's top rights court to fault Russia for creating a "climate catastrophe", saying Moscow's war on Ukraine is contributing to a spike in its greenhouse gas emissions.
Texas is bracing for a heavy rain storm that is set to unleash an army of toxic foot-long mutant worms that regenerate when sliced in half.
Germany must improve its air pollution control programme and ensure it complies with EU requirements, the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW - Russia's Tuapse oil refinery is still operating, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday, a day after local authorities reported that the refinery had been damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack.
Efficient solar panels have helped make solar power the cheapest form of energy on the planet, and new designs based on space-age technology are going further
Preliminary data from Copernicus shows that the global average temperature Sunday was 17.09 C, beating the record set just last year on July 6, 2023 by 0.01 C. Both Sunday's mark and last year's record obliterate the previous record of 16.8 C, which itself was only a few years old, set in 2016.
MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Tuesday said that Russia's cooperation with China in the Arctic was not aimed against any other country and said U.S. criticism of such work was misplaced.
Viewer video and pictures show people fleeing Jasper National Park as a wildfire threatens the area. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate the area on Thursday night.
As commercial fleets grow, concerns raised about ozone-destroying effects of metal particles
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler Headline from 2021 The Texas grid, run by ERCOT, has had a rough few years. In 2021, winter storm Uri blacked out much of the state for several days. About a week ago, Hurricane Beryl knocked out power to millions of Houstonians, and a week later, hundreds of thousands of Houstonians still hadn’t had their power restored. It might seem that these two events are completely different — one was a winter storm that caused a blackout by knocking out the natural gas supply , while the other one is a hurricane that knocked out the power distribution system. Headline from 2024 . Some things don’t change. But the root cause of these two incidents is actually the same. To understand...
Satellite imagery provides a unique perspective on our planet and can encompass a wide range of different scientific disciplines including climate change, weather, volcanic eruptions and even animal behavior. Every week, we take a bird's eye view of Earth, and see how it affects the people living on it.
Talk of building reactors in Australia is breeding uncertainty and delaying decisions to back major solar and wind projects Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Renewable energy investment figures have revealed growing worries the Coalition’s plans to build nuclear reactors in Australia is breeding uncertainty and is already delaying decisions to back major solar and wind projects. The Coalition’s push to build taxpayer-funded nuclear reactors at seven locations while refusing to back improved climate targets could see investors shifting huge sums of cash to other economies where the clean energy transition has bipartisan support. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup ...
The court must determine whether the UK govt’s policy to adapt to climate change is lawful.
High court hears case brought by claimants who say rights have been breached as result of adaptation plan In December, council officials ordered Kevin Jordan to leave his home, warning him it was at risk of falling into the sea at any moment. On Tuesday, he had his day in court, accusing the government of failing to do enough to adapt to the changes the UK is facing as a result of climate breakdown. Continue reading...
Ah, yes, wind turbines are such a blight on the landscape. These oil fields look much prettier.
A powerful explosion on the Sun's surface has sent particles on a collision course with Earth's atmosphere, which could mean we're in for a nice light show in some unusual locations.
Doug Emhoff has used his platform to advocate for protecting public lands.
Civil Aviation Authority proposes measure to help consumers make ‘more informed travel choices’ Airlines may have to tell passengers the environmental impact of the flights they book under new proposals from the UK regulator. The Civil Aviation Authority said consumers should be able to make more informed travel choices when booking flights and package holidays. Continue reading...
The agency's top air quality official said EPA is taking extra time to make sure its decisions hold up in court.
Discover the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere with the latest astronomy news, features and articles.
A 2020 satellite photo shows "blackwater" flowing from South Carolina's Winyah Bay after Hurricane Sally made landfall and triggered flash flooding.
U.S. defense officials said that, besides military cooperation, China serves as a major funder of Russian energy exploration in the Arctic region.
Analysis and materials identified by MIT engineers could lead to more energy-efficient fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, or computing devices.
Vice-president’s record on climate crisis strikes stark contrast with Trump in potential 2024 election match-up Kamala Harris has a strong record on the environment that will provide a vivid contrast with Donald Trump, who has vowed to rescind climate change policies should he return to the White House, according to green advocates who have welcomed the prospect of a Harris presidency. “We are confident that she is ready to carry forward President Biden’s historic legacy and set a new high bar for climate ambition in America,” said Lena Moffitt, executive director of Evergreen, one of a raft of green groups, including Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, the NRDC Action Fund, and Climate Power, that has now endorsed the leading contender for the Democratic nomination...
Research shows ‘forever chemicals’ increasingly found in products as agency claims the chemicals aren’t being used Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are widely added to pesticides, and are increasingly used in the products in recent years, new research finds, a practice that creates a health threat by spreading the dangerous compounds directly into the US’s food and water supply. The analysis of active and inert ingredients that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved for use in pesticides proves recent agency claims that the chemicals aren’t used in pesticides are false. Continue reading...
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Talking about climate change doesn’t come naturally to most people, even those who are worried about it. Roughly two-thirds of Americans report discussing it with family and friends “rarely” or “never,” a survey found last fall. They might be intimidated by the science, […]
New analysis by Rhodium finds nation is reducing planet-warming emissions, but not fast enough to cut such pollution in half by 2030.
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Climate Change Bill, which sets out a national climate change response, including mitigation and adaptation actions, which also constitutes South Africa's fair contribution to the global climate change response.
From solar power to gas, the president's record can be assessed through key metrics.
Paris 2024 promises to halve the carbon footprint of London 2012 and Rio 2016. How will it happen and what challenges must be tackled?
EQT has acquired Equitrans Midstream, the developer of the natural gas pipeline.
Battery makers globally are suffering from lower sales as consumer demand for electric cars wanes.
A California company says it has developed a novel way of making concrete that doesn’t contribute to global warming.
Everyone in Jasper National Park was ordered to flee west to B.C. as a wildfire threatens the popular Rocky Mountain community in western Alberta.
Late spring and early summer blazes in Canada, Alaska and eastern Russia add to carbon emissions The northern hemisphere has had a large number of intense wildfires in the first half of summer, carrying vast amounts of smoke across Eurasia and North America. Research by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (Cams) showed large-scale and intense wildfires had been developing throughout the late spring and summer, with numerous fires burning in Canada, Alaska and eastern Russia. Continue reading...
Ryan Cooper and his team were descending the Huascaran peak in the Andes mountains after an unsuccessful summit push in June when they noticed an anomaly in the glacier landscape.
Gaemi, the first typhoon of the season to affect Taiwan, is expected to make landfall on the northeast coast between sometime on Wednesday night and the early hours of Thursday, according to the island's Central Weather Administration.
Using satellite data, researchers identified hundreds of glacial lakes in Greenland that flooded their frozen shores over the past decade – helping speed up global sea level rise
When it comes to discoveries about our upper atmosphere, it pays to know your surroundings. Using data from the Twin Rockets to Investigate Cusp Electrodynamics (TRICE-2) rocket launch, NASA scientist Francesca Di Mare and Gregory Howes from the University of Iowa studied waves traveling down Earth’s magnetic field lines into the polar atmosphere. These waves […]
State-owned oil and natural gas corporation Pertamina added two Russian oil grades alongside others to its tender lists for purchase in September.
The Toyota Tundra is the most popular full-size truck in the U.S. not produced by the Big Three. Here's why you might consider a used model for your next truck.
A weather and climate model that fuses artificial intelligence and physics simulations can match state-of-the-art performance while slashing the required computer power, say Google researchers
Despite hotter summers and more intense heat waves, local authorities have decided to close the only pool in the small southern Ontario community of Clinton
Targets to halt environmental damage ‘severely lacking’, Australian Conservation Foundation says, urging food industry to ‘step up to the plate’ Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Major food companies in Australia are roundly failing to set adequate targets to reduce their impact on nature and most are not assessing how their supply chains are hitting the environment, according to a first-of-its-kind report from conservationists. The Future of Food report from the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) assessed 20 major food companies across 37 different indicators, from deforestation and pollution to transparency and governance. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup...
In Cascais, near the Portuguese capital Lisbon, dry and windy conditions allowed a 'major' wildfire to be whipped up, with dramatic footage showing how it spread close to holiday apartments.
A look at Kamala Harris' record on clean energy, climate diplomacy, and environmental justice in California, the Senate, and the White House.
Russia's Black Sea Tuapse oil refinery, owned by oil major Rosneft, was damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack overnight, officials from the Krasnodar region said on Monday.
Vice President Kamala Harris could chose a running mate that is more moderate on climate action.
While scientists can explain why Patagonia had a freak freeze in July, they say it's harder to pin it on climate change, at this time, without more data.
Hitting target for zero-carbon electricity system will require ‘step-change’, says analyst Cornwall Insight Business live – latest updates Solar and wind power generation will fall well below the target needed to decarbonise Great Britain’s electricity grid by 2030 without an injection of £48bn, according to a forecast from one of the UK’s leading energy analysis companies. The government has promised to deliver a zero-carbon electricity system by 2030, requiring the doubling of onshore wind, tripling of solar power and quadrupling of offshore wind capacity. Continue reading...
Solar developer BrightNight is set to transform the Starfire coal mine into an 800-megawatt solar farm, bringing renewable energy and jobs to southern Appalachia. The post Massive solar farm planned for coal mine site in eastern Kentucky appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Kay Harrison speaking at COP26 in Glasgow in 2022. PHOTO: MFAT Climate change ambassador Kay Harrison has resigned just as the government was set to roll out major climate policies - many of which have been criticised by...
Padi’s first South African blind scuba diver describes how her other senses enhance her experience underwater I went on my first dive in Mozambique and as I was descending, I could hear this weird chirruping noise. As we got closer to the reef, it got louder and louder. It was so weird and different from any other sound I’ve heard. Other scuba divers call it the “crackling” of the coral reef. That’s what I was hearing: the actual coral . I could hear the whole reef, being alive – and it sounded absolutely amazing, like its own kind of orchestra. A sea orchestra. I am Padi’s first South African blind scuba diver. I have a condition called optic atrophy, caused by a brain tumour that pressed on my optic nerves when I was 11. After it was removed, my central vision turned completely black...
With less than half of Georgia Power's electricity carbon-free, businesses and governments are scrambling to meet looming clean energy targets.
[Daily News] CLIMATE change and environment activists have requested for financial support from the Group of 20 (G-20) so as to increase investments in affordable and renewable energy.
Terawulf utilizes 95% zero-carbon energy sources, and while it continues to focus on Bitcoin mining, it also believes diversifying revenue can help miners navigate the highly competitive environment triggered by the halving.
The vice president once called for an end to fracking and has been sharply critical of the oil and gas industry.
The California Public Utilities Commission proposed having the state buy more wind power than it had signaled it was considering.
Many south-eastern areas had their coldest morning of the year, weather bureau says, while Brisbane’s 6.3C low was 3.6C colder than Victoria’s capital Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Queensland shivered through a record-breaking cold snap on Monday, with overnight temperatures at more than 80 Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) sites lower than in Melbourne. Brisbane’s minimum temperature of 6.3C – recorded at Brisbane airport – was more than three degrees lower than the Victorian capital’s minimum of 9.9C , the weather bureau said. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE02356K, Paper Donglian Wen, Jie Zhao, Yang You, Liang Huang, Haoheng Zhu, Chuanghui Zhang, Donglei Bu, Shaoming Huang Photocatalytic CO2 reduction to formate suffers from poor productivity, selectivity, stability and recyclability. To conquer these drawbacks, a new facile strategy has been utilized to create regenerative in situ formed... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Scientists are proposing dropping toxic sodium hydroxide into the ocean just 10 miles southwest of Martha's Vineyard to fight climate change, angering both locals and environmental groups.
The first tropical cyclone is expected to make landfall on July 21.
According to the zoo, the incident occurred when two polar bears were seen sparring – which is described as normal behaviour by the zoo – before Baffin went under the water.
A listing of 32 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, July 14, 2024 thru Sat, July 20, 2024. Story of the week As reflected by preponderance of coverage, our Story of the Week is Project 2025 . Until now traveling mostly unobserved below the surface of public attention, this public policy submarine launched by the Heritage Foundation and loaded with missiles targeted at civil society as we express it via competent and impartial governance (or sincere attempts at such) now emerges as a hot topic of concern, spanning many domains of public administration. What's Project 2025? If you didn't follow the link above, here's shorthand supplied by the instigators: Our goal is to assemble an army of aligned...
Five people were admitted to hospital following a heavy storm which led to “significant” flooding in north-eastern France's Haute-Marne department, the prefecture said early Sunday.
Extreme temperatures have caused problems for the beverage service on some Southwest Airlines flights, with hot cans exploding when opened.
A new wildfire on Ensign Peak is spurring evacuations and threatening radio towers, fire agencies say.
Independent MP calls out both major parties for ‘not enough action on climate change’. Follow live Emergency meetings to assess IT outage fallout Further emergency meetings will be held to examine the fallout of a global IT outage in Australia, AAP reports. We are still in recovery stage … there is still more work to do to make sure that the residual issues arising from this outage are able to be addressed. There will be opportunity in time to reflect on what’s occurred over the last couple of days, whether it exposes vulnerabilities that we are able to address. Continue reading...
Slovakia and Hungary said they had stopped receiving oil from key Russian supplier Lukoil.
A putrid smell hangs over the black-stained shores of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, where an oil slick is emblematic of the steep decline in the country's once-enviable petroleum industry. - 'The lake is lost' - A few oil pumps still operate on Lake Maracaibo's polluted shore, but dozens of machines stand idle.
Special statements from Environment and Climate Change Canada on Saturday warned of very poor air quality for some areas.
The N.W.T. Department of Environment and Climate Change issued fire restrictions for the South Slave region on Saturday, and for the North Slave and Dehcho regions on Friday evening.
Three battery storage stations will be constructed over the next year.
Twisters is the latest in a long line of movies that fail to address the environmental emergency – experts say it’s a missed opportunity A rodeo crowd waves cowboy hats as a man rides a bucking horse. Then comes a shower of leaves, a chorus of mobile phone rings and a wail of klaxons. Horses run wild and cars collide. One vehicle is whipped into the air by what a weatherman calls a once-in-a-generation tornado outbreak. This is a scene from Twisters, starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones, in which rivals come together to try to predict and possibly tame ferocious storms in central Oklahoma. A sequel to the hit disaster movie Twister from 1996, it is a Hollywood summer blockbuster designed to entertain – but also a lost opportunity to raise awareness of the climate crisis. Continue...
Countries and companies involved in oil and gas extraction to be asked to join scheme aimed at tackling global heating Fossil-fuel producing countries and companies are being asked to pay into a new international fund to help poor countries cope with the effects of the climate crisis. The climate investment fund is being set up by the Azerbaijan government, host country of the Cop29 UN climate summit in November. Continue reading...
President Xi Jinping calls for ‘all-out efforts’ to find more than 30 people after incident in Shaanxi province Torrential rain has caused a bridge to collapse in northern China, killing 11 people and leaving more than 30 missing, state media has said. The bridge over a river in Shangluo, Shaanxi province, buckled at about 8.40pm on Friday “due to a sudden downpour and flash floods”, the Xinhua agency said, citing the provincial public relations department. Continue reading...
[African Arguments] South Africa's environmental justice movement will have its work cut out challenging the interests of fossil capital under the unity government.
Chinese state media reported that several people were killed and more were still missing after the bridge collapsed due to sudden downpours and flash floods.
The Wild Canada zone at the Calgary Zoo was closed Friday after one of the zoo's two polar bears, Baffin, did not resurface from the pool and died.
BUDAPEST - Ukraine's decision to halt the transit of oil from Russia's Lukoil threatens the long-term security of supply for Slovakia and Hungary, Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told a news briefing on Friday.
MOSCOW - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday called interruptions in Russian oil transit via Ukraine a \"crisis\" for the affected oil buyers, but said there was little scope for talks with the Ukrainian transit firms because the decision had been political.
Michel Forst, UN special rapporteur, joins growing chorus of voices criticising jail terms handed to five defendants The lengthy multi-year sentences handed to Just Stop Oil activists are “not acceptable in a democracy”, a UN special rapporteur has said, as the government faced growing pressure to reverse the previous administration’s “hardline anti-protest” approach. Michel Forst, the UN special rapporteur for environmental defenders, joined a growing chorus of voices condemning the sentences handed down to the five defendants for planning non-violent protests on the M25. Continue reading...
The incident raises questions over the risks to maritime traffic, the environment and human lives in one of the world’s busiest waterways.
Thousands have joined a new federal program that links young people with jobs in green energy and conservation Did you ever imagine spending a year restoring paths along the Appalachian Trail? Developing community gardens on a Caribbean island? Or helping neighbors electrify their homes? This summer, thousands of people in the US joined the American Climate Corps (ACC), a new federal program that connects young people with jobs in conservation, climate adaptation and green energy. Continue reading...
Azerbaijan said Friday it hopes to raise money from fossil fuel producers for green projects in developing countries as the petro-state prepares to host the world's most important climate summit.
The climate regulation will remain in place as the court considers challenges from states, industry and utility groups.
Exactly 100 years ago, Germany’s northernmost research facilities on the North Sea island Sylt were opened. What began as a small field outpost for oyster research in 1924 would evolve into a modern, fully equipped research station that has been part of the Alfred Wegener Institute since 1998. Today, the AWI Wadden Sea Station on Sylt is pursuing answers to what is likely the most important question concerning the fragile ecosystem at its doorstep: how will climate change affect the Wadden Sea and North Sea in the long term?
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE01793E, Paper Xingxing Wang, Ziyu Song, Hao Wu, Jiayi Chen, Wenfang Feng, Michel Armand, Zhi-Bin Zhou, Heng Zhang Among existing electrochemical energy storage technologies, lithium carbon fluoride (Li°||CFx) batteries have captured enormous attention owing to their surprisingly high energy density and low self-discharge rate. The features of nonaqueous... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Chris Packham calls for meeting with attorney general as prominent figures condemn long jail terms for M25 activists Chris Packham has called for a meeting with the attorney general for England and Wales as he joined a chorus of prominent voices condemning long jail terms for Just Stop Oil protesters. Speaking after five activists were sentenced to up to five years for planning protests on the M25, the broadcaster and naturalist said: “Be clear, be very, very clear, this is not just about climate activism. Continue reading...
A European organisation has accused big dairy and meat companies, including New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra, of “distracting, delaying and derailing” action on climate change.
[IPS] New York -- Cities, once thought to be modern utopias that foster innovation, inclusivity, and commerce, actually ended up being hubs for environmental degradation. Although the concept of urban living is inextricable from humanity, there are proposed ways to make them less environmentally taxing. One such solution is the idea of a sustainable city, otherwise known as a metropolis that effectively consumes fossil fuels and disposes of emissions with regards to the longevity of the planet as well as the economic
Sea level rise has eradicated a U.S. species for the first time. What's next?
The state's move to promote direct power purchase agreements (PPAs) is gathering momentum, with the authorities and business people to jointly conduct a study over a plan to support direct sales of renewable energy from producers to factories in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), says the EEC Office.
Beryl exposed the dangers of what happens when a storm cuts off power and a heat wave follows in its wake.
The measure includes a moratorium on CO2 pipeline approvals while federal regulators revamp regulations.
Former President Donald Trump went well past his own record for longest convention speech, going on for more than 90 minutes and venting about electric cars and other pet peeves.
From weekend runners to Olympians, people are changing when, where and even whether they run as heat, wildfire smoke and smog make certain types of exercise dangerous.
Wandering atop a small sand dune in central Mauritania, Aliene Haimoud gazed despondently at the yellowing date palms before him -- the trees are dying if they are not already dead.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 19 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02055-6Inadequate information in national adaptation policies limits the ability to track national adaptation progress in Africa. Enhancing coverage, consistency and robustness of these policies offers a clear path to establish effective, nationally led adaptation-tracking infrastructure.
Ukraine’s president will ask for more help to block Putin’s growing ‘shadow fleet’ of tankers carrying sanctioned crude to buyers The Ukrainian president, Volodmyr Zelenskiy, will attend an extraordinary meeting of the British cabinet on Friday to bring fresh impetus to efforts to stop Russia evading sanctions on its oil exports. Zelenskiy will be the first foreign leader to visit Downing Street since Keir Starmer was elected prime minister two weeks ago and the first foreign leader to address cabinet in person since the US president Bill Clinton in 1997. Continue reading...
The re-election ensures leadership continuity for the 27-nation bloc as it wrestles with crises ranging from the war in Ukraine to climate change, migration and housing shortages.
SPLIT, Croatia - Tourists in their hundreds of thousands are seeking relief this week from Croatia's scorching heatwave in the Adriatic Sea, although water temperatures are also touching all-time highs.
Climate researcher Brian Brettschneider says the rain has “certainly, quite literally put a damper” on wildfire concerns.
Three prime ministers write to UK government saying islands cannot sustain debt from repeated rebuilding Caribbean leaders struggling to raise hundreds of millions after Hurricane Beryl wiped out entire islands have asked the UK government to back a “Marshall plan” to rebuild their devastated countries. The hurricane, which made landfall in the Caribbean on 1 July, killed at least 11 people, demolished more than 90% of buildings in parts of Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and left thousands homeless and without running water, electricity and food. Continue reading...
How the models did last year, how they did this year on Hurricane Beryl, and why you should pay the most heed to the National Hurricane Center forecast. The post Which hurricane models should you trust in 2024? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A worker for a New Jersey recycling program climbed into the back of a truck to rescue a kitten that wound up in his waste compactor.
Open access notables Improving global temperature datasets to better account for non-uniform warming , Calvert, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society: To better account for spatial non-uniform trends in warming, a new GITD [global instrumental temperature dataset] was created that used maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) to combine the land surface air temperature (LSAT) anomalies of non-infilled HadCRUT5 with the sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies of HadSST4. This GITD better accounts for non-uniform trends in warming in two ways. Firstly, the underlying warming trends in the model are allowed to vary spatially and by the time of year. Secondly, climatological differences between open-sea and sea ice regions are used to better account...
The agencies hope the 17 technological innovations from the private sector will accelerate their path to net-zero emissions in federal facilities by 2045.
Introduction Observations of the Sun and Earth from space continue to revolutionize our view and understanding of how solar variability and other natural and anthropogenic forcings impact Earth’s atmosphere and climate. For more than four decades (spanning four 11-year solar cycles and now well into a fifth), the total and spectral solar irradiance and global […]
Organisers working to ensure safe environment for attenders in October after guerrillas’ warning of disruption Colombian authorities have insisted it will be safe to attend a UN biodiversity summit in Cali later this year, after a dissident rebel group threatened to disrupt the event. This week Central General Staff (EMC), a guerrilla faction that rejected the country’s 2016 peace agreement, said the UN nature summit Cop16 would “fail”, in a post on X addressed to the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro. Find more age of extinction coverage here , and follow the biodiversity reporters Phoebe Weston and Patrick Greenfield on X for all the latest news and features. Continue reading...
Proper oil pressure is vital in order for your vehicle to perform at its best, so if the pressure is low, here are five causes and fixes to try.
Sergey Lavrov criticized the pressure on India over energy ties with Russia, addressing Zelenskyy's remarks about Modi's visit and a hospital strike. He also condemned the Ukrainian ambassador, praised India’s autonomy, and Jaishankar's strategy to secure food and fertilizer by purchasing oil from multiple sources despite Western displeasure towards China and India.
The environmental organizations say that the state has not been complying with federal requirements.
[SAFCEI and Earthlife Africa] Award-winning Russian environmentalist Vladimir Slivyak of Ecodefense is visiting South Africa for the rest of July. Slivyak, a Right Livelihoods Laureate (known as the Alternative Nobel) is being hosted by the Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute (SAFCEI) and Earthlife Africa Johannesburg. The organisations say his visit is both timely and relevant for South Africa, especially with recent announcements concerning government plans for procurement of new nuclear energy (2500MW) and
Fracking supporters have long touted it as a green technology. Enhanced geothermal energy is finally making that a reality.
Marathon Petroleum predecessor warned of potential for ‘social and economic calamities’ in decades-old publication The corporate predecessor to America’s largest refiner of oil, Marathon Petroleum, explained in a company periodical nearly 50 years ago that global temperature rise potentially linked to “industrial expansion” could one day cause “widespread starvation and other social and economic calamities”. This decades-old description of climate breakdown is from a 1977 issue of the magazine Marathon World and is attributed in the article by an unnamed author to several experts including a scientist working for a top US agency. Continue reading...
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
Meteorologists have said there is going to be little respite over the coming days, with hot air coming from Africa set to bake Greece and wider region until Sunday.
In the first 23 weeks of 2024, Brazil surpassed 6 million cases of dengue (1), a viral disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes (2). Dengue is a cyclical disease with seasonal variations, and outbreaks occur every year during the rainy periods (3, 4); however, the previous record infection rate was 1.7 million cases throughout all of 2015 (2). Despite ongoing mitigation efforts, Brazil faces challenges such as the resistance of the A. aegypti mosquito to insecticides (5), climate changes that favor the proliferation of the vector (3, 4), and a failure to eliminate breeding sites (6). Other countries in South America are facing similar infection rates and challenges (4, 7–9). This outbreak burdens Brazil’s public health system, and the resulting workplace absences have placed a substantial...
Silenced and sidelined, women politicians in Nepal fight for their voices to be heard, especially as they represent a population most impacted by climate change.
European banks face significant risk from oil and gas methane emissions in their portfolios. Our recommendations can help banks manage them.
The conservative outline for a second Trump presidency offers detailed steps for weakening EPA.
A landlocked country with limited options for wind and solar power, the Czech Republic is betting on nuclear energy as a key part of its plan to wean itself off coal, as well as Russian oil and gas.
CCC says delays and reverses under Rishi Sunak have left UK drastically off track from Paris commitments The new Labour government must oversee a massive ramping up of renewable energy generation in this parliament or the UK will breach its international obligations under the Paris agreement, the government’s climate watchdog has said. The Conservative government left the country drastically off track to meet its international commitments, despite setting the carbon-cutting target before hosting the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow in 2021, the Committee on Climate Change found in its most recent annual report. Continue reading...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE01325E, Review Article Shiya You, Jiewen Xiao, Shuyu Liang, Wenfu Xie, Tianyu Zhang, Min Li, Ziyi Zhong, Qiang Wang, Hong He Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR) is a promising technology that uses renewable energy sources to convert excess atmospheric CO2 into high-value multi-carbon (C2+) products. In the CO2RR mechanism, adsorbed *CO... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
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