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15 09 2020 | 11:11

Paint: The Big Source of Ocean Microplastics You Didn’t Know About.

Until recently, microplastics that enter the ocean from paint have not received a lot of attention. There has been very little focus on the fact that unless paint residuals are collected during…

15 09 2020 | 11:11

Huge cavities threaten glacier larger than Great Britain.

Water seeping into fissures in Thwaites glacier in Antarctica, accelerating rise of sea levels. British scientists have mapped cavities half the size of the Grand Canyon that are allowing warm ocean…

15 09 2020 | 11:07

Investors that manage US$47tn demand world’s biggest polluters back plan for net-zero emissions.

Climate Action 100+ group put 161 fossil fuel, mining, transport and other big-emitting companies on notice in latest campaign by shareholders. A group representing investors that collectively…

15 09 2020 | 11:06

Humans exploiting and destroying nature on unprecedented scale – report.

Wildlife populations are in freefall around the world, driven by human overconsumption, population growth and intensive agriculture, according to a major new assessment of the abundance of life on…

15 09 2020 | 11:04

California's dark, orange sky is the most unnerving sight I've ever woken up to.

What is happening now is astonishingly worse than any previous fire season. We are in a new kind of era.

15 09 2020 | 11:04

Record-breaking 2.2 million acres burned by California wildfires.

There are more than 14,000 firefighters working across the state to contain around 25 major fires. California is having a record-breaking year of flames, as dozens of wildfires have set the state…

15 09 2020 | 11:02

Sea level rise from ice sheets track worst-case climate change scenario.

Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica whose melting rates are rapidly increasing have raised the global sea level by 1.8cm since the 1990s, and are matching the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…

15 09 2020 | 10:57

The Guardian view on plastics: reducing bag use is not enough.

As the oil industry plans a big increase in the manufacture of packaging, the need for international action on waste has never been clearer.

15 09 2020 | 10:55

California governor: 'We are in the midst of a climate emergency' – video.

The California governor, Gavin Newsom, said ‘this is not a world that anyone should be experiencing’ as he surveyed charred mountain terrain devastated by wildfires. ‘If you do not believe in science…

15 09 2020 | 10:49

Trump and Biden: Little Room for Climate Change in 2020 Election.

U.S. President Donald Trump has undone many major pieces of climate policy during his term,walking out on the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming and eliminating numerous Obama-era…

15 09 2020 | 10:41

Aviation Accounts for 3.5% of Global Warming Caused by Humans, New Research Says.

A new international study that used unprecedented calculations to pinpoint how much global air travel contributes to the heating of the atmosphere found that aviation makes up 3.5 percent of all the…

15 09 2020 | 10:40

Campaigners start legal challenge to UK's $1bn grant to Mozambique gas project.

Friends of the Earth seeks judicial review, saying aid deal contradicts climate commitments. Environmentalists at Friends of the Earth will mount a legal challenge against the government’s decision…

15 09 2020 | 10:40

What Happens to Recycled Plastic?Researchers Lift the Lid.

The secretive way in which plastic recycling is handled in the UK carries the potential for the next big scandal. While the government's statutory guidance is supposed to clarify who is responsible, …

15 09 2020 | 10:40

Pakistan’s new 27-year power plan risks locking in long-term overcapacity, leaving imported coal and LNG plants stranded

Wind and solar, the country’s cheapest source of new generation, also overlooked Pakistan risks locking itself into building more power capacity than it needs as a result of over-optimistic energy…

15 09 2020 | 10:39

New Online Platform Is Key Resource for Green Recovery Measures, NDCs.

Bonn– A new online platform on sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19 has been launched by the Government of Japan with support from UN Climate Change. The new platform, called “Platform…

15 09 2020 | 10:39

State of emergency in Sudan after deadly floods.

Sudan is in a state of emergency after authorities declared the country a disaster zone last week because of heavy flooding that's killed around 100 people and inundated over 100,000 houses since…

15 09 2020 | 10:35

City of Hoboken Files Climate Suit Against Big Oil: Exxon, Shell, More.

The city of Hoboken on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against multiple Big Oil players—including ExxonMobil, incorporated in New Jersey—joining an increasing number of state and local governments using…

15 09 2020 | 10:30

Global oil demand may have passed peak, says BP energy report.

Oil will be replaced by clean electricity, BP predicts, as demand may never recover from Covid-19 pandemic. BP has called time on the world’s rising demand for fossil fuels after finding that demand…

15 09 2020 | 10:28

French PM says jobs and green economy at heart of Covid recovery plan.

Jean Castex unveils €100bn plan aimed at returning France to pre-pandemic economic strength. France’s prime minister has stressed the importance of getting the country back on its feet within 18…

15 09 2020 | 10:27

Weatherwatch: heatwaves become silent killer, hitting vulnerable hardest.

At least 300 more people in UK died than average in second week of August. While attention was focused on Covid-19, a spike in death rates in the UK during the second week of August slipped past…