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21 06 2024 | 17:44

Russia’s war with Ukraine accelerating global climate emergency, report shows

The climate cost of the first two years of Russia’s war on Ukraine was greater than the annual greenhouse gas emissions generated individually by 175 countries, exacerbating the global climate…

21 06 2024 | 17:44

Solar ‘Singled Out’ as Maine Moves to Protect Prime Farmland

As Maine regulators try to direct sprawling urban development away from “high-value agricultural soils”, they’re taking heat for singling out solar projects for special restrictions based on nothing…

21 06 2024 | 17:43

African Parks continues to rewild 120 white rhinos in the Kruger Park

As part of its Rhino Rewild initiative, African Parks has just reintroduced 120 southern white rhinos into the Great Kruger. This initiative is part of a vast programme to rewild 2,000 rhinos from a…

21 06 2024 | 17:43

Alaska limits cruise ship passengers in capital city after 1.6m visitors last year

Alaska’s capital city is to limit the numbers of cruise ship passengers arriving at the port amid concerns over tourism’s growing impact, but a leading critic of the industry has said further…

21 06 2024 | 17:41

Desalination: ecological cost remains neglected, to the benefit of access to water

For almost seven years, there has been an increase in water desalination projects of around 9% per year. And this figure is set to double between now and 2050, according to Francois Guerber, head of…

21 06 2024 | 17:40

Outdoor clothing brands still using ‘forever chemicals’ despite health risk

Hikers may be inadvertently damaging the environment and risking their own health by wearing clothes made waterproof with “forever chemicals”, according to research by Ethical Consumer.

21 06 2024 | 17:40

The destiny of the planet lies in African agriculture – why aren’t we investing in it?

The world population could reach 10 billion by 2050. Every year, 30 per cent of the planet suffers from hunger, with this figure rising to 60 per cent in Africa. Yet, with its vast natural resources…

21 06 2024 | 17:35

Chicago Architects Aim to Turn ‘Super-Tall’ Buildings into Giant Batteries

The Chicago-based architecture firm that built the world’s tallest structure in Dubai is looking to design skyscrapers that use gravity storage to reduce climate pollution.

21 06 2024 | 17:35

Kenya’s first nuclear plant: why plans face fierce opposition in country’s coastal paradise

Kilifi County’s white sandy beaches have made it one of Kenya’s most popular tourist destinations. Hotels and beach bars line the 165 mile-long (265km) coast; fishers supply the district’s…

21 06 2024 | 17:27

New study finds African elephants call each other by unique names

African elephants respond to individual names, one of the few wild animal species known to do so, according to new research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution on Monday. These unique…

21 06 2024 | 17:23

EU migration policy is getting tougher: the 3 new tactics used to keep African migrants out

Nearly a decade has passed since migration to Europe from Africa and the Middle East reached a peak in 2015, referred to as the year of the “migrant crisis”. Over a million people from Africa and the…

21 06 2024 | 17:16

The things that you’re liable to read in the IPCC bible ain’t necessarily so, Chris Uhlmann says. It’s a bold claim

You know you’re in for a bit of grandiose lecturing on climate change when conservative commentators start making comparisons to religion and throwing around quotes from the 20th-century science…

21 06 2024 | 17:10

Γιάννης Τσιπουρίδης: Το μέλλον εξαρτάται από την ενέργεια, περισσότερο από ότι νομίζουμε

Η ενέργεια ήταν, είναι και θα είναι η πλέον καθοριστική παράμετρος της ποιότητας και σε μεγάλο βαθμό και της «ποσότητας» της ζωής.

21 06 2024 | 17:01

US braces for ‘dangerous’ conditions as heatwave to hit midwest and north-east

Millions of Americans are facing “dangerously hot conditions”, the National Weather Service said, with a heatwave set to hit the midwest and north-east US from Monday. Michigan, Ohio and western…

21 06 2024 | 17:01

REMINDER - 2nd open call - 17th International Conference on "Energy and Climate Change"-11th Green Energy Investments Forum (9-11 October 2024)

Welcome to the 17th International Scientific Conference on Energy and Climate Change website. PROMITHEASnet – the Energy and Climate Change network, as the organizer, invites you to this three-days…

21 06 2024 | 16:54

Dutton’s plan to scrap 2030 emissions target ‘not helpful’, AGL executive says – as it happened

Chatter this week from the opposition leader over an intention to ditch Labor’s 2030 emissions target if elected (without presenting the Coalition’s own goals until after the next election), hasn’t…

21 06 2024 | 16:51

Azerbaijan accused of media crackdown before hosting Cop29

Azerbaijan’s government has been accused of cracking down on media and civil society activism before the country’s hosting of crucial UN climate talks later this year. Human Rights Watch has found…

21 06 2024 | 16:47

Food Companies Intentionally Make Their Products Addictive, and It’s Leading to Chronic Diseases

Can’t stop eating that bag of chips until you’re licking the salt nestled in the corners of the empty package from your fingers? You’re not alone. And it’s not entirely your fault that the intended…