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Eye-Opening Video Explains the Origins of Climate Change 'Polarization'

A story "about today. That started yesterday. And impacts tomorrow." That's how the University of Virginia's Religion, Race & Democracy Lab introduces its new "God $ Green: An Unholy Alliance" 19-minute publicly available "eye-popping" video.

Climate

Top-secret Cold War military project found perfectly preserved fossil plants under Greenland ice.

Frozen soil held plant fragments that may be a million years old.

Environment

New Polar Bear Hotel Criticized for Animal Cruelty.

A new hotel is sparking controversy with its central conceit: a polar bear enclosure visible from all of its 21 rooms.

Environment

Climate crisis: recent European droughts ‘worst in 2,000 years’.

Study of tree rings dating back to Roman empire concludes weather since 2014 has been extraordinary.

Climate

Line 3: Stopping the Next Big Climate Threat Crossing the U.S.-Canada Border

One of President Joe Biden's first acts in office put an end to a decade-long fight over the Keystone XL — a pipeline that would have carried climate-polluting tar sands from Alberta,

Climate

Nature-Based Solutions Can Save the Planet, but Only if We Change Our Diets

Natural ecosystems, such as forests, grasslands and oceans, do a pretty good job of storing carbon and supporting biodiversity.

Climate

Teenage Activists Post Signs to Warn of Toxic Air in London Neighborhoods.

A group of teenagers, living in some of London's most polluted communities, are posting roadsigns highlighting the disproportionate impact air pollution has on people of color.

Climate

UK Government announces £150 million investment for world’s rainforests.

The UK Government has launched a £150 million fund to help protect 2.1 million hectares of rainforest from deforestation.

Environment

HSBC and IFC green bond fund raises $538M

HSBC Asset Management and IFC have announced the final closing of the HSBC Real Economy Green Investment Opportunity GEM Bond Fund (REGIO), boosting access to climate finance and helping further develop the market for green bonds.

Climate Environment

UK Government announces ambitious blueprint to create green jobs and reduce emissions.

An ambitious blueprint announced by the Business and Energy Secretary aims to deliver the world’s first low-carbon industrial sector, with over £1 billion allocated to cut emissions from industry, schools and hospitals

Environment

Enel Green Power Secures PPAs for Azure Sky.

MilliporeSigma, Akamai Technologies Inc., Synopsys and Uber, with support from Sustainability Roundtable Inc.’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers, have signed power purchase agreements with

Energy

Sudan formally requests four-party mediation over Ethiopian dam.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan’s prime minister has written to the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union, and the United States to formally request their mediation on the Nile water being used to fill Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Sudanese foreign ministry said on Monday

Energy Environment

How to end domestic violence: Burundi's lessons for the world.

A group of men in Burundi is going against tradition to support and empower women by raising men's awareness of gender-based violence. The community is called the Abatangamuco, meaning "those who shed light" in Kirundi and it even has a theatre group.

Climate

Russia’s Getting Left Behind in Global Dash for Clean Energy.

Russia has the most to lose among big powers from a shift from fossil fuels. The Kremlin’s betting that won’t happen anytime soon.

Energy

The planet cannot survive our remorseless pursuit of profit

Oil companies knew 50 years ago the huge damage they were doing. Their motive to ignore it is the same now as it was then

Energy Climate Technology Solutions

Canadian Conservative party votes not to recognize climate crisis as real.

Delegates vote 54%-46% against policy change request Leader O’Toole has sought ambitious climate change agenda Canada’s main opposition Conservative party members have voted down a proposal to recognize the climate crisis as real, in a blow to their new leader’s ef

Climate