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BC Heat Wave Caused Over 1 Billion Tidal Creatures to Cook to Death, Scientist Says

It's "a frightening warning sign," said one observer. "Heartbreaking," another commented.

Climate

Grasshopper Plague Is Latest Sign of Climate Crisis in U.S. West

The hot, dry weather baking the U.S. West is causing another problem for the beleaguered region: an overabundance of grasshoppers.

Environment

Dendias: Greece to give 80,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Kenya

Greece’s intention to donate 80,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Kenya was announced by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.

Environment

Climate crisis ‘may put 8bn at risk of malaria and dengue’

Reducing global heating could save millions of people from mosquito-borne diseases, study finds More than 8 billion people could be at risk of malaria and dengue fever by 2080 if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise unabated, a new study says.

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Human activity influencing global rainfall, study finds

Anthropogenic warming of climate has been a factor in extreme precipitation events globally, researchers say.

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Oregon heatwave death toll tops 100 as county calls it a ‘mass casualty event’

Governor Kate Brown fears heatwave is ‘harbinger of things to come’ in climate crisis

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Homeless people were already in a ‘humanitarian crisis’ during Covid. Then the Northwest heat wave hit

Coronavirus and wildfires were already making life very difficult for unhoused people in the Pacific Northwest, and this week’s record-breaking heat wave just made things worse, writes Josh Marcus

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‘We live in a desert. We have to act like it’: Las Vegas faces reality of drought

Water investigators track down wasteful homeowners and public turf torn up to conserve scarce water supplies

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First look inside town turned to ‘powder’ by record-breaking heatwave

The Independent was the first international news outlet to be allowed into the destroyed town of Lytton, British Columbia. Ashleigh Stewart joined residents seeing the extent of the destruction for the f

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Out for Sustainability: The Intersection of the LGBTQIA+ and Environmental Movements

Originally based in Seattle, WA, queer environmental organization Out for Sustainability aims to shed a light on how environmental issues affect the LGBTQIA+ community.

Environment

Even if Bolsonaro leaves power, deforestation in Brazil will be hard to stop

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon made global headlines in 2019, thanks to massive wildfires and the election of anti-environmentalist president Jair B

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Reforesting Europe would increase rainfall – new research

“Plant more trees” is often the first idea that comes to mind when we think about how to prevent further climate change or at least adapt to its impacts. There are good reasons for this.

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Nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, is on the rise from ocean dead zones

In October 2019, I set sail with a team of scientists aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel John P. Tully in the northeast Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Vancouver Island.

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Amid Record Heat, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Dismisses Climate Change as 'Bullsh*t'

Amid a deadly northwestern heatwave that scientists have described as "the most extreme" in recorded history, footage

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Renewables Were the World’s Cheapest Source of Energy in 2020, New Report Shows

The cost of renewable technologies like wind and solar is falling significantly, according to a new report. This is fuelling the rise of renewables as the world's cheapest power. The cost of large-scale solar projects has plunged 85% in a decade. Retiring cost

Energy

6 Things to Know About Climate Change and Heat Waves

It's hard not to think about how hot it's been — even if you live somewhere that has escaped the heat in the past few weeks.

Climate

Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming accelerates

Climate change will affect every aspect of our lives – including the buildings we live and work in.

Climate

Retailers join forces to tackle climate change in the race to zero

Retailers H&M Group, Ingka Group (IKEA), Kingfisher plc and Walmart have launched a new climate retail campaign.

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Investors with USD 6 trillion call for a global price on carbon

Ahead of COP26 in November, investors managing more than USD 6 trillion in assets have called for a coordinated global price on carbon to reach the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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Shell and Rolls-Royce sign agreement to accelerate progress towards net zero

The companies will join forces to progress the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in aircraft engines and shape policies that support a net zero pathway for the industry.

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