‘A train wreck’: what happens to workers and towns when the lights go out on coal power?
Eraring, the country’s largest coal-fired power station, will shut in three years, but transition plans for employees, communities – and the grid – are lacking
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Bitcoin miners revived a dying coal plant – then CO2 emissions soared
Critics say the enormous electricity consumption needed to sustain cryptocurrency is fueling the climate crisis and now threatens a partial resurrection of coal in the US
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‘Loading the dice’: climate crisis could increase southern California wildfires
Global heating will cause ‘megafires resistant to fire suppression practices’ with 25% of land being burned by 2040
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UN to review Japan’s plan to release Fukushima water into Pacific
Taskforce will ‘listen to local people’s concerns’, as government plans to release more than 1m tonnes
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Climate change: Covid shutdown linked to record rainfall in China
Scientists say that a rapid drop in emissions because of Covid pl
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Biggest power plant in coal-reliant Australia to close early
Australia's largest coal-fired power station will close seven yea
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More than eight million trees lost this winter in the UK
It is the untold story of the winter storms.
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Climate change: Flooding is 'the new reality' in Wales
Record-breaking flooding is becoming "the new reality" for commun
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The French and German coastal regions on the climate change frontline
Climate change is eating away Europe’s coastlines. In the German Wadden Sea, holms and islands are under threat – and in French Normandy giant cliffs crumble more and more frequently. Erosion is speeding up. Sea levels are rising. Climate change is getting serious.
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Renewable energy ‘on track’ to deliver most of Britain’s electricity by end of decade, minister says
Green power generation outpaces fossil fuels for first time, says Greg Hands Britain is “on track” to see renewable energy account for most of its
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Brazil: Climate change, neglect contribute to deadly mudslides
Little done in response to repeated warnings of risks of mountainside construction, researchers and public servants say.
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Mitigate climate change to prevent financial disruption
Indonesia is always ready to support global recovery in accordance with the spirit of the 2022 G20 Presidency..
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Environmentalists call on Biden to fight climate change by protecting old-growth trees
A coalition of more than 70 environmental groups launched a joint campaign on Tuesday calling on President Biden to protect old-growth trees on federal lands from logging as a means of fighting climate change.
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Ending the Debate: New Research Solves Longstanding Antarctic Climate Change Mystery
Discrepancy between terrestrial and marine data resolved; shows that ice sheets vulnerable to small CO2 fluctuations.
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Onset of modern sea level rise began in 1863, study finds
An international team of scientists including Rutgers researchers has found that modern rates of sea level rise began emerging in 1863 as the Industrial Age intensified, coinciding with evidence for early ocean warming and glacier melt.
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African countries spending billions to cope with climate crisis
Report says average 4% of GDP will be spent on adapting to climate breakdown, risking deeper pov
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Martin Rowson on the IPCC’s bleak report on the planet’s future – cartoon
Illustration: Martin Rowson
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This climate crisis report asks: what is at stake? In short, everything
Analysis: Major IPCC report, approved by 195 countries, lays bare devastating harm caused by unchecked global heating
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IPCC issues ‘bleakest warning yet’ on impacts of climate breakdown
Report says human actions are causing dangerous disruption, and window to secure a liveable future is closing
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Climate emergency a ‘national security’ concern, says Red Cross
On eve of alarming IPCC report, organisation warns governments to treat crisis on a par with war and peace
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