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17 07 2021 | 11:08

Air Quality: Commission decides to refer GREECE to the Court of Justice of the European Union over poor air quality

The European Commission has today decided to refer Greece to the Court of Justice of the European Union for poor air quality caused by high levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2). When the limit values set…

17 07 2021 | 10:49

Flooded NYC Subways Exemplify Why Climate Is Key to Infrastructure Fight, Progressives Say

Footage of New Yorkers struggling to wade through filthy, waist-deep water at a Manhattan subway station as heavy rainfall engulfed the city's aging and long-neglected infrastructure on Thursday…

17 07 2021 | 10:42

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. Most people in the US, for example, spend about 90% of their time indoors. Climate change is…

17 07 2021 | 10:35

International Students Initiative Plans to Train 50,000 Young Renewable Energy Workers

A Canadian-based global renewable energy solutions group is joining forces with New Energy Nexus and the Government of Denmark to help deploy 10,000 new youth-led clean energy initiatives by 2030. 

17 07 2021 | 10:18

Wildfires tear through 1m acres in US west as 16,000 firefighters battle onslaught

Drought and deadly heatwaves fuel flames that threaten Native American tribal lands struggling to save water. Wildfires burning across the US west have engulfed nearly a million acres and drawn in…

17 07 2021 | 10:18

'Sometimes the Good Guys Win': Byhalia Connection Pipeline Canceled

On the Friday before the extended July 4 weekend, the developers seeking to build the Byhalia Connection oil pipeline through predominantly Black neighborhoods called it quits.

17 07 2021 | 10:13

Amazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs.

Cutting emissions more urgent than ever, say scientists, with forest producing more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. The Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it…

17 07 2021 | 10:09

Death toll exceeds 150 as Germany and Belgium hit by devastating floods

Search for missing continues, with Netherlands, Switzerland and Luxembourg also affected. The death toll from catastrophic floods in western Germany and Belgium has risen to more than 150, local…

17 07 2021 | 10:09

Attribution Science Could Bring More Wins in Climate Lawsuits.

Better use of the latest climate attribution science in lawsuits against companies and governments that pollute could bring far more wins in the courts, says a new study in Nature Climate Change.

17 07 2021 | 10:07

Biden’s clean energy plan would cut emissions and save 317,000 lives.

A new report has found that a policy standard would be most effective to reach the goal of 80% renewable energy use by 2030. A Biden administration plan to force the rapid uptake of renewable energy…

17 07 2021 | 10:04

BREAKING (The Energy Mix) :Deadly Western Heat Dome 'Virtually Impossible' withour Climate Change.

Less than a week after a deadly “heat dome” devastated western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest and burned Lytton, B.C. to the ground, an international science team is reporting that the…

17 07 2021 | 09:39

UNCDF Releases Breakthrough Publication on Inclusive Digital Economies for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

THURSDAY 08 July 2021 (New York): The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has released a breakthrough publication ‘Inclusive Digital Economies for the Sustainable Development Goals’.…

17 07 2021 | 09:18

Wildfire races towards Yosemite National Park as 10 western states under threat

The fires come as the West is blasted with its second, life-threatening heatwave in a matter of weeks. A wildfire is raging on the edge of one of America’s most iconic public lands, Yosemite…

17 07 2021 | 09:09

Plastic pollution is nearing irreversible tipping point, experts warn.

Biodiversity loss, rising temperatures and increased toxicity for oceans and wider society if emissions continue. The world may be approaching an irreversible tipping point for plastic pollution, a…

15 07 2021 | 10:06

Human activity influencing global rainfall, study finds

Anthropogenic warming of climate has been a factor in extreme precipitation events globally, researchers say. Human activity such as such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use change were a key…

15 07 2021 | 09:59

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…

15 07 2021 | 09:57

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. In partnership with the COP26 High Level Climate Action Champions and supported…

15 07 2021 | 09:43

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…

15 07 2021 | 09:42

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. Shell and Rolls-Royce…

15 07 2021 | 09:37

‘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 Investigator Perry Kaye jammed the brakes of his government-issued vehicle to survey…