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17 07 2021 | 13:40

Simultaneous triple threat: Global warming, air pollution and COVID-19

Vital signs – Temperature check: Never before did I even think that this planet of ours would be affected by the three simultaneous threats of global warming, air pollution and COVID-19, any one of…

17 07 2021 | 13:25

Make Europe Fit for 55% – EREF’s demand to design effective and strong policy instruments for decarbonisation and the fight against climate change

EREF welcomes the Commission’s launch of the Fit for 55% package and congratulates the Commission officials in the various services who have worked relentlessly to meet this timeline. EREF, as so…

17 07 2021 | 13:21

Rapidly Thawing Permafrost Threatens Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

Alaska's thawing permafrost is undermining the supports that hold up an elevated section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, putting in danger the structural integrity of one of the world's largest oil…

17 07 2021 | 13:20

Clean energy is the future – so why are some investors still supporting the dying fossil fuel economy?

Institutional forces continue to prop up the fossil fuel economy, while both the market and public opinion are leaving it behind. This is as foolish as it is dangerous, writes Tom Steyer As far as…

17 07 2021 | 13:12

Amid Extreme Heat, Humanitarian Group Reports Dozens of Migrant Deaths in Arizona Desert

The Tucson, Arizona-based non-profit group Humane Borders said Tuesday that amid the Southwest's extreme heatwave last month, an unusually large number of migrants' human remains were found in the…

17 07 2021 | 13:07

Climate change: 'No more excuses' at COP26 climate summit - poor nations

More than 100 developing countries have set out their key negotiating demands ahead of the COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow. These include funding for poorer nations to fight and adapt to climate…

17 07 2021 | 12:38

Devastating floods in western Europe exceed even worst climate change predictions

The new climate normal is frightening. Climate scientists have warned for decades that emitting copious amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere would make extreme weather, such as floods and…

17 07 2021 | 12:34

Russia Made Trump President — And It’s the Worst Scandal in American History

Now We Know the Truth About Trump and Russia. And It’s Even Worse Than We Thought. Now we know. And the truth, my friends, is even more sinister, perhaps, than the theory.

17 07 2021 | 11:56

Greenland Abandons All Future Oil Exploration, ING.dk Says

Greenland has decided to drop all future exploration for oil as the government responds to environmental concerns, according to Danish media. Naalakkersuisut, as the island’s government is called, “…

17 07 2021 | 11:54

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. Battling rough seas and…

17 07 2021 | 11:44

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. Multiple…

17 07 2021 | 11:39

German Death Toll Exceeds 100 After Worst Floods in Decades

The death toll from the floods that devastated parts of western Germany rose to at least 103, with scores of people injured and many others unaccounted for after houses were swept away and roads and…

17 07 2021 | 11:32

BlackRock raises $250m for climate projects in developing countries.

The world's largest investor BlackRock has secured more than $250m from global investors and governments to support clean energy uptake and climate infrastructure across countries in Asia, Latin…

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 | 10:18

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 | 10:09

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…