Rhode Island Democrat talks to the Guardian about the president’s climate record and targeting oil industry’s ‘achilles heel’ For nine years, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat representing Rhode Island since 2007, made weekly speeches called “Time To Wake Up” urging the Senate to take action on the climate emergency. He ended the weekly ritual once... Continue Reading →
It’s tempting to draw lines on a map, but we can’t forget that cities should be designed for the people who live there (This is definitely something you'll want to see. Please visit this link (The Guardian) and go through the comic strips. A must read!
Cities need to be redesigned for the climate crisis. Can they make us happy, too?
António Guterres says entire planet should be covered by early warning systems within five years Everyone on the planet should be covered by an early warning system against extreme weather and climate-related disasters within five years, the UN secretary general has said. About a third of people around the world are not now covered by... Continue Reading →
UN chief calls for extreme weather warning systems for everyone on Earth
The Earth is changing faster than at any point in human memory as a result of human-caused global heating. Since the mid-1800s, when we began burning fossil fuels at an industrial scale, we have been modifying our atmosphere and causing the globe to heat up. Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere, which causes hotter... Continue Reading →
Environment Now (Thank you Guardian for this service…)
The American Petroleum Institute receives millions from oil companies – and works behinds the scenes to stall or weaken legislation When Royal Dutch Shell published its annual environmental report in April, it boasted that it was investing heavily in renewable energy. The oil giant committed to installing hundreds of thousands of charging stations for electric vehicles... Continue Reading →
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
Support for coal, oil and gas remains high despite pledges to tackle climate crisis The G20 countries have provided more than $3.3tn (£2.4tn) in subsidies for fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement was sealed in 2015, a report shows, despite many committing to tackle the crisis. This backing for coal, oil and gas is... Continue Reading →
‘Reckless’: G20 states subsidised fossil fuels by $3tn since 2015, says report
Climate crisis researchers worry about the channel’s reach to perpetuate misinformation and advance political goals Fox News Media, the company that owns the reactionary, climate crisis-skeptical Fox News, is launching a weather channel this year – a development that has climate crisis experts worried. Fox Weather, a 24-hour channel devoted to all things meteorological, promises... Continue Reading →
Fox News’ planned 24-hour weather channel has climate experts worried
Move comes after Climate Commission recommended banning petrol and diesel cars by 2023 The New Zealand government is introducing subsidies to make electric vehicles thousands of dollars cheaper and new petrol and diesel cars more expensive, as the country tries transition to an emissions-free fleet. The changes follow New Zealand’s Climate Commission recommendations which laid out sweeping changes required... Continue Reading →
New Zealand unveils $8,600 subsidy for electric vehicles to reduce emissions
Exclusive: US chains Walmart, Costco and Kroger selling Brazilian beef produced by JBS linked to destruction of Brazilian rainforest Three of the biggest US grocery chains sell Brazilian beef produced by a controversial meat company linked to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, an investigation has revealed. Food giants Walmart, Costco and Kroger – which together... Continue Reading →
Walmart selling beef from firm linked to Amazon deforestation
Vicious circle of cheap but damaging food is biggest destroyer of nature, says UN-backed report The global food system is the biggest driver of destruction of the natural world, and a shift to predominantly plant-based diets is crucial in halting the damage, according to a report. Agriculture is the main threat to 86% of the... Continue Reading →
Plant-based diets crucial to saving global wildlife, says report
New measures of success needed to avoid catastrophic breakdown, landmark review finds The world is being put at “extreme risk” by the failure of economics to take account of the rapid depletion of the natural world and needs to find new measures of success to avoid a catastrophic breakdown, a landmark review has concluded. Prosperity... Continue Reading →
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