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EPA Agrees to Issue Standards for Protecting U.S. Waters From Ship Pollution, Invasive Species

WASHINGTON— The Environmental Protection Agency agreed today to finalize nationwide standards that will protect U.S. waterways from harmful vessel discharges. Under the agreement, the agency must release final regulations on ballast water discharges by Sept. 24, 2024. “I’m glad the EPA will take action after years of delay, and I hope the agency finally cracks down on […]

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UN Announces ‘Climate Breakdown’ After Record Summer Heat

“Climate breakdown has begun”, the United Nations chief has warned as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that the world went through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer on record. The WMO, citing data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), said on Wednesday that last month was the the hottest August on record […]

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Ecological Grief and Uncontrollable Reality in Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’

Much has been written on the grief in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, with the director himself being candid enough to describe the film not only in terms of grief, but as being centred chiefly around death. Anderson also notes, however, that the concept for the film was how we contend with things outside of our own control. Set in a fictional […]

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Disappearing Glaciers Expose Vast New Ecosystems That Need Protection

Rising temperatures could reduce the area covered by alpine glaciers around the world by more than one-fifth this century, exposing vast areas of land to the atmosphere for the first time in thousands of years. The emerging habitats that will form as the ice retreats present challenges — as well as opportunities — for conservation […]

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Canada Wildfires: Trudeau Criticises Facebook Over News Ban Amid Crisis

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused Facebook of putting “profits ahead of people’s safety” after it blocked news amid devastating wildfires in the country. Facebook banned news on its platform in response to Canadian law forcing it to share profit with news outlets. Wildfire evacuees have said the ban has impacted their ability to […]

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Climate Change May Force More Farmers and Ranchers to Consider Irrigation — At a Steep Cost

The Texas ranch where Gilda Jackson trains and sells horses has been plagued by grasshoppers this year, a problem that only gets worse when the hatch quickens in times of heat and drought. Jackson watched this summer as the insects chewed through a 35-acre pasture she badly needs for hay; what they didn’t destroy, the […]

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EU Climate Czar Frans Timmermans Quits Job to Lead Center-Left Coalition in Dutch Elections

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s climate chief quit his job in the EU’s executive arm Tuesday and will lead a broad center-left coalition of social democrats and greens going into the Dutch elections in November. Social Democrat Frans Timmermans, 62, was the only candidate and won 91.8% of votes cast by party members of both groups Tuesday. […]

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Heat From Global Warming is Drying Up the Colorado River, UCLA Says

When it comes to how much water is actually running down the Colorado River to quench seven Western states, a new study makes clear that “low” is the new “average.” Higher temperatures caused by climate change stole 10 trillion gallons of water out of the Colorado River Basin from 2000 to 2021, robbing vital resources […]

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Our Permafrost is Thawing – And With it Bacteria and Viruses

At the ends of the world, what was long frozen is starting to thaw. When scientists pull drill cores from deep under the surface of the Arctic, they find the ground is warming year on year, a consequence of our efforts to dig up carbon and pump it into the atmosphere. Some chunks of permafrost have […]

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Ecosystem Collapses Could Happen Much Sooner than Previously Expected

Across the planet, rainforests are turning into savannas or farmland, while savannas are experiencing drying out and transitioning into deserts. Simultaneously, icy tundra regions are thawing at an alarming rate. These “tipping points” have already been recorded in over 20 types of ecosystems, with others likely to follow the same path. The problem with these tipping points is […]

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