A historic agreement to support victims of climate disasters is at risk of coming apart — a development that could derail the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Dubai. Talks on setting up a fund to help poorer countries cope with the consequences of global warming have become mired in acrimony to the point where […]
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A trailblazing marine environment fund – designed to help ensure Scotland’s coasts and seas are healthy, productive and nature-rich – is already having a great impact, after its first two years saw over £3.2m in funding distributed to 45 projects. Examples of the projects funded around Scotland include improving the ability to rescue stranded marine […]
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Norway’s climate and environment minister played down calls for strict caps on the production of plastic but said the manufacture of so-called “virgin plastic” should be reduced, as talks on a global treaty to stop the mounting plastic pollution crisis opened on Monday. More than 145 countries are hoping to hammer out a treaty by […]
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Why is sea level rising? So on global scales, sea level is rising really because of our warming climate. There’s two main factors causing sea level to change. The first is what we call thermal expansion. So as more heat gets trapped by the atmosphere, a lot of that heat gets absorbed by the ocean. […]
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The government has unveiled a new net zero plan which has been met with intense criticism from experts and environmental groups. The document was drawn up after the High Court ruled the government’s existing plans were not sufficient to meet its climate targets. A central plank of the strategy is to store CO2 under the […]
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‘Raising spirits’ is futile without legal underpinnings to curb behaviours that result in pollution, say campaigners Environmental groups have criticised the lack of proposed legislation and the lengthy timescales for dealing with problems in the Government’s new environment strategy. Theresa May launched the 25 year environment plan in a speech on Thursday, setting out the Government’s goals for preserving […]
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Conservative commentators on Tuesday shared a false narrative that wind turbines and solar energy were primarily to blame for power outages across Texas as the power grid buckled. With millions of Texas residents still without power amid frigid temperatures, conservative commentators presented a false narrative that wind turbines and solar energy were primarily to blame. “We should never […]
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More than 6,000 hatchlings of three species of endangered turtles have been released into lakes and lagoons in Peru’s Amazon basin to help them repopulate, officials said Saturday. To achieve that, wildlife officials collect turtle eggs and transfer them from natural beaches of the Amazon basin, to artificial beaches where they are artificially incubated for […]
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This “pumpkin-haired” fur baby was born right in time for Halloween. The Saint Louis Zoo announced the birth of its first-ever Francois’ langur, an endangered species also known as a leaf monkey, according to KMOV4. The now-1-month-old Rhubarb was born on Sept. 30 in its Primate Canopy Trails area, the Missouri zoo posted on Facebook. Zookeepers cared […]
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As more literature and scientific studies link obesity to environmental harms, it becomes yet another way people are stigmatized due to body size During a university lecture several years ago, we were shown a painting of a 36-year-old man living at the dawn of the 19th century who weighed more than 700lb. His body, a […]
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