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[ad_1] Global methane levels have hit an all-time high after what appears to be a near-record yearly atmospheric increase in the potent greenhouse gas. The concentration of methane in the Earth’s atmosphere reached nearly 1,875 parts per billion in 2019, up from the previous year’s 1,866 parts per billion, according to preliminary data …

[ad_1] Roma communities across central and eastern Europe are experience systematic and systemic environmental racism, which has intensified during the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to the ‘Pushed to the Wastelands’ report published yesterday. The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and European Roma Grassroots Organisations (ERGO) network collaborated with ICTA-UAB published the report on International Romani Day at a …

[ad_1] Pod of the Planet: Ep.5 Look After Yourself In a changing worldImpacts are often not clearLook after yourself —Robbie Parks, EI Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mailman School of Public Health In this episode Jason Smerdon and Kyu Lee discuss home life, home schooling and pathways forward for climate research and …

[ad_1] ???? FIFTH ONLINE STRIKE FOR THE CLIMATE ???? #actonscience About 40% of human CO2 emissions are mainly absorbed by vegetation and oceans. What remains remains in the atmosphere. The consequence is that atmospheric CO2 is currently at the highest level ever reached in the past 15-20 million years. Natural …

[ad_1] A key taskforce bringing together business, finance and civil society has outlined how to reduce the climate and environmental effects of commodities in UK supply chains. ClientEarth legal experts took part in working groups to help develop the Global Resources Initiative (GRI) taskforce report highlighting the complexity of global …

[ad_1] News on climate in the time of coronavirus Subscribe today This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just as the novel coronavirus has spread from person to person across the world, so too does traffic propagate through highways …

[ad_1] In the News This week, EWG uncovered and mapped over 2,500 industrial facilities across the nation that could be discharging the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS into the air and water. Using Environmental Protection Agency and New York State data, EWG identified 2,501 unique industrial sites that are …

[ad_1] Kengo Kuma & Associates and K2LD Architects have won an international competition for the Founders’ Memorial in Singapore, a national landmark that will honor not only Singapore’s first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, but the multi-racial team of which he was a part of in developing the island country …

[ad_1] Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and six other countries urged the European Union to adopt a “green” recovery plan, as fears grow that the economic hit caused by the coronavirus pandemic could weaken action on climate change. Reuters Newsagency reports in an open letter published as European finance ministers …

[ad_1] One of the wild animals most threatened by trafficking is the pangolin. The world is currently grappling with the worst public health emergency in recent memory. The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has brought the link between zoonotic diseases – those transmitted from animals to humans – and wildlife trade …