[ad_1] Antarctica temperature crosses 20 degrees Celsius for first time in history. Antarctica recorded 20.75 degrees Celsius (69,35 Fahrenheita) a week after another temperature record of 18.3 degrees Celsius was recorded in the continent. Penguin colonies in some parts of the Antarctic have declined by more than 75% over the …
Read More »Government to spend £90m on reducing carbon emissions
[ad_1] The government has announced plans to spend £90m to reduce carbon emissions for households and businesses. In an announcement made today (February 18), Kwasi Kwarteng, minister for business, energy and clean growth, has revealed plans to create two of Europe’s first-ever low-carbon hydrogen production plants. This will help to …
Read More »Will our marine protected areas adapt to a changing climate?
[ad_1] New study finds that Canada should do more to ensure MPAs are effective well into the future By Aurelie Cosandey-Godin A few weeks ago, delegates from around the world gathered in Montreal to discuss how the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will shape global biodiversity protection past 2020. …
Read More »BP’s net zero announcement – Greenpeace response
[ad_1] In response to BP’s announcement [1] of their new ‘ambitions’ today, Charlie Kronick, Oil Advisor from Greenpeace UK, said – “BP’s ‘ambitions’ and ‘aims’ all seem to apply to Looney’s successors, and leave the urgent questions unanswered. How will they reach net zero? Will it be through offsetting? When …
Read More »Floods Put Mississippi Capital In ‘Precarious Situation’
[ad_1] Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba said power had been shut off to 504 residences as a safety precaution. He said some city homes had been flooded but officials do not yet know how many. About 30 people are at a shelter that has been set up in Jackson, he said. …
Read More »Remaking Appalachia green | The Seattle Times
[ad_1] It looked like a scene of wanton destruction, all the more shocking for happening on federal land under the watchful eye of a U.S. forester. Two snarling yellow bulldozers plowed up and down a hillside, pushing over anything in their path. Shrubs and small trees snapped under the dozers’ …
Read More »How Native Tribes Are Taking the Lead on Planning for Climate Change
[ad_1] On a hot summer’s day, marine ecologist Courtney Greiner walks the shore of a rocky Washington beach at low tide with a handful of staff and interns. They stake out the ground and hunch down, digging up the top two inches of mud, silt, and gravel looking for baby …
Read More »Storm Dennis: ‘Bleak irony’ as youth climate change conference cancelled due to extreme weather
[ad_1] Youth climate change activists in the UK have been forced to cancel their first ever national conference due to flooding brought on by Storm Dennis. The conference in Staffordshire was due to start on Sunday but police have advised that the event should not go ahead due to safety …
Read More »What helps SMEs to eco-innovate?
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Read More »Colonial conservation – a ‘cycle of impunity’
[ad_1] A UN investigation has suggested that rangers funded by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have beaten up, abused and murdered people in the forests of Congo. These atrocities were committed in the name of conservation. The victims are members of the Baka tribe, living in the Congo rainforest in an area called Messok Dja, which is a biodiversity hotspot known for its gorillas, elephants and chimpanzees. The beatings and murders occurred because WWF has been trying to turn Messok Dja into …
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