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Trump promise to repeal Biden climate policies could cost US billions, report finds

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:00:15 +0000

Trump could stop in its tracks US’s emergence as clean energy superpower and forfeit billions in investment

The United States’s blossoming emergence as a clean energy superpower could be stopped in its tracks by Donald Trump, further empowering Chinese leadership and forfeiting tens of billions of dollars of investment to other countries, according to a new report.

Leading British actors call on chancellor to boost green investment in pensions

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 07:00:05 +0000

Oscar winners Mark Rylance and Olivia Colman among those writing to Rachel Reeves about excluding fossil fuels

Leading British actors including Mark Rylance, Olivia Colman, and Benedict Cumberbatch have called on the chancellor to increase investment in clean energy by reforming pensions.

Cop29 live: Planet on course for 2.7C temperature rise, report warns, with ‘minimal progress’ in 2024

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 06:01:35 +0000

Join us for all the latest developments from day 4 of the climate summit in Azerbaijan

Josh Gabbatiss, from Carbon Brief has published an update on social media about where negotiations at Cop29 have got to.

You may have seen talk of new texts about the climate finance negotiations doing the rounds.

These proposals have been produced by the co-chairs and circulated among negotiators and civil society observers, but for some reason they are not being published on the UNFCCC website.

‘A special place’: Guardian readers’ generosity helps to save rewilded farm

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 06:00:07 +0000

Bedfordshire farm was saved through public donations after a successful £1.5m crowdfunding campaign

A unique farm that was “accidentally” rewilded 35 years ago and is now a haven for endangered nightingales and other rare wildlife has been saved, thanks in part to the generosity of Guardian readers.

Strawberry Hill in Bedfordshire has been successfully bought by the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants (BCN) after a crowdfunding appeal raised £1.5m.

Shell’s successful appeal will not end climate lawsuits against firms, say experts

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 06:00:04 +0000

Dutch appeal court ruled in favour of oil and gas company over judgment telling it to limit emissions

A court ruling in favour of Shell does not spell the end of climate litigation against companies, legal experts have said.

The oil and gas company celebrated on Tuesday when it won an appeal against a landmark climate judgment by a Dutch court.

Survival of the richest: Trump, climate and the logic of the doomsday bunker | Jonathan Watts

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 05:00:03 +0000

The climate crisis created the setting for Trump’s economy-first win and it’s the global south that will suffer most

Donald Trump’s election is a triumph for the politics of the doomsday bunker, which is bad news for the world’s environment.

Australian engineers invent anti-fatberg coating to tackle sticky sewer problem

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 04:08:03 +0000

Zinc and polyurethane product could stop dangerous blockages in concrete wastewater pipes – but is a few years off commercial use

Pint-sized crustacean named after New Zealand brewery to boost interest in marine life

admin — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:36:57 +0000

Tiny isopod is dubbed Pentaceration forkandbrewer in push to engage community with climate-threatened life in local waters

New Zealand scientists have named a tiny snowflake-like crustacean after a Wellington brewery, in an attempt to boost the public’s interest in local marine life.

The roughly 1.5mm marine isopod was found in the silty depths off New Zealand’s southern east coast. It helps decompose organic material that drifts to the seabed.

Australia urged to increase climate goal after UK announces ambitious 81% reduction target

admin — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:30:56 +0000

One expert says climate targets can seem abstract but matter because they serve as an ‘investment signal’ to cashed up investors

Marine biologists discover new sea slug species off Pacific coast

admin — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 18:45:33 +0000

California researchers found ‘mystery mollusc’ in deep-sea midnight zone after initially observing it 20 years ago

Researchers in California have discovered a new species of sea slug off the Pacific coast in an area of deep sea known as the midnight zone.