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Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:00:56 +0000

Report says proven technology could benefit thousands in poor quality housing and help UK meet carbon reduction targets

Flooded disused coalmines could be a significant source of energy and provide cheap heat to thousands of homes, a new report argues.

Mine water geothermal heat (MWGH) systems use the water in flooded coalmines, which is warmed by natural processes, to supply low-carbon heat. Heat exchangers and pumps recover the heat, which is distributed via district heating networks to homes and buildings, providing low-cost, long-term, stable energy.

‘New reality’: Hurricane Melissa strength multiplied by climate crisis, study says

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:00:07 +0000

Winds of Melissa’s strength are now five times more frequent due to the climate crisis, research says

Every aspect of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm ever to hit Jamaica, was worsened by the climate crisis, a team of scientists has found.

Melissa caused widespread devastation when it crunched into Jamaica as a category five hurricane on October 28, with winds up up to 185mph.

Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 07:00:47 +0000

Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated

The deaths from pollution caused by Europe’s biggest plastic plant, which is being built in Antwerp, will outstrip the number of permanent jobs it will create, lawyers will argue in a court challenge issued on Thursday.

In documents submitted to the court, research suggests the air pollution from Ineos’s €4bn petrochemical plant would cause 410 deaths once operational, compared with the 300 permanent jobs the company says will be created.

‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 06:00:47 +0000

After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future

The era of fine speeches and good intentions is over. Brazil’s Cop30 will be about action | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 05:00:48 +0000

This is our message to world leaders: make this the ‘Cop of truth’, before people lose faith

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of Brazil

Today, in the Brazilian Amazon, the Belém summit opens ahead of the 30th United Nations climate change conference (Cop30). I have convened world leaders in the days leading up to the conference so that we can all commit to acting with the urgency the climate crisis demands.

Watch November's 'beaver' supermoon rising over Sydney's Bondi beach – video

admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:20:12 +0000

This stunning timelapse shows the 'biggest' supermoon of 2025 lighting up the sky over Sydney on Wednesday evening, shining brightly as it rose above Bondi beach. The moon is considered a supermoon when it is closer to the Earth than usual, making it look much larger. The drama is partly due to something called the moon illusion, which makes the moon appear larger when it is close to the horizon and we have other objects to gauge it against

Trump nominates ex-New Mexico lawmaker to oversee public lands

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:30:36 +0000

President names Steve Pearce to lead agency that manages a quarter-billion acres, about 10% of land in US

Donald Trump nominated a former lawmaker from New Mexico on Wednesday to oversee the management of vast public lands that are playing a central role in Republican attempts to ramp up fossil fuel production.

Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 23:00:37 +0000

Report calls for scaling-up of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors to limit peak of global heating

There is still a chance for the world to avoid the worst ravages of climate breakdown and return to the goal of 1.5C if governments take concerted action on greenhouse gas emissions, a new assessment argues.

‘We’re leading the way’: Starmer defends plans for green economy before Cop30

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:00:34 +0000

PM defies critics calling for a slowdown as he flies to Brazil, where he may have frosty reception after opting out of tropical forest fund

UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests

UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:32:04 +0000

Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William

‘We’re leading the way’: Starmer defends plans for green economy before Cop30