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‘An AI Fukushima is inevitable’: scientists discuss technology’s immense potential and dangers

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:20:39 +0000

Experts are optimistic about energy and drug production breakthroughs but also fear its potential misuse

When better to hold a conference on artificial intelligence and the countless ways it is advancing science than in those brief days between the first Nobel prizes being awarded in the field and the winners heading to Stockholm for the lavish white tie ceremony?

‘It’s really an honour’: people of oil-rich Azerbaijan welcome climate summit

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:51:29 +0000

Cop29 is taking place in a country whose economy has long been dependent on its oil reserves

Oil runs deep in Azerbaijan, the host country of this year’s UN climate summit. Just 30 minutes south-west of the Cop29 conference centre lies the site of the world’s first industrially drilled oil well, opened in 1846.

California limits on ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS in products are effective, study says

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:00:17 +0000

Levels in people’s blood for 37 chemicals linked to health issues declined after they were designated under Prop 65

California’s nation-leading restrictions on toxic chemicals in consumer products reduced the population’s body levels for many dangerous compounds linked to cancer, birth defects, reproductive harm and other serious health issues.

Look at the farmers’ protest, and then ask yourself: how will we ever make tax fairer amid such grumbling? | Polly Toynbee

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:00:09 +0000

Labour inherited a dire situation that needed desperate change – but powerful lobbies make any tax reform near-impossible

Week in wildlife in pictures: a naughty weasel, guard bees and a Sopranos bear

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:00:09 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

UAE urges countries to honour fossil fuels vow amid Cop29 impasse

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:34:30 +0000

Petrostate’s rebuke comes as Saudi Arabia and allies try to derail transition promise made at climate talks last year

Cop29 climate summit – live updates

The world must stand behind a historic resolution made last year to “transition away from fossil fuels”, the United Arab Emirates has said, in a powerful intervention into a damaging row over climate action.

Cop 29 live: new draft text criticised as ‘totally unacceptable and inadequate’

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:20:41 +0000

Text ‘decides’ on $250bn for developing countries by 2035 – but faces criticism from African Group of Negotiators

A new text of the Cop29 deal has yet to emerge, but civil society activists have not given up hope, reports Damian Carrington, Guardian environment editor.

Hilda Nakabuye, 27, from Fridays for Future campaign group in Uganda, said:

Friday briefing: The pressure is on at Cop29 to fill in the blanks in the climate finance deal

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:57:00 +0000

In today’s newsletter: After two weeks of fraught negotiations, the draft text still contains an ‘X’ in place of a number. Is consensus on a trillion-dollar funding target for developing nations possible?

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Holding a grudge – is it a petty character flaw or a desire for justice in an unjust world? | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:08:23 +0000

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NSW government passes bill to repair ‘broken’ biodiversity offset scheme

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:45:23 +0000

Reforms include public registers to track how developers are meeting their commitments and avoiding damaging endangered ecosystems