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Major banks are abandoning their climate alliance en masse. So much for ‘woke capital’ | Adrienne Buller

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:07:19 +0000

The scope of the Cop26 net zero banking alliance may have been limited, but the exodus of six US banks signifies a seismic political shift

Great Britain’s energy system operator pauses access to grid connection queue

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:58 +0000

Neso says ‘short pause’ will help ease logjam delaying vital green projects, as unfunded ‘zombie projects’ block queue

‘A trash can for the US’: anger in Mexico and Canada over toxic waste shipments

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:00:10 +0000

Exclusive: US companies are increasingly shipping toxic waste to other countries, where some argue it poses a risk

US companies ship more than 1m tons of hazardous waste to other countries each year, raising questions over possible impacts on health and the environment, an investigation by the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab has found.

I’m a climate scientist and my house in LA burned down. My work has never been more real

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:07:05 +0000

I feel like I am safe in saying that we are not thriving on our changing planet – and we will not in the coming decades

My house in Altadena burned down in the wildfires on Wednesday. It all happened quickly. On Tuesday around 7pm, my wife and daughters went to a hotel as a precaution. I left the house with the dogs when the mandatory evacuation order came in around 3am. As best as I can put the timeline together, our home burned down around the same time that the sun came up, and I was able to drive in and see the damage around 2pm.

Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:00:06 +0000

Legislation has new life in wake of Los Angeles catastrophe but US fossil-fuel industry is already mobilizing against it

In the year preceding the devastating Los Angeles county wildfires, big oil fiercely lobbied to kill a “polluter pay” bill that moved through the California senate and would have forced major fossil fuel companies to help cover the costs of climate disasters.

California fires live: 6m people under critical fire threat as dangerous winds expected; governor says conditioning aid ‘un-American’

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:39:05 +0000

Forecasters warn of ‘particularly dangerous weather situation’ in California; Gavin Newsom hits back at House speaker for ‘politicizing’ tragedy

LA mayor, Karen Bass, has shared a phone number for residents who have evacuated to get assistance in finding and retrieving pets in evacuation areas.

Posting on X, Bass wrote:

Pets are family.

The City is making help available to find and retrieve pets in evacuation areas.

Escalating armed conflict is most urgent threat for world in 2025, say global leaders

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:30:14 +0000

World Economic Forum says responses from experts in business, politics and academia also highlight climate crisis

Global leaders have said that escalating armed conflict is the most urgent threat in 2025 but the climate emergency is expected to cause the greatest concern over the next decade, according to the World Economic Forum.

Ahead of its yearly gathering in the Swiss ski resort of Davos next week, the WEF asked more than 900 leaders from business, politics and academia about the risks that most concern them.

Age of the panzootic: scientists warn of more devastating diseases jumping between species

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:00:14 +0000

Experts believe H5N1 bird flu belongs in a growing category of infectious diseases that can cause pandemics across many species. But there are ways to reduce the risks

Ball-shaped debris washes up at Sydney’s Bondi, Coogee, Maroubra and Cronulla beaches

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:59:09 +0000

Penny Sharpe says ‘mystery’ debris sent for testing and beaches not closed as there were so few balls

RAF bases are hotspots of ‘forever chemical’ groundwater pollution, MoD documents show

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:00:12 +0000

Exclusive: Sampling results show ‘extremely concerning’ concentrations of PFOS and PFOA at sites across UK

Where are the UK’s ‘forever chemical’ hotspots?

RAF bases are hotspots of toxic “forever chemical” pollution in water, analysis of Ministry of Defence documents has revealed.