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BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds

admin — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:00:22 +0000

Satellite analysis looked at credits sold by Finite Carbon, which runs some of North America’s largest offset projects

This story is co-published with SourceMaterial and Floodlight

Some forest carbon offsets sold by the biggest offsetting company in the US offer little or no benefit to the climate, a satellite analysis has found.

Herring gull chicks would rather have fish than your chips, finds study

admin — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:00:23 +0000

Rescued chicks favour seafood, suggesting they turn to urban diet as adults from necessity rather than preference

Herring gulls have wrecked many a harbourside picnic, pouncing on unsuspecting people trying to enjoy a Cornish pasty, a sandwich or a bag of chips.

But a study from the University of Exeter suggests that gull chicks prefer seafood even after being raised on a diet of the sort of scraps found around humans.

Thames Water placed in special measures due to ‘significant issues’

admin — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:58:34 +0000

Ofwat says UK’s biggest water company will come under extra scrutiny as it faces prospect of restructuring or temporary renationalisation

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The water industry regulator has put Thames Water into unprecedented special measures, allowing extra scrutiny of the struggling water supplier as it faces the prospect of a painful restructuring or temporary nationalisation.

More than 80 kangaroos found dead in two regional Victorian locations

admin — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 07:50:47 +0000

Investigation launched after gunshot wounds and injuries from being hit by vehicles found on bodies at Gobarup and near Hotham

‘Everyone was paddling to get away’: seals with rabies alarm South Africa’s surfers

admin — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:00:18 +0000

Seals have been biting people in the first big outbreak of the disease in marine mammals, writes Nick Dall in Cape Town

It’s happened to me dozens of times: I’m riding a wave when, out of the corner of my eye, I see a black shape coming up beneath me. Being in Cape Town – a great white shark hotspot – it’s hard not to assume the worst. But fear soon gives into relief when it becomes clear that I’m sharing the wave with a Cape fur seal. Sometimes, they get so close you can see the bubbles on their whiskers.

China building two-thirds of world’s wind and solar projects

admin — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:00:17 +0000

Country on track reach 1,200GW of installed wind and solar capacity by end of 2024 – six years ahead of Beijing’s target

The amount of wind and solar power under construction in China is now nearly twice as much as the rest of the world combined, a report has found.

Research published on Thursday by Global Energy Monitor (GEM), an NGO, found that China has 180 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale solar power under construction and 15GW of wind power. That brings the total of wind and solar power under construction to 339GW, well ahead of the 40GW under construction in the US.

Senators accuse JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon of backtracking on climate commitments

admin — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:45:20 +0000

Exclusive: Letter from senators, led by Elizabeth Warren, says JPMorgan may have misled investors and public

JPMorgan Chase, the world’s biggest investor in fossil fuels, may have misled investors and the public by backtracking on its already weak climate and environmental commitments, six US senators have warned in a letter to the CEO Jamie Dimon.

Las Vegas sets record for number of days over 115F amid its ‘most extreme heatwave in history’

admin — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:33:03 +0000

City hits all-time high of 120F as officials set up emergency cooling centers at community centers across south Nevada

Las Vegas set a new record on Wednesday as it marked a fifth consecutive day over 115F (46C), amid a lingering hot spell that will continue scorching much of the US into the weekend.

The blazing hot temperatures climbed to 115F shortly after 1pm at Harry Reid international airport, breaking the old mark of four consecutive days above 115F set in July 2005.

‘We are going to be left with nothing’: Indigenous communities battle deforestation in Honduras

admin — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:15:48 +0000

Miskito and other groups face a dire challenge as illegal deforestation threatens their ancestral lands and culture

Avilés Morphy pulled out his mobile phone and swiped through the photos until he reached a shot showing fallen trees in what looked like the aftermath of a hurricane. “That was a big forest and look how it is now: everything’s been destroyed,” he says. “And these are the coordinates.”

Then he played a video. The camera focused on a startled man wearing a red track-and-field shirt, resting his back against a post as he responded to questioning.

Trash talk: New York City has finally discovered the wheelie bin – and it only cost $1.6m | Arwa Mahdawi

admin — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:00:03 +0000

After decades of bags lining the streets, the mayor has proudly wheeled out a McKinsey-approved trash can

The revolution will not be televised. Unless it’s Mayor Eric Adams’s Trash Revolution, of course. In which case a press conference will be held, music blasted, and every camera crew in the five boroughs invited.