Friday, 31 January 2025

Focus on Environment

Botanist Florencia Peredo Ovalle works in her greenhouse in Gardnerville, Nevada, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Ovalle, who works for mining company Ioneer, cares for specimens of Tiehm's buckwheat as part of an experiment aimed at helping to keep the extremely rare desert plant from going extinct while still allowing the company to dig for lithium on land where it grows. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
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Green agendas clash in Nevada as company grows rare plant to help it survive effects of a mine

Ioneer says the mine it wants to dig in Nevada would more than quadruple U.S. production of lithium needed to speed production of...

The new Government has been urged to go ‘further and faster’ on decarbonising the UK (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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UK govt urged to deliver net zero action to lower bills and help communities

Immediate action is needed from the government to address climate report's urgent net zero recommendations.

FILE PHOTO: Fur seals rest along the northern shore in St. George, Alaska, U.S., May 22, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
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US court overturns Alaska oil lease sale

The Alaska oil lease sale had been mandated by Biden administration's signature climate law as part of a political compromise.

Fillets from fish caught along Toronto's waterfront have up to 12 times more microplastics per serving than some common store-bought alternatives, newly published research suggested, shedding light on the extent Lake Ontario's ecosystem has been polluted by the tiny particles of plastic. A fisherman casts on the shoreline of Lake Ontario in Scarborough, Ont., on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Mar
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‘Pervasive environmental issue’: Microplastics levels high in Toronto-caught fish

The researchers looked at a total of 45 fish caught in Humber Bay, where the Humber River flows into Lake Ontario along Toronto's...

A new study published by the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations says new projections show a possible steep decline in global fish biomass by the end of the century under high greenhouse gas emissions, with several areas of Atlantic Canadian fishing areas affected. In this April 23, 2016, file photo, cod fill a box on a trawler off the coast of Hampton Beach, N.H. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Robert F. Bukaty
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Fish biomass loss possible in Atlantic Canada amid rising emissions: researcher

Unchecked emissions could cause a steep decline in global fish populations, including in Atlantic Canada, by the end of the century.

'Time lost is lives, livelihoods and the planet lost,' said Babayev (AFP)
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Climate talks host urges rich nations to break stalemate

The host of this year's UN climate summit has urged governments to start compromising to help poorer countries tackle global warming

Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord during his first term as president (AFP)
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At Republican National Convention, climate change at bottom of pile

Climate change is little more than an afterthought for attendees at the Republican National Convention, who gathered this week

Homes devastated by Hurricane Beryl, just the latest extreme weather event to boost oil prices (AFP)
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Climate change risk stirs oil market

From forest fires to hurricanes and other natural disasters: climate change risk is increasingly influencing oil prices.

FILE - Sonny Curley looks out to the seawall separating his property from the Pacific Ocean at the home he shares with his children and parents Wednesday, May 22, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Wash. Gov. Jay Inslee announced on Tuesday, July 16, that Washington has awarded $52 million raised by the state's landmark carbon emission pricing law to help Native American tribes respond to climate change. Among the tribes that will benefit is the Quinault Nation on the Pacific coast, which is getting $13 million to help move its two villages to higher ground as seas rise. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
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Funds from Washington’s landmark law help tribes face rising seas, climate change

Washington state allocates $52 million from its 2021 Climate Commitment Act to help Native American tribes combat climate change impacts and move to...

People caught in the rain on Oxford Street, central London. File photo. (Yui Mok/PA)
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Preparing London for climate impacts is ‘non-negotiable,’ landmark review warns

The review found that government and businesses have not adequately planned for the disruption caused by severe weather.

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