Saturday, 8 March 2025

Focus on Climate

FILE - Encontro das Aguas park stands in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Nov. 17, 2023, after wildfires burned part of it in the Pantanal biome, the world's biggest tropical wetlands. Typically the world’s largest topical wetlands dry out and are prone to fires from July to September. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
BiodiversityClimateEnvironmentNews

Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands fire season is already breaking records

The number of blazes in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands has already broken records with experts predicting this year will be the most devastating in...

Alcides Peixinho Nascimento walks through his plantation of mandacaru (AFP)
AgricultureBiodiversityClimateEnvironmentIndustryNewsResiliency

Planting giant cactus to stave off desertification in Brazil

In Brazil's unique Caatinga biome residents are on a mission to plant native vegetation in a bid to halt desertification

Crews repair a water main break in Calgary, Saturday, June 22, 2024. Calgary's mayor says residents have blown past the recommended daily threshold of water usage set to keep water service going. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
EnvironmentInfrastructureNewsResiliencyTransmissionUtilities

Calgary water shortage: Mayor says residents not conserving enough

Jyoti Gondek said Calgarians blew past the daily threshold the city set to maintain water service.

FILE - In this June 8, 2017, file photo, fresh nuts, bolts and fittings are ready to be added to the east leg of the pipeline near St. Ignace, Mich., as Enbridge prepares to test the east and west sides of the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac in Mackinaw City, Mich. Environmentalists are challenging Michigan regulators' decision to approve encasing part of an aging Enbridge Energy oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, arguing that they failed to properly consider alternatives that would minimize climate impacts. (Dale G Young/Detroit News via AP, File)
ClimateInfrastructureNewsOilRegulations

Environmentalists appeal Michigan regulators’ approval of Enbridge Energy oil pipeline tunnel project

Environmentalists say regulators failed to properly consider alternatives that would minimize climate impacts.

The Supreme Court building is seen on Friday, June 28, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
ClimateCourtsEmissionsEnvironmentIndustryNewsPoliticsRegulations

Chevron doctrine ruling: US SC reduces powers of federal regulators

The rejection of the Chevron doctrine shifts power from federal agencies to the courts, affecting rules on environment, health, and safety.

FILE - The border between the United States and Mexico, at right, cuts through the Sonoran Desert at the base of the Baboquivari Mountains, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, near Sasabe, Ariz. The bodies of three Mexican migrants have brern found Wednesday, June 27, 2024, in the Sonoran Desert near the Arizona-Mexico border as temperatures hit the triple digits across parts of the Southwest. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto, File)
ClimateNewsWeather

US migrant deaths: Scorching heat kills three near Arizona-Mexico border

The extreme heat, part of an excessive heat watch across the US Southwest, underscores the dangers faced by migrants and residents alike.

Global Chief Executive of Rio Tinto Aluminium Jerome Pecresse speaks during a business luncheon at The Canadian Club in Montreal, Monday, April 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
BusinessClimateEmissionsIndustryMineralsNews

Rio Tinto and Quebec to invest $375M to build pilot carbon free smelter

The pilot operation is a critical step toward full-scale industrialization of the Elysis technology which eliminates direct greenhouse gas emissions from the smelting...

FILE PHOTO: A boat lies on the partially dried-up bed of the Villa Victoria dam, which supplies water to Mexico's capital, as the Cutzamala System's stores have their lowest level in years due to a drought, in Villa Victoria, Mexico June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Paola Garcia/File Photo
BusinessCarbon ManagementClimateFinanceFuelNews

More finance, policy ambition demanded at London climate week

Countries need to dig deeper to provide the finance and set the policies needed to shift to a low-carbon economy, delegates heard this...

FILE PHOTO: Protesters carry signs during the Peoples Climate March at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2017.      REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
ClimateNewsPolitics

Right-wing shift may slow, not reverse climate action

A political tilt to the right in Europe will not derail climate efforts as businesses are increasingly locked into green strategies.

AnalysisClimateCourtsElectionsEmissionsIn-DepthOilPolitics

Q&A: What does the ‘landmark’ Horse Hill judgment mean for UK fossil fuels?

On June 20, the British Supreme Court ruled that a local council acted unlawfully by granting planning permission for an oil project. Carbon...

Login into your Account

Please login to like, dislike or bookmark this article.