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Brazil's vast Cerrado savanna covers a region the size of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Britain combined (AFP)
BiodiversityNews

Deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado higher than in Amazon: report

More than 1.11 million hectares of forest were destroyed in Brazil's Cerrado region in 2023.

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence ablaze following a Houthi missile attack at sea, March 6, 2024, in this handout photo. DVIDS/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
BusinessClimateEmissionsMaritimeNewsTransport

How Red Sea disruptions are driving up carbon emissions

Attacks on ships traveling the Red Sea is forcing shippers to reroute their vessels on journeys that drive up their carbon dioxide emissions.

Subaru's CEO Atsushi Osaki, CTO Tetsuo Fujinuki, Toyota's CEO Koji Sato, CTO Hiroki Nakajima, Mazda's CEO Masahiro Moro and CTO Ichiro Hirose chat during a photo session at a press conference pledging to each develop a new engine in Tokyo, Japan May 28, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
AutomotiveBiofuelsElectric Vehicles (EVs)EmissionsFuelNewsTransport

Toyota showcases compact engines adaptable to different fuels

Banking on a strategy beyond just selling EVs at Toyota, biofuel and hybrid engines unveiled as the future of the market to beat...

El Bosque sits on a small peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico, exposed to Atlantic storms and hurricanes (AFP)
ClimateNewsWeather

Submerged homes and heat waves fuel Mexico climate angst

The climate is destroying us, say people in a Mexican village, as presidential candidate promises to invest billions in clean energy.

Cyclone Remal in Bangladesh lasted about 34 hours, a longer-than-normal duration experts say is part of a trend (AFP)
ClimateNewsWeather

Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seen

Bangladeshi weather experts said Cyclone Remal was one of the longest-lasting they'd experienced, blaming climate change for the shift.

Brazil has been hard-hit by extreme weather events attributed to climate change, the most recent of which are the historic floods in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul that have left nearly 170 people dead and dozens missing (AFP)
BiodiversityClimateCourtsEnvironmentIndigenousNewsPolitics

Rights court takes climate crisis hearing to Brazilian Amazon

Academics, activists and Indigenous people gathered Monday in the Brazilian Amazon to weigh in on a key legal question: What responsibility do states...

An oil and gas lobby group says the federal government's proposed emission cap on the sector combined with its stringent targets for methane reduction could reduce Canada's non-oilsands fossil fuel production by one million barrels per day by 2030. A pumpjack draws out oil from a well head near Calgary, Alta., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
BusinessEconomyEmissionsNatural GasNewsOilPoliticsRegulations

Lobby group says emissions cap would cost Canada’s oil and gas sector $75B in lost investment

An oil and gas lobby group says the federal government's proposed emissions cap on the sector combined with its stringent targets for methane...

FILE PHOTO: Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne  addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
BusinessClimateEconomyEnvironmentFinanceNewsPoliticsResiliencyUnited NationsWeather

Caribbean leader blasts ’empty’ climate promises at small islands summit

The president of this decade's summit for Small Island Developing States on Monday blasted "empty" and "grossly inadequate" climate pledges, saying wealthy nations...

Carbon ManagementEconomyElectricityEmissionsManufacturingNuclear PowerPoliticsSolarTradeWind

EU clears Net Zero Industry Act to boost domestic green tech production

BRUSSELS — European Union governments formally cleared on Monday a new law designed to ensure the bloc produces 40% of its solar panels,...

A veterinarian feeds a young howler monkey rescued amid extremely high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Tabasco state, Mexico, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Dozens of howler monkeys were found dead in the Gulf coast state while others were rescued by residents who rushed them to a local veterinarian. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)
BiodiversityClimateNewsWeather

The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, with a few recovering

The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, the government said, with a tragically small number of the...

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