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![Half of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study finds Half of glaciers will be gone by 2100 even under Paris 1.5C accord, study finds](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_f9eddf62-487d-44e0-9ab5-56fd8f276575_.jpeg) |
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Half the planet’s glaciers will have melted by 2100 even if humanity sticks to goals set out in the Paris climate agreement, according to research that finds the scale and impacts of glacial loss are greater than previously thought. At least half of that loss will happen in the next 30 years. ...more |
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![U.S. EPA tightens soot standards for first time in decade U.S. EPA tightens soot standards for first time in decade](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_4b09348d-5cf4-42ee-a608-b5bd6ffb95b9_.jpeg) |
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will tighten national air quality standards for fine particle pollution emitted from vehicles and industrial sources for the first time since 2012, the agency said on Friday. ...more |
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![New law bans 200,000 high emission vehicles in California New law bans 200,000 high emission vehicles in California](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_32941bb1-bda1-42c1-aa92-d644958f13b0_.jpeg) |
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Estimated 200,000 vehicles including 70,000 big rigs have been banned from California roads starting this week. This follows the final adoption of 2010 a rule banning vehicles that do not comply with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations. ...more |
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![Germany backs Norwegian plan to capture carbon from cement Germany backs Norwegian plan to capture carbon from cement](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_907073cd-d0b7-4ec6-b588-d4ec1a073701_.jpeg) |
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Germany's economy minister Robert Habeck threw his weight behind a Norwegian project to capture carbon emissions and re-use them being carried out by multinational HeidelbergMaterials. ...more |
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![India approves $2.3 billion to develop green hydrogen India approves $2.3 billion to develop green hydrogen](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_cbc9108b-273f-4e7c-b696-b3a9656f38b9_.jpeg) |
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The government has approved $2.3 billion to support production, use and exports of green hydrogen, aiming to make India a global hub for the nascent industry.
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!['Feels like summer': Warm winter breaks temperature records in Europe 'Feels like summer': Warm winter breaks temperature records in Europe](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_363bbd27-9150-4495-96d0-49d93c224445_.jpeg) |
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Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices.
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![Britain could join Amazon Fund to help Brazil control deforestation - UK minister Britain could join Amazon Fund to help Brazil control deforestation - UK minister](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_256d51a8-fcf4-4392-b0ea-bb377b5c5bf3_.jpeg) |
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Britain is considering joining the billion-dollar Amazon Fund reopened by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to finance sustainability in the rainforest, British environment minister Therese Coffey said. ...more |
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![US government approves use of world’s first vaccine for honeybees US government approves use of world’s first vaccine for honeybees](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_e2f70fa0-09dc-4fbc-9183-2d688f019db9_.jpeg) |
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The world’s first vaccine for honeybees has been approved for use by the US government, raising hopes of a new weapon against diseases that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food pollination. ...more |
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![The Ocean Race to collect more data about the environment than any sporting event in the world The Ocean Race to collect more data about the environment than any sporting event in the world](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_ee5d35a8-af6e-4a4b-b246-458f4c4a1616_.jpeg) |
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The forthcoming edition of The Ocean Race, which sets sail from Alicante, Spain, on the 15th January, is set to feature the most ambitious and comprehensive science programme created by a sporting event. ...more |
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![France Prepares Green Industry Bill Echoing US Climate Law France Prepares Green Industry Bill Echoing US Climate Law](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_a8222da8-e344-4738-92bf-7d8d382bc2b6_.jpeg) |
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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he will present a “green industry” bill soon as Europe seeks to stop businesses being lured across the Atlantic by billions of dollars of subsidies under the US’s climate law. ...more |
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