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Australia's climate change minister Chris Bowen on Sunday said the government has joined the Global Methane Pledge as part of multilateral efforts to reduce global methane emissions. ...more |
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the "social cost of carbon" calculation used by President Joe Biden's administration, which sharply boosts the price tag policy makers will put on the environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions from that used by former President Donald Trump. ...more |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday began the process of designing a $27 billion green bank that will offer grants to disadvantaged communities around the United States to deploy low- or zero-emissions projects. ...more |
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![Global climate disclosures to cover full gamut of carbon emissions Global climate disclosures to cover full gamut of carbon emissions](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_5ec7c2e8-9051-40d6-9726-9be71f35976b_.jpeg) |
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Planned new global corporate sustainability disclosures will include the full range of carbon emissions, but with 'relief provisions' on measuring greenhouse gas discharges from a company's suppliers. ...more |
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![EU to back climate compensation talks at U.N. summit - document EU to back climate compensation talks at U.N. summit - document](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_7852cf3d-8e3c-419b-9282-0d0e810622da_.jpeg) |
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The European Union will support discussion of financial compensation for vulnerable nations bearing the brunt of climate change at next month's U.N. climate summit, a draft document showed, a potential breakthrough for countries pushing for such talks. ...more |
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New Zealand farmers on Thursday gathered in city and town centres across the country, driving tractors and pickup trucks and carrying signs in protest against the government's plan to tax agricultural emissions.
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![The top 7 industries that produce the most pollution in 2022 The top 7 industries that produce the most pollution in 2022](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_508da01f-76a9-4c8f-a538-186b94535899_.jpeg) |
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Five main types of pollution disrupt our planet: air, soil, water, noise and light pollution. Of these, the first three are the most harmful to living beings. In 2021, air pollution contributed to almost 8.7 million deaths worldwide, while 400 million metric tonnes, or over 440 million U.S. tons, of hazardous waste contaminate our soil each year. ...more |
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![Can floating turbines harvest the world's wind? Can floating turbines harvest the world's wind?](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_96255fbe-ebf7-4e88-8650-ac6a7183a767_.jpeg) |
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Ten miles off the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland, five turbines tower over the North Sea. ...more |
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![California is the first state to ban plastic produce bags California is the first state to ban plastic produce bags](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_55bb7057-6e2f-4694-8d72-dde947fcf7ce_.jpeg) |
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new bill into law that will ban single-use plastic produce bags starting in 2025. The law requires that all single-use plastic produce bags be replaced by either recycled paper bags or compostable ones.
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![Climate change puts a billion children at 'extremely high risk' Climate change puts a billion children at 'extremely high risk'](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_ee8c4928-49ae-4c70-a79c-ec933ed11a72_.jpeg) |
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Some one billion children are at "extremely high risk" due to climate change harms, a rights group warned on Wednesday, adding that youths' living standards failed to improve in the last decade. ...more |
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