World spends $1.8tn a year on subsidies that harm environment, study finds 17/2/2022

The world is spending at least $1.8tn (£1.3tn) every year on subsidies driving the annihilation of wildlife and a rise in global heating, according to a new study, prompting warnings that humanity is financing its own extinction. ...more

India to waive transmission costs for green hydrogen manufacturers 17/2/2022

India will allow companies that manufacture green hydrogen to install renewable energy generating plants without transmission costs, the country's power minister said on Wednesday. ...more

How many trees does it take to meet toilet paper demands? 17/2/2022

How many rolls of toilet paper do you think you use each year? Your household? Your neighborhood, city, or state? What about the entire country? QS Supplies wanted to know the answer and conducted a study to find out. The results are astounding. ...more

U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds 17/2/2022

Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday. ...more

U.S. sea level to rise by 2050 as much as in past century, NOAA says 16/2/2022

Sea levels around the United States will rise up to a foot over the next 30 years due to climate change, as much as they have risen in the previous century, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) projected in a report on Tuesday. ...more

EU greenhouse gas emissions rebound in third quarter as economies revive 16/2/2022

Greenhouse gas emissions across the European Union rose in the third quarter of last year, the bloc's statistics office said on Tuesday, as economies recovered from the coronavirus crisis. ...more

Pollution causing more deaths than COVID, action needed, says U.N. expert 16/2/2022

Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a U.N. environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals. ...more

Megadrought sets new record in a very bad way 16/2/2022

Our worst-case climate change nightmares are coming true, demonstrated by the megadrought in the American West, according to a new study. Thanks to a super dry 2021, the current 22-year drought has stolen the gold medal from the previous champ in the late 1500s. And there’s not much rain in the long-term forecast. ...more

Coca-Cola, criticized for plastic pollution, pledges 25% reusable packaging 16/2/2022

The Coca-Cola Company on Thursday said it will aim for 25% of its packaging globally to be reusable by 2030, a move hailed by environmental groups who have called out the soft-drink maker for worldwide plastic pollution. ...more

Saudi Arabia turns to drought-surviving saxaul tree for climate defence 15/2/2022

As drought ravages the Middle East, Saudi environmental activist Abdullah Abduljabar sees a silver lining for deserts: Saxaul trees produce seeds only as they become drier, opening a window to plant even more in the kingdom's vast wilderness of Qassim. ...more