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Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows 14/3/2025
Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows Blood tests on migratory chicks fed plastics by their parents show neurodegeneration, as well as cell rupture and stomach lining decay. ...more
Trump administration claws back $20 billion in climate funds 13/3/2025
Trump administration claws back $20 billion in climate funds The Trump administration has ended $20 billion in funding for greenhouse gas reduction projects in a move that climate advocates and Democrats say illegally seizes money allocated for clean energy and transportation for disadvantaged communities. ...more
Cities face 'whiplash' of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, study warns 13/3/2025
Cities face 'whiplash' of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, study warns The weather in some of the world's most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc with the global water cycle, a study commissioned by the charity WaterAid showed on Wednesday. ...more
EU lawmaker group to challenge combustion engine ban this year 13/3/2025
EU lawmaker group to challenge combustion engine ban this year The European Parliament's biggest lawmaker group said on Wednesday it will attempt to overturn the European Union's main climate policy for cars - a 2035 ban on sales of new CO2-emitting vehicles - during a review of the plan this year. ...more
Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit 13/3/2025
Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. ...more
Climate change, already causing problems on Earth, could soon create a mess for orbiting satellites 13/3/2025
Climate change, already causing problems on Earth, could soon create a mess for orbiting satellites Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. ...more
How bad could the ship collision be for the environment? 12/3/2025
How bad could the ship collision be for the environment? Environmental organisations and the UK authorities are assessing how damaging the collision of an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea will be for marine species and nearby wildlife populations. ...more
COP30 president cites limits of global climate summits 12/3/2025
COP30 president cites limits of global climate summits After decades of United Nations climate summits, the model of gathering world leaders to negotiate agreements under complex rules is starting to show its limits, said the president of the next such summit, Brazilian diplomat Andre Correa do Lago. ...more
What the world needs now is more fossil fuels, says Trump’s energy secretary 12/3/2025
What the world needs now is more fossil fuels, says Trump’s energy secretary The world needs more planet-heating fossil fuel, not less, Donald Trump’s newly appointed energy secretary, Chris Wright, told oil and gas bigwigs on Monday. ...more
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation 12/3/2025
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades. ...more
 
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