Financial firms face $225 billion in water-related losses, analysis estimates 5/5/2022

Financial institutions face losses of at least $225 billion from risks related to water, with a third of them doing nothing to assess the potential impact, a report by leading environmental disclosure platform CDP and Planet Tracker estimates. ...more

Spring egg-laying shifts by three weeks 5/5/2022

"In some parts of this wood, egg-laying has shifted by three weeks," explains Dr Ella Cole of Oxford University. ...more

U.S. plastic recycling rate drops to close to 5% - report 5/5/2022

The rate of plastic waste recycling in the United States fell to between 5%-6% in 2021 as some countries stopped accepting U.S. waste exports and as plastic waste generation surged to new highs, according to a report released on Wednesday. ...more

Stanford University given $1.1 bln by venture capitalist for climate change school 5/5/2022

Stanford University received $1.1 billion, its largest ever gift, from venture capitalist John Doerr to fund a new school focused on climate change, fueling a debate about whether billionaire donations are enough to combat the climate crisis. ...more

Cubans grow corals, restore ailing barrier reef on shoestring budget 5/5/2022

A small group of Cuban dive instructors, working on a shoe-string budget and with flotsam salvaged from the beach, have launched a small-scale project to grow corals and replant them, in hopes of restoring a patch of Cuba’s barrier reef. ...more

EU body sets out draft sustainability disclosure standards 4/5/2022

Companies will have to set a much broader range of sustainability targets under draft new European Union reporting standards, environmental impact body CDP said on Tuesday. ...more

Gas-guzzling German carmakers face uphill struggle to go green 4/5/2022

As Germany speeds up investment in renewables, the energy consumption of its carmakers reveals just how reliant the country's most important industry is on fossil fuels, a Reuters analysis of environmental data shows. ...more

Satellites detect California cow burps, a major methane source, from space 4/5/2022

Satellites have detected methane emissions from belching cows at a California feedlot, marking the first time emissions from livestock - a major component of agricultural methane - could be measured from space. ...more

BNP Paribas pledges no new loans for oil drilling in Amazon rainforest 4/5/2022

France's BNP Paribas pledged on Tuesday to end most new financing for oil production in the Amazon rainforest and said it would reduce its "financed emissions intensity" in the energy and auto sectors. ...more

Augmented reality exhibit in New York looks at impact of climate change 4/5/2022

'Arcadia Earth' is an immersive environmental art exhibit in New York City that uses augmented reality to spread awareness about the impact of climate change, said the museum's founder, Valentino Vettori. ...more