Children 'unprepared' for life on heating planet 22/7/2022

Children should be taught climate change in more depth and in all subjects, experts and students themselves have told BBC News. ...more

Cow manure will power a renewable energy plant in Japan 22/7/2022

Anaergia, a Canadian-based company, partnered with Japanese firm Toyo Energy Solution to build a biogas plant that digests cow manure into renewable energy in Kasoka, Okayama, Japan. ...more

Kaleidoscopic migratory monarch butterfly joins global endangered species list 22/7/2022

The migratory monarch butterfly, which has for millennia turned North American woodlands into kaleidoscopes of colour in one of nature's most spectacular mass migrations, is threatened with extinction, international conservationists said on Wednesday. ...more

Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, takes steps on wind power 21/7/2022

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executive actions and promising more aggressive efforts. ...more

Old cars forced off road as Europe’s clean air zones nearly double 21/7/2022

The number of clean air zones across Europe has risen 40% since 2019, forcing older and more polluting vehicles off the road, according to new research based on EU data. ...more

Climate bill dissolution threatens green aviation fuel liftoff 21/7/2022

Last week’s collapse of U.S. climate legislation could severely hamper the development of clean-burning transportation fuels, investors, lobbyists and analysts said. ...more

Polar bears scavenge on garbage to cope with climate change 21/7/2022

Hungry polar bears are turning to garbage dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears. ...more

AW Rostamani Group announces Drop It campaign, committing to eliminate all plastic bottles by July 2023 21/7/2022

Aligning with national sustainability efforts towards eradicating the use of single-use plastic products, AW Rostamani Group is announcing its ‘Drop It’ campaign, committing to be free of single-use water bottles in all its offices and showrooms by July 2023. ...more

Biden set to announce executive measures on climate - White House 20/7/2022

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to announce new federal measures aimed at the climate crisis on Wednesday during a trip to Massachusetts, but will stop short of declaring a climate emergency, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday. ...more

Wildfires in Spain, Morocco produce record-breaking carbon emissions 20/7/2022

Wildfires in Spain and Morocco have produced more carbon emissions in June and July this year than in the same period of any year since 2003, the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said. ...more