According to a new assessment from the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC), the UK is making strong progress on reducing emissions, particularly with higher electric vehicle and heat pump sales. However, these trends will need to continue to ramp up for the UK to meet climate goals, and the government will need to work toward […]
New research has found that recycling food waste using methods such as composting, anaerobic digestion and “refeed” can lead to a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared with disposing of it in landfills. Pressures like population growth, land degradation and urbanization are putting strain on the global agrifood system, which is a major […]
Ireland has become the sixth European country to end its use of coal with its scheduled shut-down of the Moneypoint coal-fired power plant six months earlier than originally planned. The 915 megawatt station will continue to operate in an oil-based backup capacity under emergency instruction until 2029, reported The Irish Examiner. “This is the end […]
Earth’s cloud cover has been shrinking rapidly, contributing to the world’s rising temperatures, according to a new NASA-led analysis of satellite observations. The researchers found that during each decade of the past 24 years, 1.5 to three percent of the planet’s “storm cloud zones” in the middle latitudes and tropics have been contracting. “This cloud […]
A new solar farm is operational as of June 20 in Perthes, France and is currently the largest floating solar farm in Europe. “On an area of former gravel pits, Q Energy is realising Europe’s largest floating solar power plant to date with 74.3 MW. And many more will follow,” Q Energy said on its […]
Unchecked climate misinformation has been turning crisis into catastrophe, according to a new report from the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE). In its review of 300 studies, the report — Information Integrity about Climate Science — found that climate action was being delayed and obstructed by misleading information from fossil fuel companies, some […]
Conservationists are working to prevent turtle doves from disappearing in England. This summer, experts are releasing hundreds bred in captivity in an effort to boost their population. Turtle doves are a migratory species, nesting around the UK in the spring and migrating to Africa in the winter, according to the Royal Society for the Protection […]
With all the chemicals, wood and land used in traditional burials, they can be detrimental to the environment. Now, a company from the Netherlands has developed a casket made entirely of mycelium — the network of thread-like structures that make up mushroom roots — that biodegrades within 45 days of burial. The innovative Loop Living […]
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia more than three years ago and the ongoing war has led to the confirmed deaths of thousands of people, displaced millions and caused millions more to seek refuge in other countries. But it isn’t just humans who are impacted by the war. Millions of animals — both pets […]
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