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Clean Energy Costs Expected to Drop 2-11% in 2025, Report Says

Clean Energy Costs Expected to Drop 2-11% in 2025, Report Says

According to a new report from BloombergNEF, global clean power costs could fall between 2% and 11% this year, despite tariffs. Even with potential trade barriers, the “Levelized Cost of Electricity” report estimated that clean energy costs for technologies such as wind, solar and battery storage will decrease 22% to 49% by 2035. Much of […]

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    North Pole Temperature Reaches 20°C Above Average

    North Pole Temperature Reaches 20°C Above Average

    Temperatures in the North Pole on Sunday reached 20 degrees Celsius above the average set between 1991 and 2020, after reaching 18 degrees higher than the average on Saturday. With the rise, the temperature in the North Pole surpassed the point of freezing, or 0 degrees Celsius. One reading measured the temperature at 0.5 degrees […]

    Vehicle Tires Are the Largest Source of Nanoplastics Pollution in the High Alps, Study Finds

    Vehicle Tires Are the Largest Source of Nanoplastics Pollution in the High Alps, Study Finds

    New survey results have revealed that vehicle tires are the biggest source of nanoparticle pollution in the remote Alps. In the Alpine survey, trained mountaineer citizen scientists collected samples of high-altitude glaciers, and scientists used a method called thermal desorption-proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry (TD-PTR-MS) to analyze the samples for nanoplastics. Mountaineers collected samples from 14 […]

    USDA and Forest Service Ordered to Remove Climate Change References From Websites

    USDA and Forest Service Ordered to Remove Climate Change References From Websites

    According to internal guidelines obtained and reviewed by various sources including Politico, The Hill and The Guardian, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun removing references to climate change on its webpages and sites, including the U.S. Forest Service website. As The Guardian reported, the internal memo stated that the department must “identify and […]

    9% of England’s Farmland Needs to Be Converted Into Wildlife Habitats and Forests: UK Government Land Use Blueprint

    9% of England’s Farmland Needs to Be Converted Into Wildlife Habitats and Forests: UK Government Land Use Blueprint

    Roughly nine percent of England’s farmland needs to be converted into habitats for wildlife and forest by 2050 in order to meet the country’s nature and net-zero goals, according to a consultation launched by Steve Reed, the United Kingdom’s environment secretary. Reed announced on Friday the government’s plans for land use changes intended to balance […]

    Microplastics in Human Placentas Linked to Premature Births

    Microplastics in Human Placentas Linked to Premature Births

    A new study presented as part of the annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine meeting has revealed a link between microplastic bioaccumulation in the human placenta to preterm, or premature, births. In the study, researchers analyzed 175 placentas collected at both term and preterm, or under 37 weeks of pregnancy, and measured the amounts of 12 […]