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Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:00:01 +0000

Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates

Fine-particulate air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia by triggering the formation of toxic clumps of protein that destroy nerve cells as they spread through the brain, research suggests.

Exposure to the airborne particles causes proteins in the brain to misfold into the clumps, which are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease.

Rhode Island and Connecticut sue over Trump administration’s wind farm halt

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:53:41 +0000

States claim Revolution Wind project was stopped illegally, threatening jobs, clean energy and billions in investments

NSW environment watchdog buried report on lead in children’s blood to placate mining companies, emails show

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:00:56 +0000

Documents tabled in parliament show agency took four years to publish report and told miners it would be put online ‘quietly’ but EPA says it was released to community earlier

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Australia needs $530bn capital to meet 70% climate goal, Business Council claims before new 2035 target

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:30:52 +0000

Modelling commissioned by lobby group comes as Climate Change Authority due to advise on new target – but does not factor in cost of inaction

Joe Rogan claims study shows Earth cooling – but report’s authors say he’s wrong

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:00:52 +0000

Scientists say ‘old-school denier nonsense’ isn’t helpful as podcaster repeatedly airs false claim on his show

For months now, the popular comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan has been telling his vast audience of a study that shows Earth is cooling – even though this research states the complete opposite.

Rogan’s false claim about the climate crisis, which he has repeatedly aired on the Joe Rogan Experience, one of the world’s most popular podcasts, has exasperated the scientists who authored the research.

England’s toxic road runoff pollution being ignored, MPs told

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:47:06 +0000

Carcinogens entering waterways from 25,000 road outflows are not monitored or regulated by Environment Agency, committee hears

Toxic, carcinogenic pollution that pours from 25,000 road outflows into rivers in England is being ignored by politicians and regulators, MPs have been told.

The far right’s green bashing has given mainstream parties an excuse to do nothing – but we have more agency than we think | Ajit Niranjan

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:00:48 +0000

As powerful forces push back against green forces, it is little surprise that many of us feel dismay. Climate scientists do, too. But together we can take action to challenge the prevailing apathy

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Just a pole and line, like they fished as boys: how a Maldives tradition is ensuring tuna stocks thrive

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 07:00:46 +0000

The country’s fisheries and the health of its seas still rely on a method practised for nearly 1,000 years – catching skipjack tuna one fish at a time

Photographs and video by Ibrahim Bassam

Weatherwatch: Repair of ozone layer is making the planet warmer, study finds

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 05:00:42 +0000

Scientists say ozone is warming Earth by 40% more than expected but that repair is still right thing to do

The repair of the Earth’s ozone layer has been a success, but a new study reveals a downside: ozone is warming the planet up to 40% more than originally anticipated.

Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds

admin — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:43 +0000

Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists say

The extreme weather that fuelled “astonishing” blazes across Spain and Portugal last month was made 40 times more likely by climate breakdown, early analysis suggests.

The deadly wildfires, which torched 500,000 hectares (1.2m acres) of the Iberian peninsula in a matter of weeks, were also 30% more intense than scientists would have expected in a world without climate change, according to researchers from the World Weather Attribution network.