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Trump administration claims greenhouse gases don’t harm public health

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:18:14 +0000

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to revoke key scientific finding that allows for US climate regulation

Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for US action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

We face daunting global challenges. But here are eight reasons to be hopeful | John D Boswell

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:00:31 +0000

Although the trends can be hard to perceive, we are making incredible progress on global poverty, health, longevity and climate change

Don’t fret the future.

‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: how Trump is fumbling geothermal energy

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:30:29 +0000

Former energy officials raise alarm about tariffs, cuts and other policies creating uncertainty in geothermal industry

Geothermal is one of the most promising clean energy sources in the US, providing 24/7 renewable power that could meet rising energy demand from AI datacentres. But former Department of Energy officials are alarmed that Donald Trump is fumbling its potential.

I’m obsessed with snorkelling in Scotland: starfish below, sea eagles overhead – and it really isn’t that cold

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:00:05 +0000

Developing snorkelling trails is part of my job, but I never tire of the teeming underwater life and seeing some of the least crowded parts of Britain’s coast

People always ask me: isn’t it too cold to snorkel in Scotland? And I reply that while it’s obviously much cooler than it would be in Spain, the sea does warm up from May, when the temperature rises from about 9C to as high as 12-15C by August and September.

Only 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:00:51 +0000

Pollution incidents reported between 2014 and 2019 were compared against scientific study that used satellite imagery to count slicks

Just 474 out of more than 90,000 oil slicks from ships around the world were reported to authorities over a five-year period, it can be revealed, and barely any resulted in any punishment or sanctions.

Anglian Water to pay £63m over sewage failures

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:56:31 +0000

Ofwat finds company breached its legal obligations in how it operated its wastewater treatment works

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The water regulator, Ofwat, has ordered Anglian Water to pay £62.8m over failures in managing its wastewater treatment works and network that meant it was unable to cope with sewage flows.

Devon campaigners call for ‘right to riverbank’ after finding Dart has 108 owners

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:00:50 +0000

Research shows difficulties ahead for ministers if they are to keep manifesto pledge to extend riverside public access

Campaigners in Devon are calling for a right to the riverbank after finding their local river, the Dart, has 108 separate owners, with an eighth of it owned via offshore companies.

Locals used site visits, angling maps, Companies House records and Land Registry data to find out who owns the River Dart.

Minns government’s environmental integrity condemned as ‘nonexistent’ amid 40% surge in land clearing

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:03:16 +0000

Independent MP Jacqui Scruby says she saw ‘fresh koala scratchings on trees just metres from clear-felling’ in parts of proposed Great Koala national park

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Gorilla habitats and pristine forest at risk as DRC opens half of country to oil and gas drilling bids

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 04:01:46 +0000

Government launches licensing round for 52 fossil fuel blocks, potentially undermining a flagship conservation initiative and affecting an estimated 39 million people

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is opening crucial gorilla habitats and pristine forests to bids for oil and gas drilling, with plans to carve up more than half the country into fossil fuel blocks.

China floods: more than 30 killed in Beijing and tens of thousands evacuated

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:59:39 +0000

Authorities relocated 80,000 residents from China’s capital after registering rainfall of up to 543 mm in some districts

More than 30 people have been killed by heavy rain and flooding in Beijing and a neighbouring region, state media have reported, as tens of thousands more were evacuated from China’s capital.

State broadcaster CCTV said that as of midnight on Monday, 28 people had died in Beijing’s hard-hit Miyun district and two others in Yanqing district as of midnight. Both are outlying parts of the sprawling city, far from the downtown.