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Most plastics are made from fossil fuels and end up in the ocean, but marine microbes can’t degrade them – new research
Only 60% of Australians accept ‘climate disruption’ is human-caused, global poll finds
Exclusive: French survey of 26 countries finds fewer Australians than global average agree that climate change is the greatest health threat facing humanity
Australians are among the most sceptical around the world that “climate disruption” is being caused by humans and that the costs of tackling it will be less than that of its impacts, according to polling across 26 countries.
Just 60% of Australians accept that “climate disruption” is human-caused, a fall of six percentage points from the previous poll 18 months earlier and well behind the global average of 73%, according to the results from French polling company Elabe.
Continue reading...Take an area of outstanding beauty, cover it in pylons and concrete: how can we allow that? | Fiona Gilmore
National Grid’s plan for the Suffolk coast is mirrored across the UK. We need an energy policy that protects our heritage
Energy, and its future costs and security, is one of the main issues facing this country, yet it has drawn little attention or interrogation in the general election debate.
Our local community faces devastation on a criminal scale, and that is sadly representative of similar cases across the UK. National Grid wishes to build across a vast area of peaceful countryside less than three miles from coastal Aldeburgh and Thorpeness, a thriving tourism destination for ramblers, ornithologists and nature lovers – and to make this a “concrete coast”.
Continue reading...Dutton’s nuclear plan could cost up to $600 billion, deliver less than four pct of grid, industry body says
The post Dutton’s nuclear plan could cost up to $600 billion, deliver less than four pct of grid, industry body says appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Revealed: the ‘catastrophic scale’ of sewage spills in England and Wales
Water companies have logged five sewage spills a day, every day, for a decade, analysis by the Observer shows
Water companies in England and Wales have averaged five serious sewage spills into rivers or seas every day over the past decade, the Observer can reveal.
Analysis of Environment Agency data has found that the 10 firms recorded 19,484 category 1-3 pollution incidents between 2013 and 2022, the most recent year recorded, an average of one every four and a half hours.
Continue reading...A reactor in the backyard? What Latrobe Valley residents think of Dutton’s nuclear plan – video
Communities in the Latrobe Valley – and those in six other locations around Australia – are on a new energy frontline. On Wednesday, the Coalition promised that, if elected to government, a part of the Loy Yang power station would be one of seven sites to host a nuclear reactor. But what do residents think of Peter Dutton's nuclear plan for their area? The Coalition's decision seems to have split opinions
Continue reading...US official warns against dropping 2030 climate targets after Dutton refuses to commit to 43% emissions cut
Exclusive: State department official urges politicians to do ‘the right thing’, citing ‘collective responsibility’
A senior US official has urged Australia and other countries not to back away from their 2030 climate commitments, insisting that “we all have a collective responsibility for the planet we live in”.
The message from Australia’s top security ally contrasts with rhetoric from the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, who claimed on Saturday the Labor government was “appeasing the international climate lobby” and “global climate activists”.
Continue reading...'More birds, more trees': thousands march for nature in London – video
Thousands of people marched through central London to urge political leaders to take more decisive action in tackling the UK’s wildlife crisis. For the first time, mainstream organisations including the National Trust and the RSPB stood beside hunt saboteurs and direct action activists in the Restore Nature Now march, as campaigners called on the next government to take 'bold' steps to tackle the biodiversity crisis
Restore Nature Now: thousands to march in London calling for urgent action
Thousands march in London to urge leaders to tackle wildlife crisis
Carbon emissions from vans still rising as UK drivers cling to diesel
Costly new vehicles, limited choice and scarce charging points are holding back a switch to electric by businesses
Carbon emissions from vans in the UK have risen by 63% since 1990, new analysis shows, as cars are getting cleaner.
While more people are opting to drive electric or plug-in hybrid cars, van drivers still prefer diesel because electric vans are much more expensive with little choice of models.
Continue reading...Research reveals toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ accumulate in testes
Study suggests exposure to chemicals manufactured to resist water and heat likely to affect health of offspring
New research has found for the first time that PFAS “forever chemicals” accumulate in the testes, and the exposure probably affects children’s health.
The toxic chemicals can damage sperm during a sensitive developmental period, potentially leading to liver disease and higher cholesterol, especially in male offspring, the paper, which looked at the chemicals in mice, noted.
Continue reading...New study challenges effectiveness of tree-planting as climate change solution
New insurance brings warranties from M&A into voluntary carbon market
BRIEFING: Switzerland concerned about Chile’s Article 6 regulation, project pending
DOE, EPA allocate $850 mln to reduce oil and gas methane emissions
Article 6 cookstove carbon credit supply builds in Verra registry, but few retirements
Our incredible win could change the future of oil and gas in the UK | Sarah Finch
Thanks to the tireless work of campaigners in Surrey, fossil-fuel development must now take into account ‘downstream’ emissions
- Sarah Finch is a climate campaigner and a member of the Weald Action Group
This week I found out what it feels like to go beyond your wildest dreams. A case I fronted won at the supreme court, with potentially huge positive impacts for the climate. For almost five years, I had been mounting a legal challenge to fossil-fuel production at Horse Hill in the Surrey countryside. A group of residents, activists and lawyers had been pursuing a routine legal review of a council planning decision that had given an oil company the green light to drill four new oil wells and produce oil for 20 years.
The supreme court ruling means it will now be much harder for new fossil-fuel projects to go ahead as their full climate impact will need to be factored in from the start. Our challenge centred on the fact that the oil produced by the Horse Hill site would inevitably be burned, throwing carbon into the atmosphere and heating the planet. We expected it to be a routine legal procedure lasting six months. But as the case came together, its wider significance for the climate and the fossil-fuel industry at large became clearer, and months turned into years as it worked its way through the courts.
Sarah Finch is a climate campaigner and a member of the Weald Action Group
Continue reading...Air cargo firm launches carbon removal service blending DAC and SAF
EU publishes long-awaited rules for permanently storing carbon in products to avoid ETS costs
California water purifier plant with carbon removal to start up in 2026
Heatwave continues to roast 65m people in US midwest and north-east
Daily heat records were broken in the early season heatwave, yet relief in sight as cooler weather forecast
About 65 million people were under heat alerts in the north-eastern and midwest states on Friday, as an early season heatwave in the US continued to roast the region.
Record temperatures were set in some areas, with heat indexes that combine temperature and humidity hitting 100F and 110F. Calendar-day highs were broken across Maine, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.
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