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Lake Mead: largest US reservoir falls to historic low amid devastating drought
The reservoir will be at its lowest since the 1930s when the Hoover dam was built, and officials expect levels to get worse
Levels in Lake Mead – the largest US reservoir by volume – fell to historic lows on Thursday, as the region continues to face the effects of a devastating prolonged drought.
Stationed on the main stem of the Colorado River in the Mojave along the Arizona-Nevada border, Lake Mead was formed with the construction of the Hoover dam, which generates electricity for areas in Arizona, California and Nevada. It provides water for urban, rural and tribal lands across the south-west.
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Tracking the transition: the ‘forgotten’ emissions undoing the work of Australia's renewable energy boom
Carbon border adjustments: What are they and how will they affect Australia?
The day is arriving when developed country trading partners consider measures that will tax Australia's exports of aluminium and steel.
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Takeaway food and drink litter dominates ocean plastic, study shows
Just 10 plastic products make up 75% of all items and scientists say the pollution must be stopped at source
Plastic items from takeaway food and drink dominate the litter in the world’s oceans, according to the most comprehensive study to date.
Single-use bags, plastic bottles, food containers and food wrappers are the four most widespread items polluting the seas, making up almost half of the human-made waste, the researchers found. Just 10 plastic products, also including plastic lids and fishing gear, accounted for three-quarters of the litter, due to their widespread use and extremely slow degradation.
Continue reading...Prince Charles urges businesses to help lead way on climate
Prince says private-sector innovation and finance is vital, otherwise ‘we just don’t stand a chance’
Prince Charles has said businesses must lead the way alongside governments in tackling the climate emergency.
Before the start of the G7 summit in Cornwall on Friday, he told a gathering of political and business leaders that private-sector cash and knowhow was essential, and businesses needed strong policy signals from government.
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National Geographic recognizes new Southern Ocean, bringing global total to five
Organization says the Southern Ocean consists of the waters surrounding Antarctica, out to 60-degrees south latitude
Anyone who thought the world had four oceans will now have to think again, after the National Geographic Society announced it would recognize a new Southern Ocean in Antarctica, bringing the global total to five.
The National Geographic, a non-profit scientific and educational organization whose mapping standards are referenced by many atlases and cartographers, said the Southern Ocean consists of the waters surrounding Antarctica, out to 60-degrees south latitude.
Continue reading...Climate and nature crises: solve both or solve neither, say experts
Restoring nature boosts biodiversity and ecosystems that can rapidly and cheaply absorb carbon emissions
Humanity must solve the climate and nature crises together or solve neither, according to a report from 50 of the world’s leading scientists.
Global heating and the destruction of wildlife is wreaking increasing damage on the natural world, which humanity depends on for food, water and clean air. Many of the human activities causing the crises are the same and the scientists said increased use of nature as a solution was vital.
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Line 3: protests over pipeline through tribal lands spark clashes and mass arrests
Police arrested more than 100 people this week as activists try to block the expansion of the pipeline
Environmental protesters and Native American tribes have joined together to try to block construction efforts that would expand and repair a controversial pipeline called Line 3, which would carry hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil through tribal lands and fragile watersheds in northern Minnesota.
The protesters said they were there as water and land protectors, fighting Enbridge, a Canadian-owned company, and the $9bn upgrade of the pipeline. The action sparked a confrontation with law enforcement and raised the prospects of a high profile fight set to highlight the use of fossil fuels at a time of growing climate crisis.
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