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PREVIEW: Next US administration to determine future path of domestic, international environmental policy focus
US DOE releases CO2 management strategy for remaining IIJA funding
Ikea owner takes another slice of Australia’s biggest wind project
Ikea owner signs up for another stake in Australia's biggest wind project as production ramps up.
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What's next for Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket?
A patchwork of spinifex: how we returned cultural burning to the Great Sandy Desert
The Guardian view on Hurricane Milton and other disasters: extreme politics is worsening extreme weather | Editorial
Climate change deniers such as Florida’s Ron DeSantis lament the impact of such events but won’t acknowledge the underlying problem
The preparations for Hurricane Milton were on a mammoth scale, as the clean-up will be. The storm thankfully lost some of its force before it slammed into Florida, making landfall on Wednesday night as a category 3 hurricane. But many more lives would surely have been lost without the massive evacuation and the deployment of thousands of national guard troops and personnel from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
This was the second direct hit on the state in less than a fortnight, after Hurricane Helene, which killed at least 225 people in the US. The hotter ocean temperatures which worsened these storms are hundreds of times likelier because of human-made global heating, a new analysis has shown. Climate change may have increased the rain dumped on parts of the south by Helene by 50%, scientists believe. Another study has suggested such double punches could arrive every three years thanks to the continuing burning of fossil fuels.
Continue reading...Oil and gas giant secures 110k ha offshore CO2 storage lease in US Gulf Coast
ExxonMobil sues the Dutch government over early gas phaseout
Welsh farmers oppose mandatory tree planting targets, call for better financial incentives
Germany should scrap its national carbon system’s one-year trading phase -energy association
New carbon capture partnership to explore steelmaking decarbonisation in India
Communities pay the price for biodiversity offsets, report says
Glitter has lost its shine – but scientists may have found a safer substitute
Shimmery cellulose-based alternative looks safer for soil than conventional microplastics, Australian-led research finds
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Even before Taylor Swift donned “glitter freckles”, the sparkly stuff was prolific – sold in tiny vials at craft shops, and sprinkled on to a variety of products from clothing to Christmas decorations, cards and makeup.
Glitter ends up everywhere: in the environment as well as the carpet.
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Continue reading...CCS plans could leave European taxpayers with €140 bln bill -report
UK rolls out ‘cap and floor’ scheme to draw investment in long-duration energy storage
UN body skips over Paris negotiators in a bid to secure consensus on Article 6.4
Harvest in England the second worst on record because of wet weather
Wheat haul in England estimated to be down by 21%, with Britain’s wine producers also hit hard
England has suffered its second worst harvest on record – with fears growing for next year – after heavy rain last winter hit production of key crops including wheat and oats.
The cold, damp weather, stretching from last autumn through this spring and early summer, has hit the rapidly developing UK wine industry particularly hard, with producers saying harvests are down by between 75% and a third, depending on the region.
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