Feed aggregator
UK public washing their clothes too often, says major laundry brand
Ecover, backed by activist model Lily Cole, calls for fewer washes to reduce microplastics and other sources of water pollution
A company that sells cleaning products is giving customers some surprising advice: wash your clothes less.
Ecover is calling for a change in our laundry habits after research found people felt under societal pressure to wash their clothes more frequently, and were unaware that this could damage the environment.
Continue reading...Retired priest speaks of ‘painful’ treatment by church over her climate protests
The Rev Sue Parfitt has lost right to conduct religious ceremonies after her arrest at a Just Stop Oil demonstration
An 82-year-old retired priest has spoken of her pain at losing her right to conduct religious ceremonies because of her participation in Just Stop Oil protests.
The Rev Sue Parfitt was arrested in May after causing damage to the glass around Magna Carta at the British Library in London as part of a protest with the climate action group. She is still awaiting trial.
Continue reading...Gold rush: harvest moon rises to meet canola season in Riverina – in pictures
Guardian Australia’s photographer-at-large Mike Bowers captures a burst of yellow on NSW’s south-west slopes
- Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
CFTC: Financials favour V25 CCAs again, while producers prefer V24s and both avoid RGAs
Japanese trading house, CCS developer form joint venture targeting 10 Mt of captured CO2 across North America
Constellation Energy, Microsoft partner to restart Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
US to fund up to $1.8 bln in new DAC projects
Crew's final words and new footage of wreck: Key takeaways from Titan sub hearings
Climate Asset Management raises over $1 billion for natural capital projects
Biggest automakers in Europe and North America aren’t addressing their steel production emissions -report
UPDATE – WCI Q4 auction ups allowance volume after Q3 dip
Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to restart to power Microsoft AI operations
Pennsylvania plant was site of most serious nuclear meltdown and radiation leak in US history in 1979
A nuclear reactor at the notorious Three Mile Island site in Pennsylvania is to be activated for the first time in five years after its owners, Constellation Energy, struck a deal to provide power to Microsoft’s proliferating artificial intelligence operations.
The plant was the location of the most serious nuclear meltdown and radiation leak in US history, in March 1979 when the loss of water coolant through a faulty valve caused the Unit 2 reactor to overheat. More than four decades later, the reactor is still in a decommissioning phase.
Continue reading...Greenpeace activists who scaled Sunak’s roof cleared by judge
Four protesters against North Sea oil and gas licences have charges of criminal damage thrown out
Four Greenpeace activists who staged a “no new oil” protest on the roof of Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire manor house have had charges of criminal damage thrown out.
The activists said “justice and common sense” had prevailed after a judge on Friday ruled the evidence against them was “tenuous” and they had no case to answer.
Continue reading...Large sustainable aquaculture firm secures €2.5 mln from Dutch fund
INTERVIEW: Carbon removal offtakes need de-risking to grow the market
Mineral Resources and Woodside donated to WA Labor while it mulled gas policy changes
A ban on exporting offshore gas was lifted in WA this week, and the Greens say two of the ‘biggest winners’ were the massive resources companies
- Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
Western Australian gas companies Mineral Resources and Woodside gave more than $20,000 to WA Labor while it was considering changes to its domestic gas policy that allowed more gas to be exported from the state.
On Thursday the state government lifted a ban on onshore gas being exported, allowing 20% to go overseas until 2031, in a change the premier, Roger Cook, said would boost the state’s gas industry.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email
Continue reading...