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US braces for ‘dangerous’ conditions as heatwave to hit midwest and north-east

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-06-17 00:39

Meteorologists warn that heat will spread east through the week, with ‘heat dome’ expected to trap high temperatures

Millions of Americans are facing “dangerously hot conditions”, the National Weather Service said, with a heatwave set to hit the midwest and north-east US from Monday.

Michigan, Ohio and western Pennsylvania were all under heat warnings starting Monday, with alerts in place until Friday evening. Meteorologists warned that the heat will spread east through the week, with a “heat dome” expected to trap high temperatures across New York, Washington DC and Boston.

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Ecuador’s president won’t give up on oil drilling in the Amazon. We plan to stop him – again | Nemonte Nenquimo

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-06-16 23:06

This forest is our home, our existence and our children’s future. Politicians who can’t resist selling it for oil cash will feel the strength of the Waorani people

In 2019 I helped lead a movement that defeated the Ecuadorian government’s plans to auction half a million acres of Waorani territory in the Amazon to oil companies. We showed in court that the government had violated its legal obligation to obtain free, prior and informed consent from Indigenous communities. We won a moral and legal victory on behalf of our ancestral home in that moment – or so we thought. Now, however, Ecuador’s president plans to plough through that legal judgment and recommence oil drilling on nearby Indigenous lands. He obviously hasn’t reckoned with the strength and tenacity of the Waorani people.

In winning that landmark legal case, we protected pristine rainforest lands, Indigenous autonomy and our planet’s climate from further deforestation. We protected our homes, our children’s future and the forests where I grew up playing with my siblings and pet monkeys, learning to garden and make fresh chicha, and where my people still live today. No more destroying our lives, homes and forests to pump the blood of our ancestors from beneath the soil.

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Beagling, golf and jolly hockey sticks: outdoor life at England’s largest private schools

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-06-16 22:00

Guardian investigation reveals vast gap in outdoor space and lists the top 10 schools with the most of all

A handful of schools, the Guardian’s analysis has found, have campuses that stretch over hundreds of acres. So what, exactly, do the 10 largest schools (by area) offer their lucky students?, and how do they go about sharing their grounds with other children?

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Revealed: private schools have 10 times more green space than state schools

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-06-16 22:00

Guardian investigation finds pupils at England’s wealthiest schools have much greater access to land, with implications for mental health

Children at the top 250 English private schools have more than 10 times as much outdoor space as those who go to state schools, an exclusive Guardian analysis can reveal.

A schoolboy at fee-charging Eton has access to 140 times more green space than the average English state school pupil, the analysis found. Experts condemned the “staggering” and “gross” inequalities.

The average student at one of England’s top private schools has access to approximately 322 sq metres of green space, whereas the average state school student has access to about 32 sq metres of green space: a ratio of 10:1.

Eton students enjoy the largest area of land of all the schools in the country, with its schoolboys having access to 4,445 sq metres per pupil an area, 140 times larger than that available to the average state school student. Some of that land is also accessible to the public.

The private school campuses include tennis courts, golf courses, rowing lakes, swimming pools, equestrian centres, wilderness areas, and remote camping lodges.

In contrast, some state schools have little or no green space at all for their students.

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Bagging a Munro gets easier as volunteers fund repairs to mountain paths

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-06-16 20:00

Scottish Highlands campaign has raised two-thirds of £300,000 target for footpaths on An Teallach. But more is needed to protect people and environment

One of Scotland’s most impressive and recognisable mountains will have its walking paths restored after hillwalkers and charities clubbed together to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Mountaineering Scotland and the Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland (Oats) launched a campaign last May to raise £300,000 for essential path repairs on An Teallach in Wester Ross, in the north-west Highlands, asking walkers and climbers to “give the hill a few quid”. The It’s Up to Us campaign has announced that £218,000 has already been donated.

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Clean air zones: What is the money raised spent on?

BBC - Sun, 2024-06-16 12:06
A BBC investigation finds England's clean air zones raised more than £150m last year.
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Are animals conscious? How new research is changing minds

BBC - Sun, 2024-06-16 09:04
A series of experiments have led a number of scientists to say animals may be conscious.
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Disastrous, dark shadow, destroys our economy: five climate elders on Peter Dutton’s emissions stance

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-06-16 06:00

From Peter Garrett to Prof Lesley Hughes there is frustration, despair and ‘a towering sense of anger’ over the opposition leader’s shift on the 2030 target

Any sense of a ceasefire in Australia’s fractious climate wars was blown away this week after the Coalition said it would not back the country’s 2030 emissions reduction target at the next election.

Peter Dutton’s declaration would mean that, if elected, a Coalition government will seek to breach a central tenet of the global Paris climate accord that countries should not “backslide” on their climate ambition.

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Voluntary carbon project developer shuts down, lays off remaining staff -media

Carbon Pulse - Sun, 2024-06-16 03:42
An ocean carbon removal project developer has shut down and abruptly laid off all remaining staff on Friday, local media reported, as the firm said it has suffered from a collapse in voluntary carbon prices.
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Outdoor clothing brands still using ‘forever chemicals’ despite health risk

The Guardian - Sat, 2024-06-15 20:59

Campaigners find PFAS, which can contaminate the soil and water supply, in more than 80% of 27 companies’ products

Hikers may be inadvertently damaging the environment and risking their own health by wearing clothes made waterproof with “forever chemicals”, according to research by Ethical Consumer.

The campaigning magazine examined 27 companies that make outdoor clothing such as fleeces, waterproof jackets, walking boots and rucksacks, and found 82% were still using per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.

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Alaska limits cruise ship passengers in capital city after 1.6m visitors last year

The Guardian - Sat, 2024-06-15 17:00

Juneau agrees deal with industry body to curtail visits but critics say it does not go far enough to protect quality of life

Alaska’s capital city is to limit the numbers of cruise ship passengers arriving at the port amid concerns over tourism’s growing impact, but a leading critic of the industry has said further measures to protect Alaskans’ quality of life are needed.

Located on the Gastineau Channel in southern Alaska, Juneau has a population of 32,000 and last year received a record 1.65 million cruise ship passengers – a 23% increase from the previous high.

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Drones reveal Antarctic whale 'acrobatics'

BBC - Sat, 2024-06-15 10:20
Aerial footage of humpback whales shows how efficiently they can twist and turn their huge bodies.
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Traders add longer-dated vintages, mostly reduce V24s across North American carbon markets

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-15 08:47
Emitters and speculators added to longer dated California Carbon Allowance (CCAs) holdings, while slashing length for the most part in current vintages across the WCI, RGGI, and Washington carbon markets, according to weekly data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
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California Legislature passes 2024-25 budget, allocates $40 mln for carbon removal

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-15 08:07
The California Legislature passed its 2024 budget in the form of Assembly Bill 107 (AB 107) on Thursday, and now awaits the approval of Governor Gavin Newsom (D) to conduct a total of $293 billion in spending, including $40 million for carbon removal research and development.
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WCI Q3 auction volume dips to lowest offered YtD

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-15 05:55
The California-Quebec joint WCI auction in August will offer the lowest volume of allowances so far this year, according to a notice from California regulator ARB published Friday. 
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Canadian emissions and GDP higher in 2030 without carbon pricing -government data

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-15 03:49
Both Canada’s emissions and GDP would be higher in 2030 without carbon pricing, according to data made public Thursday by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
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Fate of EU nature law hangs in the balance at Monday ministerial meeting

Carbon Pulse - Sat, 2024-06-15 03:34
A long quest for legislation to restore ecosystems across land in Europe may reach the end of the line on Monday when the EU's 27 environment ministers gather in Luxembourg for what could be a decisive meeting, although negotiators are still unsure about how things will play out exactly.
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