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Climate change swells odds of record India, Pakistan heatwaves
Forrest hires ex AGL boss Andy Vesey as part of big name changes at Fortescue
Forrest resumes executive role at Fortescue, hires ex AGL boss Andy Vesey and names former head of GE Europe as new FFI CEO.
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Insolvent Romanian district heating plant fined €14.5 mln for EU ETS non-compliance
Washington state proposes lower cap-and-trade emissions baseline, same reserve prices as California
Pollution responsible for one in six deaths across planet, scientists warn
Toxic air, water and soil are ‘existential threat to human and planetary health’, says global review
Pollution is killing 9 million people a year, a review has found, making it responsible for one in six of all deaths.
Toxic air and contaminated water and soil “is an existential threat to human health and planetary health, and jeopardises the sustainability of modern societies”, the review concluded.
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Virginia governor appoints perceived RGGI skeptics to air board ahead of planned de-linkage
RGGI compliance entities build allowance holdings in Q1 after March sale
More countries likely to follow Indonesia in temporarily halting VCM issuance, warns investment firm
Bucking the trend: Is there a future for ultra long-haul flights in a net zero carbon world?
Sun Cable: New legislation paves way for world’s biggest solar and battery project
NT government passes key legislation to pave way for $30 billion solar and battery storage project.
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Brussels’ to consider selling MSR-held carbon units under RePowerEU plan -FT
Air of compromise: NZ's Emissions Reduction Plan reveals a climate budget that’s long on planning, short on strategy
Offset ratings service to integrate with a second credit marketplace
FEATURE: EU push to quit Russian fuels moves CCfDs up the queue in climate policy
Engie reaches agreement to pay for Russian gas, reports strong Q1 profits
Egypt to unveil green hydrogen plan with investment wave to continue ahead of COP event
Migrant workers ‘exploited and beaten’ on UK fishing boats
Report tells of 20-hour shifts for £3.50 an hour, racism and sexual abuse under cover of transit visa loophole
A third of migrant workers on UK fishing vessels work 20-hour shifts, and 35% report regular physical violence, according to new research that concludes there is rampant exploitation and abuse on British ships.
“Leaving is not possible because I’m not allowed off the vessel to ask for help,” one migrant worker told researchers at the University of Nottingham Rights Lab, which focuses on modern slavery. They found fishers reported working excessive hours, with few breaks, on an average salary of £3.51 an hour.
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Achoo! The hay fever season lasts longer than ever. Here’s what we can do about it | Kate Ravilious
The climate crisis is giving trees a bigger window to spread their pollen, but cleaner air and better early warning forecasts can help protect us
If you have sneezed your way through the last few days, you are not alone. About a quarter of the UK population are thought to suffer from hay fever, with numbers continuing to grow. And the latest research suggests that the climate crisis is going to make the hay fever season a whole lot longer and more intense, with up to three times as much pollen wafting around by the end of the century. Hold on to your antihistamines.
For people with lung conditions such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pollen bursts are a serious risk that can be deadly in the most extreme cases. In November 2016, a pollen outbreak caused by a thunderstorm fragmenting pollen into smaller pieces in Melbourne, Australia, overwhelmed the emergency services and resulted in at least nine deaths.
Kate Ravilious is a freelance science journalist based in York, UK; she writes on Earth, climate and weather-related issues
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