Telegraph
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2024-04-25
The unhealthy secret about the vegan food you’re eating
Switching to plant-based alternatives may be better for the environment but it is not necessarily healthier for you
RZA of Wu-Tang Clan Has Beef With Meat
The rapper, producer, actor and vegan talks about the connections between meat and masculinity, animal welfare and the environment.
I gave up meat and gained so much more
The delightful abundance of going vegan.
The New York Times
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2024-04-25
Key Solar Panel Ingredient Is Made in the U.S.A. Again
REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019.
U.S. solar companies, imperiled by price collapse, demand protection
In a federal complaint, American companies accuse Asian firms of illegally flooding the United States with Chinese-subsidized solar panels.
Factories Say Biden Isn't Doing Enough To Protect Them From China
The White House launched a $7 billion “solar for all” program earlier this week meant to help build 1 million individual systems across the country.
UN
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2024-04-25
Polluting rivers, beaches and the ocean: How can Trinidad solve its plastics problem?
Plastic pollution blocks rivers, chokes oceans and makes its way into the food chain as microplastics. It’s a global environmental crisis, and Small Island Developing States are especially vulnerable, having to cope with detritus washing up on their beaches, as well as the waste they generate themselves.
‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third
Fossil fuel and petrochemical campaigners at Ottawa summit outnumber scientists, EU and Indigenous delegates
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution
Study confirms Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are worst offenders
Independent
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2024-04-24
China braces for more rain as floods devastate southern Guangdong province
Floods kill four people and leave thousands scrambling to save their belongings
Bridge collapses into river in China during powerful floods
A bridge in China collapsed during severe flooding on Saturday, 20 April, after several days of major downpours and strong winds. Footage from a security camera showed the structure in Guangdong province collapsing into the river below. Unusually heavy and widespread rainfall has battered the southern province since last Thursday, bringing an earlier start to the annual flooding season that is more typical in May and June. Evacuations of trapped residents were being carried out and 11 people were missing in Guangdong, state media reported.
Watch: China braces for ‘once a century’ floods, as record rains causes landslides
Heavy storms trigger fears on how the region will cope with future extreme weather events linked to climate change
CBS
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2024-04-22
Sharks do react to blood in the water. But as a CBS News producer found out, it's not how he assumed.
CBS News climate producer Chris Spinder got into the water as sharks circled below. In this producer's notebook, he shares what he learned after a minor, but bloody, injury.
How countries are using innovative technology to preserve ocean life
More than 100 nations, including the United States, have agreed to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030.
Baby and teenage great white sharks prefer shallow waters – study
Experts believe staying close to the shore helps sharks avoid predators while aiding growth.
The New York Times
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2024-04-24
Breaking Down New Rules About ‘Forever Chemicals’
Lisa Friedman, who covers climate change, discussed the fight to regulate toxic chemicals found in nearly half of America’s tap water.
E.P.A. Will Make Polluters Pay to Clean Up Two ‘Forever Chemicals’
The step follows an extraordinary move that requires utilities to reduce the levels of carcinogenic PFAS compounds in drinking water to near-zero.
For the first time, U.S. may force polluters to clean up these ‘forever chemicals’
The Environmental Protection Agency designated two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances.
Independent
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2024-04-25
Humza Yousaf jokes about ‘breakup’ with Greens as Scottish coalition deal ends
Humza Yousaf joked about a "breakup" with the Greens after he ended the so-called Bute House Agreement underpinning the Scottish government coalition on Thursday, 25 April. The first minister denied ending the pact because he did not want the Greens to end it first. As a reporter asked him if his decision was "because it is better to do the breaking up yourself than be dumped," Mr Yousaf jokingly responded: “I wouldn’t know." Mr Yousaf removed Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater from the government, and the SNP is set to act as a minority government going forward.
Scottish Greens leader threatens to resign if party votes to break up power-sharing deal with SNP
Patrick Harvie says it would ‘not be realistic’ to stay at helm if coalition is ended after Humza Yousaf ditched 2030 climate change target
Humza Yousaf’s house is crumbling around him
The First Minister continues to stare at the headlights of the oncoming train as if he is powerless to do anything about it
The New York Times
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2024-04-19
Biden Shields Millions of Acres of Alaskan Wilderness From Drilling and Mining
The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope.
Biden limits oil drilling across 13 million acres of Alaskan Arctic
The Interior Department finalized a rule limiting future oil and gas development across 13 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Biden Administration Announces Rule to Strengthen Protection of Public Lands
The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas.
The Atlantic
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2024-04-18
Playing God With the Atmosphere
Interfering with Earth’s climate systems is becoming more possible—and less predictable—than ever.
What is cloud seeding and did it play any role in the Dubai floods?
Dubai is known for using planes to help prompt precipitation over the region. But experts say it did not play a role in this week's historic downpour.
Reading University denies causing flooding in Dubai
There is no technology in existence that can create this kind of rainfall, it says, after cloud seeding blamed
Telegraph
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2024-04-21
Our Changing Planet, review: forget the Maldives – visit the West Country’s man-made reefs instead
Steve Backshall and Liz Bonnin met experts attempting to save the globe’s coral reefs from the effects of climate change
Great Barrier Reef experiencing one of its worst coral bleaching events
Coral bleaching is evident across 73 percent of the famed marine park, as abnormally high ocean temperatures propel the world’s fourth mass bleaching event.
The Widest-Ever Global Coral Crisis Will Hit Within Weeks, Scientists Say
Rising sea temperatures around the planet have caused a bleaching event that is expected to be the most extensive on record.
CNBC
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2024-04-18
Airport chaos, sleeping in metro stations, no running water: Dubai's flood mayhem continues
The UAE continues to reel from floods caused by the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in the desert state.
Dubai airport operations ramp back up as flooding from UAE's heaviest rains ever recorded lingers on roads
Water still covers some roads around Dubai International Airport, but flights are moving as the UAE bails out from a historic deluge.
Dubai airport flooded after year and a half’s worth of rain falls on city in one day
At least one person killed as record rainfall caused damage to homes and businesses