Increased sewage pollution, urban flooding and water supply interruptions are the result of a decade of failures by the Conservative ministers, according to water experts who are demanding an independent inquiry into water be set up by the next government. The repeated failure of the Tories to implement rules to create “sponge cities” has led…
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California sues five major oil companies for ‘decades-long campaign of deception’ about climate change
The state of California has sued five of the largest oil and gas companies in the world, alleging that they engaged in a “decades-long campaign of deception” about climate change and the risks posed by fossil fuels that has forced the state to spend tens of billions of dollars to address environmental-related damages. State Atty….
NOAA Hurricane Director Twice Shuts Down Lemon For Blaming Climate Change
On his Tuesday CNN show, Don Lemon, who is from Florida, tried to argue with Jamie Rohme, who is the acting director at the NOAA National Hurricane Center, about whether climate change is to blame for the intensity of Hurricane Ian. It did not go well for Lemon. Lemon started the climate change portion of…
Monarch butterflies are now listed as endangered due to habitat loss and climate change | Daily Mail Online
North America’s monarch butterfly is have been classified as endangered after experts sadly found the western butterfly’s population experienced a devastating 99.9 percent decline due to a loss of habitat, increased use of herbicides and pesticides for agriculture and climate change. Monarch butterflies are major pollinators that migrate across the continent. They carry with them seeds…
Scientists report ‘heartening’ 30% reduction in plastic pollution on Australia’s coast | Australia news | The Guardian
The amount of plastic pollution on Australia’s coast has decreased by up to 30% on average as a result of work by local governments to reduce litter, according to research by Australia’s science agency. Scientists from CSIRO surveyed 183 coastal sites in six Australian states for plastic and other litter, such as glass, in 2018-19….
“Eight years left to turn the ship”: Scientists share how climate change could change daily life – CBS News
Earlier this month, more than 300 people in South Africa were killed as record rainfall washed away buildings and infrastructure in the Kwa-Zulu Natal province. A day earlier, dozens were killed in the Philippines after tropical storm Megi spurred landslides and floods. The world is rapidly shifting — and the impact of human-caused climate change…
Penn State’s Center for Dirt and Gravel Studies combats pollution from unpaved roads
Some unpaved roads reveal nature’s simple engineering, like the path deer chose in a forest centuries ago. Native Americans used the deer paths to travel, and those trails widened over time for horses and buggies to become dirt roads. Pennsylvania is home to approximately 23,000 miles of unpaved public roads, and there are likely thousands…
Will climate change spell the end of coastal living as we know it? – ABC News
When Chris Rogers returned to the NSW Central Coast after a stint living overseas, he was eager to embrace the quintessential Australian lifestyle — a home where his kids could swim in the ocean whenever they liked and he could walk along the beach he loves every day. But more than a year after powerful swells battered Wamberal Beach,…
DiCaprio on climate change: ‘Vote for people that are sane’
Leonardo DiCaprio says if the world has any chance at combating climate change, voters need to pick “people that are sane.” “The main thing that it boils down to is, if you’re an individual, you, A, have to get involved,” the “Don’t Look Up” star and environmental activist said in an interview with Deadline published…
Native Americans farming practices hold potential amid climate change – Washington Post
TUCSON — Indigenous peoples have known for millennia to plant under the shade of the mesquite and paloverde trees that mark the Sonoran Desert here, shielding their crops from the intense sun and reducing the amount of water needed. The modern-day version of this can be seen in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson,…
