U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming The United States reduced emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gasses last year, after two years in which emissions rose. But the decline wasn’t enough to meet climate targets set by the Biden administration. That would require much steeper cuts, most likely by…
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Ministers abandon plan to end pollution rules for England housebuilders | Housing | The Guardian
Plans to scrap pollution rules for housebuilders in England have been abandoned by the government, the Guardian understands. Politicians opposing the bill have suggested the double byelection loss, where the sewage scandal was said to have come up on the doorstep, may have caused prime minister Rishi Sunak to reconsider the controversial legislation. The levelling…
Tory plans to rip up river pollution rules in tatters after two defeats in Lords | Rivers | The Guardian
Ministers’ plans to weaken river pollution rules are in tatters after they suffered two defeats in the House of Lords. Labour had made clear that it would oppose the “reckless” plans by the Conservatives to rip up EU-derived laws on nutrient neutrality, which force developers to mitigate pollution from new developments. Because the attempt to…
England’s rivers at risk as Michael Gove rips up rules on new housing | Pollution | The Guardian
Michael Gove is planning to rip up water pollution rules that builders have blamed for exacerbating England’s housing crisis but which environmental groups say are essential for protecting the country’s rivers. The housing secretary, alongside Thérèse Coffey, the environment secretary, will announce the move on Tuesday, according to several people briefed on the plans, alongside…
Blockade Australia shut down Sydney with climate change protests. Now they’re fighting arrests in court – ABC News
In a white-walled room inside a community centre in Sydney’s inner west, about 20 people are sitting in a circle. One of them, a young man in a beanie, starts reading from a pamphlet: “Corporate and institutional power is driving the climate crisis and blocking climate action.” He’s a member of Blockade Australia, the protest…
Alaska never saw large tundra fires like the East Fork Fire until climate change provided more fuel
The North Star Fire Crew clears brush around power poles on the road between St. Mary’s and Pitka’s Point on June 11, 2022 as the East Fork Fire nears. (Katie Basile/For KYUK) The East Fork Fire in Western Alaska is the state’s largest fire at the moment, estimated at more than 150,000 acres Thursday, and…
Southern yellow-billed hornbill is being wiped out by climate change, study warns | Daily Mail Online
Southern yellow-billed hornbill is being wiped out by climate change, study warns With its long yellow and down-curved beak, the southern yellow-billed hornbill is one of the most majestic birds in the animal kingdom. The species is a cousin of the red-billed hornbill, which shot to fame as Zazu from The Lion King. But the…
The Book of Job is misunderstood: An alternative guide for times of war, pandemic, democracy erosion, and climate change.
No one has ever known quite what to make of Job. The title character of the Book of Job is a confounding figure for Christians, Muslims, Jews, and those of any faith who have tried to incorporate the story over millennia. The tale goes like this: Job is a perfectly righteous and God-fearing man whose…
