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Labor under internal pressure to commit to at least 70% emissions reduction by 2035

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:00:45 +0000

The party’s grassroots campaigners urge leadership to ignore business warnings about cost of setting ‘ambitious’ target

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‘Entire neighborhoods will have to move’: growth collides with rising seas in Charleston

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:00:45 +0000

Residents worry new developments – including a sea wall planned to shield the city’s historic center – could push floodwaters into their communities

This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action

California firefighters race to protect ancient sequoia trees as wildfire spreads

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:54:08 +0000

Garnet fire threatens historic grove in Sierra national forest as it moves through Fresno county at 14% containment

Firefighters in California are racing to protect a historic grove of ancient giant sequoia trees in the Sierra national forest as the Garnet fire continues to spread through Fresno county.

Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:00:20 +0000

Figure calculated by Oil Change International has more than doubled since 2017 but is likely a vast understatement

The US currently subsidizes the fossil-fuel industry to the tune of nearly $31bn per year, according to a new analysis.

Heat stress and extreme weather threaten 2026 World Cup, report finds

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:19:37 +0000

World Cup may be forced into winter in future
Reports also looks at risks for 2030 and 2034 editions

The 2026 World Cup could be North America’s last without urgent climate adaptation, according to a new study highlighting extreme weather threats.

Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam as Egypt rift deepens

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:24:17 +0000

Ethiopian PM says dam will electrify entire region but Egypt fears it could restrict water supply during droughts

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam, a project that could transform the country’s energy sector but may also increase tensions with neighbouring Egypt.

State media showed prime minister Abiy Ahmed touring the site of the Grand Renaissance dam (GERD) in Guba district with Kenyan president William Ruto, Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and African Union chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.

Burning on England’s deep peat banned

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:14:58 +0000

New rules come into force from 30 September in order to restore habitats and reduce flooding

Burning on England’s deep peat will be banned in order to restore habitats for rare wildlife and reduce air pollution and flooding, the government has said.

England’s peatlands are in poor shape due to having been burned, intensively drained and used as grouse moors. They naturally act like a sponge, with layers of moss and other vegetation, and store vast amounts of carbon: an estimated 3.2bn tonnes in the UK alone.

Ed Miliband accused of subsidising ‘wasteful and dangerous’ electric SUVs

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:00:22 +0000

MPs criticise ‘inconsistent’ climate policy that includes grants of up to £3,750 for ‘supersized status symbols’

Ed Miliband has been accused by MPs of subsidising dangerous and polluting “supersized status symbols” as his department hands grants to people who buy electric SUVs.

The Labour government is giving discounts of up to £3,750 on new electric cars, but Guardian analysis reveals 12 of the 37 eligible models are SUVs.

‘I say where I’m from and they tell me they’re sorry’: growing up in the most deprived place in England

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:00:52 +0000

The faded resorts and coastal towns of Tendring in Essex offer few job opportunities but many of its 20-somethings are set on finding their way in an area with one of England’s oldest populations

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Between Moon Tides: hacking nature to save the saltmarsh sparrow

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:00:05 +0000

Sea levels are rising in New England at some of the fastest rates in the world. On a quiet ribbon of saltmarsh in Rhode Island, septuagenarian Deirdre isn't prepared to accept the loss of her beloved saltmarsh sparrow, which risks becoming extinct by 2050 due to elevated high tides inundating nests and drowning fledgling birds. Leading a team of citizen scientists, Deirdre unravels the secret to finding delicate nests amid thick marsh grass, while they design and deploy a low-cost 'ark' to try to raise vulnerable sparrow nests to safety. Will this be the year they manage to save them?