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Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 years

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:27:47 +0000

Motion sets out worldwide target in alignment with Paris agreement to limit global heating to 1.5C

Countries are for the first time considering restrictions on the global production of plastic – to reduce it by 40% in 15 years – in an attempt to protect human health and the environment.

‘Water everywhere’: Shropshire farmers race to salvage harvest after record rain

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:15:08 +0000

Some crops completely wiped out and dramatic falls in yields being predicted in county which reflects crisis in rest of UK

With his farm almost entirely surrounded by the banks of the River Severn in north Shropshire, Ed Tate is used to flooding on his land – but this year, the sheer level of rainfall is the worst he has ever seen.

He points to a field where about 20% of wheat crops have failed as they have been covered with rainwater that has pooled in muddy puddles, in areas that would usually be a sea of green by now.

First Nations woman one of seven global winners of prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activism

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:30:27 +0000

Murrawah Johnson recognised for role in landmark legal case to block coalmine backed by Clive Palmer

Activist wins Goldman prize for effort to clean up California trucking and railway sectors

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:30:26 +0000

Andrea Vidaurre helped persuade regulators to adopt rules that will improve air quality for millions in one of US’s smoggiest areas

A grassroots organizer from one of the US’s smoggiest communities has been awarded the prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activists, after leading a successful campaign to clean-up California’s trucking and railway sectors.

Jeepney strike under way in Philippines as deadline to modernise nears

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:28:12 +0000

Government tells operators they must join cooperatives by Tuesday and gradually replace their vehicles with greener options

A three-day strike by drivers of jeepneys in the Philippines began on Monday as transport groups warned that thousands could be pushed off the roads by government modernisation plans.

‘My country would disappear’: climate crisis could force Torres Strait Islanders from homes within 30 years

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:52:36 +0000

Large parts of islands could be uninhabitable by 2050, federal court told in first climate class action taken by Australian First Nations people

‘A special bond between music and art’: Bath piano shop turns old parts into palette

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:00:25 +0000

From an eagle to Elton John, the Played and Remade project enables artists to ‘make something magical’ from free materials

The task of loading once-loved but now unwanted pianos into a van and carting them off to the recycling centre is a disheartening and melancholy one. So a music shop in Bath that scraps as many as 300 redundant and unfixable pianos a year has launched a project to repurpose the thousands of parts that make up each instrument into pieces of art.

Rain gardens and bathwater reuse becoming trends, RHS says

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 05:00:23 +0000

Chelsea flower show to focus on water reuse as gardeners prepare for shortages caused by climate crisis

Rain gardens and bathwater are becoming gardening trends, the Royal Horticultural Society has said, as gardeners battle predicted water shortages caused by climate breakdown.

‘Washout winter’ spells price rises for UK shoppers with key crops down by a fifth

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 04:00:23 +0000

Analysts say impact on wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape harvests means price rises on beer, bread and biscuits and more food imported

UK harvests of important crops could be down by nearly a fifth this year due to the unprecedented wet weather farmers have faced, increasing the likelihood that the prices of bread, beer and biscuits will rise.

Analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has estimated that the amount of wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape could drop by 4m tonnes this year, a reduction of 17.5% compared with 2023.

Do fishers follow fish displaced by climate warming?

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 29 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00063-9

Do fishers follow fish displaced by climate warming?