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Climate change-driven heatwaves hit Delhi’s Red Fort market traders
Free public toilets and tarpaulins would help vendors at the Lal Qila market in Delhi deal with rising temperatures that are hurting their health and incomes The post Climate change-driven heatwaves hit Delhi’s Red Fort market traders appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:
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China Briefing 1 May 2025: Xi steadfast on climate; Solar and wind surpassed thermal power; Controlling short-term GHGs
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... The post China Briefing 1 May 2025: Xi steadfast on climate; Solar and wind surpassed thermal power; Controlling short-term GHGs appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Will Tariffs on Solar Cell Imports Invigorate the U.S. Manufacturing Market?
The U.S. Department of Commerce determined last week solar cell imports from four Southeast Asian countries should see tariffs of up to 3,521 percent. It’s a move that broadens the trade dispute between the U.S. and China, as mainland manufacturers have set up factories in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia in recent years. The rate […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:In the World’s Data Center Hotbed, How Close Is Too Close, and Who Should Pay?
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Tyler Ray and his husband were drawn to their community, Bren Pointe, by the amenities that make Fairfax County such a desirable place to live in the Washington, D.C., suburbs of Northern Virginia. It’s close to shopping, dining and entertainment in Old Town and not far from Reagan National Airport. Soon, though, the neighborhood […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Plans Advance for Huge New Exxon Plastics Plant in Texas
Plans for a large new plastics plant on the Gulf Coast of Texas crept forward on Tuesday evening when officials at a small, rural school district moved to enter into tax break negotiations with ExxonMobil, the project developer. The Calhoun County Independent School District board voted unanimously at a public hearing to begin developing the […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Consumer Watchdog Accuses Regional Grid Operator of Overcharging Marylanders for Power
The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel, the state’s consumer watchdog, has filed two major complaints against the regional power grid operator, arguing that its market and infrastructure planning rules are systematically overcharging Maryland electricity customers to subsidize services and infrastructure benefiting other states—particularly Virginia. In one complaint to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),...
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:On May Day, workers are calling – and climate activists must answer
For too long, workers' rights have been sidelined in the fight against climate change - without just transition policies, we can't build a livable future The post On May Day, workers are calling – and climate activists must answer appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Mosquitoes in Scotland as far north as Shetland
The extent of Scotland's mosquito population is being understood thanks to a successful citizen science project.
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Sen. Susan Collins Blasts Trump for Cuts to Scientific Research
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) kicked off a Wednesday hearing criticizing the Trump administration for cutting science funding, firing federal scientists and triggering policy uncertainties that she said threaten to undermine the foundation for America’s global leadership. Collins, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the administration’s abrupt cancellation of grants and laying off scientists have […]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:N.C. Treasurer Names Conservative Climate Skeptic to State Utilities Commission
Donald van der Vaart—the state’s former environment secretary and a climate skeptic who was shortlisted for EPA administrator during the first Trump administration—has been appointed to the North Carolina Utilities Commission by Republican Treasurer Brad Briner. Van der Vaart started his career in state government as a 20-year employee in the Division of Air Quality […]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Endangered axolotl release raises hopes for rare amphibian
Study provides hope for future of the axolotl amphibian, pushed to the brink of extinction in Mexico.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Q&A: What we do – and do not – know about the blackout in Spain and Portugal
At 12.33pm on Monday 28 April, most of Spain and Portugal were plunged into chaos... The post Q&A: What we do – and do not – know about the blackout in Spain and Portugal appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:For Alabama’s Spotted Salamanders, a Win and a Warning
HOMEWOOD, Ala.—Nine-year-old Ruby Banta thought it was a pretty simple choice, even for adults. “This was the salamander’s habitat first,” she said after an afternoon soccer game. “It’s not a college habitat.” Ruby was among the youngest of activists—sending a crayon-colored appeal to the City Council to save a sensitive salamander site—who had reason to […]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment
One hundred days into the second Trump administration, many environmentalists’ worst fears about the new presidency have been realized—and surpassed. Facing a spate of orders, pronouncements and actions that target America’s most cherished natural resources and most vulnerable communities, advocates fear the Trump agenda, unchecked, will set the country back decades. “It is not an […]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Wyoming Has Been Slow to Transition From Fossil Fuels, but Is Moving Fast Toward New Nuclear Technologies
Wyoming has the largest uranium ore reserves in the U.S., and for decades, uranium mining was one of the key drivers of the state’s economy. In the late 1970s, the state’s mining industry produced 12 million pounds annually of the element needed to fuel nuclear power plants, and was a major source of employment. By […]
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Government not taking climate seriously - advisers
The government has made little progress in preparing the UK for rising temperatures, climate watchdog the CCC says.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Water Management
Across the country, the data collected at stream gauges managed by the U.S. Geological Survey are used to implement drought measures when streamflows are low, alert local authorities of floods, help administer water to users on rivers and issue pollution discharge permits required by the Clean Water Act for communities across the country. But more […]
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:CCC: England’s approach to climate adaptation is ‘not working’
The “vast majority” of the UK government’s plans to prepare for climate hazards have made... The post CCC: England’s approach to climate adaptation is ‘not working’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Blair says current net zero policies 'doomed to fail'
The former PM's call for a change of course is rejected by Downing Street but welcomed by the Tories and Reform.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:EPA Head Pushes Mexico to Address Tijuana River Sewage in Recent San Diego Visit
Water knows no borders. Unfortunately, neither does sewage. Each day, the Tijuana River carries millions—and sometimes billions—of gallons of sewage across the U.S.-Mexico border into California, where it dumps into the ocean. This wave of waste frequently overwhelms wastewater treatment plants in both countries, fueling a public health and environmental crisis in nearby San Diego […]
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Trump’s first 100 days: US walks away from global climate action
The Trump administration has pulled the plug on the UN climate process and its financial contributions, while at the same time backing fossil fuels and obstructing renewables The post Trump’s first 100 days: US walks away from global climate action appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Canada votes to keep Carney as leader, over anti-climate Conservatives
The Conservatives would have scrapped a carbon tax on big industrial emitters and boosted oil and gas production The post Canada votes to keep Carney as leader, over anti-climate Conservatives appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Citing Trump Emergency Order, Army Corps Expedites Review for Line 5 Oil Pipeline in Great Lakes’ Wetlands
The Army Corps of Engineers, citing a recent national energy emergency order by President Trump, has expedited a permit review for a new miles-long section of an oil and gas pipeline that would bore deep into protected wetlands bordering Canada and the United States. The pipeline request from Enbridge Energy, a Canadian company, would cut […]
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:‘Secret Deal’ in California Would Weaken Regulations for Oil Refineries
This article was originally published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. Find out more at publichealthwatch.org. On August 6, 2012, a corroded, eight-inch pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California, cracked open, sending a white cloud hundreds of feet into the air. The cloud quickly engulfed the 19 refinery firefighters, managers […]
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:EPA Says It Will Act on PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Advocates Raise Red Flags
As the Environmental Protection Agency works to roll back multiple public-health protections, it announced Monday that it intends to take action to combat toxic forever chemicals. Advocates are skeptical, saying the language of the announcement raises red flags. The EPA announcement consists of a list of proposed actions to target contamination by per– and polyfluoroalkyl […]
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:In Montana, Republican State Legislators Fight Back After Successful Youth Climate Lawsuit
In the wake of a high-profile court decision that upended the state of Montana’s climate policy, Republican lawmakers in the state are pushing a suite of bills that could gut the state’s ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The full-court legislative press targets the state’s environmental analysis, air quality regulation and judicial system. It stems […]
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Illinois Delays a Project Meant to Keep Asian Carp Out of the Great Lakes
One stretch of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Joliet, Illinois, is what freshwater biologists call a pinch point. Here, at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, workers are preparing a site for barriers to keep invasive bighead and silver carp from infiltrating the Great Lakes. If enough of them slip by before the […]
Published on: April 28, 2025 | Source:Who Has the Right to Decide What Happens on Indigenous Lands?
Members of the Indigenous Waorani village of Kiwaro looked skyward as a helicopter hovered over the rainforest canopy in the center of Ecuador and landed in a nearby clearing. Out stepped government officials, there to inform the community about an impending auction of oil rights on their land. The Ecuadorian government announced earlier, in November […]
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:In Booming Central Texas, Wastewater Is Polluting Rivers and Streams
TARPLEY, Texas–Margo Denke set out to rally the town when she learned that a Christian youth camp planned to build a wastewater treatment plant and discharge its effluent into the pristine Hill Country creek that ran through her small ranch. Denke, a 1981 graduate of Harvard Medical School who moved to the Hill Country in […]
Published on: April 27, 2025 | Source:Area burned by UK wildfires in 2025 already at annual record
The prolonged dry, sunny weather in March and April created ideal conditions for wildfires to spread.
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:How a Changing Climate Is Reshaping the Spread of Infectious Diseases
As global temperatures rise, the spread of infectious diseases is rapidly evolving in unexpected ways. That’s something that Dr. Angelle Desiree LaBeaud thinks about a lot. A physician-scientist, epidemiologist and professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, LaBeaud studies the epidemiology and ecology of domestic and international arboviruses […]
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Maryland’s Climate Ambitions in Question After Turbulent Legislative Session
Environmental leaders in Maryland are reeling from a challenging 2025 legislative session that left them questioning whether the state can still meet its clean energy and emissions reduction targets in the wake of policy rollbacks and carve-outs approved by lawmakers. The 90-day General Assembly session ended earlier this month amid a flurry of compromises. Some […]
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:She Galvanized Her Community After a Company Contaminated It With ‘Forever Chemicals’
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with Laurene Allen, a Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Laurene Allen moved to Merrimack, New Hampshire, to raise a family in the 1980s. Little did she know that, in 2016, the state Department of Environmental Services would reveal […]
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Snowflakes, Death Threats and Dollar Signs: Cloud Seeding Is at a Crossroads
Listen to an audio version of this story below. Humans have the technology to literally make snow fall from the clouds. In the drought-stricken Southwest, where the Colorado River needs every drop of water it can get, there are calls to use it more. Utah, home to the nation’s largest cloud seeding program, is at […]
Published on: April 26, 2025 | Source:Spring's hot weather to be treat for nature lovers
A spell of hot weather will give a boost to nature as migratory birds return and butterflies emerge.
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