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Exhausted: Australia lags Europe, US on car pollution

Vehicles are getting bigger but more efficient, a transport study has found, but Australia is still being lapped by other nations on low-emission cars.

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How anger at Australia’s rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network

An alliance of political groups is harnessing real fears about the local impact of wind and solar farms – and using them to spruik nuclear power

The Guardian - AU

BP shifts offshore wind to joint venture amid retreat from renewables

Energy company’s deal with Japan’s Jera will allow it to focus on exploiting oil and gas assets

The Guardian - UK

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How utilities are working to meet AI data centers’ voracious appetite for electricity

Across the U.S. and worldwide, energy demand is soaring as data centers work to support the wide and growing use of artificial intelligence. These large facilities are filled with powerful computers, called servers, that run complex algorithms to help AI systems learn from vast amounts of data.

The Conversation

Evacuations under way in Philippines as Mt Kanlaon volcano erupts

Around 54,000 people will be covered by the evacuation efforts, as authorities prepare for ‘worst-case scenario’.

Al Jazeera

Harrogate Spring Water planning to cut down wood planted by schoolchildren

Conservation groups join those who helped plant woodland in opposing expansion of bottling plant

The Guardian - UK

As floodwaters rise, toxic contaminants released from old landfills pose more of a hazard to nature and to us

Extensive flooding of the River Thames and its tributaries across south-east England in February 2014 was caused by extraordinary weather conditions. Very heavy rain had fallen on ground already saturated by multiple storms since the previous December. Hundreds of residents were evacuated and the flooding damaged thousands of homes and…

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A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning

It is a common refrain to say that geopolitics gets in the way of climate action. From the war in Ukraine to trade tensions, each year seems to bring another immediate priority that diverts focus from the imperative to act on climate change.

The Conversation

EU climate monitor says 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

The Copernicus Climate Change Service says this year is sure to eclipse 2023 as the hottest yet.

Al Jazeera

Did toxic algae kill hundreds of elephants in Botswana?

More than 350 elephants in Botswana died from toxic waterholes contaminated with cyanobacteria in 2020.

Al Jazeera

Drylands now make up 40% of land on Earth, excluding Antarctica, study says

An area nearly a third larger than India turned permanently arid in past three decades, research shows

The Guardian - UK

2024 'certain' to be hottest year ever as emissions continue to drive climate change

This year is "effectively certain" to be the warmest on record and the first calendar year in which average global temperatures were more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, Europe’s climate monitor has announced.

Radio France Internationale

Country diary: The frosts are no match for this ancient survivor

Allendale, Northumberland: These strange, alien blobs are nostoc, and they are doing well in the valley at the moment, when little else is

The Guardian - UK

‘It shouldn’t be that easy’: inside the illegal wildlife trade booming on social media

Social media sites have become crucial tools for the sale of endangered species and platforms should do more to combat it, say experts

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Warning faster environment approvals may cost community

One state's plan to slash environmental approval times for projects in half has blindsided conservationists.

The Guardian - UK

Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

Average global temperature in November was 1.62C above preindustrial levels, bringing average for the year to 1.60C

The Conversation

As Australia’s giant trees succumb to fire or drought, we’re racing to preserve their vital genetic data

Giant old trees are survivors. But their size and age do not protect them against everything. They face threats such as logging or intensifying drought and fire as the climate changes.

The Guardian - UK

Make better use of neighbourhood EV charging

Letters: Many electric vehicle charging points in local areas are underused, says Chas Ball, while Stephen Psallidas rejects the idea that all EV owners need a charging unit at home

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Community acceptance is key to developing shellfish farms in Canada

Nova Scotia is Canada’s top seafood exporter — but in a province known for its seafood, shellfish production lags behind other maritime provinces. In 2022, Prince Edward Island produced over 21.3 thousand tonnes of shellfish while Nova Scotia produced only 1.3 thousand tonnes.

The Guardian - AU

Catching the bus can be a bumpy ride. Here’s how we can make it more comfortable, according to experts

Whether it’s stop-start in peak hour, the whole-body vibrations from the engine or uneven surfaces below, passenger life can be rough

The Conversation

Africa’s worsening food crisis – it’s time for an agricultural revolution

Rates of hunger in Africa are unacceptably high and getting worse.

The Guardian - UK

‘My right side was paralysed, I was so sick’: the pesticide poisonings in Brazil that lead back to the UK

Investigation uncovers how chemicals like diquat, banned in the UK but legal to export, are causing health problems in the global south

Radio France Internationale

How the Tunisian sun is turning red algae into food industry gold

In the sheltered waters of northwest Tunisia's Bizerte lagoon, red algae is being transformed into valuable food additives using nothing but sunlight – a natural process that is creating jobs and reviving marine life in the process.

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Not long now till our favourite beech breaks and falls

Stanhope Burn, Weardale: Southern bracket fungus has started the job, the winter winds will finish it. But how exactly did the fungus get a foothold?

Texas Observer

The Trump Picks Who Could Decide Our Climate Future

It's not just the EPA. From Elon Musk and RFK Jr. to Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum, Trump's choices to lead key agencies are poised to set a very different climate agenda.

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