Why ‘greenhushing’ signals deeper issues with NZ’s climate risk reporting regime
By Hang Pham* of File image. Photo: RNZ Analysis: Most of us are familiar with the concept of…
Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high
French gendarme officers guard the entrance of the Vallee-du-Tir district, in Noumea on May 14, 2024, amid protests…
UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns | Environment
British homes will need air conditioning to survive predicted levels of global heating, the government’s climate advisers have…
Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first…
Trump officials have argued that coal is more reliable than solar because it can generate power around the…
The Tech That Could Turn Plastic Waste Into a Trillion Dollar Opportunity
Plastic is cheap, but it’s an ecological, environmental, and human health disaster that actually costs Americans over $1…
A real ‘intergenerational equity’ budget would address our unceasing environmental decline
Last night, Labor unveiled a budget designed to tackle intergenerational equity in Australia through bold tax reform. It…
Oil Slick Reaches a Pristine Persian Gulf Island in Iran
An oil spill has reached the shores of a pristine Persian Gulf island in Iran surrounded by clear…
White hydrogen discovered in billion-year-old Canadian Shield rock points to potential new energy source
image: Continuous long-term measurement underground at a mine in northern Ontario provided evidence of sustained accumulation and discharge…
The worst climate future is less likely, but so is the best
Scientists are jettisoning their worst and best case scenarios for a warming world as no longer plausible. That…
Warming erodes climate connectivity for terrestrial vertebrates
Urban, M. C. Climate change extinctions. Science 386, 1123–1128 (2024). Article CAS Google Scholar Nolan, C. et al.…
Tackling Plastic Pollution With A Hemp-Based Alternative
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The networks we rely on face growing risk from natural disasters
At least $57 billion worth of infrastructure in Victoria is at risk from more frequent and severe bushfires,…