Wealthy white men from rural areas are the UK’s biggest emitters of climate-heating gases from transport, according to a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
The richest 0.1% in Britain emit 22 times more from transport than low earners & 12 times more than average. Income is directly linked to levels of mobility.
In the UK, transport is now the largest source of emissions.
52°C au Pakistan, 48°C en Inde... Quelles températures maximales le corps peut-il supporter ?
L'inde et le Pakistan sont respectivement sujets à des températures extremement élevées (48°C et 52°C) depuis plusieurs jours. Si le corps humain a la capacité de s'adapter en cas de chaleur intense, des experts ont établi qu'il ne peut pas supporter plus de 50°C
Dozens of countries, including Brazil, Bolivia, and Costa Rica, adopt common carbon accounting standards. A total of 21 countries, including Brazil, Bolivia, & Costa Rica, or jurisdictions covering many states, will adopt common extra-financial accounting standards on climate for their companies, the body that already manages the IFRS financial accounting standards, applied in 140 countries & jurisdictions, announced on Tuesday
La lenteur des États à agir pour réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre risque de provoquer un réchauffement qui dépassera facilement les 4 °C dans le sud du Québec bien avant la fin du siècle, prévient le Groupe d’experts en adaptation aux changements climatiques (GEA) mandaté par le gouvernement Legault
UK holidaymakers warned as climate change triggers super-sized cockroach infestations in Spain
The alert was raised by the National Association of Environmental Health Companies (Anecpla) which said the insects will emerge in their masses this summer
Des radars anti-bruit devraient être plus répandus pour faire la chasse aux fous du pouëte-pouëte et du vroum-vroum.
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[Le Monde] - Près de 9,7 millions d’habitants d’#IleDeFrance sont exposés à une #PollutionSonore et atmosphérique qui « excèdent fortement » les recommandations de l’#OMS.
#Airparif et #Bruitparif publient la première cartographie croisée de ces #pollutions, qui concernent environ 80 % de la population de la région.
"étonnant" que "le climat ne prenne pas plus de place dans le débat électoral" alors que "80% des législations environnementales françaises proviennent du droit européen"
"les partis moteurs de l'ambition", à savoir les partis de gauche et retrouve du côté de l'extrême droite une "opposition constante à toute ambition environnementale"
While recent reports have stated that more than half the world's largest lakes, including lakes in the Tibetan plateau, are drying up, a paper published in Nature Geoscience today (May 27) suggests that, by the end of this century, land-locked lakes on the Tibetan Plateau are set to increase exponentially, resulting in major land loss and related economic, environmental and climatic impacts
The documentary was not broadcast in #Canada. Hansen said the reason B.C.’s wood pellet industry is a focus in #UnitedKingdom is the #Drax Power Station in #England.
#BCNDP#ChiefForester Diane Nicholls attended a #WoodPellet#TradeShow in 2019. After supporting the industry’s controversial growth in BC, she left the ministry of forests for a job with the UK company that now dominates the new industry in #BritishColumbia.
Polluants éternels: au Japon, les habitants de Kibichūō se révoltent
Autrefois liée aux abords des bases militaires, la #pollution aux #PFAS s’est propagée sur le territoire japonais, jusqu’aux villages les plus reculés. C’est le cas de Kibichūō, dans la préfecture d’Okayama, où des riverains ont décidé de se battre.
L'oise, la Somme et la Seine, pollués à l’acide trifluoroacétique (TFA , provenant de la dégradation de pesticides agricoles, de gaz réfrigérants, de rejets de l’industrie de fabrication des PFAS utilisées, pour le revêtement anti-adhésif des poêles, des mousses anti-incendie ou des cosmétiques.
Je déteste ces trucs "anti-adhésifs" pour cuisiner, on peut s'en passer, tout comme des pesticides et des cosmétiques.
FL is a toxic place to live bc of #DeathSantis & GOP lawmakers. They won't admit it's CC or mitigate...
The backyard would flood & the toilet would gurgle & the smell of sewage hung thick in the air -she worried about what pathogens might lurk in the tainted waters, what it might cost to fix the persistent problems & whether the ever-present anxiety would ever subside. Residents in neighborhoods around hers have similar tales-.
Tear gas, rubber bullets, stun grenades used on French climate protestors
Law enforcement made 58 forceful arrests on Saturday in Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-Seine) during a demonstration organised by Earth Uprising activists after some protesters had deviated from the planned route
"For years, oil refineries across the country have pumped out dangerous levels of benzene, a toxic chemical that can cause leukemia and other blood cancers.
But in a rare example of environmental progress, benzene emissions from nearly all of those refineries have recently plummeted due to strong federal regulations and oversight, according to a new analysis by a watchdog group."
Environmental activists sue Norway over seabed mineral plan
OSLO, May 24 (Reuters) - Environmental campaigners have filed a lawsuit at an Oslo court challenging Norway's plan for seabed mineral exploration, citing insufficient impact assessment of the mining, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and its lawyer said on Friday