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ClimateNewsNow, 11 days ago to climate

France, Italy, Belgium: Which European countries have the best cycle to work schemes? #ClimateChange

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/12/france-netherlands-belgium-which-european-countries-have-the-best-cycle-to-work-schemes

ClimateNewsNow, 11 days ago to climate

Biden administration to increase tariffs on Chinese electric cars to 100 percent.

The Biden administration will announce new tariffs on electric vehicle and solar cell imports from China, two major components of the administration’s efforts to reduce U.S. emissions, officials confirmed to reporters. #ClimateChange

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4661236-biden-administration-increase-tariffs-chinese-electric-cars-100-percent/

ClimateNewsNow, 12 days ago to climate

Banks are propping up the fossil fuel industry to the tune of €6.5 trillion, new report finds.

Barclays, Santander and Deutsche Bank were among Europe’s biggest fossil fuel financers in 2023. #ClimateChange

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/13/banks-are-propping-up-the-fossil-fuel-industry-to-the-tune-of-65-trillion-new-report-finds

ClimateNewsNow, 12 days ago to climate

Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages.

Harms include severe weather, crop failures, and economic hits from lack of ice and snow. #ClimateChange

https://grist.org/climate-energy/michigan-wants-fossil-fuel-companies-to-pay-for-climate-change-damages/

ClimateNewsNow, 12 days ago to climate

'Sad What We Are Doing': Global CO2 Increase Sets New All-Time Record.

"I'd make this the lead story in every paper and newscast on the planet," said Bill McKibben. "If we don't understand the depth of the climate crisis, we will not act in time." #ClimateChange

https://www.commondreams.org/news/mauna-loa-co2-record

ClimateNewsNow, 12 days ago to climate

Vermont Could Be the First State to Bill Oil Firms for Climate Damage.

The compensation due, according to one estimate, could reach $2.5 billion. #ClimateChange

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/vermont-states-bill-charge-big-oil-industry-climate-damage-reparations-superfund/

ClimateNewsNow, 13 days ago to climate

Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising seas: The impacts of record ocean heat.

Record ocean temperatures suggest the seas are warming faster than expected, and the impacts will be felt from polar ice shelves to coastal cities across the globe. #ClimateChange

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240508-how-record-ocean-warming-is-destabilising-weather-and-climate

ClimateNewsNow, 13 days ago to climate

Fossil fuels generated less than a quarter of the EU's electricity in April.

The drop in fossil fuel generation was driven by wind and solar growth as well as the recovery of hydropower. #ClimateChange

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/10/fossil-fuels-are-on-the-way-out-in-the-eu-as-they-dropped-to-record-low-in-april

ClimateNewsNow, 13 days ago to climate

Removing PFAS from public water systems will cost billions and take time – here are ways you can filter out harmful ‘forever chemicals’ at home. #ClimateChange

https://theconversation.com/removing-pfas-from-public-water-systems-will-cost-billions-and-take-time-here-are-ways-you-can-filter-out-harmful-forever-chemicals-at-home-227670

ClimateNewsNow, 13 days ago to climate

We think we control our health – but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater role.

Factors outside our control have huge influence. #ClimateChange

https://theconversation.com/we-think-we-control-our-health-but-corporations-selling-forever-chemicals-fossil-fuels-and-ultra-processed-foods-have-a-much-greater-role-227776

ClimateNewsNow, 15 days ago to climate

Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere.

Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year. #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/09/carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-record

ClimateNewsNow, 16 days ago to climate

Venezuela has lost its last remaining glacier after it shrunk so much that scientists reclassified it as an ice field.

Venezuela is the first country to have lost all its glaciers in modern times. #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/venezuela-loses-its-last-glacier-as-it-shrinks-down-to-an-ice-field?CMP=share_btn_url

ClimateNewsNow, 17 days ago to climate

How One South African Community Stopped Shell Oil in Its Tracks.

Activist Nonhle Mbuthuma founded a local organization along South Africa’s Wild Coast to fight a proposed strip mine 17 years ago. Despite ongoing personal threats, she’s still working to protect her Pondoland community from oil exploration and other harmful development. #ClimateChange

https://e360.yale.edu/features/nonhle-mbuthuma-interview

ClimateNewsNow, 18 days ago to climate

2024 sees record start to year for electric vehicle sales.

Over 100,000 battery electric vehicles sold between January and April. #ClimateChange

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/electric-vehicles-uk-sales-price-b2540169.html

ClimateNewsNow, 18 days ago to climate

Shell has sold millions of ‘phantom’ carbon credits based on emissions savings that never happened, according to a new investigation.

Shell made more than $200 million dollars selling the credits from its flagship carbon capture facility called 'Quest'.

Canadian taxpayers covered 93% of the costs of building the 'Quest' carbon capture project. #ClimateChange

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/07/false-promises-and-phantom-emissions-how-was-shell-able-to-double-its-carbon-credits-in-ca

ClimateNewsNow, 18 days ago to climate

Plastic-production emissions could triple to one-fifth of Earth’s carbon budget – report.

Exclusive: By the middle of the century, pollution from plastic industry could ‘undermine world’s effort’ to control climate crisis. #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/18/plastic-production-emission-climate-crisis

ClimateNewsNow, 18 days ago to climate

Researchers find toxic DDT compounds in deep-sea fish off Los Angeles coast.

A toxic agricultural insecticide banned four decades ago is still contaminating deep-sea fish and sediments off California’s southern coast, a new study has found.

While the U.S. banned DDT in 1972, the study authors believe the substance is continuing to invade marine food webs. #ClimateChange

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4646315-toxic-ddt-compounds-deep-sea-fish-los-angeles-coast-study/

ClimateNewsNow, 19 days ago to climate

Drought is driving olive oil prices to staggering new heights.

The cost of olives has spent the last two years skyrocketing because of climate change. #ClimateChange

https://qz.com/olive-oil-prices-climate-change-1851458811

ClimateNewsNow, 19 days ago to climate

How do scientists know how much climate change affects a hurricane, a heat wave, a drought, and more?

The field of attribution science is 20 years old this year, and scientists’ ability to detect the fingerprints of climate change in extreme weather events is growing stronger. #ClimateChange #Science

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/how-do-scientists-know-how-much-climate-change-affects-a-hurricane-a-heat-wave-a-drought-and-more/

ClimateNewsNow, 19 days ago to climate

Mining ‘Critical Minerals’ in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Rife With Rights Abuses.

A new report highlights more than 400 allegations against mining companies operating in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, home to large deposits of minerals used in low-carbon technologies. #ClimateChange

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06052024/eastern-europe-central-asia-critical-mineral-mining-rights-abuse/

ClimateNewsNow, 19 days ago to climate

Revealed: Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes.

Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide among the 371 million lb of pollutants released by just 41 plants in five years. #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/30/tyson-foods-toxic-pollutants-lakes-rivers

ClimateNewsNow, 20 days ago to climate

Meet the Beautiful, Remarkable Tree That Survived 9/11.

After a month under rubble, a nearly lifeless tree was found by 9/11 workers who were determined to save it. #ClimateChange

https://www.treehugger.com/meet-beautiful-remarkable-tree-survived-4856725

ClimateNewsNow, 20 days ago to climate

Shell sold millions of ‘phantom’ carbon credits.

Carbon Credit subsidy scheme in Alberta, Canada allowed oil major to register carbon credits equivalent to twice the volume of CO₂ captured. #ClimateChange

https://www.ft.com/content/93938a1b-dc36-4ea6-9308-170189be0cb0

ClimateNewsNow, 20 days ago to climate

Companies Legally Use Poison to Make Your Decaf Coffee.

And they are fighting every effort to ban it. #ClimateChange

https://newrepublic.com/post/181229/companies-poison-decaf-coffee

ClimateNewsNow, 21 days ago to climate

Gas stove emissions increasing childhood asthma rates, adult deaths: Stanford study.

Residents of households with gas or propane stoves are regularly inhaling pollutants that are both exacerbating childhood asthma rates and causing early death, a coast-to-coast study of U.S. homes found. #ClimateChange

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4641542-gas-stove-emissions-childhood-asthma-rates-adult-deaths-stanford-study/