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USA: The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Disinformation

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists From Whale Oil to Wind Power: The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Disinformation Is an Ocean of Hypocrisy...

Net zero plans show limited climate ambition on "residual" emissions

Source: Tyndall Centre New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals what countries think will be their most difficult to...

USA: PFAS regulations

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists After Decades of Disinformation, the US Finally Begins Regulating PFAS Chemicals In April 2024, the...

Research quantifies “gap” in carbon removal for first time

Source: Tyndall Centre New research involving the University of East Anglia (UEA) suggests that countries’ current plans to remove CO2...

New Study: Financing for Industrial Livestock Undermines U.S. Banks’ Climate Commitments

Source: FOE A new study conducted by the Netherlands-based research group Profundo and U.S.-based environmental organization Friends of...

US: Climate Change Accountability

Source: UCS How International Courts Can Drive Climate Action Fossil fuel companies are well established as founts of disinformation,...

Residents of Kobe City, Japan, are fighting a coal power plant financed by Japanese megabanks

Source: BankTrack Kobe: a history of residents’ resistance against air pollution Kobe City has a history of serious air pollution. Many...

How climate change risks increase at a national scale as the level of global warming increases

Source: Tyndall Centre A major research programme led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Tyndall Centre’s Prof. Rachel Warren...

Brazil: “Positive Environmental Strides”

Increase in wildfires in the Brazilian Amazon masks progress on forest protection Source: Tyndall Centre New research shows that Brazil...

Survey to assess the Safety of Environmental Journalists

UNESCO/Sudipta Chakraborty United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in partnership with the...

Working with nature to protect people

Source: Nepali Times IFRC and WWF join hands to promote nature-based solutions for climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction The...

The role of researchers in climate action

Source: Tyndall Centre If university researchers feel disempowered about climate action what hope is there for everyone else? Commentary...

2023: the warmest year on record globally

Source: Tyndall Centre Globally 2023 was the warmest year in a series stretching back to 1850, according to figures released today by the...

Climate smart

Source: Nepali Times Ramkali Mahato from Sarlahi in Nepal’s southern plains was only 12 when she got married. “As a daughter-in-law, I...

Ask a Scientist

Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math Source: Union of Concerned Scientists When I was living in Cleveland in 1969, the shores of...

Opinion: The Anthropocene as a Nuclear Age

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Humanity’s relationship to time is notoriously myopic. We tend to perceive things as permanent and...

Saving Kangchenjunga

Source: Nepali Times The biodiversity treasures of eastern Nepal are at risk from new roads, outmigration and climate change The...

Climate change and coastal areas

Source: Tyndall Centre Urgent action needed to address climate change threats to coastal areas Global coastal adaptations are...

Fire of Love

The lessons that the incredible life of the Krafft teach us all A volcanic love story, amidst eruptions and lava has generated kms of...

Nepal’s citizen scientists track climate change

Source: Nepali Times The village of Phorste below Mt Everest has the highest number of high altitude guides who have died climbing in the...

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