Fossil fuel firms sue governments across the world for £13bn as climate policies threaten profits. Fossil fuel companies are suing governments across the world for more than $18bn (£13bn) after action against climate change has threatened their profits, according to research conducted by campaign group Global Justice Now.
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Sports industry to kick plastics out of sport
The Environment Agency is releasing new guidance encouraging the sports industry to kick plastics out of sport. Olympic gold medallist Hannah Mills today joined the Environment Agency in calling on sport organisations across the country to ramp up efforts to tackle plastic waste.
Preservation of the Ozone Layer
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The ozone layer, a fragile shield of gas, protects the Earth from the harmful portion of the rays of the sun, thus helping preserve life on the planet.
What is the biggest threat to human health?
What is the biggest threat to human health. It’s not the pandemic. It’s tempting to think that if the pandemic is ever over, we’ll be safe once more. That, however, would be to ignore the biggest threat to both human health and the planet itself: Climate change.
Carbon-sucking machine is switched on in Iceland
The world’s biggest carbon-sucking machine is switching on in Iceland. We have to start removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to have any chance of averting the worst impacts of global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said last month.
Supply chain disrupts water treatment
Government says polluters can dump risky sewage into rivers as Brexit disrupts water treatment. The government has given polluters the green light to dump risky sewage that has not been properly cleaned into rivers and the sea as Brexit and Covid disrupt normal water treatment.
UK’s green revolution
Next generation of heat networks to power UK’s green revolution. Homes and businesses will be made greener as low-carbon energy is placed at the heart of the latest round of funding for heat network projects in England.
Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions
Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions, report finds. Dirty air is a far greater killer than smoking, car crashes or HIV/Aids, with coal burning the leading cause.
Light pollution from street lamps linked to insect loss
Light pollution from street lamps linked to insect loss. In a UK study, artificial street lights were found to disrupt the behaviour of nocturnal moths, reducing caterpillars numbers by half. Modern LED streetlights appeared to have the biggest impact.
Goodbye to leaded gasoline supplies
Goodbye to leaded gasoline supplies. The world is officially rid of one particularly insidious fossil fuel that for decades was a major cause of public health problems in developing countries, especially in Africa. Officials from the United Nations Environment Program announced on Aug. 30 that Algeria, which was the last country on Earth to use leaded gasoline, stopped producing it earlier thisContinue reading “Goodbye to leaded gasoline supplies”