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Explained: how Trump’s day one orders reveal a White House for big oil

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:00:05 +0000

From LNG to drilling in Alaska, here’s everything you need to know about Trump’s energy and climate executive orders

Through a flurry of executive orders, a newly inaugurated Donald Trump has made clear his support for the ascendancy of fossil fuels, the dismantling of support for cleaner energy and the United States’ exit from the fight to contain the escalating climate crisis.

Revealed: US climate denial group working with European far-right parties

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:01:48 +0000

Representatives of Heartland Institute linking up with MEPs to campaign against environmental policies

Climate science deniers from a US-based thinktank have been working with rightwing politicians in Europe to campaign against environmental policies, the Guardian can reveal.

MEPs have been accused of “rolling out the red carpet for climate deniers” to give them a platform in the European parliament, amid warnings of a “revival of grotesque climate denialism”.

The year the rainforest dried up: how the climate crisis beached Brazil’s floating communities

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:00:03 +0000

Some areas of the Amazon experienced their worst drought in 120 years in 2024. Brazilian rivers such as the Negro fell to their lowest levels on record, affecting more than 140,000 families for months.
Photographer Musuk Nolte documented the crisis

US homeowners in disaster-prone states face soaring insurance costs

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:00:49 +0000

Climate crisis is making it harder for insurance companies to operate, with many pausing or withdrawing policies

Homeowners in the United States are facing an enormous financial crunch due to the climate crisis, with many struggling to find insurance or even dropping premiums that are soaring due to a mounting toll of wildfires, hurricanes and other disasters, new federal government data shows.

World’s addiction to fossil fuels is ‘Frankenstein’s monster’, says UN chief

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:54:21 +0000

António Guterres issues warning at Davos, days after Donald Trump pulled US out of Paris climate agreement

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The world’s addiction to fossil fuels is a “Frankenstein’s monster sparing nothing and no one”, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, told leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.

Burning wood for power not necessary for UK’s energy goals, analysis finds

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:39:58 +0000

Experts say UK should stop biomass burning as electricity sector decarbonisation by 2030 can be achieved without it

The UK should stop burning wood to generate power because it is not needed to meet the government’s target of decarbonising the electricity sector by 2030, according to analysis.

‘Drinking PFAS’: water providers call for broad ban on ‘forever chemicals’ amid proliferation fears

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:05:06 +0000

Fifty-one sites in NSW have significant PFAS contamination requiring continued monitoring and remediation, EPA tells Senate inquiry

‘I felt death in the flames’: how lighting a forest fire inspired one man to transform a barren ranch into rainforest

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 06:00:12 +0000

Juan Guillermo Garcés had a brush with death while burning jungle for cattle pasture – now he runs a nature reserve in Colombia where more than 100 new species have been discovered

Words and photographs by Anastasia Austin and Douwe den Held

Juan Guillermo Garcés remembers coming face to face with death at age 17. Smoke filled the air, choking his lungs. The temperature rose and Garcés struggled to see through the haze. Panic set in as he watched monkeys, snakes, lizards and birds desperately trying to escape the flames surrounding them.

Brazil fires consumed wilderness area larger than Italy in 2024 – report

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 03:00:08 +0000

New report says more than 30m hectares burned, 79% more than in 2023, after country saw worst drought on record

After enduring its worst drought on record in 2024, Brazil closed the year with another alarming milestone: between January and December, 30.86m hectares of wilderness burned – an area larger than Italy.

Brazil appoints veteran diplomat as Cop30 president for November summit

admin — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:41:17 +0000

Climate negotiator André Aranha Corrêa do Lago given top job, bypassing Brazilian environment minister Marina Silva

Brazil has announced the top team for the next UN climate summit, which will be hosted in Belém this November, bypassing the country’s environment minister, Marina Silva, in favour of a veteran diplomat for the crucial role of president of the talks.