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Switzerland and Italy redraw border as melting glaciers shift the frontier
• 1:35 PM
4 min
The popular ski resort of Zermatt is in the affected area.
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Wildfire in southern Greece leaves two people dead following record-hot summer
• 8:14 AM
5 min
The flames were fanned on by strong winds blowing through forests left tinder-dry by a warm spring and hot summer.
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Yesterday
Saturday, september 28, 2024
Friday, september 27, 2024
Commission sees role for nuclear and carbon capture in production of low-carbon fuels
• 2:45 PM
4 min
Trains, automobiles and even planes could be run on nuclear power or even natural gas while being treated as ‘green’ under proposed EU rules
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Hypocrisy claims levelled at climate negotiators pushing for low emissions while backing oil and gas
• 2:32 PM
6 min
Top climate negotiators urged countries to put forward more ambitious climate plans but critics say they aren't cutting back themselves.
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Turtle comebacks and solar breakthroughs: Positive environmental stories from 2024
• 7:35 AM
78 min
Climate anxiety is very real, but these good news stories from 2024 prove there is hope for our planet.
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Thursday, september 26, 2024
'Like a toothpick in wet sand’: 10 homes in this US village have collapsed into the sea since 2020
• 3:02 PM
11 min
Their destruction has been decades in the making as beach erosion and climate change slowly edged the Atlantic closer.
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‘Chronically submerged’: Europe’s overseas territories are battling sea level rise
• 2:30 PM
5 min
Residents of former Dutch colony Bonaire have sued the Netherlands for lack of action against climate change.
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'Generic, vague, misleading’: Shein investigated by Italian watchdog over greenwashing
• 2:04 PM
4 min
The Chinese fast fashion giant is being investigated in Italy over its sustainability claims.
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Wednesday, september 25, 2024
Uber calls on EU to ban combustion engines on ridesharing cars by 2030
• 4:08 PM
4 min
Multinational ride-hailing company is also calling on binding targets for the production of electric vehicles in the European market along with adequate incentives to ease the climate transition.
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‘National Hero’: Locals praise for Polish reservoir that spared two cities from Storm Boris flooding
• 3:04 PM
5 min
Some have suggested the reservoir should be named after famous Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
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Slower planes and contrail coordination: New report lays out five-year plan to cut aviation impacts
• 2:32 PM
6 min
Current policies leave the aviation industry seriously off track in meeting its climate pledges.
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Italy floods: Grandmother and baby missing in Tuscany as Veneto region declares state of emergency
• 2:00 PM
3 min
The floods in Tuscany and the Veneto come days after the Emilia Romagna region was struck, with some areas submerged for the third time in just over a year.
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Wolves in crosshairs as EU governments agree to more hunting and culls
• 1:15 PM
4 min
Nature conservationists have denounced as ‘shameful’ a back-room agreement that saw all but two EU governments acquiesce to a European Commission proposal to ease protection for Europe’s burgeoning wolf populations.
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Tuesday, september 24, 2024
Commission insists no plans to delay anti-deforestation law
• 4:11 PM
3 min
Amid a growing backlash from trading partners and conservative lawmakers, the European Commission maintains it is working to implement new legislation that will ban from January the import of products linked to deforestation overseas.
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Earth’s life support systems are in ‘critical condition’, new Planetary Health Check warns
• 3:32 PM
7 min
Years of research have outlined nine processes that help to keep the planet’s life support systems stable.
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Commission mulls regulation of solar radiation modification research
• 3:20 PM
3 min
EU funding is assessing the feasibility and safety of geoengineering as an approach to combat the effects of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Which polluter pays and planetary danger zones: Climate takes centre stage at UNGA
• 2:20 PM
5 min
‘Earth is going in the wrong direction... that's why we need to act," one speaker said ahead of the UN General Assembly.
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A giant Antarctic glacier is melting but scientists have found a way to thicken Arctic sea ice
• 2:16 PM
5 min
The Antarctic Ice Sheet is retreating at a faster rate than in previous decades, raising concerns about a total collapse.
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European ad agencies are leading the way on working with fossil fuel companies
• 9:04 AM
6 min
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described advertising and PR industries as key facilitators for the fossil fuel industry.
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Fossil fuel investment could cost extra under EU insurance plans
• 6:30 AM
4 min
EU insurance regulator Eiopa is considering hiking capital charges on oil and gas bonds by up to 40%, as it seeks to prepare the industry for net-zero.
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Monday, september 23, 2024
Auditors find EU support for organic farming ineffective
• 3:58 PM
5 min
Member states apply EU funds inconsistently and disregard basic principles of organic farming, the latest audit from the European Court of Auditors revealed.
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Major new UN pact reaffirms global commitment to transition away from fossil fuels
• 2:30 PM
10 min
The 42-page plan for the UN's 193 member states to work together in addressing the most significant global challenges has been years in the making.
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Wetter atmosphere may have exacerbated Central European floods, climatologist says
• 1:57 PM
3 min
Geosphere Austria climatologist Marc Olefs said that the fossil fuel industry is to blame for the exacerbation of extreme weather events, including heavy rainfall as seen over Europe over the past couple of weeks.
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Friday, september 20, 2024
Portugal’s wildfires produce record emissions with smoke headed for France and Spain
• 3:03 PM
9 min
The smoke plume has significantly degraded local air quality is forecast to travel east in the coming days.
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‘We had just finished repairing our houses’: Flooding hits Italian city for third time in 16 months
• 2:30 PM
7 min
Some residents of the city of Faenza had just completed house repairs after devastating floods in 2023 when their properties were submerged again this week.
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Kyiv residents told to stay indoors as air pollution blankets the Ukrainian capital
• 10:48 AM
3 min
The Ukrainian capital topped a list of the most polluted major cities early on Friday in a real-time Swiss database.
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Global strikes across 50 countries demand action as two major climate events begin in New York
• 9:38 AM
5 min
New York is hosting Climate Week NYC, an annual event that promotes climate action, at the same time the UN General Assembly takes up the issue on several fronts.
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Thursday, september 19, 2024
4°C hotter in Paris and 2.2m in the path of flooding: France’s extreme weather only set to get worse
• 3:04 PM
13 min
The report’s authors hope it can act as a roadmap for local authorities to adapt and accelerate the green transition.
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‘Common sense solution’: How taxes on yachts and private jets could fund climate action
• 5:04 AM
8 min
The carbon emissions of the world's richest 1 per cent are thought to be the same as poorest two thirds of humanity.
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Wednesday, september 18, 2024
Tuesday, september 17, 2024
‘Dream team’: Green groups breathe a sigh of relief on von der Leyen’s climate choices
• 4:09 PM
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Climate activists and the renewable energy lobby have broadly interpreted Ursula von der Leyen’s commissioner picks – the Netherlands’ Wopke Hoekstra, Denmark’s Dan Jørgensen and Spain’s Teresa Ribera – as signalling continuity with the Green Deal that ma
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New environment commissioner tasked with tackling growing water crisis
• 3:53 PM
6 min
The European Commission president said today that ‘water resilience is a big priority’ for her second mandate as she picked Jessika Roswall for her new environment policy chief.
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You could be breathing in microplastics that then enter your brain, new research reveals
• 3:02 PM
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New research has revealed that plastic from everyday items has the ability to infiltrate the brain.
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Monday, september 16, 2024
Italy and Spain at risk of austerity in climate-neutrality race, new study suggests
• 4:40 PM
3 min
Study suggests green financing will boost the economy but Mediterranean countries will endure fiscal challenges.
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EU bungled plastic waste tax, auditors say
• 3:28 PM
4 min
A new levy intended to discourage the landfill and incineration of plastic waste is plagued by dodgy data, and may have led to an uptick in crime, auditors warn
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Italian butterfly thieves handed highest-ever fine for wildlife crime in Sri Lanka
• 3:00 PM
3 min
The two men from northern Italy face two years in jail if they fail to pay the fine by 24 September.
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UK high court blocks first new coal mine in 30 years. Is it the end of the ‘climate-damaging’ plan?
• 2:05 PM
4 min
The developer’s claim that it would be a ‘net zero mine’ is legally flawed, according to the ruling.
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Saturday, september 14, 2024
Friday, september 13, 2024
Climate change triggered a mega-tsunami that caused the Earth to vibrate for nine days
• 3:04 PM
5 min
Scientists were baffled by seismic signals which were recorded from the Arctic to Antarctica for more than a week last September.
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Von der Leyen moots ‘nature credits’ market to avert ecosystem collapse
• 2:05 PM
4 min
The European Commission is considering a market-based system to encourage farmers and industry to conserve nature and restore lost biodiversity by putting a price on ecosystems.
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Global charity calls for end to EU incentives for crop-based biofuels
• 1:11 PM
5 min
Oxfam argues that despite caps introduced in recent years the EU continues to drive demand for food crops and land to be diverted into fuel production, but the biofuel industry continues to insist it is part of the solution to climate change.
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Thursday, september 12, 2024
Wind and solar have risen to ‘new highs’ in the EU overtaking fossil fuels for the first time ever
• 2:04 PM
6 min
Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said the EU is now “well equipped” to meet climate neutrality goals.
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‘Punitive instrument’: Brazil says EU deforestation laws will affect one third of exports
• 2:03 PM
7 min
Brazil made €42 billion from exports of products from its forests in 2023 alone.
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Wednesday, september 11, 2024
Green recovery funds misapplied, unassessed according to EU auditors
• 3:31 PM
4 min
Spending overestimation on climate projects and miscount of actual sums spent in EU countries flagged by the latest report from the European Court of Auditors.
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EU still hesitant to sanction Russian gas as report highlights scale of ongoing imports
• 3:04 PM
5 min
The annual State of the EU Energy Union report shows Europe still relies on Russia for nearly a fifth of its gas imports, while the EU executive is concerned at the slow pace of the transition away from fossil fuels.
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European governments are using ‘harsh, overly broad’ laws to silence climate protesters
• 3:00 PM
6 min
Some Western nations are using old legislation or enacting harsh new laws to restrict the right to peaceful protest and impose disproportionate penalties, a report warns.
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Landmark EU report embraces green energy transition - but advocates for softer rules on PFAS
• 2:04 PM
6 min
The landmark Draghi report says the green energy transition is key to saving Europe's economy.
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‘They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats’: Why did Trump accuse immigrants of eating pets?
• 9:23 AM
9 min
‘There have been no credible reports of pets being harmed’, officials say.
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Tuesday, september 10, 2024
‘Irreversible coma’: Largest glacier in Italy’s Dolomites could disappear completely by 2040
• 4:00 PM
3 min
Since 1888, the glacier has lost more than 80 per cent of its surface area.
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CO2 isn’t the only greenhouse gas: Where are the most potent coming from and can they be stopped?
• 2:00 PM
15 min
Though it is the most well-known and second most abundant greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide is only one of the gases we need to tackle.
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Monday, september 9, 2024
Hungary slammed for 'absurd' proposal to delay aviation fuel levy until 2049
• 4:38 PM
4 min
While the diesel, petrol and electricity used for rail and road transport is heavily taxed, airlines and maritime transport – from fishing boats to cruise ships – continue to enjoy a free ride – a situation that may encourage environmentally harmful trave
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‘Three weeks without a drop of rain’: How the Balkans grappled with hottest summer in over 130 years
• 2:04 PM
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Southeast Europe was “trapped” this summer under a subtropical warm air mass from Western Africa and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Sunday, september 8, 2024
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Friday, september 6, 2024
New Dutch coalition climate plans: Why the regions are fighting to keep a successful rural programme
• 3:03 PM
6 min
There are concerns on what the new coalition’s plans will be for nature and the environment in the Netherlands.
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The country that invented ‘flight shame’ is scrapping their tax on flights
• 2:02 PM
6 min
The decision by the country’s right-wing coalition government has caused outrage among environmentalists.
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Summer 2024 is the hottest on record making it likely this will be the hottest year ever
• 8:00 AM
5 min
Europe was hit by deadly heatwaves and extreme weather from as early as June, with certain populations more at risk than others.
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Thursday, september 5, 2024
