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Could the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reversal Help Factory Farms Pollute Even More?
Sentient Media
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August 5, 2025
On July 29, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the agency plans to rescind its 2009 finding that greenhouse gas emissions are harmful to human health. The agency relies on this finding to regulate climate emissions, and experts say that...
Renaturalisation of wetlands slows global warming and species decline
Euronews
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August 6, 2025
Published on 06/08/2025 - 15:00 GMT+2 Europe's ecosystems should be functioning again by 2050. The EU's renaturation regulation requires the rewetting of some agricultural areas. Restoring moors is good for climate protection and biodiversity,...
Momentum Sagging At UN Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks
International Business Times - Australia
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August 9, 2025
Talks on forging a landmark treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were stumbling Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on how far the proposed agreement should go. The negotiations, which opened on Tuesday, have...
EPA to Repeal Pivotal Finding on the Hazards of Greenhouse Gases
Undark Magazine
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August 5, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to end the basic government consensus that climate change hurts human health and the environment, launching what’s likely to become a multiyear legal battle over whether the United States can set...
Where’s the global warming when you need it?
The Spectator Australia
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August 5, 2025
The title of this piece is the refrain I use when bumping into Woke acquaintances in my country town when we have weather like we’ve been experiencing recently – cold temperatures, snow falls in the highlands, and torrential rain on the coast. I...
E China's village actively explores ways to reduce pollution and carbon emissions
People's Daily Online
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(Xinhua) 13:36, August 05, 2025 Residential buildings for villagers are pictured at Meilin Village in Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Aug. 4, 2025. Meilin, which has long been a model village for rural...
Renault "well-positioned" to meet new Australian emissions regulations
Nyngan Observer
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The French brand only sells two electric vehicles (EV) in Australia, the Megane E-Tech and Kangoo E-Tech, and only recently introduced a mild-hybrid in the form of the Duster. That's despite Renault offering several models with mild-, full-, or...
Pollution in Byrnihat has come down: CM
The Shillong Times
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August 7, 2025
By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Aug 7: Byrnihat’s pollution levels have significantly decreased compared to earlier readings, according to Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma. He said state government has initiated the installation of a live pollution...
Russia expecting the grain harvest to tumble by 20mn tonnes as Global Warming pushes its fertile grain belt northwards
BNE Intellinews
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Russia is on course to see its grain harvest tumble by 20mn tonnes as its grain belt bakes in a Climate Crisis heatwave and Global Warming shifts its fertile grain belt northwards. Russia’s Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR) is...
Trump Administration Moves to Destroy Satellite That Monitors Greenhouse Gases
Gizmodo
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August 5, 2025
The Trump Administration’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2026 would take an axe to NASA science. Two satellite missions on the chopping block have provided climate scientists, oil and gas companies, and farmers with critical atmospheric carbon...
Two die, thousands displaced as heatwave scorches Europe
Dawn
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August 13, 2025
MADRID: Two men died and thousands were forced from their homes on Tuesday as wildfires fuelled by a heatwave scorched southern Europe. Heat alerts were issued in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans, with temperatures expected to soar...
South African Study Finds 4 Low-Income Communities Can't Cope With Global Warming: What Needs To Change
MENAFN
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August 5, 2025
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Climate change is not new: temperatures have been rising for decades as a result of global warming. In South Africa's city of Pietermaritzburg, four low-income urban communities have experienced drought, heatwaves,...
Walsh: EPA proposal a step in the right direction for common sense environmental policy
Nisqually Valley News - Washington State
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August 12, 2025
By Rep. Jim Walsh / R-Aberdeen About two weeks ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it was beginning the process of rescinding its 2009 “Endangerment Finding” on greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution — a bureaucratic...
Blended finance for climate action
Bangkok Post
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August 12, 2025
It takes policy support, commitment and also money to tackle climate change. For the latter, Thailand needs around 5-7 trillion baht in climate finance to achieve its carbon neutrality and net-zero emissions by 2050 and 2065, respectively....
UN plastic pollution treaty talks stalled
Bangkok Post
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August 9, 2025
Countries gathered in Geneva face Aug 14 deadline to reach an agreement PUBLISHED : 9 Aug 2025 at 21:45 GENEVA - Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and...
Talks on finalising an international, legally-binding instrument on plastic pollution are being held at the UN in Geneva
KTBS 3 - Louisiana
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August 9, 2025
Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on what the proposed agreement should cover.
Campaigners Confront Plastics Treaty Delegates, Demanding Deal That Stops Pollution 'At Its Source'
Common Dreams
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August 9, 2025
As the final negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty reached the halfway point on Saturday, delegates entering the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland for the day's talks were met by more than 200 campaigners representing civil society...
Gas Stove Emissions Pose Significant Health Risks, Pasadena Public Health Department Reports
Pasadena Now - California
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Pasadena Public Health released a comprehensive report highlighting the potential health risks associated with gas stove emissions and providing practical guidance for residents to minimize exposure. The report, led by Manuel Carmona, director of...
World AFP UN plastic pollution treaty talks floundering
Yahoo News
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Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on what the proposed agreement should cover. The negotiations, which opened on Tuesday,...
UN plastic pollution treaty talks floundering
eNCA
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Talks on forging a groundbreaking treaty to combat the scourge of plastic pollution were floundering Saturday, with progress slow and countries wildly at odds on what the proposed agreement should cover. The negotiations, which opened on Tuesday,...