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Participants in the negotiations on plastic pollution are determined to finalize a treaty
Mongabay
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August 11, 2025
Despite some progress, negotiations on a binding global treaty to deal with plastic pollution has yet to be finalized. The reliance on consensus is slowing down negotiations, as disagreements remain between states in favor of reducing the...
SGN demonstrates methane emissions reduction with smart gas pressure management
Smart Energy International
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August 11, 2025
British gas distributor SGN and tech company Utonomy have completed a six-month demonstration of the impact of advanced pressure control in reducing methane emissions from the gas grid. Over the period, SGN and Utonomy project a 16% methane...
The greenhouse gases we’re not accounting for
MIT Technology Review
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August 7, 2025
But one thing is already clear: Since the current scenarios don’t fully account for these feedback effects, the world will almost certainly warm faster than is now forecast, which underscores the importance of carrying out this exercise....
Australia can hit an 85 per cent emissions cut by 2035 – if government and business seize the moment
The Fifth Estate
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August 11, 2025
Discussions are hotting up over Australia’s 2035 emission reduction target, which the federal government is due to reveal by September this year. It will be a crucial announcement, for several reasons. The target signals to the world whether...
The Download: how AI is improving itself, and hidden greenhouse gases
MIT Technology Review
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August 7, 2025
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg declared that Meta aims to achieve smarter-than-human AI. He seems to have a recipe for achieving that goal, and the first ingredient is human talent: Zuckerberg has reportedly tried to lure top researchers to Meta...
IFS Partners with Climatiq to Launch Emissions Management in IFS Cloud
Middle East News 247
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August 11, 2025
IFS, the leading provider of enterprise cloud and Industrial AI software, has announced a strategic partnership with carbon intelligence platform Climatiq, coinciding with the launch of its new Emissions Management module in IFS Cloud. This launch...
Trump's latest attack on carbon research will hamper Canadian scientists
Canada's National Observer
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August 13, 2025
In early August, Debra Wunch, an atmospheric physicist at the University of Toronto, got wind that the Trump administration might destroy the NASA satellite that underpins her career. "It's devastating," said Wunch, who studies how many greenhouse...
Developing Integrated Approaches to Human Rights, Climate, and Nature
BSR
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Key Points Landmark court decisions and new sustainability laws highlight the urgent need to tackle the triple planetary crisis—climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss—while safeguarding human rights. However, siloed operational...
We have clean energy. If only we could get it to EVs
Anthropocene
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August 14, 2025
Battery-powered vehicles are plugged as a way to cut the transport sector emissions. But the outdated transmission grid in the United States is a major obstacle keeping EVs from delivering on their emissions-reduction promise, researchers say in a...
Nations gather to confront the world's spiraling plastic pollution crisis
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce - Washington State
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Subscriber content preview August 11, 2025 A key split is whether a treaty should require cutting plastic production — or if redesign, recycling and reuse can solve the problem. By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Nations have been meeting...
County beaches run the gamut in water pollution study
Star Beacon - Ohio
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Beaches across Ashtabula County’s Lake Erie shoreline had varying results in a recent analysis of 2024 water pollution levels. An Environment Ohio Research and Policy Center report found 92% of Ohio Lake Erie beaches were potentially unsafe for at...
Arabian Chameleon in Dhofar faces a threat from poaching, pollution: EA
Oman Observer
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August 11, 2025
The Arabian Chameleon, a rare and distinctive creature in the Dhofar Mountains, though not endangered, faces local threats due to habitat loss, pollution, and poaching, according to the Environment Authority. EA said it is strictly prohibited to...
Cow dung to power cars in India without causing pollution
The Straits Times
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August 11, 2025
Uttar Pradesh’s rural economy is set to get a boost as – for the first time – methane will be produced from cow dung on a large scale, producing fuel that can power vehicles over long distances, creating rural jobs and strengthening the green...
Are Trump’s Climate Moves Imperiling National Security?
Inkstick Media
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August 14, 2025
Jamie Minden was a high school freshman in California when she experienced the most destructive wildfire in her state’s history. The Camp Fire ravaged multiple communities with help from high winds and drought conditions worsened by global...
EXCLUSIVE - Martin Lines: "We cannot keep demanding more food at lower prices and then acting surprised when pollution increases"
Farmers Guardian
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August 11, 2025
Image: Martin Lines, arable farmer and chief executive at the Nature Friendly Farming Network, said: "All too frequently, small family farms are expected to shoulder the burden while large, powerful businesses carry on unchecked. We need joined-up...
Astronomers use starlight to measure greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere
Space.com
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August 7, 2025
Astronomers are known for peering deep into the universe, but now, their observations might also help us better understand what's happening right here on Earth. Scientists from the University of Warwick, in collaboration with Spanish institutions,...
State awards funding to plug old gas wells in area
The Courier Express - Pennsylvania
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HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded $7,240,000 to 35 Marginal Conventional Well (MCW) plugging projects — covering 329 wells — across the Commonwealth through the Methane Emissions Reduction...
Atmospheric CO2 Points To Dramatic Slowing Of China's Economy
myMotherLode - California
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Thursday, August 14, 2025 11:07 AM EDT Image Source: Unsplash China is, by a very wide margin, the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide emissions. China's emissions of CO₂ are so large that we can use measurements of the concentration of...
Texas A&M researchers apply artificial intelligence to study forecast pollution
KENS - Texas
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August 11, 2025
Researchers found environmental pollution increases following severe weather events, including heavy rainfall or lightning. COLLEGE STATION, Texas — In the heart of College Station at Texas A&M University, researchers are examining if there is a...
Four days left to square the circle on global plastic pollution treaty
Leader Publications - Missouri
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Countries remained at loggerheads Monday over how to tackle plastic pollution, with only four days left to craft a landmark global treaty on reining in the ever-growing scourge. While plastic has transformed modern life, plastic pollution poses an...