Sharing Curated News About The Environment & Climate Change
This Indian city is using smartwatches to track the impact of increasingly deadly extreme heat.
Cities like Ahmedabad have always had hot summers, but now they're nearing the threshold beyond which exposure for more than a few hours can be fatal. #ClimateChange
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On.
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security. #ClimateChange
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl
Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways.
The problem with climate change isn’t just the temperature – it’s also how fast the climate is changing today. #ClimateChange
Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out against industrial fishing in new film.
The celebrated presenter warns of ‘modern day colonialism at sea’ as he highlights the destruction caused by overfishing and bottom trawling. #ClimateChange
How to reduce microplastic exposure and protect your health.
Microplastics are everywhere and impossible to completely avoid, but small changes can make a difference for your health. #ClimateChange
Germany’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, EnBW’s He Dreiht, just hit a big milestone: The first enormous turbine is now up in the North Sea.
Just one spin of one of the rotors can generate enough electricity to power four households for an entire day. #ClimateChange
Hawaii plans to increase hotel tax to help it cope with climate change.
State leaders say they'll use the funds for projects like replenishing sand on eroding beaches, helping homeowners install hurricane clips on their roofs and removing invasive grasses like those that fueled the deadly wildfire that destroyed Lahaina two years ago. #ClimateChange
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382139/hawaii-hotel-tax-climate-change
Landmark ruling should encourage more cities to ban fossil fuel ads, campaigners urge.
The general health interests of citizens are worth more than the commercial interests of advertisers, the court said. #ClimateChange
Farmers are making bank harvesting a new crop: Solar energy.
In California's water-stressed Central Valley, farmers are fallowing land and installing solar, providing financial stability and saving water. #ClimateChange
https://grist.org/climate-energy/farmers-are-making-bank-harvesting-a-new-crop-solar-energy/
Scientists use AI to track rapid glacier loss in Arctic Norway.
They found that the melt rate has accelerated in the past two decades. #ClimateChange
10 charts prove that clean energy is winning.
Climate progress is actually good business. #ClimateChange
https://grist.org/energy/10-charts-prove-that-clean-energy-is-winning-even-in-the-trump-era/
Corporate giants fall short on forest protection commitments, report.
The “Forest 500 Report 2025” by Global Canopy reveals that only 3% of major companies with influence over forest-risk commodities are taking adequate action on deforestation, with beef identified as the biggest driver. #ClimateChange
‘You sold it – now recycle it’: the protesters mailing worn-out clothes to the shops they bought them from.
We’re running out of ideas on how to deal with our used clothes – and the rag mountain just keeps growing. #ClimateChange
Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to manufacture household plastics may be connected to more than 356,000 cardiovascular-related deaths in 2018 alone, a new analysis has found. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
Heat waves may accelerate the aging process.
Recent studies have found that prolonged exposure to elevated temperatures can be harmful to health – and might even influence aging. #ClimateChange
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/heat-waves-may-accelerate-the-aging-process/
Solar Power Surges Around The World.
While reactionaries all across America are getting out their pitchforks to oppose solar and wind power, renewables continue to grow, not only in Europe and China but in the US as well. #ClimateChange
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/26/solar-power-surges-around-the-world/
Weather tracker: early summer heat likely in US and western Europe.
Peak of 30C expected in Washington DC, while a heatwave is expected to intensify in Pakistan and parts of India. #ClimateChange
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/28/weather-tracker-taste-summer-us-western-europe
From Greenland to Ghana, Indigenous youth work for climate justice.
“No matter what happens we will stand, and we will fight, and we will keep pushing for solutions.” #ClimateChange
https://grist.org/indigenous/from-greenland-to-ghana-indigenous-youth-work-for-climate-justice/
Who Has the Right to Decide What Happens on Indigenous Lands?
In Ecuador, Indigenous communities are fighting for stronger safeguards to protect their sovereignty as more oil drilling looms. A right to say no to unwanted development could revolutionize consultation processes used around the world. #ClimateChange
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27042025/ecuador-indigenous-land-rights-oil-drilling/
More than 100 landfills in England may be leaching ‘highly hazardous’ waste.
Inadequate record keeping means councils do not know whether former waste sites contain toxic substances. #ClimateChange