Pollution
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Environment: Oil and gas producers underreport methane emissions
Who should be the last producers of oil and gas? Peter Sainsbury Pearls and Irritations What are Australia’s commonest birds?…
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‘Worst I Have Seen’: 75% of Great Barrier Reef Suffers Coral Bleaching
“We cannot expect to save the Great Barrier Reef and be opening new fossil fuel developments.” Brett Wilkins Common Dreams…
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Signature by Canada of the BBNJ Agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
On 4 March 2024, the United Nations Legal Counsel received Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, The…
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The UK environmental protections dropped since Brexit
The scale of the law changes means environmental legislation in the UK is facing death by a thousand cuts Helena…
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Will female candidates transform politics in Congo?
Ahead of the December 20 elections, support for a fresh wave of female candidates is growing. Zanem Nety Zaidi In…
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Pakistan’s Air Pollution Shortens Lives
Air pollution in Pakistan is having a devastating impact on people’s health. Saroop Ijaz Senior Counsel, Asia Division As global…
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Conflict pollution, washed-up landmines and military emissions – here’s how war trashes the environment
But the suffering from war doesn’t stop when the fighting does. The Conversation War trashes the environment. Artillery strikes, rockets…
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Energy agency: CO2 emissions rise in 2022, but more slowly
While coal emissions grew 2% as countries that previously imported natural gas from Russia scrambled for other energy sources, this…
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The Overshoot Dilemma
A special commission has been established to investigate a way out of the biggest human-caused failure of all time. Robert…
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Australian methane emissions massively underestimated – report
And unless quick action is taken, it could prevent the country from reaching its emission reduction targets. Tiffanie Turnbull BBC…
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Great Barrier Reef: Australia confirms new mass bleaching event
It is the fourth time in six years that such severe and widespread damage – caused by warm sea temperatures…
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Toxic Pollution Demands ‘Immediate, Ambitious Action’
A new report by United Nations experts is raising renewed alarms about toxic pollution’s devastating impact on human rights. Juliane Kippenberg HRW…
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Peru oil spill after Tonga eruption an ‘ecological disaster’
The La Pampilla refinery has leaked over 6,000 barrels of oil after a tanker was hit by waves linked to…
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Time to give the ocean its own legal voice
While we debate how Aotearoa New Zealand can move towards a significantly decarbonised world, and how in doing so we…
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It’ll take away our livelihoods’: Welsh farmers on rewilding and carbon markets
Teleri Fielden is suddenly very despairing. Tom Levitt The Guardian After skirting around the topic for the best part of…
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UN: Climate change threatens over 100 million people in Africa
A UN report said the continent’s glaciers could all melt by the 2040s. Deutsche Welle A new report from the…
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