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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:56 +0000

Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority

The world faces a “narrowing window” to restore forests essential for food security and resistance to the climate emergency, a United Nations report has warned.

More than 489m hectares (1.2bn acres) of forests have been cleared since 1990, while an even greater area is degraded, the world body said in a call for governments to make forest restoration a national priority.

Saving the Siamese crocodile: Cambodia moves to protect one of the world’s last wild populations

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:00:54 +0000

Indigenous communities play crucial role, as ‘genetic bank’ area of wetland offers hope for critically endangered reptile

In the 1990s, conservationists in Cambodia feared the Siamese crocodile had disappeared for good. Fishing and hunting had devastated the species throughout the 20th century, leaving populations across its native south-east Asia on the brink of extinction.

Samuel Alito steps aside in a major climate case amid scrutiny over oil stock holdings

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:47:41 +0000

Decision from conservative justice comes before court hears case on whether fossil-fuel firms deceived US public

Supreme court justice Samuel Alito recused himself on Monday from a major climate-change case after facing calls to step aside due to stock holdings in oil companies.

A letter posted in the case did not specify a reason, but the conservative justice has previously recused himself from other cases involving companies where he holds stock.

Can Labour bring down our energy bills? | Politics Weekly

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:02:56 +0000

Speaking to Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, said a mark of her success or failure would be whether she could get bills down and said she would do so. She also challenged Reform UK and the Tories on their climate inaction, saying they would eventually ‘bow’ because they were on the ‘wrong side of history’.

New tool directly links carbon emissions to amount of environmental and economic damage caused

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:00:43 +0000

Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight different factors, including lost food production

Trump administration to slash clean car rules aimed at cutting climate emissions

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:05:59 +0000

Environmentalists decry move that relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gas-powered cars

The Trump administration on Monday announced it was slashing clean car rules that had been aimed at reducing planet-heating emissions and boosting electric vehicles.

The move, which was criticized by environmentalists, relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks for model years 2022 through 2031.

‘Are these chemicals in my blood?’ How one community learned the truth about Pfas pollution

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:54:50 +0000

People living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’. Last week they received the alarming results

Last February, I got a call from a woman called Sam Hammond. We had been speaking on and off for a while over her growing concern that her garden could be affected by pollution from a nearby chemical plant.

Heat pump sales soar across Europe after states cut electricity taxes, data shows

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:53:52 +0000

EU to push member states to cut tax rate below duty on gas, with 11% surge in sales also put down to fallout from Iran war

Decades of fossil fuel influence paved way for Trump’s assault on university research, study says

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:33 +0000

Fossil fuel firms have spent years trying to regulate climate research by donating to US universities, study authors argue

Recent attacks on US universities by the Trump administration have built on decades of efforts by libertarian donor networks, fossil fuel companies and conservative thinktanks to reshape university governance and increase outside influence, according to a new study.

Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:00:33 +0000

The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast

Concerns are mounting about an ocean phenomenon known as a Kelvin wave that could raise sea levels along the California coastline by up to a foot, as scientists say El Niño is supercharging the threat of storm surges and flooding in the coming months.