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US fossil fuel industry campaigns to kill policies that ban gas in new buildings

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:09:35 +0000

Oil and gas interests coordinate campaign to stop local and state policies, putting climate at risk, new report shows

Oil and gas interests have waged a coordinated campaign to kill pro-electrification policies that ban gas connections in new buildings, putting the climate at risk, according to a new report.

Since 2019, utilities and fossil fuel trade groups, including the American Gas Association (AGA) and National Propane Gas Association (NPGA), have worked together to successfully thwart various local and state efforts.

Sellafield nuclear site plans cuts as chief says £2.8bn funding ‘not enough’

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:02:23 +0000

Exclusive: Union concerned over safety as site’s bosses say budget does not cover work planned

Sellafield has said nearly £3bn in new funding is “not enough” and bosses are now examining swingeing cuts, prompting fears over jobs and safety at the vast nuclear waste dump.

The Cumbrian nuclear site, which is home to the world’s largest store of plutonium, was last week awarded £2.8bn for the next financial year, the bulk of the total of just over £4bn funds allotted to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, a taxpayer-owned and funded quango.

BP expected to scrap renewables target in shift back to fossil fuels

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:39:46 +0000

Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this week

BP is expected to ditch a target to ramp up renewable energy generation by 2030 as part of a shift back towards fossil fuels when it presents its strategy to investors this week.

The chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, is poised to tell shareholders that the oil and gas company is scrapping its target to increase renewable generation 20-fold between 2019 and 2030 to 50 gigawatts, Reuters reported.

LA’s urban farmers pledge to rebuild and replant ‘even more than ever before’ after devastating wildfires

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:00:10 +0000

The January blazes wiped out a thriving communal food pathway unique to the Altadena neighborhood, but farmers are starting to plan for its renewal

A frog: their eyes can detect a single photon of light | Helen Sullivan

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:00:01 +0000

Their metamorphosis seems more like a human’s than a butterfly’s – so much is visible, and awkward, whereas the butterfly forms in secret

German election shows how far green wave has receded in Europe

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:12:31 +0000

Result is further evidence that political conversation around the climate crisis has shifted

Elimination of federal climate tools, some used to inquire in to Musk’s firms, sparks alarm

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:00:57 +0000

Environment justice advocates say tools to study pollution in vulnerable communities by companies, including xAI and SpaceX, have disappeared

As Donald Trump’s administration continues its purge of federal agencies, environmental justice campaigners are alarmed by the disappearance of federal environmental and climate data tools – some of which have been used to identify pollution concerns about Elon Musk’s companies.

Forest fires push up greenhouse gas emissions from war in Ukraine

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:56 +0000

Emissions estimated at 55m tonnes in 2024 and nearly 230m tonnes in three years of war

The burning of Ukraine’s forests at unprecedented rates over the past year has helped push the total greenhouse emissions from the war since Russia’s full-scale invasion to almost 230m tonnes, analysis shows.

The study, published on the third anniversary of the invasion, found the fighting and its consequences had led to 55m tonnes of emissions in the past 12 months.

‘Super exciting’ visit of dolphins to East River offers hope of cleaner New York

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:00:02 +0000

The rare sighting of two common short-beaked dolphins hints at an environmental success story

When New Yorkers were graced by the presence of two dolphins in the city’s East River earlier this month, marine experts said such a sighting was rare – but also a sign that this spring and summer season could be a good one for spotting more marine mammals, both great and small.

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 06:00:05 +0000

Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security

The net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the country while cutting climate-heating emissions and increasing energy security.

The net zero economy grew by 10% in 2024 and generated £83bn in gross value added (GVA), a measure of how much value companies add through the goods and services they produce.