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12 Oct 2012
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Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.
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For decades, oil majors fought climate regulation. Now, they’re afraid Trump’s extreme rollbacks could leave them on the hook to pay for what they’ve done.
EU to ban destruction of unsold clothes and shoes
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The European Commission has adopted new measures that will require medium and large companies to stop discarding unsold clothing and footwear, in the bloc’s latest move to target textile waste.
A three-year heatwave bleached half the planet’s coral reefs
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More than half of the world’s coral reefs were bleached between 2014 and 2017 – a record-setting episode now being eclipsed by another series of devastating heatwaves.
Why Trump might be onboard with a UN carbon-offset programme for airlines
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The president’s team has backed the rollout of an initiative that calls for the use of sustainable aviation fuel and carbon credits, even as Trump has pulled back from other international emissions-reduction efforts.
Warming climate threatens Greenland's ancestral way of life
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The Arctic region is on the frontline of global warming, heating up four times faster than the rest of the planet since 1979, according to a 2022 study in scientific journal Nature, causing the sea ice to retreat.
Nature's 'engine is grinding to a halt' as climate change gains pace, says study
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"Nature functions like a self-repairing engine, constantly swapping out old parts for new ones. But we found this engine is now grinding to a halt."
IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy
Wed 11 Feb 2026
The “undervaluing” of nature by businesses is fuelling its decline and putting the global economy at risk, according to a major new report.
Australia's renewables boom delivers coveted power price payoff
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Australia's wholesale electricity prices fell to the lowest in four years in 2025, bucking the rising price trends seen elsewhere and validating claims that renewables-heavy power system overhauls can help lower consumer power costs.
European industry revolts over EU plan to weaken carbon border tax
Wed 11 Feb 2026
From fertilisers to cement, manufacturers warn against introducing a kill switch into the just-launched CBAM scheme.
Trump set to gut US climate change policy and environmental regulations, White House official says
Wed 11 Feb 2026
The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official.
