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Nine percent of England's farmland needs to be converted into wildlife habitats and forestsWednesday - Roughly nine percent of England's farmland needs to be converted into habitats for wildlife and forest by 2050 in order to meet the country's nature and net-zero goals, according to a consultation launched by Steve Reed, the United Kingdom's environment secretary. |
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US: More than 1000 Environmental Protection workers could be dismissed immediatelyWednesday - The Trump administration has notified more than 1,000 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency that they could be dismissed immediately. |
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Lack of financial support would force India to reduce climate ambitionWednesday - The failure of the developed countries to commit adequate amounts of climate finance at last year's climate conference in Baku might force India to temper the ambition of its climate targets for 2035, the government said Friday. |
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Living near active oil and gas wells may have increased risk of dying from COVID-19Wednesday - Californians who lived near the highest-producing wells were more likely to die of COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic, recent research shows. |
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Rice variant slashes planet-warming methane emissions by 70 per centWednesday - Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much less methane, a potent greenhouse gas, when it is grown in flooded fields. |
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Thousands flee homes as floods hit AustraliaTuesday - A woman has died in Australia and thousands have been forced to flee their homes after torrential rainfall caused flooding in northern Queensland. |
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Paris Agreement no longer relevant for Indonesia, says envoyTuesday - Indonesia's special envoy for climate change and energy, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, said he considers the Paris Agreement no longer relevant for Indonesia following the US withdrawal from the deal. |
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Shell dodges paying compensation for sham carbon credits in ChinaTuesday - The energy giant exited the failed projects after Verra asked for redress, but a legal expert says Shell should be held responsible. |
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Canada carbon tax appears dead after Carney pledges to scrap itTuesday - Canada’s national carbon tax on consumer fuels is likely in its final weeks after both major contenders to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader have promised to scrap it. |
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Saving surf breaks to fight climate changeTuesday - The places where epic waves break store millions of tons of carbon. Preserving them protects a sport and the planet. |
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USDA ordered to scrub climate change from websitesTuesday - Agriculture Department employees have been ordered to delete landing pages discussing climate change across agency websites and document climate change references for further review, according to an... |
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US Treasury withdraws from global climate-related financial oversight initiativeMonday - The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) has withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS). |
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Leaders in the Pacific raise alarm over 'direct impact' of Trump's climate retreat and aid freezeMonday - Samoa's prime minister says US withdrawal from Paris climate agreement is 'very disappointing' and puts the survival of Pacific countries at greater risk. |
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In historic win, court rules against UK's Rosebank oilfield over climate impactsMonday - The decision by the previous Conservative government in the United Kingdom to approve the giant Rosebank oilfield off Shetland was ruled unlawful by an Edinburgh court on Thursday. |
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African nations want to connect 300 million people to electricity by 2030Monday - Several African nations committed on Monday to open up their electricity sectors to attract investors and light up homes of 300 million people currently lacking power in the next six years. |
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'Catastrophic' 2023 lake outburst in India driven by glacial melt and permafrost thawMonday - Climate change played a key role in the "catastrophic" 2023 floods in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India, a new study says. |
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California considers letting victims of natural disasters sue oil companies for damagesMonday - Oil and gas companies would be liable for damages caused by climate change-related disasters in California under legislation introduced Monday by two Democratic lawmakers. |
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Swiss government approves new climate goals after court rebuke31 Jan 25 - Switzerland's government on Wednesday approved new climate targets, proposing a cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 of at least 65% compared to 1990 levels. |
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