Nuclear energy cannot lead the global energy transition | Climate Crisis
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake and a subsequent 15-metre tsunami struck Japan, which triggered a nuclear disaster at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear…
Disneyland is ditching gas cars at Autopia. It’s a great first step for Tomorrowland
The air tastes putrid. The traffic is terrible. The engines are loud, the oil-stained roadways ugly and antiquated. This is Autopia, part of Walt Disney’s…
Female authors address climate change and an unlivable world
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Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa’s cocoa crisis deepens | Agriculture News
Long the world’s undisputed cocoa powerhouses, accounting for more than 60 percent of global supply, Ghana and its West African neighbour Ivory Coast are both…
Meet the writers pitching Hollywood studios on climate change stories
Nicole Conlan writes jokes for Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show.” But her master’s in urban planning from USC and her experiences growing up in…
Extreme heat is deadly. Californians need to pay up to protect themselves
“If there is one idea in this book that might save your life, it is this: The human body, like all living things, is a…
How storytellers can inspire climate action without killing hope
Book Review We Loved It All: A Memory of Life By Lydia MilletW.W. Norton & Company: 272 pages, $27.99If you buy books linked on our…
NATO Makes Its Wartime Debut As a Climate Tech Investor
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessThe military alliance has a €1 billion investment fund for startups and is backing 13 companies working on technology for energy grids.Author of…
Thousands in Ladakh protest demanding climate action and land rights in freezing conditions
In short: Thousands of people are protesting in freezing conditions in a remote part of India.The group is demanding climate action and greater autonomy over how…
In North East Nigeria, Local Farmers Lament Lack Of Access To NiMet’s Climate Predictions
Every year, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) provides the seasonal climate prediction (SCP), giving the outlook of various climatic variables such as rainfall and temperature…
Why are residents rejecting Chiquita Canyon Landfill relief?
After enduring rancid landfill odors for roughly a year, some Santa Clarita Valley residents have reached their breaking point. A high-temperature chemical reaction has caused…
How Climate Change Affects Women In Northeastern Nigeria
On a Saturday evening in November last year, a pickup truck came to a stop in front of an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in…
Scotland's climate target unreachable says watchdog
Independent advisers say ministers have not delivered the policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Source link
Can the merger of two oil giants benefit the climate?
Welcome to Boiling Point! My name is Tony Briscoe. I’m the air quality and environmental health reporter at the L.A. Times. I’m filling in for…
Can Vietnam’s Robusta save coffee amid climate threat to Arabica beans? | Food
Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam – The white-walled room in a house on the outskirts of Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam’s coffee capital, is quiet. The only…
Why are one-fifth of the world’s migratory species facing extinction? | Wildlife News
The flocks of birds that fill the skies during their long migrations and the herds of animals that make their way across vast expanses of…
Climate change protesters disrupt Jeremy Strong Broadway play
A trio of climate change protesters disrupted a Broadway preview of “An Enemy of the People” on Thursday night in what some audience members —…
The Sacrifice Zone | Al Jazeera
People and Power travels to Zambia to investigate one of the world’s worst ‘sacrifice zones’. Around the world, tens of millions of people live in…
Water is life. It’s also energy — whether you like dams or hate them
The rain and snow that have drenched California and much of the American West over the last few months — at least relative to some…
Australian Alps snow cover to fare worst in the world under climate change, German study finds
In short: New research expects climate change will cause a decline in snowfall across the globe by the end of the century.The study found Australia's…