https://www.europesays.com/1858358/ Teams work to curb environmental impact from oil spill in chalk stream #BrownTrout #ChalkStream #Environment #EnvironmentAgency #London #LondonFireBrigade #OilSpill #RiverWandle #spokesperson
https://www.europesays.com/1858358/ Teams work to curb environmental impact from oil spill in chalk stream #BrownTrout #ChalkStream #Environment #EnvironmentAgency #London #LondonFireBrigade #OilSpill #RiverWandle #spokesperson
Quick rebuild sought after Los Angeles wildfires, but same risks threaten new disasters https://www.bocvip.com/763978/quick-rebuild-sought-after-los-angeles-wildfires-but-same-risks-threaten-new-disasters/ #environment
Teams work to curb environmental impact from oil spill in chalk stream
Thousands of litres of oil have spilled into the environment and polluted a rare chalk stream in London,…
#Environment
https://www.europesays.com/1858358/
Delicate and flower-like Blue Octocoral at an #Oahu #reef These are colonies of ocean polyps held together with an external skeleton. Your #sealife #photooftheday
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The women who made America’s microchips and the children who paid for it https://www.theverge.com/features/611297/manufacturing-workers-semiconductor-computer-chip-birth-defect #Environment #Features #Science #Health #Policy #Labor #Tech
New York's utility regulator on Thursday granted a unit of Norwegian energy firm Equinor (EQNR.OL), permission to build and operate transmission facilities for the company's Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm under construction off the state coast.
The transmission line for the project runs about 17.5 miles (28.2 kilometers) from the boundary of New York State waters to a point of interconnection in Brooklyn, the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) said in a release #renewables #renewableenergy #wind #environment #climate #ClimateChange https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/new-york-approves-power-line-equinor-offshore-wind-farm-2025-02-13/
Plastic is everywhere. No matter how hard we try, it's virtually impossible to get away from it.
And why? Because the increasing use of plastic is almost single-handedly saving the fossil fuel industry from extinction.
Big Oil and their financiers and the politicians they own are desperate to do anything to keep the oil and the money flowing – even if it leads to *our* extinction.
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The oil and gas industry’s scenario for growth is making more plastics and more chemicals. Petrochemicals are expected to account for more than a third of the growth in global oil demand, according to the International Energy Agency, driven largely by the demand for plastics.
Plastic production has increased “almost exponentially” and is projected to triple by 2060, according to a 2023 report.
Petrochemical manufacturing is already the world’s largest industrial energy consumer and the third-largest source of carbon dioxide emissions.
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FULL ARTICLE -- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12022025/petrochemical-industry-thwarting-transition-from-fossil-fuels/
Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/greenland-s-rapidly-melting-ice-and-20175145.php
[PODCAST] A recent paper in the journal Nature Climate Change concludes there is limited accountability for corporations that fail to achieve their climate change mitigation targets. Lofty sounding initiatives like “carbon neutrality” or “net zero emissions” goals are often met with positive fanfare, but when companies eventually fail to reach them, there are scant consequences.
Climate Connections features Steeve Côté
Winter ticks can cause moose to lose their fur, stop eating and become weak. For calves, they could be deadly
U.S. potato chip prices up 50% in a decade as climate change impacts crops
~2 minutes
In the United States, the cost of potato chips has increased by nearly 50% over the past decade. Inflation plays a role, but climate change is another key factor
How bad is it? No one really knows. And no one in power cares.
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Our brains are full of plastic.
Scientists still don’t know what this plastic is doing to us. And because research takes time, while scientists try to answer the question we just keep inhaling, eating, and drinking tiny pieces of plastic.
Why? Regulatory action has never really stopped the U.S. plastics industry from cranking out more plastic, even as clean air and water advocates try to fight the industry’s pollution problems. And now back in office is a President beholden to fossil fuel interests, a leader who uses his new powers to demand the use of plastic straws and an administration that is hell-bent on crippling EPA’s mission to keep us safe rather than empowering it.
Meanwhile, we do not know what all this plastic is doing to us. And no one currently in charge seems to care.
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FULL STORY -- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-arent-we-losing-our-minds-over-the-plastic-in-our-brains/
“They need to stop talking about distant polar bears and start connecting the issue to real, tangible concerns — like energy affordability, local conservation and disaster resilience.”
Added Franz: “Until that shift happens, climate will continue to be a secondary issue at the ballot box, not because voters don’t care, but because they aren’t being given a compelling reason to prioritize it.”
‘An unprecedented situation’: EPA plan for LA wildfire cleanup stirs protests over toxic dangers https://www.bocvip.com/763914/an-unprecedented-situation-epa-plan-for-la-wildfire-cleanup-stirs-protests-over-toxic-dangers/ #environment
'We saved Notre-Dame, why not the Camargue?': The French coastline fighting the rising tide.
An area of coastline in the Camargue is suffering the effects of the worst erosion and submersion on the Mediterranean. But in this land of pink flamingos and white horses, 25% of which lies below sea level, the debate over how best to respond to the threat is becoming heated.
Developing world urges rich nations to defy Trump’s ‘climate nihilism’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/19/developing-world-urges-rich-nations-to-defy-trumps-climate-nihilism #Leastdevelopedcountries #Greenhousegasemissions #Climatefinance #Climatecrisis #DonaldTrump #Environment #Brazil #Cop30 #Cop29
Key climate and energy tasks for Germany's next government
Germany's next government will have to tackle many climate and energy challenges - some of them it will inherit from the outgoing government, while others become more urgent as the country's 2030 targets come into sight. This factsheet outlines tasks with an urgent need for action
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/key-climate-and-energy-matters-germanys-next-government
The government must make the right call and stop Rosebank for good
Lauren MacDonald
5–6 minutes
For a safe climate and affordable energy, we must stop Rosebank and all new oil and gas now
Study: US banks could lose billions due to climate risk from meat and dairy farms
Moriah Costa
3–4 minutes
US banks could face trillions of dollars in losses from climate risk at the top meat, dairy and animal feed producers, a study by Netherlands-based research group Profundo has found
https://greencentralbanking.com/2025/02/19/us-banks-climate-risk-meat-and-dairy-farms-agriculture/
Climate Change Reduces Snow on Greece’s Mountains, Ski Resorts
https://www.thenationalherald.com/climate-change-reduces-snow-on-greeces-mountains-ski-resorts/