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Florida faces rising climate threats in 4 disaster reports
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Florida's climate challenges are intensifying, with hurricanes, inland flooding, wildfires and rising sea levels spotlighting the state’s vulnerability to climate change
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article304623561.html
Australia’s biggest industrial polluter receives millions in carbon credits despite rising emissions
Safeguard mechanism revamp leads to overall emissions fall but 70% of coal and gas facilities covered by scheme increased direct pollution
The Guardian · Australia’s biggest industrial polluter receives millions in carbon credits despite rising emissions
Trump Admin Aims to Gut Endangered Species Act Habitat Protections https://www.ecowatch.com/endangered-species-protections-trump-2.html
EcoWatch · Trump Admin Aims to Gut Endangered Species Act Habitat Protections
Iowa Dairy Manure Spill Kills Over 100,000 Fish in 10-Mile Stretch of Dry Run Creek https://sentientmedia.org/iowa-dairy-manure-spill-kills-fish/
Sentient · Iowa Dairy Manure Spill Kills Over 100,000 Fish in 10-Mile Stretch of Dry Run CreekState records reveal a faulty manure control structure noted in previous inspections, and “freshly dead fish with some stranded gasping for air, manure on top of ice, and dirty flowing water below ice…”
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"Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again"
The Guardian · Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again
Speaking of plastic bags, while grocery shopping last week some guy was putting bananas in the thin produce plastic bags.
I stopped and inquired why.
He said it was what his mother always used to protect bananas.
I pointed out that bananas grow a thick natural protective cover and that placing fruit in plastic often leads to mold growth.
Excellent podcast from RadioLab, the impossible task of putting a price on nature and why you should and why you shouldn't. Well worth a half hour of your time. #Podcast #Environment #nature #Economy https://radiolab.org/podcast/ghosts-in-the-green-machine
Radiolab Podcasts | WNYC StudiosGhosts in the Green MachineJoin us in the doomed and impossible task of quantifying how much the Earth is worth.
"Fake documents, real deforestation drive global trade in illegal Amazon timber"
Mongabay Environmental News · Fake documents, real deforestation drive global trade in illegal Amazon timber“Everyone does it.” That’s how the representative of a sawmill described the practice of selling fake documents to illegal timber from the Brazilian Amazon as legitimate, a fraud known as timber laundering. The testimony was collected by a team from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a U.S.-based organization that fights environmental crime, during investigations into […]
Kenya arrests 4 suspected ant traffickers, seize 5,300 harvester ants https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/kenya-arrests-4-suspected-ant-traffickers-seize-5300-harvester-ants/
Mongabay Environmental News · Kenya arrests 4 suspected ant traffickers, seize 5,300 harvester antsIn two separate but related incidents, Kenyan authorities have arrested four suspects for illegally possessing and attempting to smuggle some 5,300 ants valued at about 1.2 million Kenyan shillings ($9,250), destined for the exotic pet trade. The ants, which included the giant harvester ants (Messor cephalotes), were being trafficked to Asia and Europe. In the […]
"Plastic-eating seabird chicks show signs of organ failure and cognitive decline"
Mongabay Environmental News · Plastic-eating seabird chicks show signs of organ failure and cognitive declineFor years, Jack Auty studied how inflammation in the human body drives diseases, ranging from stroke to sepsis to Alzheimer’s, at the Tasmanian School of Medicine. But a visit to a seabird colony five years ago, where he saw many dead sable shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) chicks washed up ashore with their guts full of plastics, […]
Toronto urges residents to cut night lights to save millions of migratory birds
Toronto is dimming its lights to help save migrating birds. Turning off unnecessary lights at night can help prevent fatal window collisions this spring.
#city #birds #environment #light #Toronto #Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11139984/toronto-residents-lights-migratory-birds/
April 2025 heatwaves in India, Pakistan are four degrees Celsius warmer than past decades
In mid-April, the heatwave pushed temperatures to dangerous levels, severely testing human endurance and disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities
The New Indian Express · April 2025 heatwaves in India, Pakistan are four degrees Celsius warmer than past decades
Taking the heat off: breakthrough cooling technology tackles climate challenge
https://www.europesays.com/uk/34670/ Don’t Miss This—The Astonishing Tale of a Man Who Collected 450,000 Cans to Purchase His Dream Home #Environment #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
“The Dhurthi label reuses materials and converts them into fashionable products. For instance, bags made from textile waste and rubber tubes from discarded tyres, and furniture from upcycled pallet wood sourced from landfills.”
https://www.deccanherald.com/features/art-and-culture/sustainability-as-a-canvas-3499786
Deccan Herald · Sustainability as a canvas
‘We’re dead last’ – Industry warns 2030 offshore wind targets are now ‘impossible’
Government targets to reach 5GWs of offshore wind by 2030 have become unachievable, derailing Ireland’s wider climate targets
www.businesspost.ie‘We’re dead last’ – Industry warns 2030 offshore wind targets are now ‘impossible’Government targets to reach 5GWs of offshore wind by 2030 have become unachievable, derailing Ireland’s wider climate targets
Rapid Himalayan glacier melt poses severe climate threat to Northeast & Bangladesh: Expert
Increased flooding, infrastructure risks, and water shortages loom large, while China's proposed mega-dam in the fragile seismic zone of Tibet adds to the region's growing vulnerabilities
The Assam Tribune · Rapid Himalayan glacier melt poses severe climate threat to Northeast & Bangladesh: Expert
The vanishing piaos: Reviving India’s tradition of free water in a heatwave era
Piaos once quenched the thirst of passers by and travellers with compassion. Can this vanishing tradition make a comeback to meet today’s rising heat and inequality?
India Water Portal · The vanishing piaos: Reviving India’s tradition of free water in a heatwave era