Threat to whales complicates US research into seaweed for biofuel

CAPE COD BAY, Massachusetts – In Cape Cod Bay, 10-year-old Pilgrim and her calf skim the water’s glassy surface alongside the Shearwater research vessel to feed on tiny crustaceans. The two are among the last surviving 340 or so North Atlantic right whales left migrating… Read More

Investors may exit consumer goods firms over EU deforestation law

LONDON – As a new European Union zero-tolerance deforestation law looms, several major investors told Reuters they are concerned about their exposure to the issue, with some saying they could quit consumer goods makers with “risky” supply chains. The EU agreed in December a new rule to… Read More

Earth Rally : United to creat true change

WE UNITED CAN AND WILL MAKE THAT IMPORTANT CHANGE NEEDED. IT is CLEAR that The COP events did very little to actually focus on the real issues harming our great planet. For this reason I am asking Organisations, Activity Groups, NGO to UNITE as ONE… Read More

COP27 Climate anxiety is rising – it might be a good thing

Global leaders are about to meet for another UN climate summit – COP27 starting in Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday – and the reality of climate change for many people can be overwhelming. Record-breaking heatwaves, devastating floods in Pakistan, and drought in East Africa – and… Read More

COP27 ‘Climate chaos’ warning as UN summit begins

Climate Change COP27 Egypt The UN’s climate change summit has opened in Egypt with a warning that our planet is “sending a distress signal”. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was responding to a UN report released on Sunday saying the past eight years were on track to… Read More

Climate change: Campaigners hail ruling on ‘net zero’

Campaigners have hailed a High Court ruling that the government’s ‘net zero’ strategy breaches its obligations under the Climate Change Act. The strategy commits the UK to slash emissions of the greenhouse gases that are warming the planet to reach ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050. … Read More

Goats, sheep and livelihoods lost to floods and cold in northern Kenya

Carcasses of goats and sheep strewn across the scrubland of northern Kenya are testament to the devastation wrought by the once-in-a-generation floods that have hit the region. In just one area of Marsabit County, herders lost around 20,000 goats and sheep last week after the… Read More

Climate change ‘steroid’ contributed to $130 bln in insured losses last year

Climate change played a part in insured losses from natural catastrophes that totalled $130 billion globally in 2021, the fourth-highest on record, broker Aon said in a report on Tuesday. Economic losses – the combination of insured and uninsured losses – reached $343 billion, Aon… Read More

Indonesia aims to get mangrove restoration back on track in 2022

Indonesia aims to restore 150,000 hectares of degraded mangroves this year, after rehabilitating about a quarter of this total last year when funds had to be diverted from the state budget to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. The Southeast Asian nation, which has huge… Read More

Hidden cost of our obsession with fish oil pills

Scanning the shelves and internet for fish oil is a dizzying task. There are dozens of brands available and, although the typical consideration for the popular supplement is that quality matters most, it is not the only factor. These prized products travel a long way… Read More