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Researchers identify troubling cause of kidney damage in Humans: 'We can't actually provide recommendations to help'.

The study found that four years after increased PFAS "Forever Chemicals" exposure, kidney function was worse. #ClimateChange

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/pfas-kidney-damage-gut-microbiome-study/

Plastic Scammers: New Data Shows Building Giant Plastics Plant Has Failed to Boost Local Economy.

“By nearly every measure of economic activity, today the county is worse off than it was before the Shell plant was announced in 2012. Today, it has fewer jobs, fewer businesses, and fewer residents.” #ClimateChange

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11022025/pennsylvania-petrochemical-plant-failed-to-boost-local-economy/

How do rural Zimbabweans perceive climate change?

In response to drought and extreme heat, communities are attempting to adapt while lamenting the loss of traditional ecological practices. #ClimateChange

https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/how-do-rural-zimbabweans-perceive-climate-change/

Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist.

Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated. #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/climate-change-target-of-2c-is-dead-says-renowned-climate-scientist

Study finds high PFAS levels near Okinawa, Japan air base, raising contamination concerns. #ClimateChange

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-02-06/pfas-kadena-marina-okinawa-16737200.html

Jeff Bezos fund ends support for climate group amid fears billionaires ‘bowing down’ to Trump.

Concerns raised as $10bn Bezos Earth Fund halts funding for Science Based Targets initiative, which monitors companies’ decarbonisation. #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/jeff-bezos-climate-group-trump-bezos-earth-fund-science-based-targets-initiative-decarbonisation-aoe

The warming Arctic is now a carbon source, report finds.

The changes have affected the region’s wildlife, with migratory tundra caribou populations declining by 65% over the past two to three decades. #ClimateChange

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/the-warming-arctic-is-now-a-carbon-source-report-finds/

‘Super pod’ of more than 1,500 dolphins spotted off California coast.

Whale watchers capture rare footage of miles-long cluster of dolphins ‘just having a great time’. #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/super-pod-dolphins-california

Dutch government ordered to cut nitrogen emissions by 2030: Victory for Greenpeace.

A Dutch court has ordered the government to cut nitrogen pollution in protected nature areas after a case brought by Greenpeace Netherlands. #ClimateChange

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/01/22/dutch-government-ordered-to-cut-nitrogen-emissions-by-2030-victory-for-greenpeace

The US wants to cut food waste in half. We’re not even close.

Americans waste more than 300 pounds of food per person per year, study says. #ClimateChange

https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/the-us-wants-cut-food-waste-in-half-were-not-even-close/

Whale sightings boom on UK coasts hints at victory for anti-hunting laws - and a climate warning.

The 30-tonne mammals have been spotted from Sussex and the Isles of Scilly over the last month. #ClimateChange

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/whale-sightings-uk-english-channel-climate-b2683382.html

The 8 talking points fossil fuel companies use to obstruct climate action.

New research highlights companies’ “aligned and coordinated” use of Twitter to deny climate change and delay solutions. #ClimateChange

https://grist.org/accountability/fossil-fuel-sectors-climate-obstruction-twitter-x/

We built an AI model that analyzed millions of images of retreating glaciers – what it found is alarming.

The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the global average since 1979. #ClimateChange

https://theconversation.com/we-built-an-ai-model-that-analysed-millions-of-images-of-retreating-glaciers-what-it-found-is-alarming-247715

What Happens When a Plastic City Burns?

Most items in your home like modern couches are basically blocks of gasoline. #ClimateChange

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/01/los-angeles-fire-smoke-plastic-toxic/681318/

The richest 1% have already burnt through their annual carbon budget, Oxfam says.

It took less than 10 days. #ClimateChange

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/01/10/pollutocrat-day-the-richest-1-have-already-burnt-through-their-annual-carbon-budget-oxfam-

New study finds students who eat takeout and buy bottled drinks are at heightened risk: 'An urgent need to detect'.

We are still learning about the health impacts, but what we do know isn't good. #ClimateChange

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/microplastics-in-students-bodies-takeout-water/

A Nickel Rush Threatens Indonesia’s Last Nomadic Tribes and Its Forests, Fishermen and Farmers.

The country holds nearly half of the world’s known deposits of a metal critical to the energy transition, but digging and smelting it is leading to deforestation, flooding and contamination. #ClimateChange

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08012025/nickel-mines-threaten-indonesia-nomadic-tribes-and-forests/

In carbon-negative Bhutan, glaciers are threatened by climate change.

Bhutan has become a champion of environmental protection. Its forests are protected by the constitution, environment classes are taught in school and its electricity is 100 percent hydroelectric. #ClimateChange

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20250107-in-carbon-negative-bhutan-glaciers-are-threatened-by-climate-change

Biden Locks Down the Oceans: Historic Ban on Offshore Drilling in the USA.

The President protects the coasts from fossil fuels, amid applause from environmentalists and criticism from the energy industry. #ClimateChange

https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/news/2025/01/04/biden-locks-down-the-oceans-historic-ban-on-offshore-drilling-in-the-usa/

'Chaos': Peru Declares Environmental Emergency Over Massive Oil Spill.

"So far, we have not had any response from the oil company," said one fisherman whose livelihood has been threatened by the accident. #ClimateChange

https://www.commondreams.org/news/petroperu