Notices by Primo Natura (primonatura@mstdn.social)

"UK has ‘huge opportunity’ to lead on green investment, Starmer says"

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/12/uk-has-huge-opportunity-to-lead-on-green-investment-starmer-says

"New evidence says gas exports damage the climate even more than coal. It’s time Australia took serious action"

#Australia #Energy #FossilFuels

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/15/new-evidence-says-gas-exports-damage-the-climate-even-more-than-coal-its-time-australia-took-serious-action

"Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice"

#Microplastics #Plastics #Environment

https://phys.org/news/2024-09-scientists-microplastics-alarming-conclusion-humanity.html

"Almost 200 people killed last year trying to defend the environment, report finds"

#Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/09/almost-200-people-killed-last-year-trying-to-defend-the-environment-report-finds-aoe

"Could these ‘motionless’ turbines solve wind energy’s noise and wildlife problems?"

#Energy #Renewables #WindTurbines

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/09/05/could-these-motionless-turbines-solve-wind-energys-noise-and-wildlife-problems

"The 1.5°C target is dead, but climate action needn't be"

#Climate #ClimateChange #ParisAgreement

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335052-800-the-1-5c-target-is-dead-but-climate-action-neednt-be/

"A 500 km conveyor belt road from Tokyo to Osaka could help Japan slash transport emissions"

#Japan #Tokyo #Emissions

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/08/05/a-500-km-conveyor-belt-road-from-tokyo-to-osaka-could-help-japan-slash-transport-emissions

"US heatwave tied to four Oregon deaths as temperature records are shattered"

#US #USA #America #Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/08/excessive-heat-wave-warning

"As No Mow May ends, here’s why we should keep patches of lawn permanently wild"

#Gardens #Gardening #Environment

https://theconversation.com/as-no-mow-may-ends-heres-why-we-should-keep-patches-of-lawn-permanently-wild-229964

"Exceptionally early heat wave hits Finland"

#Finland #Heatwave #Climate #ClimateChange

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-exceptionally-early-finland.html

"Rain comes to the Arctic, with a cascade of troubling changes"

#Arctic #Climate #ClimateChange

https://grist.org/science/rain-comes-to-the-arctic-with-a-cascade-of-troubling-changes/

"Polluting private jets could face a 400% fuel tax increase under new Biden proposal"

#US #USA #America #PrivateJets #Aviation #Aeroplanes

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/03/12/polluting-private-jets-could-face-a-400-fuel-tax-increase-under-new-biden-proposal

"The race to destroy the toxic ‘forever chemicals’ polluting our world"

#Chemicals #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/04/the-race-to-destroy-the-toxic-forever-chemicals-polluting-our-world

"The world’s five largest listed oil companies are expected to reward their investors with record payouts of more than $100bn (£79bn) for 2023 against a backdrop of growing public outrage at fossil fuel profits."

#Oil #FossilFuels #Energy

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/01/oil-companies-shareholders-payouts-bp-shell-chevron-exxonmobil-totalenergies

"A reconstruction of 66 million years of climate history indicates global temperature may be even more sensitive to carbon dioxide levels than current models estimate"

#Climate #ClimateChange #Carbon #CarbonDioxide

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2407270-ancient-climate-analysis-suggests-co2-causes-more-warming-than-thought/

"If humanity wants to have a 50-50 chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, we can only emit 250 another gigatonnes (billion metric tonnes) of CO₂. This effectively gives the world just six years to get to net zero, according to calculations in our new paper published in Nature Climate Change."

#Carbon #CarbonDioxide #Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange #NetZero

https://theconversation.com/carbon-budget-for-1-5-c-will-run-out-in-six-years-at-current-emissions-levels-new-research-216459

"James Hansen Warns of a Short-Term Climate Shock Bringing 2 Degrees of Warming by 2050"

#NASA #Climate #ClimateChange #Study

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26052023/james-hansen-climate-change-2-degrees-2050/

"Shell has misleadingly overstated how much it is spending on renewable energy and should be investigated and potentially fined by the US financial regulator, according to a non-profit group which has lodged a complaint against the oil giant."

#Shell #FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange #Energy #Renewables

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/01/shell-renwable-energy-spending-sec-global-witness

"Climate change is slipping down the international agenda, raising the risk governments will slow their pace in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the head of a global energy watchdog has told Sky News."

#Climate #ClimateChange #GreenHouseGasses #Emissions

https://news.sky.com/story/climate-change-sliding-down-agenda-warns-global-energy-watchdog-12791215

"Tobacco companies are to be forced to foot the bill for cleaning up the millions of cigarette ends that smokers discard every year under new environmental regulations in Spain."

#Europe #Spain #Environment #Tobacco #Cigarettes

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/tobacco-companies-cleaning-up-cigarette-butts-spain