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Protected: UK: targeting marginal seat MP selections to create climate ‘caucus’
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Read MoreBig oil profits vs. pledges to Loss and damage fund
THE LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND AND PLEDGES AT COP28: SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY? OR TO THE ANNUAL EARNINGS OF A MEGASTAR FOOTBALLER? BY JULIE-ANNE RICHARDS AND TARIQ JOWAHIR 11 / 12 / 2023 Climate Action Network and the Asian Peoples Movement for Debt and Devolvement call for billions not millions…
Read MoreStoring heat and cold for months in deep aquifers could bolster the reliability of the electrical grid in the face of climate change
DAILY SCIENCE Move over batteries. The key to more efficient heating and cooling may lie underground Storing heat and cold for months in deep aquifers could bolster the reliability of the electrical grid in the face of climate change By Sarah DeWeerdt April 18, 2023 A system that circulates underground water to heat and cool…
Read MoreParking garages are a huge wasted heat source
Waste heat from over 5,000 underground parking lots in Berlin could meet the demand of of 14,660 average German households, scientists found, while helping improve groundwater quality and biodiversity By Prachi Patel November 9, 2023 A large untapped source of energy could be right underneath our wheels, a new study shows. Cars parked in underground…
Read MoreSubstitutes for palm oil and soy could divert gigatons of CO2 and spare millions of hectares of habitat lost to agriculture
Image: Proteins, fats and carbohydrates can be synthesized from a range of carbon feedstocks via multiple chemical and biological pathways (arrows). The weight and colour of the arrows indicate the scale at which the different processes have been demonstrated and the energy required per mass unit output, respectively (see Supplementary Fig. 1 and Supplementary Table 1 for references). Dashed…
Read MoreSulphiur dioxide vs cloud brightening
Melting point: could ‘cloud brightening’ slow the thawing of the Arctic? This article is more than 1 year old The climate emergency is prompting some scientists to suggest extreme measures. But whether you call it geoengineering or biomimicry, others feel interfering with nature will have too high a cost Andrew Anthony Sun 27 Nov 2022…
Read MoreTim Flannery advice re drawdown and geo-engineering
Author: Tim Flannery Honorary fellow, The University of Melbourne The global effort to keep climate change to safe levels – ideally within 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures – is moving far too slowly. And even if we stopped emitting CO² today, the long-term impacts of the gas already in the air would continue for decades. For…
Read MoreSoil nitrogen: importance of the tree-fungus relationship
The secret drivers of tree growth NEWS RELEASE 11-JAN-2022 Most of the world’s tree species have a close relationship with the fungi, known as ectomycorrhizae, that grow on their roots. These form a dense network around the fine roots, supplying the trees with nutrients and protecting them from pathogens. In return, the fungi receive energy…
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A koala joey found drenched and trembling near the edge of the Brisbane River. It was one of the lucky animals to be rescued from the severe floodwaters. WWF Australia ‘The sad reality is many don’t survive’: how floods affect wildlife, and how you can help them Published: March 8, 2022 6.07am AEDT theconversation.com Authors Euan…
Read MoreFossil fuel giants still getting away with stealing
Top 40 Tax Dodgers of 2023 by Callum Foote and Michael West | Nov 29, 2023 | Finance & Tax, Latest Posts in Michael West media Fossil fuel giants and other foreign multinationals are again the biggest tax dodgers in Australia. Callum Foote and Michael West unveil the un-prestigious Michael West Media Top 40 Tax…
Read MoreChallenges of plastic pollution: United Nations search for a globally binding solution
Graphic: In the inverted pyramid of waste management priorities, downcycling is almost the last resort. Pascal Scherrer This week in Paris, negotiators from around the world are convening for a United Nations meeting. They will tackle a thorny problem: finding a globally binding solution for plastic pollution. Of the staggering 460 million tonnes of plastic…
Read MoreBacteria really eat plastic and can be part of a diversified solution to ocean plastic
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of Rhodococcus aetherivorans BCP1 cells grown on naphthenic acids. The electron-dense intracellular body represents a possible polyP granule (from Presentato et al. 2018a). From: Biotechnology of Rhodococcus for the production of valuable compounds Article: Science Daily Laboratory experiment shows that bacteria really eat and digest plastic Date: January 23, 2023…
Read MoreGreenpeace report: Global companies planning to TRIPLE production of single-use plastics by 2050. Equal to 300 coal-fired power plants…
1. Greenpeace (2021), The Climate Emergency Unpacked: How Consumer Goods Companies are Fuelling Big Oil’s Plastics Expansion. Washington D.C. Greenpeace Inc. 12 million tonnes of plastic waste pours into our oceans each year. Instead of doubling down on pledges to clean up their act, the brands responsible for producing this waste – global companies like…
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