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States passed 27 bills on environmental, social, and governance investing this year
Welcome to the Tuesday, July 15, Brew. By: Briana Ryan Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: States passed 27 bills on environmental, social, and governance investing this year Nine candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary...

Australia wins landmark climate battle against Indigenous elders
SYDNEY — The Australian government has won a landmark climate case against residents of islands under siege from the impacts of climate change. In 2021, community elders Pabai Pabai and Paul Kabai launched legal action against the then-Liberal...

MIT Gave Photosynthesis a Speed Boost – Here’s What That Could Mean for Food and Climate
MIT gave photosynthesis a boost by evolving rubisco to work faster, raising hopes for higher crop yields and more efficient plants. Credit: SciTechDaily.com MIT scientists have reengineered rubisco, the enzyme that jumpstarts photosynthesis but...

Trump administration halts plan to publish climate reports on NASA website
Washington, Jul 15 (AP) The Trump administration has taken another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people. Earlier this month, the official...

US won't publish major climate change report, despite promise
The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people. Earlier this month, the official government websites that...

“We’re not here to digitise old workflows – we engineer environments where work flows with life.” – Pierpaolo Taliento, MiCloud Software
CNME Editor Mark Forker sat down with Pierpaolo Taliento, CEO of MiCloud Software, to learn more about how the company’s technologies are reimagining workflows, the principles that are guiding their approach to building digital workspaces of the...

Seeding gender empowerment: Women farmers in Peru contend with climate change
Ácora, located in the southeast corner of Peru almost 3,800 kilometres above sea level, is one of the Peruvian regions which has been most impacted by climate change – endangering crop production and biodiversity in addition to worsening food...
Trump DOJ says youth climate case ‘even weaker’ than past efforts
The Trump administration is asking a federal court to reject a youth-led effort to block executive orders that call for boosting oil, gas and coal — or force the challengers to post a $1 billion bond. In a filing with the U.S. District Court for...
Toronto couple turns to green roof as city faces climate-driven flooding
When Julie Wang sees streets turn into rivers after another heavy downpour in Toronto, she thinks of the 600-square-foot patch of greenery on her roof — and feels a little less helpless. “It’s a fantastic feeling to know you’re doing your part —...

Jordan's Ministry of Health Launches National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Health Sector
In a landmark initiative, Jordan’s Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Jordan, has launched the National Strategy for Health Sector Adaptation to Climate Change (2024–2033). The launch event was...

DO MORE FOUNDATION Launches Mandela Day Campaign to Build Climate-Resilient Early Learning Centres; Calls for Support from SA Business Sector
Durban, South Africa, 3 July 2025 – As Mandela Day (18 July) approaches, the DO MORE FOUNDATION is calling on South Africans to take action for young children by helping to build climate-resilient early learning or Early Childhood Development...

Tree-mendous support for tackling climate change
The Scottish Woodlands forest area above Ardrishaig. Photograph: James Feakins Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon says it is promising to see the general public connecting with the message that trees are important in tackling climate change and...

There's No Evidence That Climate Change Has Increased the Rat Population
As the earth gets warmer, there's one species that supposedly will really benefit."Climate Change is amazing," reported National Geographic. "If you're a rat." The horrific prospect of these pizza-dragging, toilet-bathing, plague-spreading,...

Mid Argyll pupils represent area at climate festival
Tayvallich and Glassary pupils at YESfest. Three Mid Argyll pupils have been hailed as ‘amazing ambassadors’ following their participation in a key climate festival in which they were the first ever Scottish representatives. Subscribe for full...

An anchor amid uncertainty? Getting the basics right with climate risk assessments
During London Climate Action Week, one theme that echoed across the conversations I had was uncertainty. Financial institutions expressed feeling overwhelmed by the rapidly evolving regulatory requirements they are under, leaving many unsure of...
Shifts in coral reef holobiont communities in the high-CO2 marine environment of Iōtorishima Island
Ocean acidification (OA), driven by rising atmospheric CO2, presents a serious threat to marine biodiversity, especially within coral reef ecosystems. Natural analogue sites, such as the high-pCO2 seep at Iōtorishima Island in Japan, offer...
EUROPE: Climate NGO T&E calls for EU to bring forward European ports’ shore power deadline to 2028
Details Written by Ian Taylor Published: 15 July 2025 The climate NGO T&E has called on the European Union (EU) to bring forward its deadline for ports to install onshore power supply (OPS) from 2030 to 2028, as it claims that a new study carried...

Watch: The Most Environmentalist Environmentalist Ever
Remember those great old "Most Interesting Man in the World" commercials for Dos Equis beer? (Disclaimer: I can neither confirm nor deny being the real-life inspiration for those commercials or that character.) They were great, they were amusing,...

Illinois bet on solar to meet its climate goals, Trump has the industry in his crosshairs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CNI) - President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans earlier this month curtailed federal tax incentives for the solar energy industry and for individuals and companies that purchase solar panels. The move sent shockwaves...
Mainstream media won’t mention climate change as Tasman floods, can they blame Pine Trees instead?
The NZ Mainstream Media refuse point blank to connect the extreme weather events we have seen in the North of the South Island to climate change because they know it kicks up a fuss inside the agricultural community. If you connect the very...