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Cancer, water, climate: what the 20 most brilliant inventions of 2025 tell us, according to Dyson
WaterSense looks like a simple floating buoy but is actually an advanced smart monitoring system for rivers and lakes. A central unit processes data and transmits it via mobile network, while the sensors are disposable modules lasting up to 12...

GP who was jailed for climate change protest is suspended for 10 months
A GP given a 12 month jail sentence for causing criminal damage during a climate change protest has been suspended from the UK medical register for 10 months. During a Just Stop Oil protest in August 2022 Patrick Hart disabled 16 petrol pumps with...

KPMG Hosts Climate And Health Roundtable
Dr. Ed Fitzgerald and Charlotte Reboul of KPMG co-hosted a roundtable discussion titled “Climate & Health: Moving from Challenges to Transformation.” A spokesperson said, “Dr. Ed Fitzgerald, Head of Healthcare for KPMG Islands Group and Co-Lead...

Ongoing Environmental and Public Health Hazards at Yelm Farm
Submitted by Thurston County Public Health and Social Services Thurston County Public Health and Social Services (PHSS) continues to address a long-standing hazardous waste issue at 17909 Lawrence Lake Rd. SE in Yelm, Washington. As of September...

Australia is rethinking its climate doomsday

Nearly 2 in 5 kids have climate anxiety, study finds
Nearly 40 per cent of Canadian youths say climate change has harmed their mental health, a new study has found. Athabasca University health disciplines professor Gina Martin and her team published a study last month on how climate change affects...

Climate Action 100+ Benchmark results show mixed progress amongst the world’s highest-emitting companies
Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor engagement initiative focused on addressing climate change, has released the latest round of company assessments using the Net Zero Company Benchmark. This year, the Benchmark evaluated the...

Climate action should consider realities of island states, Malta insists during COP30
Malta reaffirmed its commitment to support EU leadership during COP30 and called for policy to be implemented in a fair and flexible way, as not to place undue burdens on citizens and families Addressing the meeting, Environment Minister Miriam...
Bahrain Space Agency joins global drive for AI-powered climate innovation
The Bahrain Space Agency (BSA) took part in the AI Innovation Factory for Climate 2025, a global initiative organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with over 50 international organizations, spotlighting...

Surviving and thriving in a corrupt environment
CORRUPTION in the Philippines has always been a slow poison that seeps into every layer of society, but lately, it feels like it’s become bolder and more blatant. For those of us running businesses here, the effects aren’t abstract. They hit us in...

Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows
The first half of 2025 was the costliest on record for major disasters in the US, driven by huge wildfires in Los Angeles and storms that battered much of the rest of the country, according to a climate non-profit that has resurrected work axed by...

Climate tech group 51toCarbonZero joins with HowGood to drive reporting standards
Climate technology group 51toCarbonZero (51-0), has confirmed a key partnership with HowGood, a major global food product sustainability database to drive category progress on emissions reporting across industries. The initiative, which will be...

AI can help environment, even though it uses tremendous energy. Here are 5 ways how
Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help people and businesses use energy more efficiently and pollute less. Data centers needed...

An environmentally friendly approach is Turkmenistan’s priority in natural gas production
The «Türkmengaz» State Concern is implementing large-scale projects aimed at increasing production efficiency and developing the gas chemicals industry, while also paying special attention to reducing methane emissions. This was announced by Myrat...

Projects under Programme Environment 2021–2027 to Support Populations of Rare Birds of Prey in Three Nature Parks
The populations of the eastern imperial eagle and of the cinereous, griffon and Egyptian vultures in the Vrachanski Balkan, Sinite Kamani and Bulgarka nature parks will be supported through projects funded under Programme Environment 2021–2027,...

A discussion of the new state law to protect students, the Safe Learning Environments Act

MFF: Environment ministers call for rethink of biodiversity funding

Climate change, cost of living, emergency services on the minds of voters in Dawson City, Yukon
As in many Yukon communities, residents in Dawson City are dealing with some big issues: Lack of housing, climate change, limited access to health care services, and the rising cost of just about everything, to name a few. With the territorial...

Carbon credits could help turn coal’s phase-out into a global climate partnership opportunity
The Paris Agreement builds on the assumption that countries can move at different speeds along different paths yet ultimately arrive at the shared goal of staying ‘well below 2°C’. Ten years later, the hope that these pathways would naturally...

OPINION: ‘Wicked: For Good’ is closely mirroring the current political climate
By AJ Mun Staff Writer In “Wicked: Part One,” we are able to see the untold origin stories of the classic witches of Oz. Through frilly songs such as “Popular” and “What is this feeling?” the film holds a lighthearted and nostalgic air about it,...