India’s climate policy must not leave farmers behind

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), through its Office Memorandum dated June 7, 2024, has unexpectedly excluded the Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sectors from the List of Activities Finalised in...

Fireworks fizzle out in Sligo/Leitrim amid legal and environmental warnings

There have been 157 fireworks offences recorded in the Sligo/Leitrim Garda Division over the past 20 years — but only two last year, and six in 2023, according to new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Since firework laws were...

British taxpayer cash used for £69 MILLION drive to hand out condoms in Congo - in the name of climate aid

British taxpayers are footing the bill for a £69million project to distribute condoms in the Congo basin as part of a climate aid scheme. It is one of numerous costly initiatives funded through the International Climate Finance (ICF) programme,...

Colts-Steelers preview: Loud environment, Hall of Fame QB & Mike Tomlin await in Week 9

When the Colts have the ball The Steelers enter Week 9 without the sort of smothering, dominant defenses the NFL has become accustomed to under Tomlin. No team is allowing more passing yards per game than the Steelers' 273; Pittsburgh is 24th in...

A Spooky decor change helping the environment.

As Halloween passes this year, more and more people are making a specific spooky change to their decor, substituting plastic or fiber cobwebs to the more eco friendly rope version. Plastic spider webs although realistic looking and easy to stretch...

Bears are the victims of environmental destruction in Japan, conservationists say

Arab News Japan TOKYO: The number of bear attacks on humans in Japan has set a new record this year and the government has promised to fight back by allowing hunters to shoot the bears, but there has been a backlash by conservationists who say the...

Acquisition sees Rochdale logistics group move into environmental haulage

Rochdale-based Barnes Logistics is focused on further growth following the acquisition of a specialist haulier serving the waste and recycling sector. The purchase of Ningbo Walking Floors, for an undisclosed sum, will see all 44 of Ningbo’s...

Who decides how we adapt to climate change?

For decades, “stopping climate change” has been the singular goal of climate politics. Across the political spectrum, from grassroots climate campaigners to elite UN negotiators, reducing carbon emissions to avoid future catastrophe has been the...

Hotter Halloweens? Climate change is making them more likely

Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. Climate change is making crisp fall weather...

Can Mexico's "Flower Of The Dead" Survive Climate Change?

Lucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico during Dia de los Muertos. Here, in the winding canals and farms on...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Qatari Energy Minister: EU Faces 'Defining Choice' with Proposed Climate Regulations, Could Further Deindustrialize Europe

Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi sounded the alarm on proposed European Union regulations, charging that they could deindustrialize Europe. Breitbart News in August reported that...

Maryland Justice Accused of Bias After Political Halloween Display Surfaces During Major Climate Trial

A liberal Maryland Supreme Court justice, Peter Killough, is facing backlash over political Halloween decorations. Some of the decorations included gravestones that read, "Here lies the Constitution," "RIP Freedom of Speech," "RIP Food Aid,"...

Where Americans Won’t Buy Homes Due To Climate Change or Natural Disasters

Annually, home insurance costs an average of $5,912 in Nebraska, which is 111% higher than the U.S. average of $2,801. Nebraska is prone to tornadoes, hail, and flooding, with the state seeing 12 billion-dollar weather events so far this decade....

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A Quiet Crisis: How Climate Change Pushes Indian Women into Agricultural Penury

Against this backdrop, India has achieved remarkable milestones in renewable energy. The country reached 50 percent non-fossil fuel electricity capacity five years ahead of schedule, installed over 110 GW of solar capacity, and launched ambitious...

Explorers seek ancient Antarctica ice in climate change study

Cape Town: An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. The goal of the French duo is to better understand the impact on world sea levels...

Microplastics: the new environmental puzzle 

If you find glass too heavy, Woodstock Hardware has stainless steel food containers that are great for take-out. (Photos by by Violet Snow) It’s bad enough to have square miles of plastic containers swirling around in the ocean and polluting our...

Former Bend equity director received $86,000 payout, alleged hostile work environment

The city of Bend paid $86,000 in September to the outgoing director of the department that led equity and inclusion, Andrés Portela, for him to agree not to sue the city. In his letter of resignation, Portela described the city as an “unsafe,...

Black vultures attack and kill cattle. Climate change is one reason they’re spreading north

By JOSHUA A. BICKEL and MELINA WALLING EMINENCE, Ky. (AP) — Allan Bryant scans the sky as he watches over a minutes-old calf huddled under a tree line with its mother. After a few failed tries, the calf stands on wobbly legs for the first time,...

Researchers find potential climate solution in ‘grassy trees’