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NIGERIAN BANKS AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS

The banking sector is gradually buying into the global race to curb climate change, reckons Oghenegare Emmanuel Eyankware

What is ‘green hushing’? The new negative sustainability trend, explained

Greenwashing has become part of our modern-day lexicon. Now there’s a new term, ‘green hushing,’ for when a company is too quiet about its accomplishments.

Media Complicity in the Climate Crisis

How to kill a planet

Wildfires in Tenerife force thousands to evacuate or stay indoors

Worst wildfires in the Canary Islands in at least 40 years drawing closer to the capital Santa CruzWorst wildfires in the Canary Islands in at least 40 years drawing closer to the capital Santa Cruz

Yellowknife wildfire: traffic clogs road out of town as residents race to evacuate

More than 20,000 residents given until noon on Friday to leave home in face of advancing wildfire that could arrive by weekend

Fossil fuel firms move to dismiss climate lawsuit in Hawaii as Maui faces wildfires

In 2020, Honolulu officials had sued eight oil and gas companies over the steep costs of abating damages from extreme weather.

Warm July breaks dozens of longstanding Australian temperature records

Many weather stations in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart clocked their highest July temperatures ever as the country’s winters get hotter Dozens of longstanding temperature records tumbled across Australia during a warm July.

Biden says landmark climate bill is winning against special interests – as it happened

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Tropical storms killing more Americans as climate crisis deepens, study finds

Named tropical storms and hurricanes, which have become more intense, have caused about 20,000 more deaths from 1988 to 2019.

The Guardian view on protecting corals: what lies beneath matters too

Mass bleaching events go largely unseen, but a quarter of marine species and half a billion humans depend upon reefs.

As temperatures soar and wildfires burn abroad, summer dread is returning to my body

As the Australian summer approaches, my apprehension is both a daily shock and uncannily normalised – and I know I’m not the only one feeling it.

90% of Great Lakes water samples have unsafe microplastic levels – report

But experts say damage can be reversed if US and Canada act quickly to stop new plastics from entering lake system.

It’s time for a new climate populism, to show how the super rich got us – and the planet – into this mess

From air-purified penthouses and private jets, a wealthy anti-green lobby feigns common cause with ‘ordinary people’. Let’s expose that.

UN climate summit host UAE failed to report methane emissions to UN

Exclusive: State oil firm, whose chief will preside over Cop28, also accused of ‘incoherent’ reduction targets.

Charge us with contempt too, say 40 people, if climate activist prosecuted

Fellow activists who have made protests similar to Trudi Warner’s challenge solicitor general as he decides whether to charge her.

UK windfarm red tape to cost billpayers £1.5bn a year, say analysts

Analysis finds Treasury rules on new windfarms likely to stifle energy generation and keep bills high. New offshore windfarms will be strangled by government red tape, costing UK billpayers £1.5bn a year, an analysis has found.

How is sign language adapting to climate change?

For deaf children, teachers and scientists, talking about things like "greenhouse gases" or "carbon footprint" used to mean spelling out long, complex scientific terms, letter by letter.

Amazon deal lacks concrete measures, say climate activists

The eight countries that share the Amazon basin have fallen short of an agreed goal to end deforestation. Delegates from the countries are meeting in the Brazilian city of Belém for a two-day summit on the issue.

Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet

The oceans have hit their hottest ever recorded temperature as they soak up warmth from climate change, with dire implications for our planet's health.

Buildings directive: German NGOs pressure Berlin to back obligatory renovations

German civil society has asked Berlin to back a controversial European Commission proposal to make renovating worst-performing buildings obligatory before buildings directive negotiations continue after the summer.