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Technology helping solar farms counter growing hailstone threat

One of the least considered hazards of climate change is the increasing frequency of hailstorms and the size and the impact of the pieces of ice they produce. This, in turn, threatens one of the most promising solutions to the climate crisis: solar farms.

Energy Climate

‘Vast’ carbon sink of mud on seabed needs more protection, study shows

The sun rising over mudflats at Sandyhills Bay on the Solway Firth, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Photograph: Mark Hamblin/The Wildlife Trusts

Climate Environment

Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’

Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel ve

Energy Technology Solutions

Global spending on subsidies that harm environment rises to $2.6tn, report says

The world is spending at least $2.6tn (£2tn) a year on subsidies that drive global heating and destroy nature, according to new analysis.

Environment

Fossil fuel companies sponsor $5.6bn in global ‘sportswashing’ deals

Fossil fuel companies pumped at least $5.6bn (£4.2bn) of sponsorship money into motorsports, football, golf and even snow sports in an effort to “buy social licence to operate”, according to a new report.

Energy

‘Butterfly emergency’ declared as UK summer count hits record low

A national “butterfly emergency” has been declared by Butterfly Conservation after the lowest Big Butterfly Count since records began.

Environment

‘Every time the planes pass, my eyes burn’: the hidden cost of Costa Rican bananas

For more than 20 years, Lidieth Gomez’s days have been punctuated by the hum of crop-spraying planes.

Climate Environment

Criticism of sacred site decision shows we have learned nothing from Juukan Gorge

Among the concerns listed by the 2,000 farmers who converged on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra last week was the protection of prime agricultural land from renewable energy developments.

Climate Environment

Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?

Big tech has made some big claims about greenhouse gas emissions in recent years.

Environment

Louisiana town the canary in the coalmine as climate effects worsen

Last week, one south-west Louisiana city in particular was girding itself for Hurricane Francine’s blow: Lake Charles, located about four hours west of New Orleans and two ho

Climate

‘Not on my watch’: how windfarms became a key issue in NSW local elections

Part of what’s driving Mark Watson’s pitch for mayor is his opposition to a project he says is the talk of the town and the “biggest issue” in his coastal home’s history.

Energy

High court blocks Cumbria plan for UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years

The UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years will not be allowed to go ahead after a ruling in the high court.

Energy

Oil demand growing at slowest rate since height of pandemic, says IEA

The world’s demand for oil is growing at its slowest pace since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, causing global market prices to slump to three year-lows, the International

Energy

Low-carbon homes can save £1,341 in bills and should be compulsory, study shows

Building new homes to low-carbon standards would save the occupants thousands of pounds, new research has shown, as experts urged the government to change the regulations on housing development.

Environment

Fracking explained: the controversial extraction process that Harris and Trump sparred over

What is fracking? Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is a method of extracting

Energy Environment

A coal plant bulldozed an Ohio town displacing residents. Now its owners include a big Trump donor

Jennifer Harrison, a former resident of Cheshire, Ohio, who took the buyout from American Electric Power, revisits the land where her home used to stand on 6 September 2024. Photograph: Maddie McGarvey/The Guardian

Energy

Drought leaves Amazon basin rivers at all-time low

Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) says.

Climate Environment

UK calls for “ambition” on COP29 climate finance goal but won’t talk numbers

Britain’s new foreign minister has called on governments to set an “ambitious” new goal for climate finance to help developing countries at the COP29 UN climate summit, but declined to discuss how much it should be.

Climate

Developing countries denounce rich nations’ disregard for just transition talks

United Nations talks on how to make the global green transition fair provoked frustration last week among developing countries as rich nations did not attend in person and refused to discuss thorny issues.

Energy Climate

Is Brazil’s Lula a climate leader?

U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attend an event with labor leaders from the United States and Brazil, on the sidelines of the 78th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 20, 2023. (Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

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