The Independent Climate→ Five house plants in the office can cut air pollution by 20%, new study suggests
2022-03-08 New research indicates that house plants can reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide in the air …›
Category Archives: Climate
An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
The Independent Climate→ International Women’s Day: How the climate crisis is a disproportionate battle
2022-03-08 Climate change is a stressor leaving women at heightened risk of domestic violence, sexual intimidation, human trafficking and rape, writes senior climate correspondent Louise Boyle …›
The Independent Climate→ Freak storm sparks flash flooding at Walt Disney World
2022-03-08 Rainfall follows above average temperatures for Florida …›
The Independent Climate→ Voices: We need an ‘Eco-Marshall Plan’ to rebuild Europe’s energy after Russia
2022-03-08 Putin’s violence in Ukraine has put our fossil fuel consumption in the crosshairs, writes Donnachadh McCarthy …›
The Independent Climate→ Environmental activists let down tyres on ‘hundreds’ of SUVs across Britain
2022-03-08 The group’s aim is to make it impossible to own a 4x4 in urban areas across the UK …›
The Independent Climate→ ‘Unhelpful’ and ‘Inaccurate’: Experts fact check Nigel Farage’s Net Zero claims
2022-03-08 “The public already voted for net-zero,” says Jim Watson, director of the UCL institute for Sustainable Resources. …›
The Independent Climate→ Ukraine crisis shows net zero is matter of UK’s national security – MP
2022-03-08 Environment APPG chairman Anthony Browne said the impact of the Ukraine crisis on energy prices had been ‘muted’ by the UK’s use of renewable power. …›
Inside Climate News→ Shining a Light on Suicide Risk for Wildland Firefighters
2022-03-08 Amid reports of rising suicides, researchers say there’s an urgent need to assess the risks facing an understudied population.By Liza GrossAs climate change fuels more severe wildfires that burn through larger swaths of forestland and homes each year …›
Inside Climate News→ Looking to Reduce Emissions, Apparel Makers Turn to Their Factories in the Developing World
2022-03-08 Solar projects in Vietnam by a South Korean manufacturer for leading brands like Under Armor and Victoria’s Secret represent a small start for an industry whose emissions may eclipse those of shipping and aviation.By Phil McKennaSometime in the comin …›
The Independent Climate→ Sydney floods: Ceiling collapses in busy Westfield shopping centre as heavy rain hammers city
2022-03-08 ‘Well, I just nearly got killed by a collapsing roof in Westfield bondi junction,’ woman says …›
NYT > Climate and Environment→ Finding a Retirement Home for 466 Frozen Flatworm Fragments
2022-03-08 When researchers end their careers, where do their biological collections go? …›
CleanTechnica→ Will Zero-Emissions Medium- & Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks Be Cheaper Than Diesel-Powered Trucks By 2035? DOE, Yes!
2022-03-08 New Study Highlights Viable Routes to Adopting Battery and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles for America’s Clean Trucking Future WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a study showing that by 2030, nearly half o …›
CleanTechnica→ Winter Electric Vehicle Journey Across The Nordics In BMW IX — It Did Go Wrong!
2022-03-08 I know I left you in utter suspense waiting for more twists in our EV road trip in the Nordics. Writing part two of this series has taken longer than expected. The team needed a good night’s sleep and got one. The hotel they stayed at was surroun …›
NYT > Climate and Environment→ E.P.A. Plans Tighter Tailpipe Rules for Trucks, Vans and Buses
2022-03-08 For the first time since 2001, the government is setting more stringent limits on pollution from trucks, vans, and buses that harms human health. …›
CleanTechnica→ Would Russia Be Invading Ukraine Right Now If Elon Musk Hadn’t Shifted The Course Of Automotive History?
2022-03-08 What's the Tesla connection to Putin's latest attempt at over-compensation? …›
NYT > Climate and Environment→ Climate Hawks Join the Debate on Ukraine
2022-03-08 Environmentalists say now is the time to choke off Russia’s oil and gas profits. But the White House has difficult choices to make. …›
The Independent Climate→ Waitrose and Muller to scrap coloured caps on milk bottles in recycling trial
2022-03-07 The supermarket chain will sell Müller products with clear bottle caps, which can be recycled into food-grade packaging, unlike coloured caps. …›
The Independent Climate→ Voices: There’s an easy way to punish Putin and save Americans money. Republicans don’t like it
2022-03-07 If we made Big Oil pay right now, it would save Americans money at the gas pump and hit Russia where it hurts. But then the GOP wouldn’t be able to blame President Biden for high prices — and they wouldn’t be able to push their fossil fuel agenda …›
The Independent Climate→ Pentagon shutters Hawaii fuel tank facility that left 6,000 sick
2022-03-07 The facility had leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water …›
The Independent Climate→ White House pumps millions into cleaning up worst polluters on America’s roads
2022-03-07 New standard set for heavy trucks will save roughly 2,000 lives every year, Biden administration says …›
NYT > Climate and Environment→ Carmakers Race to Control Next-Generation Battery Technology
2022-03-07 The prize: batteries that would be cheaper, faster to charge and less vulnerable to raw material shortages. Whoever gets there first will have a major advantage. …›
The Independent Climate→ Making six key changes to your life can help prevent climate crisis, study finds
2022-03-07 ‘Less stuff, more joy’ urges campaign group based on new research quantifying role of individual in tackling environmental breakdown …›
CleanTechnica→ Tesla FSD Beta Tester Shares That A Journalist Wanted His Help In Writing A Hit Piece
2022-03-07 Evidence of Tesla FSD shortcomings? Not on my watch! …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Looking at new North Sea gas supplies may not be palatable but is pragmatic | Nils Pratley
2022-03-07 If the UK is going to need gas well into the 2030s, it would surely be better to get it close to homeThe first lesson of the gas crisis is old and boring: the UK should get serious about insulating its leaky properties. If all homes that have energy pe …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ New maps show airplane contrails over the U.S. dropped steeply in 2020
2022-03-07 Researchers have generated new maps of jet contrails over the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, which show a steep reduction in the area covered by contrails in 2020. …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ New study questions explanation for last winter’s brutal U.S. cold snap
2022-03-07 A new study challenges a commonly accepted explanation that a 'sudden stratospheric warming' caused the unusually cold weather over the U.S. early last year, a view which was widely reported in the media and discussed among scientists at the time. …›
CleanTechnica→ Volkswagen Decides On New $2.2 Billion EV Factory In Wolfsburg, Realigns Tech Department
2022-03-07 Volkswagen confirmed this week it will construct a new $2.2 billion factory in Wolfsburg, home to its largest factory, to manufacture future electric cars. Those vehicles will be built on the company’s new SSP platform developed as part of its so …›
CleanTechnica→ Electric Vehicles Are Reshaping The Auto Industry
2022-03-07 Electrification of cars and trucks is all the rage. But why did the auto industry wait so long? …›
CleanTechnica→ US Finally Stitches Renewable Energy ‘Seams’ Together
2022-03-07 The US renewable energy profile is about to bust wide open as two key transmission stakeholders find a way to work together. …›
The Independent Climate→ Campaigners react to Farage’s anti net zero campaign
2022-03-07 Right-wing commentator’s latest plans getting short shrift as fossil fuel markets reel after Ukraine invasion …›
CleanTechnica→ Less Expensive Volvo C40, Updated XC40 Top the List of MY Updates
2022-03-07 The new entry-level Volvo C40 offers up to 270 miles of all-electric range. …›
CleanTechnica→ Nature Conservancy To Build Solar Farms At Abandoned Coal Mines In Virginia
2022-03-07 The Nature Conservancy has a plan to move the renewable energy revolution forward. …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Johnson hints UK oil and gas output must rise to cut dependence on Russia
2022-03-07 PM insists move will not undermine push for net zero; critics say it would have little effect on consumer billsBoris Johnson has said the UK may have to increase its domestic gas and oil production in order to wean itself off Russian resources, despite …›
CleanTechnica→ Can The New Global Treaty End Plastic Pollution?
2022-03-07 Can promoting sustainable design of products and materials so that they can be reused, remanufactured, or recycled and retained in the economy help to solve the global plastics problem? How is the plastics manufacturing industry responding to potential …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Increasing frequency of El Niño events expected by 2040
2022-03-07 Global weather fluctuations called El Niño events are likely to become more frequent by 2040, a new study shows. …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ For tadpoles, what’s in their gut may be key to enduring climate change
2022-03-07 A new study shows that climate change could deliver a one-two punch to amphibians by creating hotter environments home to less-diverse microbe. …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ CO2 could be stored below ocean floor
2022-03-07 Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. To combat its potentially catastrophic effects, scientists are searching for new technologies that could help the world reach carbon neutrality. One potential solution that is drawi …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Climate mitigation measures could impact food security, study finds
2022-03-07 Many countries have set carbon neutrality as a policy goal, but according to a new study, there are various risks associated with the reduction of greenhouse gases, especially in the agriculture, forestry, and land use sectors, that need to be consider …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ After the floods, Mullumbimby is a disaster zone. But the community pulls together like no other | Fleur Brown
2022-03-07 Australia’s biggest little town has been devastated by the east coast floods. But when crisis knocks, this place excelsOn the sidewalk in front of the local music shop in Mullumbimby, two women wipe down ukuleles and violins and place them carefully …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Amazon rainforest is losing resilience: New evidence from satellite data analysis
2022-03-07 The Amazon rainforest is likely losing resilience, data analysis from high-resolution satellite images suggests. This is due to stress from a combination of logging and burning -- the influence of human-caused climate change is not clearly determinable …›