UK carbon emissions fell by 4% in 2024
Official government figures state that less use of gas and coal in the national electricity supply led to a 4% reduction in carbon emissions during 2024. A positive climate story, you say. We’ll take it. The UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has released figures showing a 4%...
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Who pays the price for natural disasters like Cyclone Alfred?
Race, class, and resilience continue to shape the climate crisis, as Australia’s East coast is hit by a deadly typhoon. In the early days of March, Australia’s east coast – home to the country’s most populous cities including Sydney and Brisbane – was hit by a storm that, despite being downgraded...
Underwater ‘doorbell’ helping scientists to catch coral-eating fish
Scientists in Florida used cameras to identify three corallivorous fish species that ate 97% of the coral initially laid out as bait in a controlled experiment. This information will help to tackle the massive decline in Florida’s coral reef populations. Did you assume that doorbells were only for… well,...
The Amazon is being destroyed for a climate summit
Yep, you read that correctly. We’re living through peak dystopian greenwashing. There’s something morbidly poetic about bulldozing eight miles of pristine Amazon rainforest to build a road to a… climate summit. A new four-lane highway has cut through tens of thousands of acres of land ahead of COP30, which takes...
Trump is erasing public climate change data
Trump has ordered the USDA to take down government websites referencing the climate crisis. Maverick scientists are fighting back and scrambling to preserve public data. Trump still believes climate change is a hoax and is tyrannically plotting to ensure the American people take his word for it. Given there was a...
People living near new pylons in UK might receive £250 discount
The initiative is part of a scheme to build new infrastructure, grow the UK economy and move further away from fossil fuels while also minimising public backlash. Households living within half a kilometre of new or upgraded power infrastructure could receive up to £2,500 over 10 years as part...
South Sudan shuts schools as extreme heat overwhelms students
In South Sudan, a relentless heatwave is forcing the government to shut down schools for the second year in a row, with a temperature as high as 42 degree Celsius posing a real threat. The South Sudanese government has closed all schools for a period of two weeks after dozens of students collapsed due to extreme heat. The announcement came after reports that an average of 12 students fainted...
UK’s first climate justice degree launched in Sussex
Sussex University has announced it will be bringing the first climate justice BA to the UK. Could this take the study of climate change nationwide? Breaking news: young people care a fair bit about the climate. That revelation, which is perhaps the least surprising you’ll hear this month, has finally culminated in the UK prepping its first climate justice course for undergraduates. The BA, which will be obtainable at the University of...
£81 million given to new climate tipping point warning system
The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) has given 27 teams a total of £81 million to determine signals that would warn us of imminent climate collapse and catastrophes. A new, ambitious climate change project has received a sizeable sum of cash to get the ball rolling. The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) financially backs high-risk, high-reward projects. It has just awarded £81 million to 27 teams that...
Trump announces order to bring plastic straws back
President Donald Trump has just announced he is banning the federal mandate of producing paper straws throughout the US. In-fact, he wants the nation to move exclusively back to plastic. ‘Drill baby drill’ was just the tip of the iceberg re Trump’s ecological unravelling, it would seem. The newly inaugurated president is still going down his list of pet peeves, binning off federal orders and drafting new ones as they pop...
