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...
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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...
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...
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...
£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...
Could climate change drive deep-sea creatures to the surface?
The short answer is, yes. A team of researchers recently spotted a deep-sea anglerfish near the surface, far from where it belongs – the Midnight Zone. Remember the fish from Finding Nemo with knife-like teeth, huge eyes, and a glowing lure on its head? Well, it’s a real creature, and...
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...
Trump appears to have killed the Green Proving Ground program
The Green Proving Ground program was established in 2011 and was designed to test and implement emerging technologies for reducing energy waste in buildings. It appears the Trump Administration has cancelled it. According to a new report by Fast Company, it seems the Trump Administration has cancelled the Green Proving Ground program. Launched in 2011 and run by the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Energy (DOE), the...
New research finds high levels of microplastics in human brains
A new study has found that human brains contain high levels of microplastics that are increasing over time. It has higher concentrations of the material than any other organ. The human brain contains higher concentrations of microplastics than other organs, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine by the University of New Mexico Health Sciences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiEBEGKQp_I The new research found that microplastics in human brains have increased...
Climate change could halve global GDP
A new report by the IFoA warns the global economy could face 50% loss in gross domestic product due to the catastrophic impacts of climate change. The numbers pertaining to the climate crisis continue to paint a grave picture. And a new report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) is no different. The organisation has posed a stark warning: if the catastrophic effects of global warming continue...
