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Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair | Greg Jericho

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:54:32 +0000

I’ve been writing about climate change for years. I know my graphs won’t change minds, but facts matter

2025 has not started well, and you should be bloody angry.

We are less than five months from the federal election and both major parties’ climate change policies are an amalgam of indolence and lies.

What do the Los Angeles fires tell us about the coming water wars? | Judith Levine

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:30:46 +0000

Will water soon be a marketable commodity or a priceless public good?

Calls to curb invasive species spread via untreated water transfer

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:50:44 +0000

Experts are warning of the risks of spreading invasive and non-native species when moving large volumes of untreated lake, reservoir and river water.

Italian police accused of making female activists remove underwear and do squats

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:41:06 +0000

Climate activists say they were subjected to degrading treatment during questioning in Brescia on Monday

Italy’s interior minister has been urged to open an investigation into police in the northern city of Brescia amid allegations that seven female climate activists were made to take off their underwear and perform squats during questioning.

The activists were among 22 people brought to Brescia’s main police station on Monday morning after officers interrupted a protest held outside the Italian aerospace and defence firm Leonardo’s factory.

California pulls diesel phase-out request to EPA ahead of Trump administration

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:29:29 +0000

Air Resources Board withdraws request for approval of rules to limit pollution from diesel trains and big rigs

California’s efforts to limit pollution from diesel-powered trains and big rigs were stalled in anticipation of pushback from the incoming Trump administration.

‘Running to danger and saving lives’: 1,100 incarcerated firefighters are on the LA frontlines

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:00:42 +0000

The jobs are highly coveted, offering training and reduced sentences, but face criticism over low wages

As firefighters are battling multiple huge blazes tearing through Los Angeles, California’s prisons have deployed more than 1,000 incarcerated people to battle on the frontlines.

Climate ‘whiplash’ events increasing exponentially around world

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:00:42 +0000

Global heating means atmosphere can drive both extreme droughts and floods with rapid switches

Climate “whiplash” between extremely wet and dry conditions, which spurred catastrophic fires in Los Angeles, is increasing exponentially around the world because of global heating, analysis has found.

Clean energy pioneer’s lab destroyed in suspected arson attack in Liverpool

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:57:16 +0000

Luke Evans, whose work has been called ‘breathtakingly new’, says he has lost experimental data and all equipment

A scientist in Liverpool has lost more than a decade of work after the prefabricated building that served as his research lab was destroyed in a suspected arson attack.

‘I applaud the EPA’: agency launches formal review of five toxic chemicals

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:00:09 +0000

Review could lead to bans on plastic chemicals including vinyl chloride, compound at center of 2023 Ohio train wreck

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a formal review of five highly toxic plastic chemicals, including vinyl chloride, the notorious compound at the center of the East Palestine, Ohio, train wreck fire. The move could lead to strong limits or bans on the substances.

3M knew firefighting foams containing PFAS were toxic, documents show

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:00:07 +0000

Exclusive: Newly uncovered documents reveal chemicals giant was aware ‘environmentally neutral’ products did not biodegrade

The multibillion-dollar chemicals company 3M told customers its firefighting foams were harmless and biodegradable when it knew they contained toxic substances so persistent they are now known as “forever chemicals” and banned in many countries including the UK, newly uncovered documents show.