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Africa requires $3 trillion to achieve climate goals - AU
News.Az
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With only a month remaining until the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), the African Union has emphasized the urgent need for global partners to help close Africa's climate finance gap, revealing that the continent requires $3 trillion to...
Yukon environment, highways minister won't seek re-election
Yukon News - Alaska
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August 1, 2025
Nils Clarke announced his plans through a Yukon Liberal Party press release on Aug. 1 Nils Clarke won't be running in this year's territorial election, according to a press release from the Yukon Liberals shared on Aug. 1. Clarke, first elected to...
Going to waste: two years after REDcycle’s collapse, Australia’s soft plastics are hitting the environment hard
The Guardian
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August 2, 2025
Two years on from REDcycle’s collapse, 94% of Australia’s soft plastics are still headed for landfill. Collection has restarted at supermarkets, and 42 warehouses of plastics have been cleared, but experts say the packaging industry must take...
Climate crisis is changing Turkey's fire regime
Bianet
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August 1, 2025
The inability to control the fires that broke out in various cities across Turkey throughout July and burned thousands of hectares of forest land for a long time drew widespread criticism. A significant portion of this backlash focused on the...
After two-year Darwin-inspired voyage, young scientists return with climate warning and hope
Malay Mail
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August 2, 2025
ROTTERDAM, Aug 2 — After a two-year around-the-world ocean voyage inspired by Charles Darwin, scientists and crew sailed home on a historic vessel into Rotterdam yesterday bearing a warning about climate change—but also a message of hope. The...
Mary Gay Scanlon criticizes Trump administration's approach to environmental policy
South Delco News - Pennsylvania
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August 1, 2025
Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, who represents Pennsylvania’s 5th district in the U.S. Congress, criticized the Trump Administration’s environmental policies in a series of posts on August 1, 2025.In one post, Scanlon wrote: "Americans didn’t sign...
Pontifical Academy for Life will address tech advances and environment, its president says
Catholic News Agency
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August 1, 2025
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 1, 2025 / 15:56 pm The new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, says the Church has plans to address a number of pressing matters surrounding human dignity, including artificial...
Mary Gay Scanlon discusses flood recovery funding and environmental initiatives
South Delco News - Pennsylvania
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August 1, 2025
Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, who represents Pennsylvania’s 5th district in the U.S. Congress, has recently highlighted her involvement in local recovery and environmental initiatives through a series of social media posts.On July 31, 2025,...
Argyll Environmental SiteSolutions Reports
Legal Futures
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August 1, 2025
By Legal Futures Associate Landmark Information Group New design, trusted expert analysis In collaboration with the UK’s leading law firms, three of Argyll’s environmental SiteSolutions and FloodSolutions reports have been redesigned to improve...
20-year lease for Maryland's Environment Department raises concerns over unnecessary costs
FOX45 - Maryland
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BALTIMORE (WBFF) — For more than 20 years, Maryland’s Department of the Environment has been headquartered at Montgomery Park, a converted warehouse building in West Baltimore. And they’re not leaving for at least 20 more. The state recently...
Find climate solutions for them, and us
The Economic Times
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August 1, 2025
Climate change is, indeed, a great leveller. Rich or poor, no country is immune to nature's growing unpredictability. Torrential rains and flash floods have battered the US East Coast, forcing states of emergency in NYC and New Jersey. Authorities...
Why are cold deaths ignored while heat deaths dominate climate change narratives?
The Economic Times
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August 1, 2025
Beginning of every summer is marked by alarming stories about heat deaths, pointing to the urgency of climate action. Yet, this narrative tells a misleading fraction of the story. Media seldom reports on cold deaths. Cold, by contrast, kills...
Trump’s EPA Is Taking Aim at the Legal Backbone of U.S. Climate Policy
Columbia Law School
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Trump’s EPA Is Taking Aim at the Legal Backbone of U.S. Climate Policy The Trump administration is releasing its proposal to undo the “endangerment finding,” the long-standing rationale and legal imperative for regulating greenhouse gases under...
Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) Decries Settlement as “Grossly Inadequate” in Fifth-Largest Fish-Kill in Iowa History
River Cities' Reader - Iowa
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August 1, 2025
DES MOINES, IOWA (August 1, 2025) — This week, the Iowa Attorney General’s office announced a settlement with NEW Cooperative in Red Oak over a major fish-kill event in March of 2024. NEW Cooperative left the valve on a fertilizer tank open for...
How this Pasadena father and daughter are fighting climate change with comics
Orange County Register - California
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August 1, 2025
Pasadena’s Bob Wyman estimates he’s been to San Diego Comic-Con at least 20 times over the years, even once showing up in Doctor Who cosplay with daughter Sally Krueger-Wyman. But this year, the father-daughter duo arrived with a different...
Strong airplane turbulence more likely with summer heat, climate change
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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August 1, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. A Delta spokesperson said details of how the pilots learned of and prepared for the conditions were part of the investigation.Pre-flight planning and...
Can a local docuseries’ screening help San Diegans ‘think differently’ about the environment?
The San Diego Union-Tribune - California
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August 1, 2025
A crowd gathered at the Pacific Beach library this week for a screening and discussion of part of a San Diego-produced documentary series about humanity’s impact on the world hosted by its director and City Council President Joe LaCava. “Human...
HKTDC welcomes the 'Report on Hong Kong's Business Environment' and continues to actively promote Hong Kong's advantages
WhaTech
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August 1, 2025
Guest Post By Marie Bergado Consumer Electronics Blog 2025-08-02 HONG KONG, July 30, 2025 - (ACN Newswire) - The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) welcomes the release of the "Report on Hong Kong’s Business Environment: Unique Strengths...
UNCW Scientist Helps Advance Forest-Based Climate Solutions
University of North Carolina Wilmington
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Peng Gao, associate professor in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at UNCW, is one of 19 global experts contributing to a new article published online July 30 in Nature, outlining how nature-based climate solutions (NbCS) can be more...
Iran’s water crisis is real but man-made, climatologist argues
Iran International
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August 1, 2025
Karami calls it an “engineered drought”—a manufactured emergency that lets authorities avoid long-overdue reforms while shifting the financial burden to citizens. “There is water,” he said. “But it costs the government more to deliver it in the...