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earth.com

Methane emissions stayed stubbornly high despite a federal push to cut them

Satellite data show U.S. oil and gas methane emissions stayed nearly flat from 2019 to 2024, even as production grew and federal policies shifted.

theguardian.com

‘A new age of climate extremes’: Earth accumulating heat at accelerating rate

Increased heat will supercharge extreme weather events, warns UN agency as Cop31 climate summit begins

bbc.co.uk

What is net zero and is the UK on track to achieve it?

Reaching net zero carbon emissions worldwide is essential to limit global warming, UN scientists say.

news.mongabay.com

Peru’s drive for critical minerals threatens a disappearing glacier

Like many in the community of Phinaya, in southeastern Peru, Donato Bermúdez makes his living from alpacas. His flock of 500 roams the slopes beneath the vast Quelccaya glacier, the site of the second-largest tropical ice cap in the world. Reaching 5,600 meters (18,400 feet), its white peak is home to centuries of tradition. “We […]

propublica.org

The Offshore Wind Industry Gave Him the Well-Paying Work He Needed. Then Trump Gutted It.

Massachusetts and Connecticut invested millions into offshore wind in the hopes the once-blossoming industry would jump-start local economies. But amid Trump’s multifront war on the industry, workers say they’re watching opportunity dry up.

theguardian.com

The planet ‘is being killed’, Greta Thunberg tells Cop31 climate summit

Swedish activist criticised world governments for their failure to prevent environmental breakdown

phys.org

Microplastic pollution could be changing the color of the Pacific Ocean

Our oceans have effectively become trash dumps where massive quantities of plastic end up. So much so, in fact, that the largest offshore plastic accumulation zone has been labeled the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

phys.org

2026 'most likely' to be second-hottest year on record: EU monitor

The world is on track for 2026 to be the second-hottest year on record as an exceptionally strong El Niño weather pattern turbocharges human-driven global warming, the EU's climate monitor said Friday.

pbs.org

At UN climate talks, 5 nations back plan to double rooftop solar panels by 2030

Five countries have backed a plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar panels worldwide by 2030, as U.N. climate talks in Turkey focus on expanding access to electricity and transitioning away from fossil fuels.

earth.com

Dirty air actually breaks down the smell of flowers and stops bees and moths from finding their food

Ozone and nitrogen oxides cut pollinators' ability to find flowers by about half, and ozone will stay high until around 2050 as fuels change.

theguardian.com

Cop31 will expose the conflicts and contradictions of the world’s fossil fuel reliance

The move to clean electricity will form the focus of the climate summit, which begins next week in coal-loving Turkey. The outlook doesn’t look good

bbc.co.uk

Over 1,000 tonnes of sewage seen at Doncaster landfill site

The Environment Agency says it has issued the operator with a series of actions after an inspection.

news.mongabay.com

Drought driven by climate change is redefining how disease spreads, study finds

As climate change intensifies, drought is widening globally, causing alterations in water-dependent pathogen patterns, leaving scientists scrambling to understand how infectious disease transmission is evolving. They’ll need to act quickly to predict and prepare for future outbreaks: In 2025, annual drought affected approximately 30% of the globe’s land surface, a near doubling of area since […]

insideclimatenews.org

COP31 Meets the Overshoot Era - Inside Climate News

The UN’s climate summit COP31 begins this week. The bill for overshoot is coming due.

helpage.org

Climate action cannot ignore an ageing world

New HelpAge research calls for climate adaptation, finance and decision-making to recognise the knowledge and leadership of older people.

theguardian.com

Jimmy Carter’s Georgia farm to open to the public: ‘This land shaped him and his legacy’

Conservation group acquires former US president’s family farm with plans to transfer it to the state in 2028

propublica.org

Bill Gates Wants to Stop Global Warming. He’s Earned Billions From Climate-Polluting Landfills.

Bill Gates owns a dominant stake in Republic Services, America’s second-largest landfill operator, but he’s failed to make the company live up to his own climate principles, ProPublica has found.

ctinsider.com

Client Challenge

phys.org

Societies could lose ability to respond to climate change

Human societies could lose the ability to respond to worsening climate change, scientists have warned.