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UN Secretary-General Warns of ‘Climate Hell’ After Planet Experiences String of Record Temperatures

UN Secretary-General Warns of ‘Climate Hell’ After Planet Experiences String of Record Temperatures

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for immediate action to avoid the world being in “climate hell” after this May was the warmest ever recorded, according to a recent report from the European Commission’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). “It’s climate crunch time,” Guterres said at New York’s American Museum of Natural History on […]

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    WWF Sues Norway Over Approval of Deep-Sea Mining in Arctic Waters

    WWF Sues Norway Over Approval of Deep-Sea Mining in Arctic Waters

    The Norway chapter of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Norway) is bringing a lawsuit against the Norwegian government for allowing mining of its seabed, claiming the country has not properly investigated the negative impacts. WWF-Norway said the decision to proceed with deep-sea mining breaches Norwegian law and sets a “dangerous precedent,” a press release from […]

    EPA Announces $300 Million for Cleanup of Former ‘Brownfield’ Industrial Sites

    EPA Announces $300 Million for Cleanup of Former ‘Brownfield’ Industrial Sites

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $300 million in grants from the Biden administration’s Investing in America agenda to assist Tribal Nations, States, nonprofit organizations and local governments with assessing and cleaning up the country’s former industrial sites, known as brownfields, a press release from the EPA said. There are an estimated […]

    Ford Announces Support for EPA Automobile Tailpipe Emissions Rule

    Ford Announces Support for EPA Automobile Tailpipe Emissions Rule

    The Ford Motor Company said on Monday that it supports the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) new regulations to reduce passenger vehicle tailpipe emissions by 49 percent over 2026 levels by 2032, reported Reuters. Ford is the second-largest automobile manufacturer in the country. “Complying with emissions regulations requires lengthy advance planning, and Ford has […]

    ‘Monumental Decision’: Biden Admin Proposes Ending Coal Leasing in Nation’s Most Productive Mining Area

    ‘Monumental Decision’: Biden Admin Proposes Ending Coal Leasing in Nation’s Most Productive Mining Area

    The United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed the ending of new coal leases on federal land in Montana and Wyoming’s Powder River Basin (PRB) — the nation’s most productive area for the highly polluting fossil fuel. The new proposal would regulate millions of acres of mineral reserves on […]

    Oakland School District Transitions to 100% Electric Bus Fleet

    Oakland School District Transitions to 100% Electric Bus Fleet

    The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) in the Bay Area of California is set to fully transition its school bus fleet to electric buses. With this move, it is expected to become the first big school district in the U.S. to switch to 100% electric buses with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities. The school district has partnered […]