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New evidence says gas exports damage the climate even more than coal. It’s time Australia took serious action | Adam Morton - Guardian (Oct 01, 2024) |
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Oct 01, 2024 · A US study estimates the total climate pollution from LNG was 33% greater than that from coal over a 20-year period. This should have major ramifications for emissions policy
The claim that Australian gas exports are “clean” and needed to drive the transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions has become an article of faith for significant parts of the country’s industry, media and political classes – often repeated, only occasionally challenged.
It has buttressed a massive expansion of the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry in the north of the continent over the past decade, with major new developments in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern ... Read more ...
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At least 66 killed and 69 missing as flooding and landslides hit Nepal - Guardian (Sep 02, 2024) |
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Sep 02, 2024 · Officials expect death toll to rise as flood waters inundate Kathmandu after highest rainfall since 1970
Flooding and landslides caused by continuous rainfall have killed at least 101 people in Nepal while 64 people are missing, officials have said. Rain began pouring down on Friday night and continued into Saturday, with low-lying neighbourhoods in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, inundated by surging floodwaters.
“The death toll has reached 101, and 64 people are missing,” police spokesperson Dan Bahadur Karki told AFP early on Sunday.
“There is likely to be an increase in the death toll as our search and rescue mission proceeds in the affected areas,” he ... Read more ...
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‘Two incredible extreme events’: Antarctic sea ice on cusp of record winter low for second year running - Guardian (Sep 01, 2024) |
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Sep 01, 2024 · Last year Antarctica’s sea ice was 1.6m sq km below average – the size of Britain, France, Germany and Spain combined. This week it had even less than that
Sea ice surrounding Antarctica is on the cusp of reaching a record winter low for a second year running, continuing an “outrageous” fall in the amount of Southern Ocean that is freezing over.
The Antarctic region underwent an abrupt transformation in 2023 as the sea ice cover surrounding the continent crashed for six months straight. In winter, it covered about 1.6m sq km less than the long-term average – an area roughly the size of Britain, France, Germany and Spain combined.
Scientists at the Australian ... Read more ...
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Elite US universities rake in millions from big oil donations, research finds - Guardian (Sep 01, 2024) |
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Sep 01, 2024 · Student-led analyses raise concerns of conflict of interest at six universities, including Princeton, Columbia and Cornell
Prestigious US universities are raking in millions of dollars from fossil fuel interests, raising concerns about conflicts of interest. And one university even appears to have owned a petroleum company from which it has earned millions of dollars, according to a spate of new reports produced by student organizers.
The six analyses, released Wednesday, focus on American University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Princeton University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and University of California, San Diego. They were written by campus ... Read more ...
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Global heating is making El Niño and La Niña forecasts less reliable, BoM says - Guardian (Sep 01, 2024) |
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Sep 01, 2024 · Exclusive: Meteorologists say climate change and the amount of heat being added to the oceans make predictions based on the past less reliable
The Bureau of Meteorology is shifting the way it communicates about climate phenomena such as El Niño and La Niña, because global heating is making predictions based on the past less reliable.
This week the bureau kept the country on a “La Niña watch” and said if the climate system in the Pacific does develop, it’s likely to be short-lived and weak.
Historically, La Niña events – where warmer waters gather to the north of Australia – have been associated with cooler and wetter conditions from across north-western Australia ... Read more ...
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Technology helping solar farms counter growing hailstone threat - Guardian (Sep 01, 2024) |
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Sep 01, 2024 · With storms becoming more frequent due to the climate crisis, insurers are forcing operators to respond
One of the least considered hazards of climate change is the increasing frequency of hailstorms and the size and the impact of the pieces of ice they produce. This, in turn, threatens one of the most promising solutions to the climate crisis: solar farms.
In the last year, the number of hailstorms in Europe exceeded 10,000 and the size of large hailstones reported from Italy and Germany increased to 10cm (4in) – enough to dent a car, smash greenhouses and break a solar panel. The frequency of storms and the size of the hail is increasing.
In Texas, where ... Read more ...
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The Hague becomes world’s first city to pass law banning fossil fuel-related ads - Guardian (Sep 01, 2024) |
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Sep 01, 2024 · Legislation makes it illegal to advertise fossil fuel products and services with a high carbon footprint
The Hague has become the first city in the world to pass a law banning advertisements promoting fossil fuel products and climate-busting services.
Legislation passed on Thursday spells the end of publicly and privately funded advertising for petrol and diesel, aviation and cruise ships in the streets of the Dutch city, including on billboards and bus shelters. It takes effect from the start of next year.
It is the first time a city has banned high-carbon advertising through local legislation. The decision follows a call by the UN chief, António Guterres, earlier ... Read more ...
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‘Massive disinformation campaign’ is slowing global transition to green energy - Guardian (Aug 08, 2024) |
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Aug 08, 2024 · UN says a global 'backlash’ against climate action is being stoked by fossil fuel companies
Fossil fuel companies are running “a massive mis- and disinformation campaign” so that countries will slow down the adoption of renewable energy and the speed with which they “transition away” from a carbon-intensive economy, the UN has said.
Selwin Hart, the assistant secretary general of the UN, said that talk of a global “backlash” against climate action was being stoked by the fossil fuel industry, in an effort to persuade world leaders to delay emissions-cutting policies. The perception among many political observers of a rejection of climate policies was a result of this ... Read more ...
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Repeating climate denial claims makes them seem more credible, Australian-led study finds - Guardian (Aug 07, 2024) |
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Aug 07, 2024 · Even those who are concerned about climate crisis were influenced by false claims, showing how 'insidious’ repetition is, researcher says
Repeating false and sceptical claims about climate science makes them seem more credible – including to people who accept the science and are alarmed by the climate crisis – new research has found.
The study’s lead author, Mary Jiang, from the Australian National University, said: “The findings show how powerful and insidious repetition is and how it can influence people’s assessment of truth.”
The paper is among the first to test the effect of statements about the climate crisis. The findings highlight the dangers of repeating ... Read more ...
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‘I turned into a solar nerd’: money and fun were the unexpected benefits of installing panels - Guardian (Aug 07, 2024) |
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Aug 07, 2024 · Our former environment correspondent had solar panels installed in 2010 and later added a heat pump. He’s totted up the energy generated and cash saved over the years
An abiding memory of a day in August 2010, the first time my solar panels were connected to the grid, was of the builders downing tools and watching the electricity meter whiz round backwards.
It was a sunny day and they were supposed to be finishing the plastering and insulation, but the novel sight of the old-style electricity meter in reverse was too entertaining.
For the previous few months we had been refurbishing my new home, a 1930s bungalow, with some of the many “green” improvements that I ... Read more ...
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