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Environmental and Community Outcry Over Shell’s Deep-Sea Drilling Approval in Northern Cape
South Africa Today
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August 9, 2025
Environmentalists, fishing communities, and heritage organizations are challenging the government’s decision to grant Shell permission to drill up to 3,200 meters deep off the Northern Cape coast, citing risks to marine ecosystems, cultural...
Why so many Legionnaires' cases in NY? Environmental and human factors may play a role.
Gothamist - New York
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New York City’s ongoing outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem, which has killed three people and sickened dozens more, is the latest in a series of similar clusters that have made headlines in recent years, usually in the summer...
The World Court ruled countries can be held liable for climate change damage – what does that mean for the US? (Opinion)
Daily Camera - Colorado
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August 10, 2025
The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal obligation to protect and prevent harm to the climate. The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed...
Caribbean lawyers celebrate ICJ climate change opinion: We’ve been heard
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 10, 2025
Features Narissa Fraser 2 Hrs Ago (From right) Acting Justice of the Supreme Court in The Bahamas Cheryl Bazard, KC, TT lawyer Justin Sobion, and attorney Kate Wilson, legal officer in the Department of Sustainable Development in St Lucia, outside...
From Altadena to Westminster: climate denial is a luxury we can’t afford
Business Matters
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August 10, 2025
But this time was different. The hills were scorched. The air was acrid. Driving into Altadena, I was met not by the familiar suburban hum but by the sight — and smell — of destruction. Houses gutted. Trees reduced to brittle, blackened bones. A...
Climate Change Drives Surge in Deadly Flesh-Eating Bacteria in US Southeast
WebProNews
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August 9, 2025
In the warm coastal waters of the southeastern United States, a silent threat is escalating, with cases of infections from Vibrio vulnificus—a bacterium notorious for its “flesh-eating” capabilities—surging to alarming levels. Recent reports...
Environmental Degradation, Climate Shocks Cost Ethiopia USD 4.3bln Annually: Report
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 9, 2025
A new report urges Ethiopia to turn to green and sustainable finance instruments to curb the effects of climate shocks and environmental degradation, which its authors warn costs the country up to 1.5 percent of its GDP each year, with projections...
COMMENTARY: EPA proposes to end US fight against climate change
News Tribune - Missouri
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August 10, 2025
President Donald Trump has been trying to eliminate climate regulations since his first day back in office when he signed an executive order declaring the primacy of fossil fuels. But his administration's most radical step came last week, when the...
The difference between ‘net zero’ emissions and ‘temperature neutrality’
The Irish Times
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Climate scientists have challenged the view that prioritising “temperature neutrality” as a revised approach to meeting climate targets is merited. This is because insufficient reductions of greenhouse gases would be achieved. It is considered a...
'People's Hearing On Extreme Weather' targets Trump climate policy
Los Angeles Times
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August 10, 2025
On Saturday, Los Angeles-area elected officials, advocacy groups, and community members convened in Pasadena for what was billed as a “People’s Hearing on Extreme Weather.” Organized by the Climate Action Campaign and its member environmental...
NEMC reaches about 1,450 stakeholders with environmental education at Nane Nane exhibitions
The Citizen
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Dodoma. The National Environmental Management Council (NEMC) has reached nearly 1,450 stakeholders by providing education on sustainable environmental conservation and management at this year’s Nane Nane Agricultural Exhibitions held in Dodoma and...
The Tide Reclaims: Caribbean romance meets climate reality
CNC 3
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August 10, 2025
Lead Editor-Newsgathering [email protected] On the island of St Gyles, a small mass of land off the coast of Tobago, a fictional story of love meets climate change in Latoyaa Roberts-Thomas’ third book, The Tide Reclaims. Her novel connects two...
Global Experts convene in Beijing for climate solutions
China Daily Global
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From June to July, officials and experts from various countries gathered in Beijing to learn from China's experience in ecological and environmental governance. Since 2007, China's National Academy of Forest and Grassland Administration has hosted...
Can We Alter the Ocean to Counter Climate Change Faster? This Experiment Aims to Find Out
Inside Climate News
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August 10, 2025
Later this summer, a fluorescent reddish-pink spiral will bloom across the Wilkinson Basin in the Gulf of Maine, about 40 miles northeast of Cape Cod. Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will release the nontoxic water tracer...
From cloudbursts to climate boiling: The price of ignoring Himalayas’ warnings
The Hans India
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August 10, 2025
The mountains are coming down. The fury with which the mountains are crumbling is worrisome but it doesn’t seem to have hit where it needs to hit most. Policy makers will go on repeating what has been said umpteen times before – planning for...
The new legal order of environmental accountability
The Malta Independent
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Environmental degradation is no longer a hypothetical risk. It is a measurable and accelerating crisis, one that is actively reshaping legal systems. In July 2025, sea surface temperatures in the western Mediterranean reached 31°C, up to 8°C above...
Ramokgopa welcomes environmental approval for new nuclear facility in Cape Town
Eye Witness News
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CAPE TOWN - Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has welcomed the environmental approval for a new nuclear facility in Cape Town, saying the project represents the next step in securing a stable baseload supply for future generations. Eight...
John Swinney splashed public cash on lavish 'self-indulgent' climate speech as secretive SNP refuse to say how it benefited Scots
Scottish Daily Express
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August 10, 2025
John Swinney has been slated for splashing out over £1,000 of taxpayer cash on a "self-indulgent" speech about climate change. The First Minister spoke to a venue of climate and environmental experts on February 19 as part of his series of Budget...
Integrating mental health and climate change to serve communities
The Nation Malawi
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August 10, 2025
Mental health, which encompasses physical, psychological, emotional and social well-being, is an enabler of effective living in society. Mental health well-being does not only contribute to healthier and happy life, but also productivity. A human...
Environment reporter Lynda Mapes dove into Seattle’s Elliott Bay, and found some big changes
KUOW 94.9 - Washington State
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August 9, 2025
It's peak tourism season in downtown Seattle. Residents and visitors have been celebrating the $800 million dollar makeover of the waterfront. Is the same true for residents and visitors under the surface of Elliott Bay? To consider that question,...