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Parliamentary Panel Warns Of Climate Risks & Extreme Heat, Slams Fund Underuse
News18
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August 11, 2025
Last Updated:August 11, 2025, 10:28 IST The panel will also visit Chandigarh and Mumbai in September to assess air and water pollution control efforts and inspect the work done by scientific institutions While recent studies confirm that climate...
Just How Senior Citizens Can Be Prepared When Extreme Climate Strikes
Savannah Herald - Georgia
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August 11, 2025
Aging Well: Information & Insights for Senior Citizens and Caretakers In a current article, AARP found a dreadful nationwide pattern of elderly lives shed throughout environment disasters Virtually three-quarters of the 115 targets of the wildfire...
Meghalaya’s Garo Hills see alarming climate shifts, researchers say
Hub Network
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August 11, 2025
Shillong, Aug 11: Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and shrinking forest resources are reshaping life for Meghalaya’s forest-dependent A’chik (Garo) community, according to a new study published in Trees, Forests and People. The study was...
India is a global leader in Elephant Conservation with 60% of world’s wild population, says Union MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh
The News Mill
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August 12, 2025
Union Minister of State (MoS) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh inaugurated the World Elephant Day 2025 celebrations in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore on Tuesday, highlighting India’s unwavering commitment to the conservation...
Global environmental measures squeeze Thai exports by 300 bn baht a year
The Nation Thailand
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August 11, 2025
Chaiwat Kovavisarach, chairman of the FTI’s Climate Change Institute, noted that Thailand emits about 350 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, with the energy and industrial sectors accounting for over 75%. Although this...
Court blocks commercial fishing in massive Pacific marine reserve
Environmental Health News
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August 12, 2025
A federal judge in Hawaii has reinstated a ban on commercial fishing in the Pacific Islands Heritage marine national monument, rejecting Trump administration efforts to loosen protections. Coral Murphy Marcos reports for The Guardian. In short:...
ZAMBIAN YOUTH PRESENT BOLD CLIMATE ACTION DEMANDS TO GOVERNMENT AT PAN-AFRICAN ADAPTATION FORUM
Zambian Observer
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August 11, 2025
ZAMBIAN YOUTH PRESENT BOLD CLIMATE ACTION DEMANDS TO GOVERNMENT AT PAN-AFRICAN ADAPTATION FORUM August 10,2025 In a powerful show of unity, Zambian youths have presented a hard-hitting Youth Communiqué to Minister of Green Economy and Environment...
Climate change threatens UK food supply as imports face growing disruption
The Scottish Farmer
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August 10, 2025
According to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), around £3 billion of UK food imports including essentials like rice, tea and mango come from 20 countries with the highest levels of climate-driven displacement. All are classed as...
France’s betrayal of Kanak hopes for independence, Rainbow Warrior, climate crisis and other issues
Asia Pacific Report
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August 10, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Pacific affairs and media commentator Dr David Robie reflected on the 1985 Rainbow Warrior mission to Rongelap atoll to help US nuclear refugees and the bombing of the Greenpeace campaign ship by French secret agents in a...
‘We are on the frontline’: the ambitious plan to save an Alpine village from a climate catastrophe
The Guardian
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August 11, 2025
The villagers of Pralognan-la-Vanoise in the French Alps know well the perils posed by the mountains that encircle them. Avalanches, rockfalls, mudslides, sudden crevices and torrents of water are within the living memory of most villagers, and...
India News | India is a Global Leader in Elephant Conservation with 60% of World's Wild Population, Says Union MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh
Latestly
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August 12, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Union Minister of State (MoS) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh inaugurated the World Elephant Day 2025 celebrations in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore on Tuesday, highlighting India's...
POWERCHINA Drives Green Energy Transition In Europe And Central Asia Amid Growing Global Climate Pressures
MENAFN
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August 11, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) In May, POWERCHINA entered into a general contracting agreement with Spain's Viroque Energy for the Arreaz Photovoltaic Power Station in San Roque, Cádiz. The project, with an installed capacity of 44 megawatts, includes...
Money raised from the new ‘green fee’ will go exclusively to environmental projects
Newstalk ZB
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August 11, 2025
As Hawaii nears the second anniversary of the Maui fires, its government is turning to tourism to mitigate future climate-related disasters. The fires scorched 6880ha of residential and commercial buildings, cultural landmarks and vegetation,...
QNB launches Blue Pledge campaign to protect marine environment in Qatar and globally
Qatar Tribune
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August 11, 2025
Tribune News Network Doha QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has organised the QNB Blue Pledge, a global initiative aimed at raising awareness about the importance of preserving the marine environment in...
The Environmental Impact of Cruise Ships
Earth.Org
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August 11, 2025
The global cruise industry is booming, with passenger numbers expected to reach 33.7 million this year. But this rapid growth comes with serious environmental impacts. — Cruise tourism has been booming since the Covid-19 panfemic, sparking...
Who Are the Climate Deniers Fighting the Endangerment Finding?
The Good Men Project - California
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August 11, 2025
By Geoff Dembicki on DeSmog In late July, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced at a trucking facility in Indiana that the Trump administration would be moving to rescind the “endangerment finding,” an...
Ministry of Environment & Climate Change seizes prohibited fishing tools
Qatar Tribune
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August 11, 2025
Tribune News Network Doha The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC), represented by the Marine Protection Department, conducted a field inspection tour in the country’s territorial waters. The campaign resulted in the seizure of a...
Ogun plans one million trees, 50-hectare parks for climate action
Punch
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August 10, 2025
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun on Sunday announced plans to plant one million trees and create 50 hectares of green recreational parks in partnership with the private sector before the end of this year’s planting season, as part of efforts to...
Fijian youth calls for urgent climate action on loss and damage
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 10, 2025
By Sanjeshni Kumar in Apia, Samoa PASIFIKA ENVIRONEWS/PACNEWS/SPREP Climate Change has clearly deepened its impact on agriculture and livelihoods for many farmers in Fiji, a young Fijian testified during a youth dialogue on Climate-induced Loss...
MoEF&CC in efforts to implement AI-based animal warning system for railway lines running through jungles: MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh
The Hindu
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August 12, 2025
Kirti Vardhan Singh (centre), Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, releasing ‘Healthy Feet, Healthy Elephants - a guide to foot care in captive Asian elephants’ during the World Elephant Day celebrations in...