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Storm-raising, witches and the new conspiracist threat to weather research

NEPS — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:52:10 +0000

Several US states want to criminalise atmospheric experiments, which could prevent meteorological studies

Conspiracy theories about weather manipulation go back centuries and are more dangerous than you might think.

In the ninth century, St Agobard of Lyon wrote a treatise called On Hail and Thunder attacking the popular superstition that storm-raisers could call up tempests at will.… Read the rest

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Weather tracker: Cyclone Jude causes chaos in Mozambique

NEPS — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:34:59 +0000

Faye Hulton (Metdesk)

More than 200mm of rain fell in 24 hours, destroying 900 homes and leaving 40,000 people without power

Cyclone Jude was the third cyclone to hit Mozambique this season. First spotted as a depression last Friday to the south-west of the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, it intensified over the next few days to a moderate tropical storm, affecting northern Madagascar on Saturday and killing at least one person.… Read the rest

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COP16: Landmark biodiversity agreements adopted

NEPS — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 04:42:12 +0000

The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded this weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever agreements on nature’s genetic data and on recognising people of Africa descent and Indigenous Peoples as key stewards in conservation efforts.… Read the rest

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The heat is on: We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures, urges UN chief

NEPS — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:22:32 +0000

The UN chief on Thursday issued an urgent call to action to better protect billions around the world exposed to crippling effects of extreme heat, as global temperature rise continues unabated.

The appeal comes against the backdrop of record temperatures and deadly heatwaves – from the United States to Africa’s Sahel and Europe to the Middle East – that have killed several hundred people this summer.… Read the rest

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Brutal heatwave cooks US south-west, an early sign of sizzling summer ahead

NEPS — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 11:33:05 +0000

Gabrielle Canon in Oakland and Dani Anguiano in Chico, California

Millions of Americans are sweltering as experts warn early heat could herald next record-smashing summer

Heatwave grips US south-west with record highs: ‘Hotter than we’re used to’

With the official start of summer still weeks away, a record-setting heatwave is cooking the south-western US, causing dangerous conditions far earlier than normal.… Read the rest

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Developed countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at plastic pollution talks

NEPS — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:25:56 +0000

Campaigners say last-minute compromise plays into the hands of petrostates and industry influences

Sandra Laville Environment correspondent

Campaigners are blaming developed countries for capitulating at the last minute to pressure from fossil fuel and industry lobbyists, and slowing progress towards the first global treaty to cut plastic waste.

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Taxing big fossil fuel firms ‘could raise $900bn in climate finance by 2030’

NEPS — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:21:49 +0000

Levy on oil and gas majors in richest countries would help worst-affected nations tackle climate crisis, says report

Matthew Taylor

A new tax on fossil fuel companies based in the world’s richest countries could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help the most vulnerable nations cope with the escalating climate crisis, according to a report.

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‘It’s the industry’s dirty secret’: why fashion’s oversupply problem is an environmental disaster

NEPS — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 07:44:29 +0000

As many as 40% of clothes made each year – 60bn garments – are not sold. Experts say tackling such obscene waste will require radical changes in production – and legislation

Lucianne Tonti

o one knows exactly how many coats, jeans, T-shirts and trainers are produced every year, which means no one knows how many garments remain unsold in warehouses, destined for landfill or destruction.

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France’s lower house votes to limit ‘excesses’ of fast fashion with environmental surcharge

NEPS — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 07:37:37 +0000

Measure is part of package aimed at limiting pollution associated with cheap, imported clothes

Agence France-Presse

France’s lower house of parliament has backed a string of measures to make low-cost fast fashion, especially items from Chinese mass producers, less attractive to buyers.

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‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes

NEPS — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 07:33:36 +0000

Carbon schemes are touted as a way to transfer billions in climate finance to the developing world – but people at the Kariba project in Zimbabwe say most of the profits never arrive

Patrick Greenfield and Nyasha Chingono in Kariba

n the districts surrounding Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, most people have little idea their villages were at the centre of a multimillion-dollar carbon boom.… Read the rest

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