CT legislators split along party lines over trash and global warming – The Connecticut Mirror

Engaging in debates over policy and process, legislators split along party lines Friday as the Environment Committee sent to the floors of the House and Senate two bills addressing Connecticut’s struggle to manage solid waste disposal and curb climate change….

UK planning to launch watered down net zero strategy in oil capital Aberdeen

The government is planning to launch its revamped net zero strategy from the UK’s oil and gas capital, Aberdeen, in a clear signal of its intention to boost the fossil fuel industry while cutting key green measures, the Guardian has…

Opinion | Climate Change: The Time to Act Is Now – The New York Times

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The Aukus deal is a crime against the world’s climate future. It didn’t have to be like this | Jeff Sparrow

Under the terms of the government’s nuclear submarine purchase, the first Australian-built Aukus class vessels come into service in the early 2040s. What else might be happening then? According to the IPCC, at current rates, the planet will have warmed…

How big is your carbon footprint?

March weather has been a rollercoaster ride with spring held back by cold and turbulence; a reminder that worse extremes will come if we do not reduce our carbon footprint. One of the big problems for many of us is…

ABC staff to walk off job next week – as it happened

From 7h ago The move comes after union members rejected a revised offer from management. The Community and Public Sector Union and the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance held meetings on Wednesday and resolved that the sticking point is inadequate…

UN head calls for scientist to serve ‘cold, hard facts’ that will push governments to curb climate change – Fox News

The head of the United Nations called Monday for scientists to serve up “cold, hard facts” to push governments into making policies that curb climate change before a key global warming threshold is passed. His comments came as experts and…

Mom Recycles a Ton of Trash With Backyard Public Recycling Center That Collects Things the City Doesn’t

An English woman has found her calling and recycled more than 2,000 pounds of trash after setting up a drop-off point in her garden shed for people to leave items that garbage men don’t collect. Liz Pinfield-Wells built the DIY recycling center following the birth of her third child after she learned she couldn’t recycle […]

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Voting teal is all very well but curbing our lifestyles to save the planet is crucial | Conal Hanna

Tony Abbott. Donald Trump. Adani. Scott Morrison. Jair Bolsonaro. Shell. George W Bush. George HW Bush. Saudi Aramco. These are just some of the names rightly called out by media in recent years for their contribution to, or stalling of…

Dark Money Eco-Group Astroturfing Opposition To Major Oil Project

A supposed grassroots movement on social media that opposes a major oil drilling project in Alaska is largely being driven and funded by an environmental group bankrolled by a left-wing billionaire. Over the last several weeks, the #StopWillow hashtag has…