Voters in city seats support ban on new coal and gas projects, poll shows

The majority of voters in several metropolitan areas support stopping new coal and gas projects and believe industrial polluters should not be able to use carbon offsets for all their greenhouse gas emissions, according to new polling. The progressive thinktank…

Give mature trees same protection as heritage buildings, say campaigners

Mature and veteran trees should have the same protections as heritage buildings to stop destruction on the scale carried out in Plymouth this week, campaigners have said. The Woodland Trust is calling for an English Heritage-style body to enforce greater…

VoLo Foundation: Inflation Reduction Act is climate change action in … – WGCU

A prestigious climate change conference in Orlando lauded the Inflation Reduction Act as the most aggressive investment in combating global warming the nation has ever seen. VoLo Foundation, a nonprofit focused on supporting science-based climate solutions, enhancing education, and improving…

Climate change: New idea for sucking up CO2 from air shows promise – BBC

Getty Images By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent A new way of sucking carbon dioxide from the air and storing it in the sea has been outlined by scientists. The authors say that this novel approach captures CO2 from the atmosphere…

Twenty-five trailblazing women leading the fight against climate change – Reuters

March 7 – With so many extraordinary women engaged in the battle against climate change, the biggest task in compiling Reuters Impact’s list of trailblazing women for International Women’s Day was whittling down our long list to only 25. We…

Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points

More than 1,000 “super-emitter” sites gushed the potent greenhouse gas methane into the global atmosphere in 2022, the Guardian can reveal, mostly from oil and gas facilities. The worst single leak spewed the pollution at a rate equivalent to 67m…

‘A wake-up call for the industry’: Meat production in France under scrutiny amid climate change – FRANCE 24 English

As meat consumption remains the biggest contributor to food-related greenhouse gas emissions, developing more eco-responsible habits requires changes to our diets. For livestock farmers, this translates into a need to find new ways of production. Advertising Read more Following Neige…

Ajay Banga: New World Bank leader will face pressure to make climate change a central focus – Axios

Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios White House officials say Ajay Banga — President Biden’s choice to head the World Bank — is poised to transform its climate work, but his resume is something of a Rorschach test on this claim. Catch up…

Making art from ocean plastic to raise awareness of trash

Pam Longobardi creates art with ocean plastic to raise awareness of the garbage accumulating in the world’s oceans. See her art here.

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Firing moon dust into space could reverse global warming, study claims – Euronews

We could stop global warming by firing moon dust into space, researchers say. From building a massive floating solar farm to feeding cows seaweed, inventors have come up with plenty of outlandish solutions for fighting climate change. But this could…