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Major Emergency Response Exercise Puts Offshore Renewables Industry to the Test
Organized by the Offshore Renewable Energy Emergency Forum (OREEF), the TRIREX (triennial renewables exercise), brings together various authorities, regulators and stakeholders to conduct boundary pushing emergency exercises. Conducted at Moray...
Nations' Climate Plans Could Cause 2.5°C of Warming, Imperiling 'Livable Future'
A United Nations assessment released Tuesday—less than a week before the UN Climate Change Conference summit in Brazil—warns that countries' latest pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement could push global temperatures to...
Ahead of COP30, Report Finds Oil and Gas Expansion Continues to Outpace Climate Action
The fossil fuel industry is "racing toward climate breakdown with its foot on the accelerator," said one official at the German environmental rights group Urgewald on Tuesday as the group released its Global Oil and Gas Exit List. The report shows...
Five-year-olds to be taught climate change under Labour
Children as young as five will receive lessons on climate change under Labour’s shake-up of the national curriculum. All primary school children in England will be taught a mandatory new citizenship course that will include topics such as global...
Youth Climate Action Summit takes place at Benson Centre
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Dr. Ojistoh Horn served as the keynote speaker for students at the fifth-annual Youth Action Climate Action Summit on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Cornwall, Ont. Photo by Marc Benoit /Cornwall...
Trump 'Misread' Climate Change Memo, Bill Gates Says
President Donald Trump prematurely declared victory in the “War on the Climate Change Hoax” after thanking Bill Gates for allegedly "admitting" that his stance on climate change had changed—an interpretation Gates quickly dismissed. The Microsoft...
Environment minister unveils key points of plan to fight West Bank waste fires
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman on Tuesday announced key elements of a strategic plan to reduce waste burning in the West Bank that is causing rising pollution in Israel. As The Times of Israel reported on Sunday, the NGO Citizens...
Starmer says he ‘hasn’t changed his mind’ on climate action before Cop30 summit
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UN sees slight progress on climate action, partly offset by the US
This year’s report is no exception: Based on policies that countries have put in place and current technology trends, Earth is expected to warm by roughly 2.8 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) this century, compared with preindustrial levels....
Climate adaptation should be a priority at COP30, says ambassador
Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, president of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), said in São Paulo on Monday (Nov. 3) that he expects the issue of climate adaptation to be an “absolute priority” at COP30, to be held in the...
McMinn, Grundy, and Rhea counties get state grants to plan parks and recreation projects McMinn, Grundy, and Rhea counties are getting state money to help plan parks and recreation projects.The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation an
DAYTON, Tenn. — McMinn, Grundy, and Rhea counties are getting state money to help plan parks and recreation projects. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation announced this week that 18 communities across the state are sharing...
Starmer affirms UK commitment to climate action ahead of Cop30 summit
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Texas Named Top Business Climate in America for 3rd Year in a Row
Governor Greg Abbott celebrated Texas being named America’s Top Business Climate for the third year in a row by Site Selection magazine. Image for illustration purposesTexas Border Business AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott celebrated Texas being...
Les objectifs de l’accord de Paris sur le climat sont loin d’être atteints, alerte l’ONU
“Les pays ont eu trois occasions d’atteindre leurs engagement dans le cadre de l’Accord de Paris, et à chaque fois, elles sont tombées à côté de la cible”, indique le rapport. “Nous avons toujours besoin d’une réduction d’ampleur sans précédent...
Ministers meet with the Green Climate Fund
Views: 34 Views: 33 Posted: Tuesday, November 4, 2025. 1:11 pm CST. Press Release Hon. Michel Chebat, Minister of Public Utilities, Energy and Logistics; Dr. Hon. Louis Zabaneh, Minister of Constitution and Religious Affairs, Indigenous Affairs...
“It Encouraged Me To Continue Working Harder on Climate Change Reporting”
In 2024, Covering Climate Now alerted hundreds of journalists in Japan to a singularly important innovation in climate news coverage: the evening news program of France’s public broadcaster, France Télévisions, replacing its traditional weather...
Global warming to reach 1.8C even with rapid climate action, UN warns
The UN has today (4 November) warned that there is a 55% chance of this temperature increase happening, bringing devastating impacts for island nations and key habitats, including coral reefs and tropical forests. It would, then, be possible to...
World will overshoot 1.5°C climate goal, UN says
The world has failed to meet its main climate change target of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5°C, and will likely breach this threshold in the next decade, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Tuesday (4...
‘Net zero is socialism’: Labor’s renewables push seeks to ‘control everything’
Musk proposes PV-powered AI satellite network to fight global warming
In response to a question about how an AI satellite constellation could ensure precise and equitable adjustments to solar energy across Earth’s hemispheres – accounting for seasonal variations and potential geopolitical conflicts over control –...