We’re now halfway through the UK government’s critical decade for tackling climate change – and 2025 is fast becoming a year of climate U-turns Airport expansions have been approved, the phaseout of gas-fired boilers shelved and, under the government’s latest industrial strategy, green levies on industrial energy bills that support renewables have been slashed. All while key indicators of global climate stability are deteriorating
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The UK’s year of climate U-turns exposes a deeper failure
Breaking free of the dangerous pretence that current efforts suffice demands a fundamental rethink of the UK’s climate policy consensus.
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But the company's overall emissions were up 11% amid increases in greenhouse gases from its supply chain, including manufacturing and assembling AI computing hardware, and building data centers https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/google-gemini-apps-energy-use-costs #tech #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
China’s emissions fall but growing coal-to-chemicals sector raises concern The fast-rising use of coal in the production of synthetic fuels and plastics could put China’s climate targets at risk despite record additions of renewables, new analysis shows
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China's emissions fall but growing coal-to-chemicals sector raises concern China's emissions fall but coal use threatens progress
The fast-rising use of coal in the production of synthetic fuels and plastics could put China's climate targets at risk despite record additio...
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Climate change is affecting growing season for NYC trees, Yale study finds Rosemary Misdary 6–7 minutes A new Yale study reveals that spring is not coming early — it’s coming later as a result of climate change and the urban heat island effect
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Climate change is affecting growing season for NYC trees, Yale study finds
Spring is coming later to NYC parks, which could have negative impacts on trees.
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Presidency of COP30 Cobra that countries send climate goals About 80% of the 197 nations that signed the Paris Agreement have not yet updated commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global warming
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Presidency of COP30 Cobra that countries send climate goals - News Room USA | LNG in Northern BC
About 80% of the 197 nations that signed the Paris Agreement have not yet updated commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which cause globa...
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Emissions Fall, but Seoul Warns Deeper Cuts Needed to Hit 2030 Climate Goal SEJONG, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped below 700 million tons last year for the first time in nearly 15 years, driven by a shift from coal to nuclear and renewable energy
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SEJONG, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped below 700 million tons last year for the first time in …
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How to Advise Patients on Climate Without Turning Them Off Even climate skeptics listen when doctors frame plant-based diets and active living as health advice rather than environmental advocacy https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/how-advise-patients-climate-without-turning-them-2025a1000lxs #health #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
when devastating storms, droughts, or wildfires occur, some religious voices declare them as “acts of God” rather than consequences of human activity framing disasters exclusively as divine will has two consequences. First, it discourages responsibility by suggesting that nothing can be done to prevent such events. Second, it creates resistance to scientific explanations and solutions, fostering a culture of inaction
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"Climatic Changes and Religion"
“Exploring Faith-Based Perspectives on Environmental Responsibility”
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Why Can’t the U.S. Build 5-Minute E.V. Chargers? Chinese automakers have rolled out chargers that can mostly recharge a car’s battery in about five minutes. Yet U.S. technology lags far behind https://archive.ph/ekI4G #USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #Climate
91% of San Antonio students learning in urban heat zones The zones could have outsized effects on kids' health and learning in already vulnerable communitie https://www.axios.com/local/san-antonio/2025/08/19/san-antonio-schools-heat-zones #SanAntonio #Bexar, #Texas #USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate