Adam Fenech has spent 35 years spreading the message that climate change is coming. For the last 10 of those, he’s had an assistant named CLIVE helping out. CLIVE, which stands for Coastal Impact Visualization Environment, allows islanders to virtually fly over PEI using a controller to raise and lower sea level, showing them the […]
Category: Environment
Short-term exposure to air pollution kills 33,000 Indians every year: Report
Delhi recorded the highest number of air pollution-related deaths in the study period (Representative) New Delhi: Nearly 33,000 deaths in 10 cities in India each year can be attributed to air pollution levels that are below India’s national clean air threshold. The report is published in Lancet Planetary Health. India’s clean air standards are currently […]
Fossil fuel firms force countries to compensate them, says Mary Robinson
Fossil fuel companies are forcing governments to compensate them for lost revenue in the transition to a low-carbon global economy and destroying the world’s ability to counter their harmful activities, former senior officials have warned. of the UN. Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, who was a two-time UN climate envoy, said she was […]
Artificial light on coastlines lures small fish to their destruction, coral reef study finds
Artificial light shining from coastlines around the world is acting as a “midnight refrigerator” full of tasty food, threatening young fish that may be attracted to it and then eaten by predators also attracted to the glow, according to a study . Light pollution has long been proven to impair people’s ability to see the […]
Why YIMBYs, NIMBYs, BIMBYs and YIGBYs matter to democracy and our future cities
The right of everyone to have a say on development is at the heart of modern urban planning. But as houses become more and more expensive, questions are being asked about whether it’s okay to oppose housing developments in cities. The battle lines are being drawn between so-called NIMBYs — people who say “No in […]
In depth: China pushes to expand its carbon market
China’s national carbon market is undergoing significant changes. [para. 1] In January, certified carbon emission reductions (CCERs) were reintroduced and the voluntary market is set to expand beyond power plants to include key manufacturing industries. [para. 2][para. 3] Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) proposed draft regulations tightening carbon allowances for the National […]
In depth: China pushes to expand its carbon market
China’s national carbon market is undergoing significant changes. [para. 1] In January, certified carbon emission reductions (CCERs) were reintroduced and the voluntary market is set to expand beyond power plants to include key manufacturing industries. [para. 2][para. 3] Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) proposed draft regulations tightening carbon allowances for the National […]
DC and Arlington issue boil water advisories
DC Water and Arlington County advised residents late Wednesday to boil their water for at least one minute before drinking it, using it to cook food or giving it to pets, after the Army Corps of Engineers warned of issues of clarity in local water sources. The warnings were issued due to “elevated levels of […]
‘We rarely see them now’: how vulnerable are Vanuatu’s dugongs?
OOn a bright spring day, the sun dances over the water of Havana Bay on Efate Island in Vanuatu. Beneath the surface, pockets of sea grass that can almost be seen from shore sway in the current. It is here, if they are lucky, that onlookers may spot a dugong gliding in the shallow water, […]