Climate Change, Climate Policy & Regulation, Environment Protection, Technology

Chile's giant 'living fossil' frog faces threat from climate change and humans

A giant frog species that hopped alongside dinosaurs and is considered a "living fossil" is now losing ground in its native Chile as climate change and human intervention damage its habitat

Dec 19, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Environment Protection, Climate Change, Technology

Climate tech firms get $80 million to pull carbon from paper mills, sewage plant

SAN FRANCISCO - Google, H&M, Stripe and other members of the climate-focused Frontier coalition will buy $80 million of carbon credits from a firm using oil industry technology to capture paper mill emissions and another using rocks to do the same at sewage plants. While U.S

Dec 18, 2024

Energy Management, Environment Protection, Technology, Climate Policy & Regulation

Spanish region approves mandatory wind turbine upgrade, sparking industry outcry

MADRID (Reuters) - Wind parks operating in the Spanish region of Galicia will be obliged to replace ageing turbines after 25 years under a package of measures approved by the regional parliament on Tuesday, sparking an outcry from the renewables industry. Under the rules which come into force on Jan

Dec 18, 2024

Energy Management, Environment Protection, Technology

Italy's Erg secures 243-million-euro EIB loan for renewable energy projects

Italy's Erg has secured a 243-million-euro ($254.91 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for wind and solar energy projects in Italy, France and Germany, the renewable energy group said on Monday

Dec 17, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Environment Protection, Climate Change, Technology

Brazil heron takes flight after plastic cup removed from throat

A heron took flight in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, stretching its wings and soaring over a river after veterinarians saved it from near-certain death by removing a plastic cup attached to its neck and blocking its throat

Dec 17, 2024

Climate Policy & Regulation, Climate Change, Energy Management, Environment Protection, Technology

Earthquakes and blowouts undermine case for carbon storage in Texas

Reuters) - Texas has seen surging interest from companies hoping to bury carbon dioxide in its oilfields, putting the state at the vanguard of a government-subsidized program to fight climate change

Dec 15, 2024

Environment Protection, Technology

Meet SwagBot, the AI-powered robot cattle herder preventing soil degradation

But researchers at the University of Sydney say this autonomous robot is on its way to becoming the world's first 'smart cow', able to make cattle farming more efficient and environmentally friendly

Dec 13, 2024

Environment Protection, Technology

Huge catch in Cambodia boosts hopes for giant catfish survival

The catching of six rare giant catfish in Cambodia in the space of five days, some weighing more than 120 kg (265 lbs), has raised hopes of a revival of a critically endangered species that is among the world's largest freshwater fish

Dec 13, 2024

Environment Protection, Climate Change, Climate Policy & Regulation, Technology

Climate change putting Philippines at double risk of typhoons, scientists say

Climate change is making the Philippines more vulnerable to tropical storms, with rising temperatures already putting the country at nearly double the risk of deadly typhoons, scientists said in a report published on Thursday

Dec 13, 2024

Technology, Environment Protection, Climate Change, Climate Policy & Regulation

More than 50% chance of La Nina in coming months, WMO says

There is more than a 50% chance of La Niña developing in the next three months, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, but if it does it will be relatively weak and short-lived

Dec 12, 2024

Chile's giant 'living fossil' frog faces threat from climate change and humans

Dec 19, 2024

Climate tech firms get $80 million to pull carbon from paper mills, sewage plant

Dec 18, 2024

Spanish region approves mandatory wind turbine upgrade, sparking industry outcry

Dec 18, 2024

Italy's Erg secures 243-million-euro EIB loan for renewable energy projects

Dec 17, 2024

Brazil heron takes flight after plastic cup removed from throat

Dec 17, 2024

Earthquakes and blowouts undermine case for carbon storage in Texas

Dec 15, 2024

Meet SwagBot, the AI-powered robot cattle herder preventing soil degradation

Dec 13, 2024

Huge catch in Cambodia boosts hopes for giant catfish survival

Dec 13, 2024

Climate change putting Philippines at double risk of typhoons, scientists say

Dec 13, 2024