As Europe and the US burn, urgency around emissions reduction is ramping up
Monday, 2 August 2021
As wildfires, fuelled by climate change, burn across Europe and North America, a welcome sense of urgency has emerged in language around emissions reduction, with the UK’s climate spokesperson saying we need to cut emissions right now, rather than by a distant 2050 goal.
If you’re wondering what you can do about the climate crisis, a new report shows that one of the most effective ways to help is to flip your super into an ethical fund.
And, in sad news, a majority of baby turtles off the Queensland coast have been found to have injected plastic.
TODAY'S TOP CLIMATE NEWS
UK’s net zero goal ‘too far away’, says No 10 climate spokesperson
Allegra Stratton says carbon emissions must change ‘right now’, as UK moves towards 2050 goal
The potentially huge environmental impact of switching superannuation funds
New calculations from Australian Ethical suggest switching funds could have a much larger effect on the climate than other more incremental changes.
Armidale Battery Energy Storage System, huge battery project, proposed for outskirts of Armidale
Australian-owned renewables company Maoneng Group plans to build a "utility-scale" 150MW lithium-ion battery project about five kilometres east of Armidale.
Tourists evacuated from Pescara as Italy records more than 800 wildfires
Wildfires burn across Italy, Spain, Greece and Turkey in heatwave bringing temperatures above 40C
Oregon firefighters make progress in battle against largest US wildfire
2,000 firefighters are battling 91 large, active wildfires in the US
TODAY'S TOP ENVIRONMENT NEWS
Environment officials questioned use of land government already owned as offset for western Sydney airport
Federal environmental department officials questioned the credibility of a government plan to use heritage-listed land it already owned as the main environmental offset for the western Sydney airport.
Plastic found inside most baby turtles
Around 83 per cent of green turtles and 86 per cent of loggerhead turtles found off the coast of Queensland were found to have plastics within them, a study has found.