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County land use and environment budget would pay to fix roads, fight climate change
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County is considering investments to improve street safety, address climate change, reduce stormwater pollution and protect natural lands and species, through a $618.7 million budget for its Land Use and Environment Department. The department presented its spending plan to the board Friday, as part of a series of hearings on the …
EXPLAINER: What are the key climate themes at Davos?
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — While the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine will be focuses of the World Economic Forum’s gathering of business and government leaders, so too will climate change. It’s captured the world’s attention in unignorable and devastating ways. The acceleration of rising temperatures, the ferocity and costliness of major weather events, …
Savannah Morning News brings on new statewide climate and environmental reporting position
Climate change is having huge impact on coastlines Climate change has altered the temperature of the world’s oceans, leading to rising sea levels, hypoxia and ocean acidification. (Nov. 4) AP The Savannah Morning News has hired a new regional climate change and environmental reporter, Marisa Mecke. Her position is made possible by a two-year grant from …
Tishman Environment and Design Center’s Work Reveals Most Incinerators Pollute Low-Income and Communities of Color and Worsen Climate Change
Nearly 4.5 million people in the United States are exposed to pollution from waste incinerators, and 85 percent of waste incinerators are located in environmental justice communities May 20, 2022 Tishman Environment and Design Center’s Work Reveals Most Incinerators Pollute Low-Income and Communities of Color and Worsen Climate Change Cities across the United States have …
India is leading the world by example in Climate Action: Environment Minister at BRICS Meeting 2022
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Friday attended the BRICS high level meeting on Climate Change. Addressing the meeting, the minister highlighted the relevance of the forum to jointly address climate change, to explore approaches to accelerate low carbon and resilient transition and to achieve sustainable recovery and development. The …
Technology and Society: Technology Includes the Internet | Opinion
Most of the topics addressed in this column have focused on the Internet which is just one of many technologies. To begin, let’s be sure about what “technology” really is. According to Britannica, it is “the application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life or, as it is sometimes phrased, to the …
Wildfire, climate change push toxic chemicals into drinking wells
PORTLAND — Don Myron is probably best known as the guy who survived one of the deadliest fires in Oregon’s history by sheltering overnight in a river with a patio chair. So there was never any question that Myron would rebuild his home in Oregon’s Santiam Canyon after the house was destroyed in the Labor …
RBA increases interest rates to 0.35 per cent; Scott White jailed for 1988 murder of Scott Johnson; NSW and Victoria report 35 coronavirus deaths; Climate study warns on uninsurable homes; Germany backs Russia oil embargo
The Governor of the Reserve Bank Philip Lowe is now speaking after the RBA board increased interest rates from the record-low level of 0.10 per cent to 0.35 per cent. Dr Lowe said the record-low rates were a response to the “dark days of the pandemic”, which is now – at least in economic terms …
First look: Climate, environment shape Generation Z life decisions in new survey
Eight out of 10 teenagers expect climate change and other environmental forces to affect big decisions like where they live and whether to have children, according to a new survey shared first with Axios. Driving the news: The survey by youth development group 4-H and Harris Poll found that just 45% of teenagers age 13-19 …
Addressing climate crisis requires further support from health funders
On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest assessment of the degree to which human activity is driving climate change, and multitude of ways in which climate change will create catastrophic effects if not mitigated. The IPCC report, widely regarded as the most complete and authoritative assessment of our changing climate, …
