One of Germany’s best-known climate activists, Luisa Neubauer, criticized Chancellor Olaf Scholz amid flooding in Saarland. “And yes, of course as chancellor you can weaken the climate law one day & travel to #flood areas the next with great concern. In the medium term, it’s just a highly fragile strategy in the climate crisis,” Neubauer […]
Members of the German climate activist group Last Generation breached Munich Airport’s tarmac and glued themselves to a taxiway, disrupting travel for more than 100,000 by forcing the airport to temporarily close on a busy holiday weekend. The airport in southern Germany, the nation’s second largest, shut down completely at 5:19 am (0319 GMT) and […]
German authorities closed down Munich Airport temporarily on Saturday after six climate activists broke through a security fence and glued themselves to access routes leading to runways. The activists from the group Last Generation were protesting against flying, the most polluting form of transportation, said the German news agency dpa. Police arrested the six protesters. […]
Our planet’s rivers are like our planet’s arteries. They’re woven across the globe in intricate networks, ferrying life-sustaining freshwater around the world. Rivers aren’t just our own lifelines, providing us with the drinking water we need to survive, but their freshwater reserves are also the primary lifelines of 10 percent of all known animals and […]
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Agriculture Committee on Friday released a long-awaited farm bill draft that includes provisions to reduce spending on food aid for the poor and efforts to help farmers fight climate change, drawing opposition from Democrats. Congress faces steep odds to pass a farm bill this session as […]
The German government must tighten up its climate protection programme because the measures agreed to so far are insufficient to achieve the country’s climate goals, the Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court ruled on Thursday. The decision upholds two lawsuits filed by Environmental Action Germany or Deutsche Umwelthilfe. The ruling said the federal government’s measures in their […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom accused former President Donald Trump of “open corruption” in a speech Thursday at a climate summit of Catholic officials and international leaders, elevating his criticism of the Republican leader in the hallowed halls of the Vatican. The California governor referenced news stories alleging that Trump recently solicited campaign donations from oil executives […]
Jellyfish, unlike many other sea creatures, are the winners of climate change. In a sign of the poor state of the world’s oceans, jellyfish are set to penetrate further and further into the Arctic Ocean and dominate those areas as water temperatures rise, new research shows. Jellyfish stings have grown increasingly common in recent years, […]
KASAMA, Zambia (AP) — Every morning, Bridget Chanda places her prosthetic legs beside her bed, pulls on her stockings and pushes the remains of her limbs into the prosthetics as best she can. After six years they no longer fit, and it’s painful to stand or walk for too long, but it doesn’t faze her […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Climate change will be a lesser priority in Florida and largely disappear from state statutes under legislation signed Wednesday by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that also bans power-generating wind turbines offshore or near the state’s lengthy coastline. Critics said the measure made law by the former Republican presidential hopeful ignores the […]
A deadly heat wave in Gaza in April, which saw punishing temperatures worsen an already dire humanitarian crisis, was made hotter and more likely by the human-caused climate crisis, according to an analysis published Tuesday. Gaza was not alone. Several heat waves spanning a vast area of the Asian continent last month during the world’s hottest […]
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found. Scorching temperatures were felt across large swaths of Asia, from Gaza in the […]