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EPA sets stricter limits on hydrofluorocarbons used in refrigerators, air conditioners

The Environmental Protection Agency is enforcing stricter limits on hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners that contribute to global warming

The Independent UK

Australia’s annual plastic consumption produces emissions equivalent to 5.7m cars, analysis shows

Plastics consumed nationally in 2019-20 created 16m tonnes of greenhouse gases, report says

The Guardian - AU

The Earth's Corr: DAERA's dirty laundry hanging out for all to see now

They are being probed by the OEP over ammonia advice and a major factory farm planning scandal is brewing

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‘It’s absolutely guaranteed’: the best and worst case scenarios for sea level rise

Even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise

The Guardian - UK

NZ's geothermal wells offer a cheap way of storing carbon permanently -- equivalent to taking 600,000 cars off the road

We know putting carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere is bad for the climate. But should we be reversing some of the damage by removing greenhouse gases that were emitted decades ago?

The Conversation

Holy cow: Lab-grown meat not so good for the environment

Along with the koala and the orange-bellied parrot, is the good old-fashioned cow-sourced burger doomed to extinction? What about the steak? At least for

The New Daily

Young plaintiffs' attorney closes Montana climate change trial with call for action

An attorney for 16 young plaintiffs has urged a judge to strike down as unconstitutional a Montana law that prohibits state agencies from considering the environmental effects when it weighs permits allowing the release of greenhouse gases

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Mechanical sails? Batteries? Shippers forming 'green corridors' to fast-track cleaner technologies

Water transport is a cost-efficient way of moving goods and people — but it emits lots of greenhouse gases

The Independent UK

Hokkaido to push farm decarbonization via joint research

Hokkaido is set to launch decarbonization efforts in the agricultural sector that will reduce greenhouse gases contained in cow manure and burps through joint research.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

From mangroves to fjords, coastal ecosystems can take up or emit greenhouse gases. But globally, they're a vital sink

Coastal ecosystems can absorb or emit the three main greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.

The Conversation

Explained | Global warming will likely soon cross 1.5º C. What will it mean for India?

Global warming is linearly proportional to the amount of carbon dioxide that has been accumulated since the Industrial Revolution. Given the estimated emissions for 2023-2027, the WMO prediction indicates continued cooling over India, with excess rainfall in both summer and winter seasons.

The Hindu

Global heating has likely made El Niños and La Niñas more ‘frequent and extreme’, new study shows

Scientists say greenhouse gases have already affected climate patterns in the Pacific that could lead to more severe weather, floods and heatwaves

The Guardian - AU

First Scottish penalty for greenhouse gas leak issued to Ayrshire firm

SCOTLAND'S environmental regulator has issued its first penalty for a greenhouse gas leak.

The National (Scotland)

Double Threat: The Greenhouse Gases That Are Also Poisoning You Now

Diesel exhaust and emissions from plastic production warm the planet over time, while immediately threatening those who inhale their toxic fumes.

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The Conversation

Two trillion tonnes of greenhouse gases, 25 billion nukes of heat: are we pushing Earth out of the Goldilocks zone?

Since the 18th century, humans have been taking fossil fuels out of their safe storage deep underground and burning them to generate electricity or power machinery.

The Conversation

The IPCC's calls for emissions cuts have gone unheeded for too long – should it change the way it reports on climate change?

Emissions from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases CO₂, methane, CFCs and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in an additional warming of the Earth’s surface.

The Conversation

Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension

Located in the heart of South America, Bolivia contains the largest lithium deposits in the world – an enviable position, in many countries’ eyes, as the market for electric vehicles takes off. Though EVs emit fewer greenhouse gases than fuel-powered vehicles, their batteries require more minerals – especially lithium, which…

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We really need to up our R&D game

Instead of supporting from the sideline, New Zealand should encourage homegrown, innovative solutions to drawing greenhouse gases out of the environment, writes Lokesh Padhye

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Newcastle Herald

Coal exit has started, but Hunter's driving blind

The Hunter's giant coal mines are in the government's sights, but where's the fully-funded transition strategy?

The Independent UK

Methane big part of 'alarming' rise in planet-warming gases

Rising methane levels in the atmosphere last year again played a big part in an overall increase in the greenhouse gases that cause climate change

The Guardian - AU

Climate experts hit back at Australian politician’s bizarre theory about gravity’s role in global heating

Gerard Rennick met with scorn, derision and plenty of corrections over viral tweet and claim that scientists are ‘cancelling gravity’

ABC News

These five ozone-depleting CFCs have been increasing in the atmosphere

Despite being banned since 2010, five different types of ozone-eating chlorofluorocarbons have increased in our atmosphere, and are thousands of times more potent greenhouse gases than carbon dioxide.

Bangkok Post

Thai cement production needs to reduce its carbon emissions

Thailand is among the largest producers of cement in Asia, manufacturing nearly 33 million tonnes per year. While this is good news for the economy, it's bad news for the climate as the industry is a huge emitter of greenhouse gases.

The Conversation

Australia's 116 new coal, oil and gas projects equate to 215 new coal power stations

Australia has 116 new coal, oil and gas projects in the pipeline. If they all proceed as planned, an extra 1.4 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases would be released into the atmosphere annually by 2030.

The Guardian - UK

From climate change ‘certainty’ to rapid decline: a timeline of IPCC reports

Since 1992, the IPCC has highlighted rising greenhouse gases, marking their ‘widespread and unprecedented’ impacts by 2014

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