VOLTAGE: EU treaty change needed to centralise grid planning
In today’s edition: Grids Package, EU ETS, 2025 climate report Source link
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Multi-hazard resilient buildings and low-carbon solutions for a future-proof built environment
Simona Bianchi and Mauro Overend from Delft University of Technology explain why multi-disciplinary approaches are key to creating safer, eco-friendly, and resilient buildings that protect urban communities and ensure long-term sustainability The built environment is ill-prepared for more frequent and increasingly intense climate-related extremes, resulting in severe economic losses and public health risks. Recent scientific…
FX Daily: Sell-everything environment favours the dollar | articles
The weekend brought a few media reports about the US and Iran establishing some communication to discuss the terms of a potential ceasefire, but the tone remains highly confrontational for now. US President Donald Trump gave a 48-hour ultimatum on Saturday for the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to strike Iran’s power facilities….
Environment Agency dealing with oil spillage on the edge of Harborough
The Environment Agency has been called to deal with an oil spillage on the edge of Market Harborough. Neighbours in the eastern part of the town have contacted The Harborough Mail over the weekend to report strong smells. And the EA has now confirmed that it has been down to the site, off the A6,…
Global conference on protecting migratory species kicks off in Brazil
The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CMS CoP15) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals starts today (March 23) in Campo Grande, Brazil until the end of the week (29 March). Governments, scientists, conservationists, indigenous peoples and local communities will gather to address urgent conservation challenges facing…
Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high | Oceans
Our home planet is struggling with a record energy imbalance, which is warming oceans to unprecedented levels, making weather more extreme and threatening health and food supplies, the World Meteorological Organization has warned. The United Nations body confirmed 2015 to 2025 were the hottest 11 years ever measured, but a still bleaker message was that…
Environment groups lodge appeal about data centre ruling
Three environmental groups will seek leave in the High Court to lodge an appeal for a judicial review of a major decision about data centres made by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) last December. Source link
‘She gave her life to protect the richness of Congo’: inside the deadly assault on Upemba wildlife park | Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nearby Congolese soldiers had received warnings of the attack in the morning. But the soldiers did not arrive until late in the evening, long after the killings were over. It happened before dawn on Tuesday 3 March, as a dozen rangers at Upemba national park headquarters were being briefed by their commander before the day’s…
Earth absorbing more heat than ever, WMO warns
In the past decade or two, since the climate emergency has been widely recognised, every year has ranked among the hottest on record – and a new global report warns that the planet is absorbing heat at an unprecedented rate. The World Meteorological Organization released its State of the Global Climate report 2025 on Monday,…
Abby Huntsman returns to The View years after criticizing show’s ‘toxic environment’
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