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Children’s exposure to home wood-burning could be as significant as traffic exhaust, study suggests

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 06:00:12 +0000

Research finds highest levels of cancer-related PAH pollutants in cities that have widespread wood heating

Children’s exposure to home wood-burning could be as significant as exposure to traffic exhaust, suggests new research across six European towns and cities.

World is now in ‘age of electricity’, energy agency chief says at Cop31

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 05:00:11 +0000

Exclusive: Fossil fuels no longer dominant energy source, IEA leader says, as summit considers electrification pledge

The world has left behind the age of coal, oil and gas and is now firmly in “the age of electricity”, the world’s leading energy economist has said.

‘I spend less, that’s all that matters’: life in the world’s most electrified countries

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 05:00:10 +0000

Owning an electric car, driving an electric motorbike taxi, riding scooters – we speak to people in Oslo, Kigali and Shanghai about their everyday routines

The race to electrification has emerged as a key theme of this year’s UN climate summit: increasing the use of electricity – particularly from clean sources – has the potential to improve daily life for people around the world.

Dozens of protesters arrested after staging sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s DC office

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 22:12:56 +0000

Protesters with the Sunrise Movement youth climate group push for new Senate leadership and ending the filibuster

Dozens of protesters with the Sunrise Movement, a youth climate organization, were arrested after staging a sit-in inside Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer’s Washington DC office Thursday

China rules out hosting Cop33 climate summit in 2028

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 22:00:15 +0000

Decision disappoints experts hoping for world’s biggest emitter to take global lead on climate crisis

China has ruled out hosting the Cop33 UN climate summit in 2028 after months of deliberations, leaving the field open for other Asian countries to hold it, the Guardian understands.

Be sea-ing you: humpback whale spotted in New York’s Hudson River

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 20:53:49 +0000

Sightings of the species are becoming increasingly common as experts worry about danger posed by busy waterways

A humpback whale was spotted on Thursday swimming in New York’s Hudson River, sparking a social media frenzy.

UK ministers have no plans to publish explosive report on climate crisis

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:51:24 +0000

Andy Burnham’s newly appointed climate adviser used report to warn of national security risk from collapsing ecosystems

The UK government still has no plans to publish an explosive report showing the national security risk from the collapse of ecosystems around the world – even after handing the key official behind the report a new advisory role.

The planet ‘is being killed’, Greta Thunberg tells Cop31 climate summit

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 16:39:47 +0000

Swedish activist criticised world governments for their failure to prevent environmental breakdown

The planet is “not dying, it is being killed and we know by who”, said Greta Thunberg, who excoriated world governments for their failure to prevent environmental breakdown in her first appearance at the annual UN climate talks in five years.

‘Start listening’: Indigenous activist implores Albanese to block new coal, oil and gas

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:25:59 +0000

Flanked by Greta Thunberg, Rikki Dank says the Australian PM must heed the calls for action on climate change

An Indigenous climate activist who is taking the Australian government to the UN human rights committee over its coal and gas exports stood alongside Greta Thunberg at the Cop summit to demand Anthony Albanese “stop speaking and start listening”.

‘It is much, much faster’: could China’s battery-swapping e-trucks be the answer to EV range anxiety?

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:00:42 +0000

Battery maker CATL aims to have 2,000 swapping stations in China by the end of 2027 and to bring the tech to Europe

Every day, Wang Bing drives his big electric lorry to send about five tonnes of goods between the cities of Haikou and Dongfang on Hainan, a tropical island in southern China. A round trip covers about 500 kilometres (310 miles). But refuelling is not something Wang worries about.