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Climate change turning broccoli into gas-machines as veg-hungry Brits get smellier farts
Daily Star
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August 30, 2025
Alistair Grant and Alistair Grant 15:29, 30 Aug 2025Updated 15:29, 30 Aug 2025 Broccoli munchers have been dealt a blow – their farts are set to get smellier. Experts have warned the consistent hot weather and droughts this year have warped the...
Environmental testing underway for planned Dalton subdivision
Dalton Daily Citizen - Georgia
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August 30, 2025
Published 8:30 am Saturday, August 30, 2025 By Charles Oliver | charles.oliver@daltoncitizen.com Whitfield County officials and those with the city of Dalton say they are working with an engineering firm hired by a developer who plans a 58-home...
Environmental advocates blast House budget for providing $50 million in support of Copperwood Mine
Iosco County News-Herald - Michigan
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A map of the proposed mine site, submitted as part of Highland Copper’s air use permit application. (Credit: Highland Copper Company Inc.) Following the passage of the Michigan House of Representatives’ budget proposal for the 2025-2026 fiscal...
Climate activists unfurl banner from Westminster Bridge
MyLondon
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August 30, 2025
Climate activists have gathered on Westminster Bridge "in mourning for the pollution of the river Thames". Extinction Rebellion protesters unfurled a banner which read "stop polluting our rivers". Around 15 people, dressed all in red with their...
We must do better in mainstreaming health into climate action
Daily Star
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August 30, 2025
In the development discourse, one of the most overused terms is probably "mainstreaming." Over the past 25 years, Bangladesh has invested billions of dollars in mainstreaming community-based approaches, gender equity and climate change adaptation,...
Larry Wilson: What we should do about the climate
Long Beach Press Telegram - California
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August 30, 2025
Now that we have seen, as shown in this space last week, that climate change is real, man-made, dangerous, what, I have been asked, are we going to do about it? The short answer is something, rather than nothing. Yes, the Earth is well past the...
California Focus: Irony in Sacto as environmentalists deep six key enviro bill
Ukiah Daily Journal - California
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August 30, 2025
There’s been deep irony in Sacramento this summer, as some normally environmentally oriented state senators deep-sixed what might have been the year’s most important potential new environmental law. At issue was whether oil companies could be held...
UNECA Climate Center Chief Spotlights Continental Climate Action, Praises Ethiopia’s Green Legacy as Global Model
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, August 30, 2025 (ENA)—James Murombedzi, Head of the African Climate Policy Center (ACPC) at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), highlighted the center’s crucial role in helping African countries tackle climate...
ACReSAL National Coordinator Hails Gombe Governor for Setting Pace in Environmental Restoration
This Day
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August 30, 2025
Segun Awofadeji in Gombe The National Coordinator of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project, Abdulhamid Umar, has showered glowing commendation on Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, for his exceptional...
SBI signs €100 mn climate finance agreement with AFD at GIFT City
The Hindu Business Line
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August 30, 2025
SBI said the partnership is aligned with its target of having 7.5–10% of its domestic gross advances classified as a green portfolio by 2030. | Photo Credit: SHASHI ASHIWAL The State Bank of India (SBI) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD)...
Ministry of Education and UNICEF Introduced Climate Change Topics in Preschool Curriculum of Turkmenistan
Turkmenportal
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The Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan, in partnership with UNICEF, launched a new curriculum and methodological guide on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction for preschool educational institutions. This milestone initiative...
Experts urge Nigerians to monitor govt spending on climate projects
Peoples Gazette
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August 30, 2025
Experts have urged Nigerians to actively track government spending on climate projects, warning that poor awareness worsens the nation’s vulnerability to climate change. They made the call during a virtual discussion on “Climate Change Financing...
Farm and Food File: 'Climate is a test; if we pass, we get to keep earth'
Beatrice Daily Sun - Nebraska
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ALAN GUEBERT Columnist A recent change in climate policy by the Trump administration threatens to change everything on earth — from the fast-warming planet itself to all the life on it. On July 29, Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the...
4 Programs On Climate Finance At Climate Week NYC 2025
Forbes
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Sunday September 22, 2024. Climate Group at Climate Week 2024. Opening Ceremony at The Times Center, NYC. Photo credit: Donna Alberico/Margarita Productions PICTURED: In conversation with: A future under construction – It's Time to accelerate...
Latin America’s Children Face a Climate-Driven Poverty Surge Without Urgent Action
LatinAmerican Post
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August 30, 2025
A new United Nations report warns that climate change could push between 5.9 million and 27 million more children and young people in Latin America into poverty by 2030. The difference depends on whether governments act quickly—and whether...
“I am a climate crusader”: Somini Sen Dua on plastic pollution, Miyawaki forests, and sustainable Living in Kolkata
India Blooms
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August 30, 2025
Somini Sen Dua, Founder Director of the Mrittika Earthy Talks (MET) Foundation and a former lifestyle publicist, describes herself as a “climate crusader.” From building Miyawaki forests in Kolkata to upcycling fabric waste into eco-friendly...
BRAC Bank, Tarupallab honour environmental heroes with ‘Dwijen Sharma Poribesh Padak’
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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BRAC Bank, in collaboration with Tarupallab, has presented the ‘Dwijen Sharma Poribesh Padak 2024’ to four individuals and institutions for their exceptional contributions to biodiversity conservation, environmental education, and ecological...
(SCO Tianjin Summit) SCO members achieve progress in environmental protection cooperation: official
Xinhua News Agency
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TIANJIN, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have achieved various progress regarding environmental protection cooperation, further promoting green economy and sustainable development among them, a...
Carney’s Major Projects Office already under fire from First Nations, environmental groups
APTN News
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August 29, 2025
A slew of First Nations and environmental organizations in British Columbia have issued a news release slamming Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Major Federal Projects Office (MPO) launched today. The groups say the office is “a continuation of a...
LETTER: Port Alberni dodges another climate change bullet
Alberni Valley News
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August 30, 2025
To the Editor, Port Alberni has dodged a fourth climate-change bullet. If we want any chance of adapting to a “new normal”, we must end the use of fossil fuels immediately. The first bullet was the 2021 Atmospheric River that didn’t impact Port...