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Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates Clash Over Regional Climate Initiative
The upcoming Virginia gubernatorial election will influence how environmental and energy policy progresses over the next four years. The two candidates tout interest in renewable and nonrenewable energy generation but are divided when it comes to...
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From Jackson to Howard: Environmental Cuts Impact on Southern Students
Hello, hello! This week, we discuss how the Trump administration’s cuts to environmental projects in the South will affect Howard students and southern communities. We sat down with Adam Tolliver, a sophomore at Howard University from Jackson,...
Owner: Howard University
Passion for parties and environment brings Sunshine Coast Wedding Industry Award for Yandina business
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Sunshine Valley Gazette
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“The wedding industry is known for its grandeur—but with that comes significant environmental impact,” said Enchanted Eco Events founder, Lissa Weckert. “My goal is to reduce retail waste from one off events and offer beautiful, sustainable,...
Owner: Tanya & Cameron Outridge
Vatican diplomat calls for action on poverty, conflict and climate change
Archbishop Gabriele Caccia (Vatican Media) The Holy See’s diplomat to the United Nations has called for three key priorities in addressing the global crises of poverty, conflict and climate change. Source: OSV News. Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the...
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MIT Technology Review names Envision Energy to “2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch”
PRESS RELEASE Cambridge, US, October 11, 2025 – MIT Technology Review has unveiled its “2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch” list, highlighting the most promising companies making real progress in addressing climate change on the planet. Envision...
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Moment climate activists throw red paint over 133-year-old Christopher Columbus painting before being dragged out of museum in Madrid
By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 07:22 EDT, 14 October 2025 | Updated: 07:31 EDT, 14 October 2025 This is the moment two climate activists threw red paint over a 133-year-old painting of Christopher Columbus in a Madrid museum....
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At pre-COP in Brazil, climate finance roadmap to $1.3 trillion remains hazy
At the final round of talks in Brasília before COP30, officials and civil society groups told Climate Home News they were disappointed by a lack of detail and limited opportunities to discuss a keenly awaited roadmap for how to raise $1.3 trillion...
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Weak laws, rapid development, climate stress: St. Maarten’s trees are increasingly vulnerable
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The Daily Herald
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An aerial view of the stalled “Carbon Grove” development and the damage inflicted on the hillside. Developers appear to have clear-cut the land to build, and the project now stands as a monument to short-sighted planning and failed development,...
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Cascade Engineering is building a flood solution as climate-driven events rise
Cascade Engineering Inc. is helping communities fight floods through a project with Sweden’s NOAQ Flood Protection AB. The injection molder is producing NOAQ’s patented lightweight, self-anchoring flood barrier systems called Boxwall and Boxpool...
Owner: Crain Family
IMO chief speaks to threats and divisions around climate framework
The meeting to adopt into law a series of regulations governing the trajectory of the global shipping industry’s decarbonisation timeline has begun at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with loud voices from outside and inside the...
Owner: Riviera Maritime Media Ltd
Feeding the future: Building climate-resilient food systems
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The Pioneer
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As the world observes World Food Day 2025 under the theme “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future,” the call is clear: only through collective action — linking farmers, policymakers, scientists, and communities — can we secure a...
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Bog Witch review – Bryony Kimmings is back with a haunting and hilarious climate reckoning
It may contain a brief moment of actual tree-hugging but this bracing solo show by Bryony Kimmings – her first in five years – is part of a sophisticated, adventurous new wave of eco-theatre. Like the Royal Court’s recent sonic experiment Cow |...
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Shipping economist says Trump arguments against IMO climate framework 'make no sense'
A senior transport and logistics economist at ING has dubbed statements coming from the White House, relating to the effects of a global carbon price on shipping, ’weak’ and senseless. US President Donald Trump’s administration has taken aim at...
Owner: Riviera Maritime Media Ltd
Citing a ‘climate of fear,’ LA County supervisors OK local emergency due to immigration raids
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors declared a local, county emergency on Tuesday, Oct. 14, providing a way to help families harmed by federal immigration raids by granting the county more power to offer assistance to those who’ve lost...
Owner: Randall D. Smith & Heath Freeman
Trump tries to kill renewables — and accidentally sparks green energy boom: report
President Donald Trump and his subordinates have done everything in their power to slam the brakes on renewable energy development — but despite it all, the industry is booming, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. Trump has long been known to...
Owner: John Byrne & Michael Rogers
Florida sued by environmental group over "Alligator Alcatraz"
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CBS 4 Miami - Florida
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Florida officials failed to disclose that they had applied for federal reimbursement for an immigration detention center in the Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," leading to a false impression before an appellate court panel that put on hold...
Owner: Shari Redstone (Family)
Housing approval plan risks environment, corruption
Opposition Leader Mark Speakman has flagged multiple amendments, including reviews and other oversight of the Housing Delivery Authority, a recently created, minister-controlled panel that can bypass council approvals.
Owner: Antony Catalano & Alex Waislitz
Robert Redford remembered for his deep legacy in environmental activism and Native American advocacy
Associated Presss Lorie Lee Sekayumptewa, a former administrator with the Navajo Nation Film Office, remembers seeing Robert Redford at traditional cultural dances at the Hopi village of Hotevilla in New Mexico. It was more than 30 years ago and...
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Climate governance: politics, pretentions and predicament
.The writer is the Vice Chairman at the Shahid Javed Burki Institute of Public Policy The rapidity and severity of climate change has, over the years, assumed ominous proportions due to irresponsible and climate-insensitive anthropogenic...
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Climate minister admits new target may breach global 1.5C goal
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts concedes the Government's new methane target could result in outcomes not consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C above preindustrial levels – a threshold mandated in New Zealand and international law....
Owner: Mark Jennings & Tim Murphy