Strasbourg, France (AFP) Mar 13, 2024 EU lawmakers voted Wednesday to slash 40 percent of the food waste generated by households, retailers and restaurants by 2030, while toughening rules on textile waste linked to so-called “fast-fashion”. Brussels estimates that the 27-nation bloc generates 60 million tonnes of food waste a year – or 131 kilograms per person. That represents a loss of some 132 billion … Continue reading Clampdown on food waste, fast fashion in EU sights

Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 13, 2024 A Belgian farmer on Wednesday sued French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies, demanding compensation for damage to his farm caused by climate change. Hugues Falys, the farmer from Belgium’s western Hainaut province in this David-vs-Goliath case, is backed up by environmental groups including Greenpeace and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). “Climate change is having a thttp://dlvr.it/T43CX8 Continue reading Belgian farmer sues TotalEnergies for climate damages

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2024 In a significant advancement for agricultural monitoring, Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has announced enhancements to its Crop Biomass Planetary Variable by incorporating daily global PlanetScope data. This enhancement aims to provide agronomists and farmers with cloud-free, analysis-ready data for a comprehensive view of agricultural fields. By merging radar and optical signals, this tool facilitahttp://dlvr.it/T42v96 Continue reading Planet Labs Enhances Agricultural Data with Daily Global PlanetScope Insights

Dions, France (AFP) Mar 11, 2024 Five people died over the weekend when violent storms swept southern France, authorities said Monday, as rescue services continued their search for three missing people, including two children. On Sunday, a man was found dead in the village of Gagnieres in the Gard department in his car that had been swept away by floods, authorities said. Also on Sunday, … Continue reading Five dead, three missing after French weekend storms

Jakarta (AFP) Mar 11, 2024 Methane emissions caused by coal-mining activities in Indonesia, the world’s largest thermal coal exporter, are severely under-reported due to outdated and inaccurate measurement methods, according to a report published Tuesday. Ember, a London-based climate and energy think tank estimated that based on its studies, Indonesia’s coal mine methane (CMM) pollution is up to eight times higher thttp://dlvr.it/T3yV16 Continue reading Indonesia vastly under-reports methane emissions from coal: report

Boston MA (SPX) Mar 12, 2024 To help curb climate change, the United States is working to reduce carbon emissions from all sectors of the energy economy. Much of the current effort involves electrification – switching to electric cars for transportation, electric heat pumps for home heating, and so on. But in the United States, the electric power sector already generates about a quarter of … Continue reading Cutting carbon emissions on the US power grid

Los Angeles (AFP) March 8, 2024 The US Coast Guard is investigating a two-mile-long oil spill just off the California coast near Los Angeles, officials said Friday. The spill is located close to two oil rigs off the shore of Huntington Beach, a popular beach city known for its world-famous surfing, but the source is not yet known, the Coast Guard said in a statement. … Continue reading US coast guard investigates Los Angeles oil spill

Paris (AFP) March 7, 2024 France warned Thursday that the world’s construction sector was not on track to decarbonise by 2050 as it co-hosts with the UN Environment Programme the first ever conference aimed at reducing the industry’s impact on climate change. Some 1,800 government officials, investors and industry representatives from 50 countries are gathering in Paris for the Buildings and Climate Global Forum, whihttp://dlvr.it/T3yTx7 Continue reading UN, France co-host first forum to decarbonise construction sector

Sydney (AFP) March 8, 2024 A “mass bleaching event” is unfolding on Australia’s famed Great Barrier Reef, authorities said Friday, as warming seas threaten the spectacular home to thousands of marine species. Often dubbed the world’s largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef is a 2,300 kilometre (1,400 mile) expanse of tropical corals that house a stunning array of biodiversity. But repeated mass bleachinghttp://dlvr.it/T3sDPN Continue reading Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in grip of ‘mass bleaching event’

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 7, 2024 President Joe Biden during his State of the Union address Thursday evening will announce the construction of a port along the coast of Gaza to allow more humanitarian aid into the region. ABC News, The Hill and Politico reported that senior administration officials briefed media outlets Thursday ahead of Biden’s address. One official said the port would be able … Continue reading Biden to announce military mission to build temporary port in Gaza to boost aid