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Business risk and COVID-19 are pushing Asian financiers away from coal

Posted on August 3, 2020 by mongabayauthor | 0 Comments

The use of coal as an energy source is steadily declining in the U.S. and Europe, but coal mining and the construction of coal-fired power plants continues across South and Southeast Asia. The technology and funding comes primarily from three…

Ban ads for polluting large cars, report says

Posted on August 2, 2020 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC A new campaign called “Badvertising” is demanding an immediate end to adverts for large polluting cars. It says the government should clamp down on sports utility vehicle (SUV) car adverts in the way it curbed smoking ads. A…

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Women survivors of the atomic bombs

Posted on August 2, 2020 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC On 6 and 9 August, it will be 75 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki towards the end of World War Two. The recorded death tolls are estimates, but…

California’s Apple Fire Destroys More Than 20,000 Acres

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Christianna Silva | 0 Comments

From NPR Officials have ordered evacuations for nearly 8,000 people in southern California, as the state continues to grapple with a rapidly growing number of COVID-19 cases. (Image credit: Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP) Read the full article from NPR

Not Flying This Summer? Many Americans Are Hitting The Road — In RVs

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Melanie Peeples | 0 Comments

From NPR The summer vacation, an annual rite for so many, is not an easy thing to give up, even during a pandemic. (Image credit: Russell Lewis/NPR) Read the full article from NPR

Trump is emboldening other countries’ ‘bad behavior’ on the climate crisis

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Fiona Harvey | 0 Comments

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The origins of the world’s historic agreement to tackle climate change, in Paris in 2015, have some familiar themes. Back in 2007,…

Amazon region: Brazil records big increase in fires

Posted on August 2, 2020 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Official figures from Brazil have shown a big increase in the number of fires in the Amazon region in July compared with the same month last year. Satellite images compiled by Brazil’s National Space Agency revealed there were…

Coronavirus doctor's diary: How gardening could help in the fight against obesity

Posted on August 2, 2020 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Being overweight puts you at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, experts say – and now new anti-obesity strategies have been launched around the UK. In Bradford, community schemes to promote healthy lifestyles offers a…

Nasa SpaceX crew return: Astronauts set for ocean splashdown

Posted on August 1, 2020 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have undocked their Dragon Endeavour capsule from the space station to begin their return to Earth. The pair are expected to splash down off the coast of Florida just after 14:40…

An underwater webcam in the port of Miami has become a lockdown sensation.

Posted on August 1, 2020 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Marine biologist and artist Colin Foord set up a webcam in the industrial port of Miami, in the city’s busiest shipping canal. Since February the Coral City Camera has documented more than 100 fish species. Foord calls it…