Northamptonshire oak: 5,000-strong petition could save tree
From BBC Highways England say it will carry out extensive investigations to try save “Three Oaks”. Read the full article
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Impending Amazon tipping point puts biome and world at risk, scientists warn
Amazon trees may not die immediately in a severe drought, but weakened trees can die off many years afterward, even after several years of regular rainfall. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Fotos Públicas. “We’re on the edge of a cliff,” says top…
Vale has filed hundreds of requests to exploit indigenous lands in Amazon
Everything about Vale is huge: It’s the largest mining company in Brazil and the second-largest in the world; it operates the largest iron ore mine on the planet in Carajás, in the state of Pará. And now the company has…
Two more missing after Turkey quake kills 39
A rescue worker searches at the site of a collapsed building, after an earthquake in Elazig, Turkey, January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Umit BektasELAZIG, Turkey (Reuters) - The death toll rose to 39 from the earthquake that struck eastern Turkey on Friday,…
How the Xbox stands between Microsoft and its climate goals
By 2030, Microsoft has pledged to become “carbon negative” — meaning it will remove more carbon from the air than it emits. To do so, the U.S. tech giant announced this month that it will slash annual emissions not only…
Families trek to unsafe wells as taps run dry in drought-hit Zimbabwe
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - In Zimbabwe’s second city Bulawayo, Abraham Kavalanjila and his two sons have given up waiting for the water to come back on, and trekked out into the maize fields to draw on an open well. FILE…
Lundin Petroleum says to become carbon neutral by 2030
FILE PHOTO: Lundin Norge's logo is seen at its headquarters in Lysaker, Norway June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Ints KalninsOSLO (Reuters) - Swedish oil firm Lundin Petroleum AB said on Monday it will seek to make its operations carbon neutral by 2030,…
Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes off Solomon Islands: EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said bit.ly/2GodlxB on Monday. There was no immediate report of damage or casualties in the quake, which the monitoring agency…
Australia's rainy respite from bushfires seen ending
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A recent respite for Australian firefighters that brought rains and cooler weather is set to end, meteorologists warned on Monday, with hot conditions forecast for later this week raising a risk that blazes may start spreading again.…
Climate Change: Tough questions at first UK assembly
From BBC From the corners of Britain, members of the first UK “citizens’ assembly” on climate change descended on Birmingham. There was Sharron-Ann, in pink fun fur coat – a young mum with children at home in Scotland. Journalists were…