Fri, Jan 8 2021

Land use in the UK must be dramatically transformed by the end of the decade if the UK is to meet its 2050 net-zero target, with space re-allocated from livestock to vegetables, meadows and hedges. This will result in all of us eating less meat and…

City life can be deeply unfair. This was true before the coronavirus pandemic exposed just how differently the rich and poor are able to cope with lockdowns, from the ability to work from home to access to green space. The pandemic's devastating…

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The Democrat majority, however, is too narrow of an advantage to easily overcome the 60 votes required to end a filibuster in the Senate. That will almost certainly still prevent the most ambitious climate policies from moving forward, like a…

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The second-warmest year on record brought storms, fires and floods that killed at least 8,200 people and cost the world $210 billion in losses, according to a report by Munich Re. The insurer is still calculating where 2020 ranks against other…

The Guardian

The world may be barreling towards climate disaster but rapidly eliminating planet-heating emissions means global temperatures could stabilize within just a couple of decades, scientists say. For many years it was assumed that further global…