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UK Climate Targets ‘Will Raise Household Energy Bills by £100 in a Decade’
The cost of supporting new windfarms and nuclear power stations to meet the UK’s carbon targets will add nearly £100 to the average household energy bill by the end of the next decade, according to a government adviser. But the…
‘Airpocalypse’ Smog Events in China Linked to Melting Ice Cap, Research Reveals
Climate change played a major role in the extreme air pollution events suffered recently by China and is likely to make such “airpocalypses” more common, new research has revealed. The fast-melting ice in the Arctic and an increase in snowfalls…
EPA Chief Denies CO2 as Primary Driver of Climate Change
Scott Pruitt, the new head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), does not think that carbon dioxide is a “primary contributor” to climate change—even though the actual science says it is. “I think that measuring with precision human…
Climate Change Impacts are Already Hitting us, Say Europeans
The citizens of four major European countries think the impacts of climate change such as severe floods and storms are already affecting them, according to a major new polling study. The research dispels the idea that global warming is widely…
Climate Scientists Say Likelihood of Extreme Summers Surging Due to Global Warming
New South Wales, which has just experienced its hottest summer on record, is 50 times more likely to experience another similarly hot summer and 10 times more likely to experience extremely hot days under climate change, according to a group…
Are China’s Carbon Emissions About to Fall?
China is on track to record its fourth year in a row of flat or reduced greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new analysis by Greenpeace’s East Asia office. The campaign group today published an investigation of official forecasts from…
Apply for a Momentum for Change Award Today
It is almost one month into the call for applications for the 2017 Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activities. If you haven’t done so already, be sure to submit your climate action project. The winning activities will be recognized and celebrated…