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Democrats to attend Cop31 climate talks boosted by midterms and eager to make up for Trump-era setbacks

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:01 +0000

US government will have no official presence at UN’s annual climate summit, this year’s Cop31 held in Antalya, Turkey

The US will be absent from key UN climate talks that start on Monday, a further sign of Donald Trump’s scornful dismissal of the climate crisis. But Democrats’ crushing win in the US midterm elections has delivered a timely shot of optimism to countries now looking beyond the Trump era of climate obstruction.

Stop undermining Jim Chalmers, environment minister urges Labor colleagues

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 05:47:49 +0000

‘It’s pretty obvious that there are all sorts of people making all sorts of comments,’ Murray Watt says after budget savings meeting

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Is Cop31 a huge scam? Let’s ask the penguins of the future | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 05:39:50 +0000

It’s 2126 and class is getting under way beneath the Earth’s remaining ocean

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Heavy rain floods displaced families’ tents in Gaza – in pictures

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 18:50:12 +0000

The first winter storm began affecting the people of Gaza this weekend with heavy rain hitting on Saturday. Reports that about 70,000 tents were flooded within 12 hours prompted warnings of a worsening humanitarian situation for hundreds of thousands of displaced people living in temporary camps lacking adequate protection from rain and cold

Labour expected to cut EV targets for UK’s car industry despite MPs’ protests

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 17:51:19 +0000

Exclusive: Louise Haigh likely to weaken mandate for sales that forms key part of emission reduction plan

Analysis: Climate always comes second – are green issues slipping down Burnham’s agenda?

Ministers are expected to make steep cuts to the government’s electric vehicle (EV) targets this week, in a move that will relieve carmakers but alarm many Labour MPs who are worried about the government’s commitment to the green agenda.

Nicola Jennings on Cop31 in Turkey – cartoon

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 17:11:12 +0000

Beef industry quietly squashes part of its own science curriculum after ranchers protest

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 15:00:43 +0000

Lesson for teenagers included how cattle’s methane emissions contribute to climate crisis, but it was then scrapped

A beef industry-funded effort to teach teenagers about cattle’s climate impact was quietly scrapped following backlash from some ranchers, who disputed the premise that cows contribute to global heating.

The episode is the latest example of the livestock industry’s decades-long battle to determine what US children learn about cows and the climate.

The tiny world of Australian fairywrens – in pictures

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 14:00:45 +0000

Howard Loosemore, alongside a few talented photographer friends, spent 15 years capturing every Australian fairywren species and plumage in vivid detail that’s been published in a new book about the small and colourful lives of fairywrens

Cop31 must deliver climate progress that people can see is real, host says

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:24:00 +0000

High-stakes talks involving 190 countries begin on Monday as world grapples with El Niño supercharged by fossil fuels

The Cop31 summit must produce progress, “a tangible outcome ... that people can see is real”, its host has said as scores of world leaders and representatives of close to 190 countries gather in Turkey for the UN climate talks.

US datacenter demand spurs increased fossil fuel pipeline projects as rules are discarded

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:00:40 +0000

Trump administration has gutted regulations that protect lives and natural resources as pipeline build-out continues

Datacenters are spurring a boom in fossil fuel pipeline projects at a time when the Trump administration is gutting rules that protect from disasters along the lines, a new review of federal records shows.