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Ministry of Health, Environment & Sustainability’s High School Climate & Energy Challenge Closes as Winners Receive their Prizes
Caymanian Times
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June 30, 2025
Five students from Cayman Prep & High School were named as the winners of the Ministry of Health, Environment & Sustainability’s High School Climate & Energy Challenge. The winning students, Elena and Olivia Kish (who shared a prize), Logan McCoy,...
Climate Change Is Making Droughts Worse
Earthjustice
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June 30, 2025
Droughts in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world have become more severe and long-lasting thanks to climate change. Higher temperatures lead to drier conditions. When global temperatures rise, moisture evaporates from waterbodies and soil. In fact,...
Climate Change Is Making Hurricanes More Intense
Earthjustice
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June 30, 2025
Hurricanes are growing more powerful as global temperatures rise, because these storm systems draw their energy from warm ocean water. In September 2024, Hurricane Helene caused historic flooding across the Southeast United States, killing at...
Climate Change Is Making Extreme Heat Worse
Earthjustice
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June 30, 2025
As global temperatures rise, the hottest temperatures — and the number of areas impacted by extreme heat — are also rising. That means more scorching hot days in more places. In California’s Death Valley in July 2023, thermometers neared the...
Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Rainfall
Earthjustice
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June 30, 2025
Warmer air increases evaporation, which means that our atmosphere contains an increasing amount of water vapor for storms to sweep up and turn into rain or snow. Just as drier areas are likely to get drier with rising global temperatures, those...
Climate Change Is Making Wildfires Burn Longer and Wider
Earthjustice
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June 30, 2025
Wildfires have always been a natural part of life in the western United States and Canada. However, as this region grows hotter and drier, wildfires are growing in size, ferocity, and speed. The hazardous air pollution that wildfire smoke creates...
Climate Change Is Causing Sea Level Rise and Flooding
Earthjustice
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June 30, 2025
As the planet warms, ocean waters are also warming — and expanding. At the same time, warmer temperatures are causing land ice — think glaciers and ice caps — to melt, which is adding water to the world’s oceans. As a result, average global sea...
Climate Change Is Making Life Harder For All Farmers – For Ghana’s Farmers With Disabilities It Can Mean Devastation
New Narratives
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June 30, 2025
Without eyesight farming is difficult for Asoke Douglas Aganawini in Ghana’s Upper East region By Jennifer Ambolley Summary: Climate change is pushing farmers with disabilities to the brink: In Ghana’s Upper East, erratic rains and rising heat are...
Climate Smart Missoula to host solar energy informational meeting on July 1
KPVI - Idaho
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MISSOULA, Mont. – Residents interested in solar energy can attend an informational meeting in Missoula to learn about solar policy and installation options. Climate Smart Missoula is hosting the event on July 1 at 5:15 pm, at Goodworks Place, 129...
Environmental group sues over tailings basin expansion
Duluth News Tribune - Minnesota
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June 30, 2025
SILVER BAY — An environmental group is suing to stop construction on the expansion of a tailings basin holding back mine waste near Lake Superior. In a June 16 lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Northshore Mining...
Environmental groups sue to stop ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ from operating in the Everglades
Miami Times - Florida
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Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit in a South Florida federal court on Friday over the immigration detention center under construction in the Everglades that has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” They later filed a motion for expedited...
Energy reform ‘coming together like clockwork’
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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June 30, 2025
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net Electricity generation reform on New Providence is “coming together like clockwork”, FOCOL Holdings’ top executive is asserting, after sealing a near-$100m deal backed by a US...
Climate Science Digest: June 30, 2025
Muser Press
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June 30, 2025
Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (June 30, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. Study reveals uneven land sinking across New Orleans, raising flood-risk concerns...
Climate Summit Focuses on India’s Clean Energy Push and Climate Adaptation Plans
Energetica India
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June 30, 2025
The summit saw leaders outline strategies to combat climate risks, boost renewable energy, enable green infrastructure, and empower communities, emphasising India’s commitment to balancing growth with environmental stewardship. June 30, 2025. By...
Energy experts say Dangote’s initiative will reduce production costs, ease inflationary pressures, and stimulate economic growth
Fresh Angle
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The new initiative of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has continued to draw accolades from energy experts in the country, with some describing it as the best that has happened to the sector since Independence. The Chief Executive of Financial...
Microsoft Signs Deal To Remove 1.1 Million Tons of CO2 Through Waste-To-Energy Carbon Capture
myMotherLode - California
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Monday, June 30, 2025 12:44 PM EDT Image Source: Unsplash Oslo-based power and heat provider Hafslund Celsio announced today a new carbon removal offtake agreement with Microsoft (MSFT), with the tech giant purchasing more than 1 million tons of...
Dead and Buried: Advocates Mourn Passing of Environmental Bills
ecoRI News - Rhode Island
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June 30, 2025
PROVIDENCE — Sunday was a beautiful summer day for a funeral: clear, sunny, and hot. On the north side of the Statehouse, mourners, dressed in black, gathered around a coffin, and carried cardboard tombstones, each inscribed with the name, bill...
Winter Storms Are Hitting Harder Due to Climate Change
Earthjustice
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June 30, 2025
Even as climate change raises average global temperatures, that doesn’t spell the end of winters. Overall, winters are getting milder and shorter; but recent winters have brought intense snowstorms and record-breaking frost. As a result, average...
Power Shift: Pioneer’s $20M Leap Into Solar Industry
The Village Reporter - Ohio
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June 30, 2025
(PHOTO BY BRENNA WHITE / THE VILLAGE REPORTER) FUTURE SOLAR SITE ... The 35 acres of land proposed to be the new home of a solar energy field for Pioneer, Ohio. By: Brenna White THE VILLAGE REPORTER publisher@thevillagereporter.com At a recent...
How carbon capture works and debate about whether it's a future climate solution
Southeast Missourian
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Environmentalists also cite potential problems keeping it in the ground. For example, last year, agribusiness company Archer-Daniels-Midland discovered a leak about a mile underground at its Illinois carbon capture and storage site, prompting the...