A new, cleaner ship points way as US ports in the region are spending millions on upgrades in pursuit of net zero
It’s just after 9.30pm on a Thursday night in late May when a conveyor belt begins dumping 21,000 tons of road salt into the cavernous hull of the MV Mark M Barker at a dock in Cleveland.
As the first US-flagged freighter to be built on the Great Lakes in nearly 40 years, the 639ft (195-meter)-long ship – launched in 2022 – is the only vessel of its kind in the region powered by cleaner, “tier four” marine engines that meet the federal Environmental Protection Agency rules governing hydrocarbons and particle matter emissions.
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06/07/2024 - 06:00
06/07/2024 - 05:00
The Guardian contacted 11 major organizations that run fossil-fuel ads after Wednesday’s speech by António Guterres
Major news and tech media that have run fossil-fuel ads were largely staying quiet after the UN’s secretary general called for governments and companies to place bans on advertisements for coal, oil and gas.
“Stop taking fossil-fuel advertising,” António Guterres implored in a major speech on Wednesday after railing against energy companies for “distorting the truth, deceiving the public, and sowing doubt” about the climate crisis.
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06/07/2024 - 02:00
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
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06/06/2024 - 23:49
NT government’s environmental management plan approval of Tamboran gas development spurs calls for federal minister to step in
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Greens, independent MPs and conservation groups are urging the Albanese government to call in a contentious fracking project in the Beetaloo gas basin to be assessed under national water laws, with some warning the Northern Territory government has not properly examined its impact on the environment.
The NT government announced on Friday it has approved the environmental management plan for Tamboran Resources’ Shenandoah South pilot project. The approval will allow the gas company to construct up to four exploration and appraisal sites, and undertake drilling and flow testing of up to 15 natural gas wells in the Beetaloo Basin south of Katherine.
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06/06/2024 - 23:00
Heat stress and increase in insect-borne diseases particularly acute in smaller states, warns secretary general Lady Scotland
Climate change is now the biggest concern facing health ministers in Commonwealth countries, the organisation’s secretary general has warned.
Patricia Scotland said it was a “reality today” rather than a problem of the future, with impacts such as heat stress and increases in insect-borne diseases particularly acute in smaller states.
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06/06/2024 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 07 June 2024; doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00069-3
Seafood independence is within reach: a multi-scale assessment of seafood self-reliance in the United States
06/06/2024 - 21:04
Some flash flooding causing road closures and inundating homes but rainy weather forecast to ease later on Friday, BoM says
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Heavy rainfall overnight has resulted in Warragamba Dam spilling over, amid evacuation orders and road closures across New South Wales.
Up to 200mm of rain has fallen in parts of the state overnight, while residents in low-lying areas around the Georges River in Sydney’s west are preparing to evacuate.
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06/06/2024 - 16:30
Exclusive: Party wants to appeal to voters’ patriotism by improving access to nature and green spaces
Local communities would be given the right to buy up derelict eyesores and turn them into parks under a Labour government, while walkers and swimmers would gain access to hundreds of miles of river pathways, the party has pledged.
Labour will make a direct appeal to voters’ patriotism, presenting the restoration of nature as a matter of national identity and status.
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06/06/2024 - 14:21
Tropical forests store a third of the world's carbon in their wood and soils. However, their future as a carbon sink has been uncertain. Scientists have long wondered whether nutrient-poor tropical soils would limit the ability of mature and recovering forests to thrive. A study offers a hopeful response, suggesting that forests have flexible strategies that help them overcome the challenge of scarce nutrients.
06/06/2024 - 14:05
Patrice Miller was found dead in her home in what authorities confirm is first known attack of its kind
A 71-year-old woman was mauled to death by a black bear in a Sierra Nevada community in 2023 in what is believed to be California’s first fatal black bear attack, the state department of fish and wildlife confirmed this week.
Patrice Miller was found dead in her Downieville home in November by a Sierra county sheriff’s deputy who was called to the residence to check on the senior after she had not been seen for several days, KCRA3 reported.
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