The judgement highlights how important compliance with standards is as clean air is confirmed as a constitutional right. Credit: Bigstock By External SourcePRETORIA, Mar 23 2022 (IPS) A court in South Africa has confirmed the constitutional right of the country’s citizens to an environment that isn’t harmful to their health. This includes the right to
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23 March 2022
South African Court Rules that Clean Air Is a Constitutional Right: What Needs to Change
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23 March 2022
Systemic analysis of a developing plant community on the island of Surtsey
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Based on our recently developed method to quantify Gunderson and Holling’s adaptive cycle, we provide a holistic analysis of a vascular plant community on the volcanic island of Surtsey between 2000 and 2018. We identify one complete adaptive cycle during the study period, which reflects the system’s transition from a classic pioneer to a grassland
22 March 2022
Climate crisis is greatest threat to Australia’s future and security, former defence leaders warn
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Open letter calls on politicians to make climate a primary focus in election year and ‘address this clear and present danger’ Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing The climate crisis is the greatest threat to the future and security of Australians and the country is unprepared for its increasingly harsh impacts,
22 March 2022
War on Syria: Eleven Years of Carnage
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“Today the poverty rate in Syria is an unprecedented 90 percent; 14.6 million people in Syria depend on humanitarian aid.” Credit: Zak Brophy/IPS By Baher KamalMADRID, Mar 22 2022 (IPS) “Hundreds of thousands have been killed, more than half of the pre-war population – somewhere in the order of 22 million – have been displaced.
22 March 2022
US watchdog plans to make companies reveal greenhouse-gas emissions
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Climate action rules announced by SEC chair Gary Gensler expected to face opposition from Republicans and industry groups The US’s top financial watchdog proposed on Monday that publicly traded companies report information on their greenhouse-gas emissions and even those of their suppliers and consumers in one of the Biden administration’s most sweeping environmental actions to
21 March 2022
Planet Earth into Planet Plastics
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Today, plastics are ubiquitous, pervading all aspects of human activity and invading all dimensions of the environment, with the result being the emergence of planet Plastics. Credit: Albert Oppong-Ansah/IPS. By Joseph ChamiePORTLAND, USA, Mar 21 2022 (IPS) Planet Earth is increasingly being transformed into planet Plastics. Approximately 400,000,000 metric tons of plastics are produced worldwide
20 March 2022
Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists
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Antarctic areas reach 40C above normal at same time as north pole regions hit 30C above usual levels Startling heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles are causing alarm among climate scientists, who have warned the “unprecedented” events could signal faster and abrupt climate breakdown. Temperatures in Antarctica reached record levels at the weekend, an astonishing
19 March 2022
Plum job: UK public asked to track fruit trees for climate study
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People asked to record flowering cherry and plum trees near them to see whether patterns are changing The British public have been asked to track flowering fruit trees to help determine whether climate change is changing blooming patterns, in one of the largest studies of its kind. The University of Reading and Oracle for Research
19 March 2022
Informal Workers Face Up to the Crisis in Latin America
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Doris Martínez gets ready to start cooking at her food kiosk in Valles del Tuy, an area of small dormitory towns near Caracas. CREDIT: Humberto Márquez/IPS By Humberto MárquezCARACAS, Mar 18 2022 (IPS) Doris Martínez was a cook in a Venezuelan restaurant that closed its doors; she emigrated to Colombia, got sick from working long
17 March 2022
Labour MP Graham Stringer to join Nigel Farage at anti-net zero rally
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Pro-leave MP is due to speak at event to launch Farage’s campaign for a referendum on net zero A Labour MP is to appear on stage with Nigel Farage at the launch of an anti-net zero campaign for a referendum on policies to tackle climate change, amid anger from party colleagues. Graham Stringer, a prominent