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Human-caused climate change significant driver of destructive conditions as even drier decades lie ahead, researchers say The American west has spent the last two decades in what scientists are now saying is the most extreme megadrought in at least 1,200 years. In a new study, published on Monday, researchers also noted that human-caused climate change

Dramatic spread of native plants over past decade is evidence of accelerating shifts in fragile polar ecosystem, study finds Antarctica’s two native flowering plants are spreading rapidly as temperatures warm, according to the first study to show changes in fragile polar ecosystems have accelerated in the past decade. The increase in plants since 2009 has

The Australian company also claims coal can be burned with ‘zero emissions’ via CCS which remains largely ineffective and unproven Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing A proposed new coal-fired power station at Collinsville in north Queensland is now being pitched

Judge bars higher cost estimate which puts a dollar value on damages caused by additional greenhouse gases emitted A Trump-appointed federal judge has blocked the Biden administration’s attempt to put greater emphasis on potential damage from greenhouse gas emissions when creating rules for polluting industries. The move represents a blow to Joe Biden’s efforts to

Body representing MPs and peers insists vast majority support climate plans despite vocal backbenchers The “vast majority” of Conservative MPs support the government’s net zero climate plans despite increasingly vocal opposition from a small number of backbenchers, according to a Tory environment group. On Tuesday the Net Zero Scrutiny Group (NZSG) of 19 Conservatives was

Amid fears about the cost of living crisis, those opposed to government’s climate agenda appear to have sensed an opportunity Tories fighting net zero plans are dragging climate into new culture war, experts say In the run-up to Christmas, as the UK government was frantically attempting to manage the latest wave of Covid infections, the