“To cover up 1 high level report … looks odd,” remarked Caroline Lucas, the former leader of the UK’s Green Party. “To cover up 2 looks like a pattern.” Lucas was commenting on reporting in the Guardian revealing that the Labour government was again burying an explosive report by UK military and intelligence leaders warning […]
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LO QUE TIENES QUE SABER Hace unos años se puso de moda la idea de que plantar miles de millones de árboles, e incluso billones, era la solución definitiva contra el cambio climático. Sobre el papel, tiene sentido: los árboles absorben CO2 al crecer y lo almacenan mientras el bosque siga en pie (que es […]
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Story Spark: Saltwater Intrusion A nearly invisible poison is creeping into coastal communities around the world — saltwater is moving inland, killing once fertile farmlands and contaminating previously reliable drinking water. Saltwater intrusion is turning freshwater sources brackish as seas rise, droughts deepen, and coastal flooding and tropical storm systems worsens — all driven by […]
The 2026 World Cup will be remembered in part for bringing the term “hydration break” into the global football lexicon. For the first time in the Cup’s 96-year history, matches were interrupted midway through each half so players could hydrate and rest. Many fans disliked the breaks, complaining they were simply an excuse to show […]
LO QUE TIENES QUE SABER Los biocombustibles no buscan reemplazar al petróleo, porque no hay suficiente materia para sustituir toda la demanda de combustibles fósiles, pero sí reducir su uso. Se producen a partir de materia orgánica (biomasa) como plantas, cultivos agrícolas, microalgas o residuos orgánicos. Se usan como una alternativa parcial a los combustibles […]
“Are you part of the 89%?” A team of Covering Climate Now reporters traveled through eastern Pennsylvania last week asking people that question, exploring what residents of that quintessential battleground state think about climate change and the fast-approaching US midterm elections. Pennsylvanians had just endured a brutal heatwave that scientists said would have been “virtually […]
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LO QUE TIENES QUE SABER El cambio climático afecta a la salud mental, y no sólo se trata de hablar de la ansiedad por el futuro de la Humanidad. Este hecho, confirmado por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y el Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC), es medible, prevenible, injusto […]
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At a time when some US news outlets have retreated from the climate story, hundreds of news organizations in Japan are headed in the opposite direction. Inspired by Covering Climate Now’s 89 Percent Project, every television network and station in Japan this spring began a two-year program of airing public service commercials pointing out that […]
LO QUE TIENES QUE SABER La respuesta religiosa al cambio climático se ha robustecido a medida que la evidencia científica se ha vuelto inapelable durante las últimas décadas. Líderes religiosos de todas las confesiones y comunidades vinculadas a la fe llaman a la responsabilidad de la humanidad de cuidar el entorno que compartimos y piden […]