‘Highest temperature on Earth’ as Death Valley, US hits 54.4C
There is widespread coverage of the news – first reported yesterday – that temperatures reached 54.4C in Death Valley National Park, California on Sunday. If verified, this would be the…
Mauritius oil spill: Wrecked MV Wakashio breaks up
A Japanese cargo ship that has leaked hundreds of tonnes of fuel oil off the Mauritius coast has broken apart, BBC News reports. It continues: “The MV Wakashio…
Trump administration overturns rules on methane leaks
Methane leaks from oil and gas wells will no longer be regulated in the US, reports the Financial Times, “as the Trump administration rolls back a set of…
Last decade was warmest since Industrial Revolution, report warns
The decade 2010-19 was the warmest since the Industrial Revolution, Sky News reports, picking up what it calls a “bleak new assessment of the state of the global…
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