Sun 07 June 2026: Governments and car manufacturers sell electric cars as the future of green transport. But a less visible trend is challenging this story: many electric cars are getting bigger. The International Energy Agency recently reported that larger models, including sports utility vehicles (SUVs), are taking up a major share of electric car markets. In China, electric […]
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More than 100,000 exotic cockroaches were seized from an alleged commercial breeder in Bathurst. (Supplied: DCCEEW) Fri 05 June 2026: On Friday, Australian authorities confiscated 100,000+ live exotic cockroaches from a commercial breeder in Bathurst, NSW — the country’s largest seizure of illegal exotic invertebrates to date. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment […]
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Thu 04 June 2026: El Nino conditions are expected to develop in the coming months, increasing the likelihood of extreme weather events worldwide and adding to the effects of global warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday. The UN weather agency said there is an 80% chance that El Nino will emerge during […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: Restaurants across the European Union will no longer be allowed to serve single-use ketchup, mayonnaise, soy sauce and other condiment sachets to dine-in customers beginning Aug. 12. The ban is part of new EU packaging waste rules targeting plastic pollution. The restriction falls under the bloc’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: The publication of the first-of-its-kind Cambridge Handbook of Islam and Environmental Law ahead of COP 31 in Antalya maps 14 centuries of Islamic legal thought on ecological governance. Ahead of COP 31 in the Turkish resort city of Antalya, where the leaders of 196 countries will discuss in November their policies to address […]
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Sun 31 May 2026: Warning comes as Western Europe experiences a heatwave, with temperatures reaching highs not typically expected until the summer. The hottest year since records began is almost certain to occur within the next five years, according to the weather agency of the United Nations. In a report published on Thursday, the World […]
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Ribbon worm (Drepanophoridae sp.) Wed 27 May 2026: Marine scientists have discovered a total of 1,121 new marine species living in the depths of the world’s oceans over the past year. The findings have marked a “significant step” in the research, which required understanding and protecting the oceans, according to the scientists behind The […]
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A dead humpback whale lies washed up on a beach in Simon’s Town, near Cape Town, South Africa, October 15, 2024 Sat 23 May 2026: Whales are increasingly exposed to traffic – and ship strikes. The United States-Israel war on Iran has disrupted global supplies of energy, fertilisers, medicines and even helium, devastating economies around […]
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Sun 10 May 2026: Germany is preparing legislation to ban disposable e-cigarettes, Environment Minister said Friday, pointing to a rise in fires at waste processing plants linked to the devices. Minister Carsten Schneider said the federal government intends to submit a draft bill to parliament in the coming months that would effectively end the sale […]
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Sat 09 May 2026: A study published Friday by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) finds that socioeconomic inequality sharply raises the risk of dying from extreme temperatures across Europe. The study analyzed more than 161 million deaths recorded between 2000 and 2019 across 32 European countries and quantified for the first time how […]
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