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Philippines storm survivors join climate protest outside Shell HQ in London
Greenpeace protest draws attention to worsening typhoons and demands accountability from major polluters
For two days and two nights, Ronalyn Carbonel and her four children clung to the roof of their home as a huge storm raged around them. With the wind battering her village of Rizal, about 10 miles east of Manila in the Philippines, and water swirling through the rooms below them, they had no choice but to wait, hoping that someone would come to rescue them and hundreds of their neighbours.
“We did not have shelter, we did not have food … we just had to wait for the government for two days,” Carbonel said. “It is not easy, no electricity, no light, we just wait for the sun to rise. The children were scared, we had never experienced anything like this.”
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Intense heatwave in southern Brazil forces schools to suspend return
Record highs delay start of classes in Rio Grande do Sul, where floods fueled by climate crisis left 180 dead last May
During historic floods last May that left more than 180 dead in Brazil’s southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, the water rose to the ceiling of the Olindo Flores school in the city of São Leopoldo, destroying furniture, books and parts of its infrastructure.
When classes resumed more than a month later, its 500 students had to be relocated to another school for months.
Continue reading...Britons urged to join hunt for rare daffodil breeds amid extinction fears
RHS is asking people to look for under-threat varieties such as the Sussex Bonfire and Mrs William Copeland
Britons have been asked to hunt for rare pink, white and “bonfire yellow” daffodils in order to save threatened varieties from extinction.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), which is running the daffodil count, is hoping to build a map of the spring blooms. It is asking people to log where daffodils are flowering in their area along with basic information such as colour, type and height.
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GoFundMe raises $250m for LA fires victims, more than for all other disasters last year
The fundraising platform saw more than a million donors in all 50 states and 160 countries donate to relief and recovery
Just over a month since devastating wildfires broke out across southern California, the fundraising platform GoFundMe has raised more money for victims of the fires than for all other natural disasters worldwide last year.
To date, more than a million donors in all 50 states and 160 countries have donated more than $250m to support fire relief and recovery efforts, about $20m more than GoFundMe collected after all other disasters last year, including Hurricanes Helene and Milton. That includes donations to individual families and businesses, as well as non-profits providing relief on the ground, including Direct Relief, World Central Kitchen and Salvation Army, according to a spokesperson for the company.
Continue reading...Tenants demand protections as LA fires exacerbate housing crisis: ‘Huge source of stress’
Renters are not only facing an escalation in rent prices but also pressure to evict apartments from landlords
Wendy López, a single mother of three from Guatemala, received an eviction order the day before wildfires destroyed Pacific Palisades, where she worked as a caregiver for people with disabilities.
The crisis only escalated the eviction process, Lopez said. The landlord for her rent-stabilized Mid City apartment has sent her threatening letters nearly every day. On 1 February, he raised her monthly rent from $1,320 to $1,430, exceeding the 4% legal rent increase limit. Moving is not an option, she said, because rent for similar housing elsewhere has doubled since the fires.
Continue reading...Endangered waves: why Australia’s revered surf spots could soon reach a breaking point
Research reveals surf breaks are on the frontline of threats that could undermine access to and enjoyment of our famous beaches
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Steph Curley glides atop the water on a 9ft, locally shaped long board. A sea turtle bobs among a couple of dozen surfers off a rocky headland in Noosa – dolphins frolic further out.
Curley angles her single fin towards the boulder-strewn point and paddles on to a two-foot wave. The wave breaks steeply at first, but as Curley swings her big blue board towards the pandanus palms and tea trees that line the shore and give the bay its name, the wave peels gently, offering up a long, luxurious ride.
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Conspiracy theory on methane-cutting cow feed a ‘wake-up call’, say scientists
Social media storm of misinformation about Bovaer has drawn in Reform UK, the dairy industry and even Bill Gates
Scientists say a recent methane-related conspiracy theory was “a wake-up call” for the industry, reminding them they need to communicate better and more directly with the public.
Over the last few months, Bovaer, a cattle feed additive that is proven to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas, has been at the centre of a swirl of misinformation, drawing in Reform UK, the dairy industry and even the billionaire Bill Gates.
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