https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/19/battered-by-typhoons-why-arent-philippine-flood-control-projects-working?traffic_source=rss
Manila has spent billions of dollars on flood mitigation projects but few have been completed.
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-oceans-plastic.html
In the form of bottles, tires, packaging and piping, millions of tons of plastic waste are dumped every year in the world's waterways, often ending up in the oceans.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech
Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official figures
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/12/fossil-fuel-companies-environment-greenwashing
Grand schemes, many backed by government, masquerade as taking action on the environment. They should be disowned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-outlines-path-prosperity-planet-people.html
Earth will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared, according to an international research team including scientists from The Australian National University (ANU).
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/10/climate-rights-report-draconian-measures-protest
Report says governments in global north increasingly using draconian measures while criticising similar tactics in global south
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/9/9/filipino-fugitive-preacher-appears-in-court-after-weeks-on-the-run?traffic_source=rss
Filipino preacher and self-proclaimed ‘son of God’ Apollo Quiboloy appeared in court after a weeks-long manhunt.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-10/more-than-two-thirds-of-australian-homes-have-building-issues/104319398
New Australian Housing and Urban Institute research has found that about 70 per cent of households have reported building quality problems. It also found that most of Australia's existing housing stock was energy-inefficient and of poor quality.
https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-give-up-on-normal-what-winters-weird-weather-means-for-the-warm-months-ahead-237857
Earth’s climate has become dangerously unstable, and it’s only a matter of time before somewhere in Australia erupts in uncontrollable fire.
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