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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hawaii’s “Green Fee” bill was set to raise tourist taxes quite substantially to help fund “climate change” mitigation this year — but now a judge has halted the provision.  The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), along with a cruise ship supplier, filed a lawsuit in early September…

The Munduruku, who live primarily in the Amazon states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Pará, are demanding an end to projects and extractive activities that threaten Indigenous territories, particularly in the Tapajós and Xingu River basins. ‘Legitimate’ protests and government response COP30 Executive Director Ana Toni described the demonstrations as “legitimate” and confirmed that the…

The special report on health and climate change, published by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the Brazilian Government, warns that one in 12 hospitals could face climate-related shutdowns. It calls for urgent action to protect health systems in a rapidly warming world. This follows Thursday’s launch of the Belém Health Action Plan, a…

Experts sound red alert as Delhi air turns ‘life-threatening’ NEW DELHI: As capital wakes up each morning to skies the colour of ash and an AQI brushing the ‘severe’ zone, scientists, doctors, parents and protest groups warn that Delhi’s pollution crisis has now crossed into a life-threatening public health emergency. Despite stubble-burning contributing only a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Extraordinary ancient finds were recently unearthed in Ephesus, the Turkish city where Paul the Apostle once preached. The discovery was announced by Anadolu Agency (AA), a state-run outlet in Ankara, on Dec. 12. Ephesus is also known as being one of the seven churches of Asia mentioned…

UN climate chief Simon Stiell set the tone on Monday: “There is a deep awareness of what’s at stake, and the need to show climate cooperation standing firm in a fractured world.” His warning was blunt: “There is no time to lose with delays and obstruction.” For the next two days, ministers will lay out their positions…

Pune: India had been undergoing faster and more uneven climate shifts than earlier estimated and the country had warmed by 0.89°C (2015–2024) compared to the early 1900s (1901-1930), revealed a new peer reviewed study.The hottest day of the year had been warming by 1.5-2°C in western and northeast India since the 1950s, the assessment published…

But this lush harmony carries a warning. If negotiators at COP30 hope to protect the world’s forests, they must first safeguard the people who sustain them. Chocolate, community and a vision for the future Just 30 minutes by boat from Belém – known as the ‘gateway to the Amazon’ rainforest and host city of this…

NEW DELHI: The 30th session of the UN climate conference (COP30) concluded in Belem, Brazil with a compromised deal as countries agreed to triple adaptation finance (funds to assist developing countries to tackle impacts of climate change) as part of the summit agreement – called global ‘Mutirao’ decision – but could not reach consensus on…

On Tuesday in Belém, ministers from Colombia, Germany, Kenya, the Marshall Islands, Sierra Leone, the United Kingdom and several other countries, voiced strong support for Brazil’s proposal to elevate the issue in this year’s round of UN climate negotiations. The coalition called on negotiators to reinforce language around the fossil fuel transition in the draft…