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Transport is the largest single contributor to the UK’s carbon emissions, and while cycling wasn’t specifically in the Labour manifesto, bar a reference to “active travel” – a catchall term for walking, cycling and wheeling (as wheelchair and mobility aid users do) – Haigh says it will be “utterly essential to developing our national integrated transport strategy”. Almost three-quarters of trips in England are less than five miles.

Cleaning up a lot of local air pollution is a major co-benefit to getting off fossil fuels:

[oak trees] emit a chemical called isoprene. Alone, it is harmless. But when isoprene meets nitrogen oxides, a group of gasses emitted when fossil fuels are burned to power buildings and vehicles, the chemical reaction creates ground-level ozone, a harmful pollutant that can cause respiratory issues.

"The climate crisis is threatening the medical blood supply in the US, with this summer’s record heat contributing to an emergency blood shortage, the American Red Cross has warned..."

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Large animal conservation and rewilding are increasingly considered to be viable climate mitigation strategies. We argue that overstating animal roles in carbon capture may hinder, rather than facilitate, effective climate mitigation and conservation efforts.

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Following the cancellation of its small modular reactor (SMR) project in Utah, NuScale Power announced it will take “strategic” actions to reduce costs, including laying off 28% of its full-time workforce.

Related article from the shareholder's investigation into the company:

NuScale Power (SMR) Admits to Ongoing, Active SEC Inquiry

On July 29, 2024, Hunterbrook Media reported that the SEC is conducting an “active and ongoing” investigation into NuScale and noted that after Hunterbrook's publication “a spokesperson wrote in a statement: ‘[w]e are unaware of any SEC investigation into NuScale or any reason for such an investigation.’”

But, on August 2, 2024, NuScale did an about face. The company admitted that, contrary to its July 29 denial, in December 2023 the SEC requested information relating to the company’s employment, severance, and confidentiality agreements. In addition, NuScale revealed that the SEC requested additional information from the company on July 31, 2024.

Each of these events drove the price of NuScale shares sharply lower.

“We’re investigating the propriety of NuScale’s financial disclosures and operations, including whether the company’s agreements with employees suppress whistleblowing,” said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.

Tax The Rich

European Citizens' Initiative We want a European wealth tax to finance the social and climate transition and help countries hit by climate change.