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Indonesia Wildfire Fuelled by El Niño Badly Hits Wildlife & Razes Almost 300 Homes Forces Evacuation

Ace Breaking News – Hundreds of people displaced in Bangka Belitung with conditions described as worst in a decade with wildlife also badly hit by The Guardian by Jonathan Watts with Agence-France Presse contributing to this report A forest fire on Indonesia’s Sumatra island fuelled by El Niño has razed nearly 300 homes, forcing hundreds […]

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Ace Business Desk

MUST READ: U.S Trump Admin Announces Increase Drilling for Oil & Gas in Alaska After a Land Management Decision

Ace Business Desk – A Bureau of Land Management decision will accelerate permitting in the nation’s largest single tract of public land, home to a fragile, rapidly warming wilderness. Looking for Oil in Alaska, No Environmental Strings Attached by ICN Anika Jane Beamer  Published: October 9, 2026 Oil companies will no longer be required to […]

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EU & Ministers From 30 Countries Push Back Against Release of Climate Science Reports

Ace Business Desk – EU Leads Fight Against Fossil-Fuel Nations’ Push to Delay Climate Science Reports according to Attracta Mooney, The Financial Times A “high ambition coalition” of the EU and ministers from “more than 30 countries” has “joined forces in a co-ordinated effort to thwart a push…to delay key scientific reports on the warming […]

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GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk

Australians Cocos (Keeling) Islands Delegation Refused Entry to COP31 Pre-Talks of Pacific Island Nations

GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk – In short: A delegation from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands has been denied the opportunity to attend COP31 after their application was not selected by the federal government.  A contingent of federal ministers, including the prime minister, has wrapped up pre-COP talks in Tuvalu: By Kimberley Putland for ABC Pilbara on […]

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Ace Finance Desk

Factcheck: UK Conservatives double the ‘cost of net-zero’ after spreadsheet blunder

Ace Finance Desk – A booklet published by the UK’s opposition Conservative party includes a “cost of net-zero” that appears to have been doubled by a spreadsheet error according to Carbon Brief The “common sense” policy document argues that “what people ultimately want is a government competent enough to solve the problems for which it […]

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NEWS & VIEWS: Net Zero Watch: This Week in Brief

Ace Breaking News – Britain spends £1.5bn switching wind off and gas on Good afternoon. Britain has already spent more this year switching wind farms off and gas plants on than it did throughout last year. The bill: £1.51bn. Energy suppliers, meanwhile, warn of the worst winter crisis since 2022. Labour’s promise of cheaper energy looks […]

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GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk

RESEARCH: Compounding Climate Impacts Drive Tropical Forest Decline

GlobalWarming & ClimateChange News Desk – Extreme heat, drought and ozone from fire emissions are devastating the Amazon and other rainforests, new research shows according to ICN by Bob Berwyn Published: October 7, 2026 Ozone pollution from fires, along with extreme heat and drought, is further weakening the Amazon rainforest’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide, new […]