France's Energy Roadmap Falls Short of EU Targets
France's Environmental Authority criticized the country's energy roadmap for insufficient ambition in reducing energy consumption, recommending a 12% decrease in the 2030 target to meet EU's Fit for 55 plan requiring 1243 TWh by 2030 compared to the current projection of 1410 TWh.
France's Energy Roadmap Falls Short of EU Targets
France's Environmental Authority criticized the country's energy roadmap for insufficient ambition in reducing energy consumption, recommending a 12% decrease in the 2030 target to meet EU's Fit for 55 plan requiring 1243 TWh by 2030 compared to the current projection of 1410 TWh.
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36% Bias Score
CDU Member Leaves Party Over Climate Change Policy Disagreements
A former Green party member and founder of the CDU's Klima-Union, Strößenreuther, left the CDU due to disagreements over climate policy, criticizing the party's leadership for insufficient engagement with scientific facts and accusing them of adopting populist and climate-change denial rhetoric; he ...
CDU Member Leaves Party Over Climate Change Policy Disagreements
A former Green party member and founder of the CDU's Klima-Union, Strößenreuther, left the CDU due to disagreements over climate policy, criticizing the party's leadership for insufficient engagement with scientific facts and accusing them of adopting populist and climate-change denial rhetoric; he ...
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52% Bias Score
Climate Change Caused 41 Extra Days of Dangerous Heat in 2024
A World Weather Attribution report reveals that climate change caused 41 extra days of dangerous heat globally in 2024, intensifying 26 of 29 studied extreme weather events that killed at least 3,700 people and displaced millions, underscoring the urgent need for a faster fossil fuel phase-out.
Climate Change Caused 41 Extra Days of Dangerous Heat in 2024
A World Weather Attribution report reveals that climate change caused 41 extra days of dangerous heat globally in 2024, intensifying 26 of 29 studied extreme weather events that killed at least 3,700 people and displaced millions, underscoring the urgent need for a faster fossil fuel phase-out.
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52% Bias Score
Victorian Towns Urged to Evacuate Amid Devastating Bushfires
Devastating bushfires in Victoria have scorched over 55,000 hectares, prompting "Leave Immediately" orders for several towns near the Grampians National Park as emergency services battle unpredictable wind changes and fear potential residential losses, while "take shelter" warnings are in effect for...
Victorian Towns Urged to Evacuate Amid Devastating Bushfires
Devastating bushfires in Victoria have scorched over 55,000 hectares, prompting "Leave Immediately" orders for several towns near the Grampians National Park as emergency services battle unpredictable wind changes and fear potential residential losses, while "take shelter" warnings are in effect for...
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32% Bias Score
Victoria Braces for Extreme Bushfire Risk Amidst Severe Weather Forecast
Extreme fire danger is forecast for Victoria on December 25, 2024, with 100km/h winds and 40-degree temperatures expected, leading to immediate evacuations in Halls Gap and parts of the Macedon Ranges, while a large western blaze threatens to spread further.
Victoria Braces for Extreme Bushfire Risk Amidst Severe Weather Forecast
Extreme fire danger is forecast for Victoria on December 25, 2024, with 100km/h winds and 40-degree temperatures expected, leading to immediate evacuations in Halls Gap and parts of the Macedon Ranges, while a large western blaze threatens to spread further.
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36% Bias Score
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Death Toll, Aid, and Long-Term Impacts
On December 26, 2004, a massive tsunami caused by an earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia, killed approximately 230,000 people in several countries; Germany responded with roughly €670 million in donations, while the aftermath revealed challenges in aid distribution and coastal reconstruction.
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Death Toll, Aid, and Long-Term Impacts
On December 26, 2004, a massive tsunami caused by an earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia, killed approximately 230,000 people in several countries; Germany responded with roughly €670 million in donations, while the aftermath revealed challenges in aid distribution and coastal reconstruction.
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40% Bias Score
Environmental and Dystopian Themes in 2024 Television
Several new and returning TV series and documentaries, including those narrated by Cate Blanchett, Barack Obama, and Morgan Freeman, explore environmental issues, dystopian futures, and past events like the 1997 Wrocław flood, using diverse storytelling approaches.
Environmental and Dystopian Themes in 2024 Television
Several new and returning TV series and documentaries, including those narrated by Cate Blanchett, Barack Obama, and Morgan Freeman, explore environmental issues, dystopian futures, and past events like the 1997 Wrocław flood, using diverse storytelling approaches.
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0% Bias Score
EMY Issues Severe Weather Warning for Greece
Greece's National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued a severe weather warning for December 27th and 28th, predicting intense rain, storms, and heavy snow in Crete, eastern Macedonia and Thrace, and across eastern Greece on the 28th, with strong northeasterly winds in the Aegean Sea.
EMY Issues Severe Weather Warning for Greece
Greece's National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued a severe weather warning for December 27th and 28th, predicting intense rain, storms, and heavy snow in Crete, eastern Macedonia and Thrace, and across eastern Greece on the 28th, with strong northeasterly winds in the Aegean Sea.
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Alaskan Marine Heatwave Causes Largest Recorded Single-Species Die-off
A marine heatwave in the Gulf of Alaska from 2014-2016 killed approximately 4 million common murres, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species and highlighting the severe impact of warming ocean temperatures on marine ecosystems.
Alaskan Marine Heatwave Causes Largest Recorded Single-Species Die-off
A marine heatwave in the Gulf of Alaska from 2014-2016 killed approximately 4 million common murres, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species and highlighting the severe impact of warming ocean temperatures on marine ecosystems.
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16% Bias Score
Urgent Evacuations Ordered as Grampians Bushfire Threatens
Facing extreme fire danger, Victorian authorities issued urgent evacuation orders for residents near the Grampians National Park, with a 10 a.m. deadline before Thursday's predicted 40-degree heat and 100 km/h winds; Halls Gap residents remain evacuated, while Pomonal is under a watch and act alert.
Urgent Evacuations Ordered as Grampians Bushfire Threatens
Facing extreme fire danger, Victorian authorities issued urgent evacuation orders for residents near the Grampians National Park, with a 10 a.m. deadline before Thursday's predicted 40-degree heat and 100 km/h winds; Halls Gap residents remain evacuated, while Pomonal is under a watch and act alert.
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40% Bias Score
Record 2023 Heat Linked to Reduced Cloud Cover
The year 2023 saw record-breaking global temperatures, reaching 1.48 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average, exceeding the previous record by 0.2 degrees. New research attributes a significant portion of this increase to reduced low cloud cover, which decreased the Earth's albedo and ampli...
Record 2023 Heat Linked to Reduced Cloud Cover
The year 2023 saw record-breaking global temperatures, reaching 1.48 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average, exceeding the previous record by 0.2 degrees. New research attributes a significant portion of this increase to reduced low cloud cover, which decreased the Earth's albedo and ampli...
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20% Bias Score
Grampians Bushfire: Evacuations and Shelter-in-Place Orders Issued Amidst Extreme Fire Danger
An out-of-control bushfire near Victoria's Grampians National Park, sparked by lightning, has grown to over 50,000 hectares, forcing evacuations and shelter-in-place orders as extreme heat and strong winds create 'dreaded Boxing Day' conditions.
Grampians Bushfire: Evacuations and Shelter-in-Place Orders Issued Amidst Extreme Fire Danger
An out-of-control bushfire near Victoria's Grampians National Park, sparked by lightning, has grown to over 50,000 hectares, forcing evacuations and shelter-in-place orders as extreme heat and strong winds create 'dreaded Boxing Day' conditions.
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36% Bias Score