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According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

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China needs to cut steel output from the coal-powered blast furnace process by more than 90 million metric tons from 2024's level to achieve its green steel target this year, researchers said in a report published on Tuesday.

The global steel industry is responsible for around 8% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions and China accounts for more than half of global steel output.

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China has lagged far behind its global peers in terms of electric arc-furnace steel share. The average share is around 30% globally, 71.8% in the United States, 58.8% in India and 26.2% in Japan, [a report by the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air] said.

From 2021 to the first half of 2025, China's blast furnace capacity utilisation rose from 85.6% to 88.6%, while electric-arc furnace utilisation fell from 58.9% to 48.6%, it added.

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"A credible strategy to curb emission-intensive production and rein in excess capacity would not only tackle the sector's structural issues but also ease global tensions," said Belinda Schaepe, an analyst at the Helsinki-based centre.

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Social media posts by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones received 408 million views – more than emergency services and mainstream media combined.

The shift to sustainable aviation fuel is still minuscule, while growth in passenger air travel is drowning out any climate gains so far. For example, despite IAG’s world-leading status, cleaner fuel accounted for only about 1.9% of its overall fuel consumption last year, and its emissions from fuel combustion still rose by 5%.

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The study: Processing debris from destroyed and damaged buildings in Gaza: carbon emissions, time frames, and implications for rebuilding

The [peer-reviewed] report, published Tuesday by the nonprofit Conservation International in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment, sheds light on how a historically overlooked population has served as one of Earth’s most effective guardians for centuries.

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A prolonged stretch of unusually hot, midsummer heat and humidity will grip a large portion of the United States from July 21 to 25. What began across the Southeast over the weekend is forecast to expand into the mid-South early in the week, then expand into the Midwest by mid-to-late week.

A Climate Central analysis finds that human-caused climate change made this excessive heat at least three times more likely for nearly 160 million people, nearly half of the U.S. population.