Hacker News with Generative AI: Environmental Policy

China must now lead global warming fight, UN climate chief says (politico.eu)
China must step up and help lead the fight against climate change, starting with a strong new climate target, the United Nations’ top climate official said Friday.

Climate Change, China, International Relations, Environmental Policy

10 points by segasaturn 6 days ago | 1 comments

UK Government Announces Ban on New Coal Mines (barrons.com)
The UK announced Thursday that it will introduce legislation to ban new coal mines, as the Labour government ramps up its plans to make Britain a clean energy leader.

UK, Coal Mining, Environmental Policy, Energy

28 points by ingve 7 days ago | 12 comments

USFS decision to halt prescribed burns in California is history repeating (cepr.net)
Last week, the US Forest Service announced it would stop prescribed burning in California “for the foreseeable future,” stating that the decision was made as a precautionary measure to ensure the availability of staff and equipment in case of potential wildfires.

Wildfires, California, Environmental Policy, Forest Management

342 points by danboarder 16 days ago | 245 comments

Wild animals are spiraling to extinction. Can a bunch of bureaucrats save them? (vox.com)
Starting this week, thousands of people will descend on the Colombian city of Cali for an important meeting you may have never heard of: COP16.

Conservation, Extinction, Environmental Policy, Colombia, International Meetings

93 points by rntn 31 days ago | 72 comments

96% of climate policy since 1998 failed (ox.ac.uk)
An international research team has unveiled the first comprehensive global evaluation of 1,500 climate policy measures from 41 countries across six continents, between 1998 and 2022.

Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Research, Global Issues

75 points by debo_ 52 days ago | 88 comments

California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired (nytimes.com)
California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired

Environmental Policy, California, Plastic Pollution, Legislation

7 points by edward 57 days ago | 1 comments

California law bans all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores (apnews.com)
“Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.

California, Environmental Policy, Plastic Pollution, Grocery Stores, Legislation

37 points by geox 59 days ago | 63 comments

Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions (science.org)

Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Science

87 points by barbazoo 91 days ago | 49 comments

The White House Has a Plan to Slash Plastic Use in the U.S. (nytimes.com)

Environmental Policy, Plastic Pollution

15 points by lxm 124 days ago | 2 comments

California to impose permanent water restrictions on cities and towns (ktla.com)

California, Water Conservation, Drought, Environmental Policy, Local Government

35 points by lando2319 135 days ago | 99 comments

To save spotted owls, US officials will kill hundreds of thousands of other owls (apnews.com)

Wildlife Conservation, Owls, Environmental Policy

19 points by rntn 140 days ago | 17 comments

US Forest Service proposes protections for old-growth trees, without logging ban (opb.org)