Ozone layer on track for full recovery, WMO report says & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Friday, September 20, 2024 “The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.” — Barry Commoner [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [X]( Ozone Layer on Track for Full Recovery, WMO Report Says Earth’s ozone layer — damaged in the 1970s and 1980s by ozone-depleting substances — is continuing to recover well, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)’s newest [Ozone and UV Bulletin]( released to coincide with World Ozone Day. [Read More]( Related: [Efforts to Protect Ozone Layer a ‘Huge Global Success,’ Scientists Say]( Deadly Flooding in Central and Eastern Europe Wreaks Havoc From Austria to Romania [Flooding]( from Austria to Romania has killed at least 17 people, with thousands evacuated after days of torrential rain caused [rivers]( to overflow their banks. [Read More]( Related: [3 Million Stranded as Parts of Bangladesh See Worst Flooding in Nearly 40 Years]( Greenland Landslide Triggered Seismic Event That ‘Shook the Earth’ for Nine Days An enormous [landslide]( of rock and glacial ice in a [Greenland fjord]( last year led to a seismic wave that “shook the Earth” for nine straight days, reported BBC News. [Read More]( Related: [New USGS Map Outlines Areas at Biggest Risk of Landslides]( Scotland’s Only Oil Refinery to Shut Down Next Year Grangemouth, [Scotland]( lone [oil]( refinery, is scheduled to shut down by the summer of 2025. The owner of the site said it can’t compete with others in [Africa]( [Asia]( and the Middle East. [Read More]( Related: [Great Britain Generates More Than 80% of Summer Electricity From Renewables]( UK High Court Rules Against Plans for Country’s First New Coal Plant in 30 Years UK High Court Justice David Holgate ruled on Friday against a controversial coal plant project, which would have been the country’s first new coal plant in 30 years. [Read More]( Related: [In Possible ‘Turning Point,’ China Approved Significantly Fewer Coal Plants in First Half of 2024]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](