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Canada's federal government endorsed a plan on 3 June 2026 to move the remaining captive beluga whales from the closed Marineland park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, to facilities in the United States and Spain, according to AP and Global News.
China's carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry rose 2% year on year in the first quarter of 2026, according to a Carbon Brief analysis dated 4 June, as higher coal and gas-fired power generation offset rapid additions of wind and solar capacity.
The World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday that El Nino conditions are developing in the tropical Pacific, with an 80% likelihood of an event during June-August 2026 and probabilities near or above 90% that it will continue until at least November.
International climate scientists have revised their worst-case projection for global warming this century to 3.5°C above pre-industrial levels, down from 4.5°C, after concluding that falling solar and wind energy costs have made high-fossil-fuel emissions scenarios increasingly implausible [1].