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These board games play out how climate change will reshape our cities
This Fast Company article discusses new games that play out how climate change will reshape our cities. Learning how different stakeholders will respond when sea levels rise can help us better understand what will happen as the climate changes.
In a Monopoly-like game called The Other 99%, each player is a real […]
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How the World’s Biggest Shipping Company Plans to Cut Emissions
This Bloomberg article discusses how a shipping company plans to cut emissions.
A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is about to conduct the shipping industry’s biggest test yet of biofuel as it seeks to cut emissions and meet its target of becoming carbon-neutral by 2050.
The Mette Maersk, one of […]
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Dirty lies: how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions
This The Guardian article discusses how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions. The ‘Dieselgate’ scandal was suppressed for years – while we should have been driving electric cars.
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Study: Thawing alpine permafrost a stealth source of CO2
This article discusses how thawing alpine permafrost is a stealth source of CO2.
In a paper published Thursday in the journal Nature Communications, scientists presented evidence that Colorado’s Front Range tundra emits more CO2 than it absorbs each year, making it a net carbon […]
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Study: Forests scramble to absorb carbon as emissions continue to increase
This article discusses how forests scramble to absorb carbon as emissions continue to increase.
A recent study suggests global forests are absorbing more carbon dioxide as atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations increase — but that they still can’t keep up with runaway CO2 emissions.
The study finds that tropical forests, where […]
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Solar and wind firms call the ‘Green New Deal’ too extreme
This article discusses how some solar and wind firms are calling the ‘Green New Deal’ too extreme. Representatives of America’s clean energy companies are withholding their support for the climate-fighting plan, calling it unrealistic and too politically divisive for an industry keen to grow in both red and blue states.
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Study: Great Lakes Basin warming faster than other parts of country
This Detroit Free Press article discusses a study that shows how the Great Lakes Basin is warming faster than other parts of country.
The Great Lakes Basin has warmed more over the last 30 years than the rest of the contiguous United States — and could warm dramatically more by the end […]
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A Fracking-Driven Industrial Boom Renews Pollution Concerns in Pittsburgh
This Yale Environment 360 article discusses how a fracking-driven boom renews pollution concerns in Pittsburgh. Once known as the Steel City, Pittsburgh is shedding its polluted past and embracing a rebirth built on health care, education, and technology. But the region’s surging fracking industry is attracting a $6 billion ethane […]
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Clean energy facts belie misconceptions and offer optimism
This Yale Climate Connections article discusses how clean energy facts can overcome misconceptions and offer optimism. With rise of clean energy success stories comes surge of myths, misconceptions. Here’s how to counter them.
The article addresses whether clean energy is price competitive without subsidies (yes); whether clean energy is “dirty energy” […]
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Studies: In nature, premature springs are creating new winners and losers
This Yale Climate Connections article discusses multiple studies that show how premature springs are creating new winners and losers. Some species are struggling while others are dominating.
Spring is usually a coordinated dance of singing birds, bursting leaves, buzzing insects, and blooming flowers, but climate change is throwing off the rhythm. With […]
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