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Bill McKibben: This Is How Human Extinction Could Play Out
This Bill McKibben/Rolling Stone article discusses how Human Extinction Could Play Out. Food-system collapse, sea-level rise, disease. In his new book “Falter,” Bill McKibben asks, “Is it Too Late?” Lots of good references within this article.
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Spotsylvania Solar Farm
These articles discuss the effort to issue permits to build a large solar farm in Spotsylvania, Va. There are lots of interesting comments underneath each article.
Spotsylvania supervisors approve one solar tract. They would vote later in the week on the other 2 lots.
Opponents feel betrayed by Spotsylvania […]
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Multiple articles from Yale Climate Connection
These Yale Climate Connection articles discuss:
Why it’s not good to ignore people’s emotions about climate change. Many people feel helplessness, hopelessness, anger, and fear when they hear about the topic.
How to talk about climate change at social gatherings. A guide to bringing up the topic without turning into Debbie Downer.
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Study: Citizen science shows that climate change is rapidly reshaping Long Island Sound
This article discusses the efforts of citizen science showing that climate change is rapidly reshaping Long Island Sound.
Our study, published on March 21, shows how rapidly temperatures in eastern Long Island Sound have increased over the past four decades. At 0.45 degrees Celsius per decade, the sound is warming […]
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DeSmog Blog
This week’s posting contains articles on the oil industry subterfuge. activists fighting the chemical industry in Louisiana, Australian deniers meeting with the Koch Brothers, the financial impact of Trump’s rollback of clean car standards and his appointing an Independent Petroleum Association of America insider to the top DOI post, […]
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Residents shout down oil and gas execs over fracking at US Steel mill
This Daily Climate article discusses how some anti-fracking activists shout down oil and gas execs over fracking at US Steel mill.
Tensions ran hot Wednesday night during a community meeting about proposed fracking at the site of U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Steel mill in Braddock, 10 miles east of downtown Pittsburgh.
Fracking, another […]
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Cities and countries aim for carbon neutrality
These two articles discuss two countries’ efforts to fight climate change.
This Wired article, COSTA RICA’S ZERO-CARBON PLAN COULD BE A MODEL FOR THE WORLD, discusses how Costa Rica is attempting to be powered by 100% renewable energy by 2050.
This NY Times article, Copenhagen Wants […]
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DeSmog Blog
This week’s email contains articles about:
Global Banks, Led by JPMorgan Chase, Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Pact
‘All Rhetoric and No Action’: Oil Giants Spent $1 Billion on Climate Lobbying and Ads Since Paris Pact, Says Report
‘They Have Lied for Decades’: European Parliament Scrutinise […]
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School climate strikes: 1.4 million people took part, say campaigners
This The Guardian article discusses recent school climate strikes: 1.4 million people took part, say campaigners. Activist Greta Thunberg, 16, says action proved ‘no one is too small to make a difference’.
More than 1.4 million young people around the world took part in school strikes […]
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DeSmog Blog
This week’s email discusses:
New Orleans Student on Global Climate Strike: ‘I Wouldn’t Be Anywhere Else’
Trump Budget for Renewables Slashed 70% Under Former Koch Insider’s Leadership
What President Trump, Fox and Breitbart Are Not Saying About Climate Science Denier Patrick Moore
Despite Risks, Canada’s Tar Sands Industry Is Betting […]
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