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Imperial Beach, California, sues fossil-fuel companies over sea-level rise
This article discusses Imperial Beach, California, sueing fossil-fuel companies over sea-level rise. Mayor Serge Dedina wants the companies to pay the costs of moving schools and roads to higher ground.
Dedina wants the companies most responsible for global warming to help pay for these costs. So last year, Imperial Beach and two […]
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Study: When a Killer Climate Catastrophe Struck the World’s Oceans
This article discusses when a killer climate catastrophe struck the world’s oceans. The worst extinction in Earth’s history offers chilling predictions for the planet’s future—and for humanity’s efforts to keep climate doom at bay. We are heading down that path.
Identifying a killer can be difficult when it seems like […]
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Report: Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come
This article discusses the 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come.
The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking the health dimensions of […]
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Elizabeth Warren on climate change: Who knows?
This article discusses an interview with Elizabeth Warren.
Elizabeth Warren has a huge following. But as the Massachusetts senator prepares for a likely presidential run, there are growing questions about what she would do to address the world’s mounting climate crisis.
The problem in the eyes of climate activists isn’t her […]
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Two Numbers: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Would More than Double Dominion Energy Virginia’s Current Carbon Pollution
This article discusses 2 numbers and they show that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would more than double Dominion Energy Virginia’s current carbon pollution.
24 million tons per year, total current carbon emissions from Dominion’s existing Virginia based power plants in 2018
30 million tons per year, carbon pollution from the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
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Report: The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change Isn’t a Technology – it’s a forest
This article discusses The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change. It isn’t a technology – it’s a forest. Forests are the most powerful and efficient carbon-capture system on the planet.
The latest IPCC report does not mince words about the state of our planet: we must act now to achieve global change at […]
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WITH A GREEN NEW DEAL, HERE’S WHAT THE WORLD COULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
This article discusses a proposal called the “Green New Deal”. With a Green New Deal, here’s what the world would look like for the next generation.
That’s the world a “Green New Deal” could build, and what a number of representatives and activists are pushing Congress to help set into […]
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Study: What Greenland’s ‘unprecedented’ ice loss means for Earth
This article discusses what Greenland’s ‘unprecedented’ ice loss means for Earth. The ice sheet is melting faster than in the last 350 years—and driving sea levels up around the world. The study shows that we are in trouble.
For a few days in July of 2012, it was so hot […]
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Report: Save millions of lives by tackling climate change, says WHO
This article discusses a World Health Organization recommendation to that would save millions of lives – tackle climate change. Global warming and fossil fuel pollution already killing many, UN climate summit told.
Tackling climate change would save at least a million lives a year, the World Health […]
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E.P.A. Will Ease Path to New Coal Plants
This article discusses how EPA intends to violate its charter to protect citizens; instead, it will protect coal plants.
The Trump administration is poised to roll back a significant climate change regulation on coal-fired power plants,making it easier to build new coal plants in the United States.
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