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Solar company partners with Community Foundation to honor Spotsylvania donation pledge
This article discusses SPower’s partnering with with Community Foundation to honor Spotsylvania donation pledge.
The company building a 500-megawatt solar facility in western Spotsylvania partnered with a local nonprofit foundation to distribute $25 million throughout the county.
The fund is something the chief executive officer of Utah-based Sustainable Power Group pledged […]
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Three articles on Trump’s plan to eviscerate the Endangered Species Act
The NY Times opinion piece discusses The Species Act, Endangered: ‘Like a Plan From a Cartoon Villain’. The president and his Interior Department undermine the landmark Endangered Species Act in the service of “energy dominance.” In early May, a United Nations panel on biodiversity released a deeply troubling 1,500-page
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This Vox article discusses why fracking may be a bigger climate problem than we thought. The mysterious recent spike in methane emissions? It just might be US fracking.
As greenhouse gases go, methane gets less attention than carbon dioxide, but it is a key contributor to climate change.
Methane doesn’t […]
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DeSmogBlog, Week of 8/19/2019
This week’s articles include:
Christopher Leonard’s New Book Puts an Ever-Expanding ‘Kochland’ on the Map
Fracking and Shale Drilling Caused Spike in Climate-Warming Methane Pollution, Says New Study
Another Death in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Brings Environmental Activists Together […]
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Yale Climate Connections August 16, 2019
This week’s articles include:
‘What’s the best kind of car for the climate?’
What it means to be human in an age of climate change
Storytelling is fueling climate conversations at Appalachian State University
Architectural history offers clues […]
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Study: Climate crisis and health of pregnant moms and children
This article discusses why children’s health is vulnerable to climate change, per the Canadian Paediatric Society. Society points to emerging health issues for kids that include heat-sickness and reduced air quality.
The Canadian Paediatric Society says it expects climate change to increasingly affect children’s health and is encouraging health-care providers […]
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Study: Climate Change Is Harming Nation’s Roadways Says Proposed Senate Bill On Infrastructure
This article discusses the impact that climate change is having on the Nation’s roadways.
A bipartisan bill is moving forward through the Senate. It specifically tackles the impacts of climate change on our nation’s roads and bridges. The legislation was introduced by a senator from the Mountain West —
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Study: Fracking causing rise in methane emissions
This The Guardian article discusses why fracking is causing a rise in methane emissions, study finds. Researchers say boom in shale oil and gas major contributor to climate emergency.
Robert Howarth, the author of the paper published in the journal Biogeosciences, said the proportion of methane […]
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Articles on lawsuits filed against Trump’s EPA repealing power plant rules
This The Hill article discusses 22 states suing Trump over repeal of Obama-era power plant rules. A coalition of mostly Democratic-led states has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing its rules for addressing power plant pollution are so weak they violate federal law. Attorneys general from 22 states and […]
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Study: Global Warming is Worsening China’s Pollution Problems
This Inside Climate News article discusses a study that shows that global warming is worsening China’s pollution problems, studies show. A bit like 19th Century London’s smog, scientists found that more frequent periods of stagnant air will worsen China’s haze and health problems. So will heat waves.
“For Chinese policy makers […]
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