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Edinburgh city centre goes car-free to combat air pollution
This article discusses how Scotland is attempting to fight air pollution in Edinburgh, going car-free to combat air pollution. Open air yoga and chess games fill streets for trial initiative
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Oil industry under pressure to respond to climate change
This France 24 article discusses how the O&G industry is under pressure to respond to climate change.
The oil industry, under mounting pressure from environmental activists to react more quickly to counter climate change, has begun to adapt its strategy but is struggling to convince critics it is doing enough.
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12 Female Climate Activists Who Are Saving the Planet
This article discusses activists who are trying to save the world.
For the past 30 years, environmental activists have been calling on governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change.
The world has less than 12 years to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half — a […]
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Study: North American drilling boom threatens big blow to climate efforts
This article discusses a study that shows that the North American drilling boom threatens big blow to climate efforts.
More than half the world’s new pipelines are in the US and Canada.
Pipelines ‘locking in huge emissions for 40 to 50 years at a time’.More than half of the world’s new […]
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Why the US bears the most responsibility for climate change, in one chart
This Vox article discusses why the US bears the most responsibility for climate change, in one chart. A stunning animation of cumulative greenhouse gas emissions.
Humans are pumping more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at an accelerating rate. But climate change is a cumulative problem, a function of the total amount […]
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These Maps Show How Climate Change Has Already Transformed The Earth
This BuzzFeedNews article provides maps that show how climate change has already transformed the Earth. Our planet is in the grip of rapid climate change. Explore how your city has already changed. Use the search box or click on the map to see how the average annual temperature has changed at […]
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Study: Climate change has increased world economic inequality
This article discusses a study about how climate change has increased world economic inequality.
A new study from Stanford University says global warming has increased the wealth gap between the world’s countries by enriching cooler, wealthier countries and dragging down growth in hotter, poorer countries.
The study found that “most of […]
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DeSmog Blog
This weekly email is worth signing up for. This week’s edition discusses a climate denier’s trial, how Boston is embracing the Green New Deal, how a gas plant is being allowed to be built despite evidence that it is polluting the air, the O&G industry saying it can help […]
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Study: Arctic is warmest it’s been in 10,000 years
This article discusses a study that suggests that the Arctic is the warmest it’s been in 10,000 years. Permafrost samples suggest Arctic is 2 C warmer than previous record highs thousands of years ago.
New research suggests Canada’s Arctic is the warmest it has been in 10,000 years — and the temperatures […]
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