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DeSmogBlog, November 25, 2020
Articles include: Pipelines – LNG Project and Eminent Domain; Report: Pandemic Lockdowns – Emissions, WMO; Court Ruling Force France To Justify Climate Targets; Oil Companies Can’t Find Buyers For Refineries; Climate Disinformation Database: The American […]
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New Research Confirms What We Eat Is Central to the Climate Crisis
Civil Eats discusses New Research Confirms What We Eat Is Central to the Climate Crisis. A decade after writing a book about agriculture’s connection to climate change, Anna Lappé interviews the author of a new study that confirms we can’t bring down emissions without addressing the food system.
A new study published in Science offers […]
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Report: PRAIRIES OF THE SEA
Smithsonian Magazine discusses PRAIRIES OF THE SEA. A vast, mostly invisible ecosystem shapes life on Earth, from the food we eat to the air we breathe. And the more scientists learn, the more they say it’s in trouble.
This rich underwater landscape has been shaped by its humble covering,
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Can Biden Make Climate Progress With a Divided Congress? Actually, Yeah
Wired discusses Can Biden Make Climate Progress With a Divided Congress? Actually, Yeah. Environmental experts say the administration may fare better by working with green governors and clean tech businesses, and by signing executive orders.
WHEN PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE Biden took the stage in Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday night to deliver his victory […]
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The Earth itself could provide carbon-free heat for buildings
Vox discusses how The Earth itself could provide carbon-free heat for buildings. The world needs clean heat, and geothermal energy has it.
The heat stored in the Earth’s crust, known as geothermal energy, is carbon-free and effectively inexhaustible. There’s enough of it to run all of civilization for generations, if […]
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Can Biden Keep His Promise to Make Farms Climate Friendly?
New Republic discusses Can Biden Keep His Promise to Make Farms Climate Friendly? The president-elect will have to overcome major obstacles, including some of his own advisers and campaign proposals.
Last month, when asked on Pod Save America to name three or four things atop his first-term agenda, Joe Biden mentioned a surprising […]
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Report: EU plans to increase offshore windfarm capacity 25-fold
The Guardian discusses EU plans to increase offshore windfarm capacity 25-fold. Proposal would create 62,000 jobs and help towards carbon neutrality, says commission.
The capacity of the EU’s offshore windfarms in the North Sea, the Baltic, the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea will be increased 25-fold, under a […]
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Invisible menace: Methane flares scorching birds at U.S. landfills
National Geographic discusses an Invisible menace: Methane flares scorching birds at U.S. landfills. Waste facilities must dispose of methane gas by burning it off—but birds, particularly hawks and owls, are flying into the colorless flames.
In October, wildlife rehabilitators at the New Mexico Wildlife Center took in a red-tailed hawk with puzzling […]
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Report: How Coal Country Can Adapt to the Energy Transition
Environmental and Energy Institute (EESI) discusses How Coal Country Can Adapt to the Energy Transition.
From international bodies to town halls, focus has been increasingly directed toward deploying clean energy and decarbonizing the economy following reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that countries must drastically […]
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NYT Climate Fwd., November 18, 2020
Articles include: trump’s arctic drilling; city water problems and solutions; big oil influence campaigns; pipeline closing; Greta Thunberg; methane leaks.
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