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The Daily Climate, April 27, 2021
Articles include: California drought; underreporting GHGs; weather station in the Andes; 26,000 snakes; tools: graphics and climate change; deforesting Brazil; EPA and California air standards; pandemic and snow melt in SE Asia.
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The Daily Climate, April 21, 2021
Articles include: cannabis; melting ice and bowhead whales; emissions increasing as pandemic wanes; economic effects of climate change; scripture to mobilize faithful; cities moving from gas to electricity; more renewable energy; investment firms and climate change; demand for coal rising; microbes that eat methane; food systems produce 1/3rd of […]
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Above the Fold – Week’s Best & Covid
Environmental Health News puts out weekend ‘summary’ emails, in addition to their daily emails.
EHN Week’s Best: April 16, 2021: forever chemicals on paper straws; Piney Point pollution; jails and environmental justice; DDT; PFAS; drought’s impact on farming water; rechargeable batteries – real cost; Mexico and coal; heavy metals […]
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EHN Sciences.org- April 9, 2021
EHSciences.org produces many links to environmental and health related stories. They are well worth subscribing to.
Above The Fold – Children’s News: DDT; PFAS; chemicals’ impact on male fertility; Black maternal health; children held in toxic detention centers; their ‘Fractured’ investigation; toxic heavy metals in baby food; federal support for […]
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Report: Greenhouse gas levels surged in 2020, NOAA says – 2 articles
CBS News (Video): Greenhouse gas levels surged in 2020, NOAA says. A new report from the NOAA finds that despite global shutdowns, greenhouse gas levels in 2020 surged. In fact, levels of carbon dioxide are at the highest they’ve been in 3.6 million years. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff […]
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The Daily Climate, April 5, 2021
Articles include: Algae blooms & otters; cars versus mass transit; Study: meat & dairy lobbyists; US offshore wind targets; EV battery availability problems; fossil fuel divestment; climate jobs; Green New Deal; Report: Must electrify transportation; rewilding our cities; pandemic and EVs; sunlight blocking tests.
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The Daily Climate, March 25, 2021
Articles include: midwestern winemakers; Mauritanian protestor; Netflix bingeing; Biden halted O&G leases; China’s coal spree; Report: big banks financing O&G drilling; Democrats plan to revive Obama-era climate change rule; riders abandoning buses & trains; new climate change technology; sea ice in Northern Labrador; EPA to review Trump’s attacks on […]
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NY Times Climate Fwd., March 31, 2021
Articles include: Biden’s infrastructure Plan; Deforestation increased sharply despite the pandemic – The state of Tropical forests; Public Transit crisis; Should we block the sun? – better understand the possible risks and benefits of solar geoengineering — essentially, the idea of stopping sunlight before it […]
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Studies: Masks are adding to coastal trash & harming wildlife – 2 articles
OCRegister.com: Masks aren’t only reason pandemic is adding to coastal trash. A new study documents COVID-19’s role in increasing plastic pollution on beaches and in the ocean. Disposable masks, gloves and wipes are helping suppress the spread of COVID-19, but they’re adding significantly to plastic litter that’s trashing our shores and […]
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This map shows how air pollution changed in 2020
Fast Company: This map shows how air pollution changed in 2020. The pandemic brought some big improvements—but many cities still had unsafe air. As the world went into lockdown a year ago, air pollution plummeted. But the cleaner air didn’t […]
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