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How Climate Change Is Ushering in a New Pandemic Era
Rolling Stone discusses How Climate Change Is Ushering in a New Pandemic Era. A warming world is expanding the range of deadly diseases and risking an explosion of new zoonotic pathogens from the likes of bats, mosquitoes, and ticks.
Jennifer Jones spent most of her summer at home, as so many of […]
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Why The Navy Is Becoming A Powerful Force For Clean Energy
Civilbeat.org discusses Why The Navy Is Becoming A Powerful Force For Clean Energy. As the pandemic highlights fragile supply chains, the Navy is working with Hawaii to harness the sun and other natural elements for power.
As the Navy looks to the future of its operations in the Pacific, it’s increasingly […]
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Studies: Increased COVID-19 Transmission Linked To Poultry Plants Allowed To Operate Faster
Ohio Valley Resource discusses Study Links Increased COVID-19 Transmission To Poultry Plants Allowed To Operate Faster.
A study published Thursday in a prestigious scientific journal links significant increases in COVID-19 transmission rates to meatpacking plants, especially those facilities that the federal government has allowed to speed up processing lines. Researchers […]
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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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Coronavirus relief funds could easily pay to stop the worst of climate change while rebooting economies
The Daily Climate discusses how Coronavirus relief funds could easily pay to stop the worst of climate change while rebooting economies. Are governments and companies willing and able to turn toward a cleaner, more prosperous future to the benefit of all?
As of late summer, governments around the world had pledged
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How animal agriculture could contribute to pandemics — and solutions to prevent it
KXAN discusses How animal agriculture could contribute to pandemics — and solutions to prevent it.
The warning signs of the harm the food industry has the potential to cause were apparent long before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a University of Texas at Austin researcher. And he wouldn’t blame organizations that […]
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Study: Marine mammals may be at risk of COVID from humans
Radio Canada International (RCI) discusses a study showing that Marine mammals may be at risk of COVID from humans.
While there have been indications that this pandemic spread from animals to humans, a new study shows humans could spread it to marine mammals.
Dalhousie University in Halifax looked at the process […]
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Report: Renewable Power Grows Strongly, Despite the Pandemic
The New York Times discusses how Renewable Power Grows Strongly, Despite the Pandemic. Sources of renewable energy are expected together to be the main generators of electricity by 2025, eclipsing coal, the International Energy Agency said.
The energy industry has experienced its worst year in decades because of the […]
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Report: Renewables cut Australia’s emissions more than Covid, energy analysis finds
The Guardian discusses how Renewables cut Australia’s emissions more than Covid, energy analysis finds. Wind and solar displacing coal in the five states of the national energy market. [No report link provided.]
Wind and solar power pushing out fossil fuel generation has cut Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions more than the […]
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