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Offshore Wind Farms Show What Biden’s Climate Plan Is Up Against
New York Times: Offshore Wind Farms Show What Biden’s Climate Plan Is Up Against. The U.S. has fallen way behind Europe partly because of an old shipping law and opposition from homeowners and fishing groups.
A constellation of 5,400 offshore wind turbines meet a growing portion of
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Studies: Plastics and oceans – 4 articles
Futurity: DISCARDED COVID MASKS AND GLOVES ARE REALLY BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. When it comes to COVID-19 masks, gloves, and disinfectants, the transformation from protection to pollution happens quickly, but the damage can last for centuries.
Vox: Why 99% of ocean plastic pollution is “missing”. A lot of it is […]
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Report: We can avoid the worst effects of climate change, but we’re still in for a fight
Popular Science: We can avoid the worst effects of climate change, but we’re still in for a fight. We may still be able to reverse some of the major effects if we cross the crucial threshold.
It’s easy to get disheartened about climate change. To keep global warming within the safe threshold […]
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Fact check: Photos show no change in sea level over 99 years but don’t disprove climate change
USA Today: Fact check: Photos show no change in sea level over 99 years but don’t disprove climate change.
Just a few days before Earth Day 2021, a Facebook post claimed to show climate change is a hoax based on two photos […]
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Study: Changes to giant ocean eddies could have ‘devastating effects’ globally
The Guardian: Changes to giant ocean eddies could have ‘devastating effects’ globally. Researchers fear increasing energy in these eddies could affect ability of Southern Ocean to absorb C02.
Swirling and meandering ocean currents that help shape the world’s climate have gone through a “global-scale reorganisation” over the past three […]
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Studies: Humanity’s greatest ally against climate change is the Earth itself
Washington Post: Humanity’s greatest ally against climate change is the Earth itself. Ecosystems can draw down carbon and buffer us from the worst effects of climate change — but only if we protect them.
A 2020 analysis in the journal Nature Sustainability found that better soil stewardship could reduce emissions by […]
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The Daily Climate, April 23, 2021
Articles include: GHG commitments from Biden; Miami sea level rise costs; Steel company and GHG goals; Texas and clean energy; clean energy loan risks; humanity’s friend against climate change; bitcoin and the environment; Canada’s biggest banks missing from net-zero pledge; Study: dangerous toxins in Alaska’s algae; Study: […]
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The Daily Climate, April 20, 2021
Articles include: Exxon & carbon capture; offshore wind; glaciers melting in the Andes; coal financing; cities hardest hit by climate change; Biden trying to reinstate US climate change leadership; shrinking sea meadows and GHGs; Canadian budget; Euro lawsuits derail clean energy; DOI heads towards clean energy; climate change and […]
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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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The Daily Climate, April 7, 2021
Articles include: Gretta Thunberg; racism; green goals and the power grid; old batteries & electric vehicles; outdated rainfall data; Canadian coal mine; sea meadows; Chevron climate goals; Antarctic ice shelves collapse; Florida & sea level rise.
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