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Yale Climate Connection, June 4, 2021
Articles include: A climate-change-inspired video road-trip across the U.S.; Key readings on IEA’s ‘Net Zero by 2050’ report; Tips: How to weatherize your home; Talking climate with those holding different worldviews; New Mexico imposes strict rule to prevent venting, flaring of natural gas; Can […]
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Yale Climate Connection, May 21, 2021
Articles include: Greens: Divided on ‘clean’ energy? Or closer than they appear?; Check these pieces on the diseases of summer; Tropical Cyclone Tauktae is fifth-strongest cyclone on record in the Arabian Sea; What is a ‘just transition,’ and why do we need one?; California’s volunteer […]
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NY Times Climate Fwd: May 12, 2021
Articles include: A breakthrough for U.S. wind power; interactive maps; circular economy; California cutting smog; gas flaring;
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This Could Be the Start of a Rural Anti-Fracking Coalition
New Republic: This Could Be the Start of a Rural Anti-Fracking Coalition. Landowners who lease their land to gas companies aren’t always pleased with the results.
When I first met George Hagemeyer in 2013, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation was in the process of drilling six natural gas wells in his backyard. America is […]
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Yale Climate Connections, May 7, 2021
Articles include: ‘Which climate change jobs will be in high demand in the future?’; Most newspaper editorials mum on Biden 50% by 2030 pledge; Revitalized U.S. urgency on climate change and national security; Empire State Realty Trust agrees to buy 300 million kilowatt hours of wind […]
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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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‘Survival and science’—our fight against climate silence
Columbia Journalism Review: ‘Survival and science’—our fight against climate silence.
IN 2019, in an effort to combat climate silence, CJR and The Nation, in partnership with The Guardian, founded Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaborative aimed at strengthening coverage of the climate emergency. Two years later, Covering Climate Now partners publish coverage of […]
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What’s Your Sustainability Strategy?
Forbes: What’s Your Sustainability Strategy? Just over a year after the global pandemic began, Earth Day is upon us again. The reason this year feels different is because it is. Empowered consumers demand sustainability transformation, and a record number of brands have responded in a big […]
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Three Young Environmental Activists You Need to Know
InStyle: Three Young Environmental Activists You Need to Know. The planet’s boldest allies are its youngest residents. Listen to what they have to say about protecting the future.
When Greta Thunberg took the podium at the U.N.’s Climate Action Summit in 2019 at just 16 years old and declared, “You have […]
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Study: Forests – 2 articles
Apple News: Where have our forests gone? 15-year-old Indian student Vanya Sayimane writes about how climate change has affected her home in the Western Ghats. I was born in the middle of dense forests in the Western Ghats, a chain of mountains that runs along the western coast of India. […]
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