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The Daily Climate, March 16, 2021
Articles Include: Maryland Senate passes climate act by wide margin; Canadian lobbyists attack Netflix children’s film for ‘anti-oil propaganda’; Poor and Latino neighborhoods endure hotter temperatures, Study finds; Maps reveal redlined areas face higher flood risks; Report: Renewable energy growth must speed up to meet Paris goals, […]
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The Daily Climate, March 15, 2021
Articles include: Energy companies left Colorado with O&G cleanup costs; Treaty rights acknowledged pipeline’s history; How the oil industry is shifting to offshore wind; Western states chart diverging paths as water shortages loom; Study finds that Floridans are underpaying for flood insurance; How climate change worries affect young people’s mental […]
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Yale Climate Connections, March 12, 2021
Articles include: Biden’s executive orders on climate have broad public support ; Details behind Biden’s ’30 by 30′ U.S. lands and oceans climate goal ; Hard-hitting video explains the origins of climate change ‘polarization’ ; Lab-grown chicken approved for sale in Singapore ; How Indigenous […]
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The Daily Climate, March 11, 2021
Articles include: Saguaro cactuses are under threat because of climate change; Warming oceans mean smaller baby sharks struggle to survive; Food systems responsible for ‘one third’ of human-caused emissions; Bitcoin rise could leave carbon footprint the size of London’s; The economic case for restoring abandoned oil wells; Summer could last […]
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The Daily Climate, March 12, 2021
Articles include: Hawaii’s rains, floods cited as examples of climate change; First-ever study of all Amazon greenhouse gases suggest the forest is worsening climate change; How Biden can invest in energy efficient homes; HSBC plans to phase out coal financing by 2040; New US vehicles must be electric […]
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Big energy sues Netherlands over coal phase-out
DW: Video on Big energy sues Netherlands over coal phase-out. German energy company RWE is suing the Dutch government for €1.4 billion over its decision to shut down all coal-fired power plants by 2030. Does the energy giant stand a chance?
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Judge rules coal mine’s climate costs matter; NM could curb gov’s powers
Colorado Politics: Judge rules coal mine’s climate costs matter; NM could curb gov’s powers.
Judge orders US officials to weigh coal mine’s climate costs
BILLINGS — A judge says U.S officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near the Montana-Wyoming border, in […]
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Study: Coal-Fired Power Took a Beating During the Pandemic
New York Times: Coal-Fired Power Took a Beating During the Pandemic, Study Finds. A broad move away from coal power was an important factor in pushing down global greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said, and could help accelerate a shift toward renewable energy.
The share of energy generated from coal […]
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Report: COVID Took a Toll on Coal, Clearing Way for a Green Recovery
New York Magazine: COVID Took a Toll on Coal, Clearing Way for a Green Recovery.
The COVID pandemic has provided climate hawks with plenty of cause for despair. The fact that America’s capacity for misgovernance, ideological delusion, and consumerist myopia has proved vast enough to sustain opposition to […]
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How a public uprising caused a province built on fossil fuels to reverse course on coal mining
The Narwhal: How a public uprising caused a province built on fossil fuels to reverse course on coal mining. Country music stars, conservationists and tens of thousands of Albertans came together to roll back plans for mountaintop-removal mining in the Rockies.
Last May — on a Friday afternoon before a long […]
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