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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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What is fracking and why is the practice so controversial?
Independent: What is fracking and why is the practice so controversial? Shale gas extraction technique regularly attacked by environmentalists over concerns it destablises earth and pollutes groundwater.
Fracking is short for hydraulic fracturing and refers to the practice of drilling deep down into the earth to extract shale gas and oil from porous […]
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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 10, 2021
Articles include: One chemical plant emits a super-pollutant that does more climate damage than every car in the city Is the ‘legacy’ carbon credit market a climate plus or just hype? Ecuador court orders end to gas flaring by oil industry in Amazon; California’s big oil […]
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Study: GROUPS WANT FRACKING WASTE INCLUDED IN HEALTH STUDY
Allegheny Front: GROUPS WANT FRACKING WASTE INCLUDED IN HEALTH STUDY.
Environmental and public health advocates want the Pennsylvania Department of Health to expand the scope of a pair of studies on fracking and health effects.
The studies are looking into whether fracking has any relationship with the incidence of […]
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Study: California’s wildfire smoke could be more harmful than vehicle emissions
The Guardian: California’s wildfire smoke could be more harmful than vehicle emissions, study says. Toxic particles spewed by wildfires resulted in 10 times as many respiratory-illness related hospitalizations as other types of pollution, researchers found.
The thick, grey wildfire smoke that shrouds California each autumn and […]
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Will Covid-19 Be a Tipping Point for Climate Action?
Rolling Stone: Will Covid-19 Be a Tipping Point for Climate Action? The pandemic caused a brief, dramatic dip in carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. Will it also bring lasting change?
A year ago, things were looking pretty grim, climate-wise. The president of the United States was a thug who thought
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Study: Pollen can raise your risk of COVID-19 – and the season is getting longer thanks to climate change
The Conversation: Pollen can raise your risk of COVID-19 – and the season is getting longer thanks to climate change.
xposure to pollen can make you more susceptible to COVID-19, and it isn’t just a problem for people with allergies, new research released March 9 shows. Plant physiologist Lewis Ziska, a co-author […]
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Study: Global Warming’s Deadly Combination: Heat and Humidity
New York Times: Global Warming’s Deadly Combination: Heat and Humidity. A new study suggests that large swaths of the tropics will experience dangerous living and working conditions if global warming isn’t limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Here’s one more reason the world should aim to limit warming to 1.5 […]
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DeSmogBlog, March 12, 2020
Articles include: Plastic Pollution During Shipping; Flaring, Increased Health Risks, UCLA Study; Canceled Keystone XL Pipeline Driving Safety Changes in Canadian Oil-by-Rail; I’m a Climate Scientist — Here Are 3 Key Things I Have Learned Over a Year of COVID; Climate Disinformation Database: Energy In Depth.
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