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DeSmogBlog, April 4, 2021
Articles include: fossil fuel legacy & white supremacy; clean energy lowering costs impact; SW US fire threats caused by heat; Piney Point phosphate plant disaster; EPA dismisses trump appointees.
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The Daily Climate, April 2,2021
Articles include: climate change stunting farm production; activists doubt transportation plan; Arctic sea ice loss and major snowstorms; coal mining in Canada; EV sales; cheaper and cheaper solar power; California drought and wildfires; Australia fire and flood; reversing efficiency rules; Texas activists fighting natural gas project overseas.
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The Daily Climate, March 18, 2921
Articles include: Republicans warn Federal Reserve against assessing climate risk in financial system; The EPA restores climate change website deleted under Trump; Study: Ocean emissions from bottom trawling are equivalent to global aviation; Scientists claim feeding cows seaweed could slash their methane emissions by a staggering 82 percent; […]
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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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Study: Europe seeing worst summer droughts for 2,000 years
Decanter.com: Europe seeing worst summer droughts for 2,000 years – study. Climate change has led to an ‘unprecedented’ era of summer droughts in recent years, says new research that could also have implications for wine.
Summer droughts in Europe since 2015 been more severe than at any period in the past […]
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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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Southwest’s prolonged drought stressing New Mexico trees
Santa Fe New Mexican: Southwest’s prolonged drought stressing New Mexico trees. Arborists, foresters, state and local governments, and residents like Seamster are working to counter the drought’s impacts on trees. But it promises to be an endless battle as researchers predict climate change will create warmer, drier weather in […]
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Multiyear drought builds in western US with little relief in sight
CNN: Multiyear drought builds in western US with little relief in sight.
While much has been written this year about atmospheric rivers, avalanche warnings and even flash flooding, the western half of the United States is experiencing a crushing drought.
The weather patterns […]
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Climate Crisis Threatens the Colorado River – 2 articles
Mother Jones: Climate Crisis May Threaten All That Depends on the Colorado River. “The red alert is ringing, and we’ve known this is coming for a long time.” Southern California farmers spend their winters watching the snowpack in the Colorado Rockies, and what they see is the climate crisis hitting hard. […]
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As Extreme Weather Events Increase, What Are the Risks to Wildlife?
The Revelator: As Extreme Weather Events Increase, What Are the Risks to Wildlife? Last year the United States racked up nearly $100 billion in damages from weather and climate disasters. These events are starting to take their toll on wildlife, too.
A hailstorm in South Texas. Tornadoes in Tennessee. Wildfires across the […]
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