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The Daily Climate, April 26, 2021
Articles include: wood pellet loophole in Paris Accord; bike licensing and justice; hydrogen and the grid; California oil spillers and the law; jobs; US and China and Clean technology; electric trucks; Canada’s melting permafrost; Report: halting methane emissions.
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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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Study: Climate Tipping Point – 2 articles
Phys.org: ‘Doomsday’ climate tipping points have wiggle room: Study. Global warming thresholds that could tip massive ice sheets into irreversible melting or see the Amazon rainforest shrivel into savannah have “grace periods”, giving humanity more time to draw down planet-warming carbon emissions, researchers have calculated. More than a dozen tipping […]
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A third of Antarctic ice shelf risks collapse as our planet warms
CNN: A third of Antarctic ice shelf risks collapse as our planet warms.
More than a third of the Antarctic ice shelf risks collapsing into the sea if global temperatures reach 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels as climate change warms the […]
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Study: Earth’s most beloved creatures headed toward extinction under current emissions
CBS News: Earth’s most beloved creatures headed toward extinction under current emissions, study shows.
Snow leopards in the Himalayas, lemurs in Madagascar and elephants in central Africa: Some of Earth’s most beloved creatures are on a path to extinction, a new study shows, thanks to current
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Report: Australian scientists sound alarm over Paris climate goals
Axios: Australian scientists sound alarm over Paris climate goals.
The Australian Academy of Science quietly released a report on March 31 that underlines the stakes of President Biden’s April 22 climate summit and the next U.N. climate confab in Glasgow.
The big […]
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DeSmogBlog, April 3, 2021
Articles include: Understanding the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Legacy of White Supremacy; Feds Move Forward with New Mexico Drilling Plan Despite Community Outcry; British Airways Nearly as Polluting as All Vans on UK Roads Combined, Data Shows; UK Court Urged to Respect 1.5C Climate Limit; Climate Disinformation Database: FTI Consulting
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DeSmogBlog, February 27, 2021
Articles include: Racial Equity & Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Community; Exxon & Its Bad Fossil Fuel Investments; Texas Catastrophe Shows How Natural Gas Systems Can Fail; Aquaculture in the US; Texas Refineries’ Release Pollutants During Storm; Rejoining the […]
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NY Times Climate Fwd, February 24, 2021
NY Times Climate Fwd: nationwide crises waiting to happen. Biden’s pick to lead DOI; Insurance costs going up; Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord; Arctic drilling; community wood banks.
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Is It Time for an Emergency Rollout of Carbon-Eating Machines?
Wired: Is It Time for an Emergency Rollout of Carbon-Eating Machines? Facilities that suck carbon dioxide out of the air could be powerful weapons for fighting climate change. But their deployment requires a huge wartime-style investment.
THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY demands that we dramatically and rapidly cut emissions. There’s no substitute for […]
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