- 9 years ago Sticky: Seeking moderators!
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Standing with the Palestinian resistance:
A response to Matan Kaminer. By Andreas Malm
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Natural gas can rival coal's climate-warming potential when leaks are counted
Climate-warming greenhouse gasses from natural gas could be as damaging as those from coal, according to a new analysis.
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The ground is deforming, and buildings aren’t ready
First study to quantify effects of subsurface climate change on civil infrastructure
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Yes, it’s hot. But this could be one of the coolest summers of the rest of your life.
Heat waves like those in Texas and Europe are likely to get worse on the whole, not better.
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Constitutional climate trial ends, verdict could take 'months'
The nation’s first youth-led constitutional climate trial ended Tuesday in Helena. Sixteen young people are suing Montana state leaders for allegedly violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by promoting fossil fuel policies and contributing to climate change.
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Canada’s wildfire crisis could be a preview of the future
Don’t go outside. That’s what public health officials and medical experts have been advising tens of millions of people in the U.S. over the last couple of days as smoke from raging wildfires in Canada has drifted into the U.S., triggering air alerts and grounding flights across the Northeast, as far south as South Carolina and as far west as Minnesota.
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Could removing carbon from the ocean be a climate change solution?
New technology developed by UCLA engineering faculty seeks to remove carbon dioxide from the ocean as a way to slow down climate change.
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Do We Need Armageddon to Create Sustainable Societies?
There’s a narrative that the climate crisis will lead us down one of two pathways. The road towards sustainability, where a radical social transformation is triggered so that each person’s needs are met within environmental limits. Or, the road towards armageddon — where we continue full steam ahead with business of usual, which leads to some apocalyptic end-of-the-world scenario where everyone dies. It’s a crude narrative that wouldn’t be out of place in a budget sci-fi film.
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Earth to Hit Critical Warming Threshold by Early 2030s, Climate Panel Says
A new U.N. report says it is still possible to hold global warming to relatively safe levels, but doing so will require global cooperation, billions of dollars and big changes.
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Is your city an ‘allergy capital’? Here’s where pollen was the worst last year.
Allergy sufferers know how this goes: Spring starts calling, and pollen begins falling.
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Europe's plan to rein in Big Tech will require Apple to open up iMessage
European regulators on Thursday revealed their plan to rein in the anti-competitive practices of Big Tech and fundamentally remake how some of the world's most powerful companies do business. The rules, which target tech giants like Apple, Amazon, Meta and Google, are far-reaching and would have huge ramification for those companies' software and services.
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The climate benefits of a four-day workweek
There's growing interest in the benefits of a four-day workweek for productivity and employee wellbeing, but the picture is more complicated when it comes to climate change.
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Mercury Helps to Detail Earth’s Most Massive Extinction Event
The Latest Permian Mass Extinction (LPME) was the largest extinction in Earth’s history to date, killing between 80-90% of life on the planet, though finding definitive evidence for what caused the dramatic changes in climate has eluded experts.
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A climate fund was born. It still doesn't have any money.
Two months after officials from around the world reached a surprise agreement to provide aid for escalating climate damages, the new fund hasn’t received a single pledge. The fund, created to help poor nations grapple with unstoppable climate dangers, like rising seas, was seen as a major victory at the global climate talks in Egypt late last year. The absence of any financial commitments since then is raising concerns in developing countries that the fund could fail to deliver the historic help that was promised by world leaders.
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How our perception of time shapes our approach to climate change
Most people are focused on the present: today, tomorrow, maybe next year. Fixing your flat tire is more pressing than figuring out if you should use an electric car. Living by the beach is a lot more fun than figuring out when your house will be underwater because of sea level rise.
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Beef burger or fish sandwich? These menu labels encourage people to eat less red meat, study shows | CNN
A little more information on restaurant menus could encourage people to choose meals with a lower climate footprint, according to a new study, which found that adding climate impact labels to foods was an effective strategy to reduce red meat consumption.
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This Year Was the Beginning of a Green Transition
Switching off fossil fuels is going to be a bumpy ride — an energy disruption.
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The weird Republican turn against corporate social responsibility
Republicans have found a new front in the culture war. For months, Republicans have been attacking ESG, the financial shorthand for how some companies consider all the ways the environment, social issues, and corporate governance impact their bottom line. One of the GOP’s recent targets is BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, which oversees some $8 trillion in assets, as a symbol of the financial community’s growing recognition that climate change is too big to ignore.
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Climate activists block private jet take-offs at Schiphol Airport
Hundreds of environmental activists wearing white overalls stormed an area holding private jets at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and stopped aircraft from leaving for hours by sitting in front of their wheels on Saturday. Military police moved in and were seen taking dozens of the protesters away in buses. More than 100 activists were arrested, national broadcaster NOS reported.
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Climate Pledges Are Falling Short, and a Chaotic Future Looks More Like Reality
With an annual summit next month, the United Nations assessed progress on countries’ past emissions commitments. Severe disruption would be hard to avoid on the current trajectory.