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A 17-minute flight? The super-rich who have ‘absolute disregard for the planet’
Kylie Jenner has faced a torrent of criticism for her decision to take her private jet on a flight that lasted just 17 minutes. But the practice of taking brief journeys on luxury aircraft appears to be common among the rich and famous despite mounting concerns over the climate crisis.
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6 Big Findings from the IPCC 2022 Report on Climate Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
The newest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a troubling picture: Climate change is already impacting every corner of the world, and much more severe impacts are in store if we fail to halve greenhouse gas emissions this decade and immediately scale up adaptation.
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Temperatures in 19 Chinese cities to surpass 40 °C
Millions of Chinese residents are prepared for even hotter weather this weekend, as more than a dozen cities have issued red alerts, the highest level of heat warning.
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Nasa images show extreme withering of Lake Mead over 22 years
The pictures from 2000, 2021 and 2022 offer a new view into its dramatically low water levels, now at just 27% capacity
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Wind farms could join oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
The Biden administration is eyeing chunks of the Gulf of Mexico as new areas to expand its growing offshore wind ambitions. Today, President Joe Biden proposed opening up 700,000 acres off the coasts of Galveston, Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana to future wind development. The administration is now looking for public input on developing those locations, after its proposal today to make them official “wind energy areas” where lease sales could be held in the future.
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Revealed: oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years
The oil and gas industry has delivered $2.8bn (£2.3bn) a day in pure profit for the last 50 years, a new analysis has revealed. The vast total captured by petrostates and fossil fuel companies since 1970 is $52tn, providing the power to “buy every politician, every system” and delay action on the climate crisis, says Prof Aviel Verbruggen, the author of the analysis. The huge profits were inflated by cartels of countries artificially restricting supply.
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While Canadians look at European heat wave in awe, we face our own climate challenges
Records are breaking across Europe, and Canadians may think they've gotten off lucky this summer, particularly in light of the record-breaking heat wave in British Columbia last June. But while we've had fewer heat waves this year compared to recent summers, it may just be a case of a late start.
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We need four waves of climate action
Addressing climate change is going to be a race against time. Already we have delayed too long, and now we don’t have a moment to lose.
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Australia's environment in 'shocking' decline, report finds
Australia's environment is in a shocking state and faces further decline from amplifying threats, according to an anticipated report. The survey of Australia's ecological systems - conducted every five years - found widespread abrupt changes. These can be blamed on climate change, habitat loss, invasive species, pollution and mining, it said.
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Meet the Peecyclers. Their Idea to Help Farmers Is No. 1.
A shortage of chemical fertilizer, worsened by the war in Ukraine, has growers desperate. It just so happens that human urine has the very nutrients that crops need.
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Europe’s heatwave moves north as UK braces for hottest day on record
Firefighters continued to battle blazes in southern Europe as searing temperatures moved north and Britain braced for what could be its hottest day on record. Expectations are now high that on Tuesday the British record of 38.7C could be broken and 40C breached for the first time, with experts blaming climate change and predicting more frequent extreme weather to come.
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Humanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over climate crisis, warns UN chief
Wildfires and heatwaves wreaking havoc across swathes of the globe show humanity facing “collective suicide”, the UN secretary general has warned, as governments around the world scramble to protect people from the impacts of extreme heat.
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Heatflation: How sizzling temperatures drive up food prices
As heat waves strike Europe and China, crops are withering.
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Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World?
To fight climate change, companies and nonprofits have been promoting worldwide planting campaigns. Getting to a trillion is easier said than done.
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How Heat Waves Are Messing Up Your Sleep
The downside of hot summer days are hot summer nights. When the temperature doesn’t drop below 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit) at night—as is currently the case in many parts of Europe and North America—we become restless. We toss and turn in bed for hours, find it difficult to fall asleep, and feel groggy the next day. Sound familiar?
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We’re Sleepwalking Into the Age of Extinction
How will the 2020s be remembered? We’re living through a time that I think history will recall as the Great Deafness. What do I mean by that? Take a hard look around the world.
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Five countries owe €6 trillion in climate reparations, new study shows
There is now a scientific basis for countries to claim money for climate damage.
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More than 200 congressional staffers urge Pelosi and Schumer to act on climate or risk dooming younger generations
In a rare move, more than 200 congressional staffers have sent a letter to Democratic leadership in the House and Senate, demanding they close the deal on a climate and clean energy package and warning that failure could doom younger generations.
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New tropics ozone hole is 7 times bigger than Antarctic hole, study says
A study published by Qing-Bin Lu, a scientist from the University of Waterloo, reports that a “large and all-season ozone hole” has been detected over the tropics (30°N–30°S) and has been in existence since the 1980s. The study stated that the tropical ozone hole has a comparable depth to the springtime Antarctic hole, but has an area that is seven times larger.
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We’ve overexploited the planet, now we need to change if we’re to survive
Addressing the twin challenges of carbon emissions and biodiversity loss requires political will and leadership. Ambitious commitments must be made.
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