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Earth Has Lost 28 Trillion Tons of Ice since the Mid-1990s
Melt has accelerated over recent decades, contributing to sea level rise
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I’ve Said Goodbye to ‘Normal.’ You Should, Too.
Climate change is upending the world as we know it, and coping with it demands widespread, radical action.
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Two former Trump officials to be investigated for posting papers denying climate change
The Commerce Department's Office of Inspector General said it will investigate how two former Trump officials posted dubious papers questioning man-made climate change using government logos but without the approval of the Trump administration.
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Biden to unveil climate policies, urges China to toughen target
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration next week will release more policies it believes are needed to tackle climate change and is urging China to toughen one of its targets on greenhouse gas emissions, his top climate advisers said on Saturday. Gina McCarthy, the White House's national climate adviser, did not say what policies would be released.
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Gates, Bezos-backed fund offers $1bn to clean energy start-ups
Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), the clean-tech fund backed by billionaires including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg, has raised $1 billion for the second time in four years to help start-ups capable of cutting global emissions.
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Biden restoring rolled back environmental rules could take years
President Joe Biden, vowing to restore environmental protections frayed over the past four years, has ordered the review of more than 100 rules and regulations on air, water, public lands, endangered species and climate change that were weakened or rolled back by his predecessor.
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Cruz Roasted For Tweet That Appears To Reveal His Ignorance About The Paris Climate Agreement
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) mocked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) early Thursday for wrongly suggesting that a multinational pact on climate change — the Paris Agreement — was designed to serve “the people of Paris.”
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Biden to 'hit ground running' as he rejoins Paris climate accords
Joe Biden is set for a flurry of action to combat the climate crisis on his first day as US president by immediately rejoining the Paris climate agreement and blocking the Keystone XL pipeline, although experts have warned lengthier, and harder, environmental battles lie ahead in his presidency.
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Biden's return to Paris pact just a first step on U.S. climate action
As Joe Biden leads the United States back into the Paris Agreement on climate change, after taking office Wednesday, diplomats and green groups will breathe a collective sigh of relief - before urging him to step up cuts to U.S. emissions.
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COVID-19 is awful. Climate change could be worse.
But there are lessons from the current crisis that should guide our response to the next one.
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The planet is dying faster than we thought
A triple-threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and overpopulation is bearing down on Earth.
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Top scientists warn of 'ghastly future of mass extinction' and climate disruption
The planet is facing a “ghastly future of mass extinction, declining health and climate-disruption upheavals” that threaten human survival because of ignorance and inaction, according to an international group of scientists, who warn people still haven’t grasped the urgency of the biodiversity and climate crises.
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Most Europeans plan to curb flying, eat less meat for climate, EU poll says
A majority of European citizens intend to fly less and already eat less meat to help fight climate change, according to a survey published by the European Investment Bank (EIB) on Monday.
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Why It’s Falling To You—And Not Your Government—To Decarbonize The Food System
The food system arguably produces more greenhouse-gas emissions than any other sector, and yet it remains the most neglected by policymakers. Food is responsible for more than a third1 of the emissions that must vanish by 2050, and yet food was nowhere on the agenda at the Paris Climate Conference. In fact, menus at the conference cafeterias were dominated by carbon-intensive meat and cheese.
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Climate Change Is Turning Cities Into Ovens
A new model estimates that by 2100, cities across the world could warm as much as 4.4 degrees Celsius. It’s a deadly consequence of the heat-island effect.
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Soil bacteria can help to control climate change
Soil bacteria can live on air – and also assist to control climate change. Soil plays a significant role in regulating climate change than earlier thought according to a new study co-authored by an academic from Queen Mary University of London.
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The Paris Agreement 5 years on: big coal exporters like Australia face a reckoning
The Paris Agreement desperately needs to be updated. Currently the big exporters take no responsibility for the emissions created when those fossil fuels are burned overseas.
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US to hold world climate summit early next year and seek to rejoin Paris accord
Action points for first 100 days of Joe Biden presidency seen as boost to international action currently falling behind
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Japan to eliminate gas-powered cars as part of "green growth plan"
Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in about 15 years, the government said Friday in a plan to achieve Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's ambitious pledge to go carbon free by 2050 and generate nearly $2 trillion growth in green business and investment.
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This Decade Has Been the Warmest Decade on Record, Thanks to Climate Change
Climate change is real, and global warming is proof of it. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), this decade—2011 to 2020—is now the warmest decade on record, with the six warmest years all occurring within the last six years. 2016 was the warmest year on record, but according to preliminary data on the first 10 months of 2020, this year could beat even 2016.
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