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For young Californians, climate change is a mental health crisis too
Growing up amid wildfires and polluted air, California's young are seeing firsthand the effects of climate change. The risk they face is not only physical, but also psychological and emotional.
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Fatal skin disease in dolphins linked to climate crisis
It is the first-time ever that scientists have been able to attribute a cause to the condition, known as “freshwater skin disease”, since it first appeared 15 years ago in bottlenose dolphins
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Could Carbon Dioxide Be Turned Into Jet Fuel?
A team at Oxford University has reverse engineered fuel from the greenhouse gas—but so far just in the lab.
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Carbon Capture Is Not a Climate Savior
The promise of negative emissions is baked into most “net zero” pledges. But putting that into practice is easier said than done.
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Organic meat production just as bad for climate, study finds
The cost of the climate damage caused by organic meat production is just as high as that of conventionally farmed meat, according to research. The analysis estimated the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from different foods and calculated how much their prices would need to rise to cover the harm they cause by fuelling the climate emergency.
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China to promote overall green transformation: official
China aims to promote an overall green transformation of economic and social development as outlined in the 14th Five-Year Plan, said the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on December 22.
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Yes, the U.S. can go carbon neutral by 2050, says new Princeton study
The month of December opened with good news and bad news for people concerned about the climate crisis. A climate analysis released by the independent watchdog group Climate Action Tracker said that based on promises made by Paris Climate Agreement participants, the world could limit warming to 2.1 degrees C (3.8 degrees F) by the year 2100.
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The world’s largest iceberg is headed for South Georgia Island—and its wildlife
Scientists worry the iceberg could be a “taste of things to come” as Antarctica begins to warm.
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Biden environmental team heavy on experience, diversity
Just as the United States has needed a unified, national response to COVID-19, it needs one for dealing with climate change, President-elect Joe Biden said Saturday as he rolled out key members of his environmental team.
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Biden Unveils His Climate Team, Promising To Fight 'With The Urgency It Demands'
President-elect Joe Biden formally introduced his climate team on Saturday, saying that the people he has selected will lead his administration's "ambitious plan to address the existential threat of our time, climate change."
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Climate Change Could Force 63 Million People From Their Homes in South Asia by 2050
The growing impacts of climate change have already pushed more than 18 million people to migrate within South Asian countries, but that could more than triple in three decades if global warming continues on its current path, researchers warned on Friday.
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The President of France wants to add climate targets to the constitution
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a referendum on increasing the fight against climate change and the need for conservation in the French Constitution.
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What Extremely Muscular Horses Teach Us About Climate Change
You can’t understand the history of American energy use without them. A new visual history puts them in context.
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New York Power Authority’s plan for 70% renewable energy by 2030 approved
A new strategic plan putting the New York Power Authority (NYPA) on the path to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035 - five years earlier than the target set out in the US state’s policy goals - has been approved by the state public power organisation’s Board of Trustees.
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Apple CEO calls for stricter corporate, government climate goals at U.N. summit
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Saturday called on governments and businesses to implement stronger climate targets starting next year, during remarks at the United Nations’ Climate Ambition Summit. “We call on companies and governments around the world to do all we can to make 2021 the year we turn the corner for good,” Cook said, according to prepared remarks seen by Reuters.
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Climate summit: UN chief tells all countries to declare a climate emergency or face 'catastrophic' results
World leaders pledged to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 at a virtual UN climate meeting on Saturday.
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World is in danger of missing Paris climate target, summit is warned
Minister tells more than 80 world leaders that not enough is being done
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Boris Johnson: Climate crisis ‘far more destructive than coronavirus’
The UK, France and UN are today hosting a key climate summit ahead of Cop26 in Glasgow next year
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Greta Thunberg "happy" U.S. will rejoin Paris climate deal which celebrated its 5th anniversary on Saturday
As world leaders mark the deal without the U.S, the Swedish activist told CNN she was optimistic that a Joe Biden administration would rejoin the accord.
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They’re Among the World’s Oldest Living Things. The Climate Crisis Is Killing Them.
California’s redwoods, sequoias and Joshua trees define the American West and nature’s resilience through the ages. Wildfires this year were their deadliest test.
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