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With Justice Barrett, a Tectonic Court Shift on the Environment
The accession of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court will cement a conservative majority that is likely to give polluting industries freer rein, limit the ability of citizens to sue, and call into question the very basis of the EPA to issue and enforce regulations.
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Joe Biden calls climate change the ‘number one issue facing humanity’
Joe Biden declared climate change the “number one issue facing humanity” and vowed a national transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy that could create millions of new jobs. “It’s the number one issue facing humanity. And it’s the number one issue for me,” Biden said of climate change during an episode of Pod Save America released Saturday. He was interviewed by Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama.
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China's running dry, and that could spell danger for the ruling Communist Party
China has pledged to become carbon-neutral by 2060, responding to the need to drastically bring down its overwhelming share of global carbon emissions. Experts say it's also critical for the communist party's survival.
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Belching Cows and Endless Feedlots: Fixing Cattle’s Climate Issues
The United States is home to 95 million cattle, and changing what they eat could have a significant effect on emissions of greenhouse gases like methane that are warming the world.
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Mourners Hold a Funeral for a Dead Oregon Glacier
On Sunday, the remains of Clark Glacier were wrapped in a black funeral shroud and laid out front of the Oregon Capitol. The glacier is officially dead, ice lost to the climate crisis.
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Tackling climate change seemed expensive. Then COVID happened.
Climate deniers and opponents of aggressive climate action have long argued that governments can’t afford comprehensive measures to confront the climate crisis. The Green New Deal, for example, has been ridiculed as a “crazy, expensive mess” by the Republican Policy Committee.
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How Egypt is growing forests in middle of the desert
Amid the success of the Serapium Forest, a massive plantation in Egypt, the country is now looking to plant more desert lands with trees as part of plans to fight climate change.
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'This S**t Is Going To Kill Us': Harrison Ford Calls Out Leaders Who Deny Climate Change
Ford, a storied environmental activist, condemned politicians who attempted to make climate change a "divisive" issue to protect their own economic interests.
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Pull investments from companies not committed to environment, pope says
Pope Francis on Saturday urged people to pull investments from companies that are not committed to protecting the environment, adding his voice to calls for the economic model that emerges from the coronavirus pandemic to be a sustainable one.
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Pope in TED talk: Earth cannot be squeezed 'like an orange’
Pope Francis has issued an urgent call to action to defend the planet and help the poor in his second TED talk
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Carbon capture 'moonshot' moves closer, as billions of dollars pour in
As the world dices with the climate emergency, businesses and governments are starting to push funding towards technology that aims to trap planet-heating gases rather than let them saturate the atmosphere. Carbon capture is a controversial idea, attacked as a costly distraction from stopping emissions occurring in the first place.
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Large-scale changes in Earth’s climate may originate in the Pacific
A new study suggests that the melting of Alaska’s glaciers into the North Pacific could have far-ranging effects on ocean circulation and the climate.
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Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study
Climate crisis and logging is leading to shift from canopy rainforest to open grassland
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Mountain butterflies 'will have to be relocated as habitats get too hot'
Populations of mountain ringlet in Lake District face being wiped out as cooler habitats disappear
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Greenland's rapid melting could mess with the oceanic "conveyer belt" — with drastic consequences
The global flow of ocean water may be interrupted by record ice melt off Greenland
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Revealed: BP And Shell Back Anti-Climate Lobby Groups Despite Pledges
Earlier this year, oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell assessed the climate lobbying done by trade associations they have been involved with, and publicly quit a handful of high-profile industry groups campaigning to undermine regulations to reduce greenhouse gases. The effort was part of a vow to increase corporate transparency and bring planet-heating emissions to net zero over the next few decades.
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Leaders to UN: If virus doesn't kill us, climate change will
In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week’s annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: If COVID-19 doesn't kill us, climate change will. With Siberia seeing its warmest temperature on record this year and enormous chunks of ice caps in Greenland and Canada sliding into the sea, countries are acutely aware there's no vaccine for global warming.
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The Daring Plan to save the Arctic Ice with Glass
The fear that action to combat climate change has been too slow has led some scientists to test unconventional methods to stem the loss of Arctic sea ice.
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Did Xi Just Save the World?
In a little-noticed speech this week, China permanently changed the global fight against climate change.
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Review: 'Scuse me while I 'Kiss the Ground': How soil might be Earth's climate change savior
With climate change back on the front burner so to speak, dirt is probably not the hero you were expecting. The documentary “Kiss the Ground” makes the case that by regenerating the Earth’s soils, we can balance the climate, replenish the water supply, keep species off the extinction list and better feed the world. Not bad for less than 90 minutes.
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