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Climate scientist calls for 'world war type mobilization' to combat climate change
Climate scientist Michael Mann is calling for a “world war-type” mobilization to address climate change. “We do need a world-war type mobilization and that means putting in place incentives to move our economy as quickly as we can away from fossil fuels to renewable energy,” Mann, a scientist at Pennsylvania State University who is known for taking on climate skeptics, told Hill.TV in an interview that aired Wednesday.
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Flesh-eating bacteria have infected 2 children and killed a 77-year-old woman in the past month. Experts say this will become more common in the US as ocean water warms.
Yet another person on the East Coast of the US has been found to have flesh-eating bacteria. On Saturday, Brittany Carey's young son went swimming in Maryland's Sinepuxent Bay near Ocean City. Two days later he started developing "little spots" all over his body. The next day, those spots turned into gaping, red wounds, the mother said in a Facebook post. Finally, doctors diagnosed it as flesh-eating bacteria, and the boy started down the road to recovery.
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Antarctica has lost more ice in four years than the Arctic has in 34 years
Until 2014, Antarctic sea ice levels were actually increasing- but since then according to satellite data, there's been a 'precipitous' nosedive in ice levels. Scientists are now trying to find out why, and what it might mean.
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French police criticised for using pepper spray on climate protesters
France’s interior minister has asked the Paris police chief to explain a controversial riot police operation to remove climate activists from a bridge, after a video of officers using pepper spray and dragging protesters went viral on social media. The interior ministry said the police operation to clear the demonstrators was “necessary to restore traffic circulation in the centre of Paris”.
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Vancouver votes to demand fossil fuel companies pay for climate change
Vancouver city council has voted in favor of a motion that demands global fossil fuel companies pay their share of costs arising issues related from climate change. The motion was passed 7-4. According to a report by British Columbia government , it is estimated that the city needs to spend $1bn in this century to mitigate rising sea levels.
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We Should All Ditch Work and Go on Strike for the Climate
Remember the IPCC report which gave us 12 years to sort our shit out? Well, now, we’ve got 11 and a half. That’s why Greta Thunberg and 46 other young activists have called for a general strike against climate change this September: “We have learned that if we don’t start acting for our future, nobody else will make the first move.
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Paris to plant mini urban forests to combat climate change
Paris is about to get even more beautiful.
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Solar Powered Floating Islands Could Extract CO2 From Seawater To Produce Fuel
If these floating islands were built and spread across the world they would offset the total global emissions from fossil fuels and help protect our climate
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US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must
The US military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels. Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change.
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New York City declares a climate emergency, the first US city with more than a million residents to do so
New York City officials declared a climate emergency in an effort to mobilize local and national responses to stall global warming.
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Facing the Climate Emergency: Grieving The Future You Thought You Had
If humanity's two choices are to transform or collapse, the only rational, moral choice is to immerse yourself in the struggle to protect all life... CD editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the author's forthcoming book, Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth.
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'Climate apartheid' to push 120 million into poverty by 2030, UN says
The world is facing a "climate apartheid" between the rich who can protect themselves and the poor who are left behind, the UN has warned. A new report published on Tuesday estimated that more than 120 million people could slip into poverty within the next decade because of climate change.
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‘Climate apartheid’: UN expert says human rights may not survive
The world is increasingly at risk of “climate apartheid”, where the rich pay to escape heat and hunger caused by the escalating climate crisis while the rest of the world suffers, a report from a UN human rights expert has said. Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, said the impacts of global heating are likely to undermine not only basic rights to life, water, food, and housing for hundreds of millions of people, but also democracy and the rule of law.
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US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
The US military's carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels. Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change.
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9 top reddits for tech sustainability enthusiasts
Want to stay up to date on green IT, environmental technology, and the circular economy? Tune in to Reddit. @Enterprisenxt
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Arrests at protest over New York Times' 'unacceptable' climate coverage
A climate change protest orchestrated by the Extinction Rebellion activist group briefly blocked Eighth Avenue in New York on Saturday afternoon, between the Port Authority transit hub and the home of the New York Times.
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The Himalayas Are in Even Worse Shape Than We Thought
New research shows just how much global warming is eating away at the glaciers on the world’s highest peaks
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Sydney to Declare a Climate Emergency in Face of National Inaction
Sydney, the largest city in a country acutely vulnerable to global warming, moved on Friday to declare a climate emergency, joining hundreds of local governments around the world in calling for urgent steps to combat the crisis, some in the face of inaction by national politicians.
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Even Oil Companies Want The Government To Act On Climate Change
Corporate America is increasingly calling for a federal price on carbon, writes Anne Kelly of Ceres. Private sector commitments could encourage ambitious government policies.
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The poisons released by melting Arctic ice
Toxic chemicals, anthrax - even nuclear waste - could be unleashed by global warming
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