🌎 Discussion: Climate Change, Global Warming, Emission Standards, and Other Environmental Issues - Part 1

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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/23/science/cocaine-sharks-brazil-scli-intl-scn/index.html

 

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Scientists warn of "massive" release from Great Salt Lake

Researcher Soren Brothers said the best way "to keep this CO2 from being released is by ensuring that Great Salt Lake remains wet."

www.newsweek.com

 

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Good!

 

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Alberta premier fights tears over Canada wildfires despite climate crisis denial

Danielle Smith and her government’s refusal to combat global heating is said to have made blazes more intense

www.theguardian.com

 

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Green economy could generate 3.3m jobs across Africa by 2030 – report

Policymakers and funders are being urged to invest in training a workforce to serve the industries of the future

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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Hope Harris keeps this trend going when she wins.

 

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US energy reform bill a ‘wishlist for the fossil industry’, say environmental groups

Critics say bill is a ‘fossil fuel wolf in clean energy clothing’ that would gut environmental protections

www.theguardian.com

 

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US Forest Service failing to protect old growth trees from logging, critics say

Biden’s efforts to save mature trees are not getting enough Forest Service support, according to some conservationists

www.theguardian.com

 

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Scientists uncover microbes that destroy 'forever chemical' pollutants

Little is known about the fate of PFAS in our environment, but new research finds that bacteria in wastewater can degrade specific types of "forever chemicals."

www.livescience.com

 

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The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony

Stretchy seaweed, reverse vending machines, QR-coded take-out boxes: They’re how we can break society’s absurd addiction to single-use plastics.

www.wired.com

 

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Scientists uncover microbes that destroy 'forever chemical' pollutants

Little is known about the fate of PFAS in our environment, but new research finds that bacteria in wastewater can degrade specific types of "forever chemicals."

www.livescience.com

That's helpful, assuming it's true.

 

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Young climate advocates think Harris can do more for the environment than Biden, despite his wins

President Biden passed the U.S.’ most significant climate legislation, but leaders of youth climate action groups nonetheless see Harris as more progressive on environmental issues.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Young climate advocates think Harris can do more for the environment than Biden, despite his wins

President Biden passed the U.S.’ most significant climate legislation, but leaders of youth climate action groups nonetheless see Harris as more progressive on environmental issues.

www.nbcnews.com

There's this neat piece of legislation called the Green New Deal she should look at.

 

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Utah’s Great Salt Lake rings climate alarm bells over release of 4.1m tons of carbon dioxide

Study has found that the lake, which has lost 73% of its water, released climate-warming emissions

www.theguardian.com

 

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Utah’s Great Salt Lake rings climate alarm bells over release of 4.1m tons of carbon dioxide

Study has found that the lake, which has lost 73% of its water, released climate-warming emissions

www.theguardian.com

73%? Yikes! That's a lot of water.

 

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Have scientists discovered climate-proof chocolate?

A scientific breakthrough may pave the way for developing more climate-resilient cocoa trees, potentially ensuring the continued production of cacao-based products like chocolate.

www.confectionerynews.com

 

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‘This is climate change’: Scottish beach eroding by 7 metres a year

Centuries-old Montrose golf links falling into the sea and town at risk of flooding as coastal erosion accelerates

www.theguardian.com

 

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Severe drought has returned to the Amazon. And it's happening earlier than expected

The Amazon is entering its driest period, from August to September. Many rivers are at historic lows even earlier than last year.

apnews.com

 

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'Extremely unusual': Hottest ocean temperature in 400 years threatens the Great Barrier Reef

The sea surface temperature around the Great Barrier Reef this year is the hottest it has ever been in 400 years, posing huge threats to the coral reef ecosystem in the area.

www.livescience.com

 

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New York City subway riders are breathing in hazardous air, study finds

Study shows average platform has four times the level of pollution exposure deemed safe by EPA

www.theguardian.com

 

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Major Earth Systems on Track for Collapse, Scientists Find

Reaping and Sowing Imagine this dire scenario: the Atlantic Ocean's sea currents which bring warm water to Europe just collapses, making large swaths of the continent as cold as the Arctic Circle. A team of European scientists are warning in a new study in the journal Nature Communications that...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

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Okay....that's messed up. I've never seen anything like that.

 

[Lily Adler]

Okay....that's messed up. I've never seen anything like that.

Apparently they're using after market wrappers for the hoods which are poor quality hence the car pregnancy epidemic in China.