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

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Climate crisis caused half of European heat deaths in 2022, says study

Researchers found 38,000 fewer people – 10 times number of murders – would have died if atmosphere was not clogged with greenhouse pollutants

www.theguardian.com

 

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US chooses winning bids in first commercial sale for floating offshore Atlantic wind

The U.S. government has chosen winning bids to develop wind power off New England in the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind on the Atlantic coast

www.independent.co.uk

 

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‘You can’t shoot climate change’: Richard Seymour on how far right exploits environmental crisis

In his latest book, Disaster Nationalism, the Marxist thinker explores how extremist movements around the world seek to blame fictional enemies for real disasters

www.theguardian.com

 

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California announces sustainable fuels partnership to curb emissions from planes

California is partnering with a major airline trade group to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuels in the state

www.independent.co.uk

 

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COP16: successes and challenges for nature protection - Greenpeace International

The 16th UN Biodiversity talks have reached final agreement. But what does that mean for nature protection?

www.greenpeace.org

 

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PFAS mixtures more toxic than single compounds, suggesting higher danger

First-of-its-kind research highlights need for change to regulation, as humans almost always exposed to mixtures

www.theguardian.com

 

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US students score win in push for fossil fuel divestment by private high schools

Concerned students press for their high schools – some with $1bn endowments – to reinvest in clean energy

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

I think Futurama wasn't far off on everything being recyclable and we send our garbage ball to the Sun for incineration.

 

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PFAS mixtures more toxic than single compounds, suggesting higher danger

First-of-its-kind research highlights need for change to regulation, as humans almost always exposed to mixtures

www.theguardian.com

We're doing a fine job of killing ourselves.

 

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Spain’s apocalyptic floods show undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us | Jonathan Watts

The devastating flooding should spur this month’s Cop29 climate conference to press for immediate action, not look away, writes Guardian global environment editor Jonathan Watts

www.theguardian.com

 

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With carbon capture boom, a wariness in historic Louisiana Black community over more pollution

Residents of the historic Black community of Elkinsville in southeastern Louisiana have elevated their fight against an ammonia plant proposed nearby

www.independent.co.uk

 

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https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/noaa-antarctic-ozone-hole-has-shrunk-full-recovery-predicted/1708976

 

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Trump donor fined for pollution leads a fight to end methane emission penalties

Detailed plans from 30 oil and gas producers come amid historic levels of potent planet-heating emissions

www.theguardian.com

 

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‘Two sides of the same coin’: governments stress links between climate and nature collapse

Representatives at the Cop16 summit in Colombia negotiated against a backdrop of extreme weather and ecosystem collapse

www.theguardian.com

 

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Nearly all of US states are facing droughts, an unprecedented number

More than 150 million people and 318m acres of crops are affected by droughts after summer of record heat

www.theguardian.com

 

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I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up being a lot worse than that.

 

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This year ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest on record, finds EU space programme

Copernicus Climate Change Service says 2024 marks ‘a new milestone’ and should raise ambitions at Cop29 summit

www.theguardian.com

 

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Plastic pollution is changing entire Earth system, scientists find

Pollution is affecting the climate, biodiversity, ecosystems, ocean acidification and human health, according to analysis

www.theguardian.com

 

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Plastic pollution is changing entire Earth system, scientists find

Pollution is affecting the climate, biodiversity, ecosystems, ocean acidification and human health, according to analysis

www.theguardian.com

Because we suck.

 

[Lily Adler]

Trump will take climate change off as a national emergency. He will cease all federal green energy projects and invest that money into gas and oil. Elon Musk will be the only person getting special privilege for Tesla.

 

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Trump will take climate change off as a national emergency. He will cease all federal green energy projects and invest that money into gas and oil. Elon Musk will be the only person getting special privilege for Tesla.

Anyone with babies should rightfully be afraid. They won't have the life we have now.

 

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‘Essential to act now’ to prevent chaotic climate breakdown, warns UN chief

On the eve of Cop29 in Baku, António Guterres says dangers are underestimated as irreversible tipping points near

www.theguardian.com

 

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2024 'Virtually Certain' to Be Hottest Year on Record: EU Climate Agency | Common Dreams

The day after Trump's election, EU agency predicts 2024 will be hottest year on record, surpassing 1.5°C limit. With Trump's climate denial, can we handle irreversible impacts? Global emissions commitment is crucial. Are catastrophic consequences inevitable if we continue to breach 1.5°C...

www.commondreams.org