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

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Top UN court to begin hearings on landmark climate change case

ICJ to hear submissions from more than 100 groups in Pacific-led campaign to provide a legal blueprint on obligations of states for climate harm

www.theguardian.com

 

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'Never any consensus': UN plastics conference fails to yield treaty

Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay negotiations.

www.usatoday.com

 

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Trump allies begin attack on EPA and rules protecting US drinking water

With about to grab reins of US, Republicans are starting an assault on the Environmental Protection Agency

www.theguardian.com

 

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'Never any consensus': UN plastics conference fails to yield treaty

Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay negotiations.

www.usatoday.com

And this is why the world has failed on climate. No one wants to do the hard work to fix it.

 

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Trump allies begin attack on EPA and rules protecting US drinking water

With about to grab reins of US, Republicans are starting an assault on the Environmental Protection Agency

www.theguardian.com

Of course not. They want to pollute with abandon.

 

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‘It’s nonstop’: how noise pollution threatens the return of Norway’s whales

Recordings by biologist Heike Vester reveal how oil and gas exploration as well as cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are adding to the din underwater

www.theguardian.com

 

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Doug Burgum could soon be driving Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ promises on public lands

Conservationists fear an expansion of drilling with North Dakota governor Trump’s pick for secretary of the interior and White House ‘energy czar’

www.theguardian.com

 

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‘It’s nonstop’: how noise pollution threatens the return of Norway’s whales

Recordings by biologist Heike Vester reveal how oil and gas exploration as well as cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are adding to the din underwater

www.theguardian.com

Humanity sucks.

 

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'Frontlines of a Crisis We Did Not Create': Low-Lying Nations Make Climate Case to ICJ | Common Dreams

"What started in the Pacific is now a historic climate justice campaign, as the world's most urgent problem of climate change reaches the worlds highest court," said one campaigner.

www.commondreams.org

 

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'Monumental Victory for the Ocean': Norway Halts Plans for Deep-Sea Mining | Common Dreams

One campaigner called it "a testament to the power of principled, courageous political action, and... a moment to celebrate for environmental advocates, ocean ecosystems, and future generations alike."

www.commondreams.org

 

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Formaldehyde Increases Your Cancer Risk No Matter Where you Live

The Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to reckon with formaldehyde have been repeatedly thwarted by the companies that rely on it. If the past is any guide, even modest steps toward reform are all but guaranteed to hit a dead end under Trump.

www.propublica.org

 

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Exposure to air pollution increases infertility risk, US study finds

Research shows common air pollutants can be detrimental to egg, sperm and embryo development

www.theguardian.com

 

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Who’s behind one of the major accounts promoting climate denialism on X?

Wide Awake Media has built a huge following assailing what it calls the “climate hoax.”

www.motherjones.com

 

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Exposure to air pollution increases infertility risk, US study finds

Research shows common air pollutants can be detrimental to egg, sperm and embryo development

www.theguardian.com

The Earth's way of slowing us down.

 

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Fury as US argues against climate obligations at top UN court

US says current climate rules are satisfactory, prompting condemnation from activists and vulnerable countries

www.theguardian.com

 

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How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized

‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say

www.theguardian.com

 

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Satellites find likely cause of mysterious African elephant deaths in 2020

Climate extremes seem to have exacerbated toxins in the elephants' water supply.

www.space.com

 

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‘Climate bomb’ warning over $200bn wave of new gas projects

New liquefied natural gas projects could produce 10 gigatonnes of emissions by the end of the decade, close to the annual emissions of all coal plants

www.theguardian.com

 

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‘Climate bomb’ warning over $200bn wave of new gas projects

New liquefied natural gas projects could produce 10 gigatonnes of emissions by the end of the decade, close to the annual emissions of all coal plants

www.theguardian.com

Outstanding.

 

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The Trump Cabinet nominees who could decide our climate future

It's not just the EPA. From Elon Musk and RFK Jr. to Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum, Trump's picks to lead key agencies are poised to set a very different climate agenda

grist.org

 

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The Trump Cabinet nominees who could decide our climate future

It's not just the EPA. From Elon Musk and RFK Jr. to Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum, Trump's picks to lead key agencies are poised to set a very different climate agenda

grist.org

This is so bad for us and the planet.

 

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As American Farms Face More Drought, Storms and Flooding, a New Agriculture Secretary Will Have to Reckon With Climate Change - Inside Climate News

How will Brooke Rollins, a climate skeptic, fossil fuel ally and Trump’s pick to lead the USDA, handle the crisis? That’s anyone’s guess.

insideclimatenews.org

 

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Why has it been even hotter than expected recently? Research points to diminishing cloud cover

Global temperatures in the last two years have been higher than scientists anticipated. That may be because cloud cover has decreased, a study suggests.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Alaska refuge is one of Earth's last truly wild places. Trump calls it America's "biggest oil farm."

Some Native leaders and activists foresee a "David and Goliath" battle on the horizon.

www.motherjones.com