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

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Fire chiefs warn UK is not prepared for climate crisis impacts

Exclusive: National Fire Chiefs Council says firefighters’ ability to respond is at risk as it calls for preventive action

www.theguardian.com

 

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US Senate confirms fracking CEO Chris Wright to be Trump’s energy secretary

Liberty Energy executive, who has called climate change activists alarmist, confirmed in vote of 59-38

www.theguardian.com

 

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Scientists brace ‘for the worst’ as Trump purges climate mentions from websites

Trump administration pulling references online ‘won’t make crisis’ stop impacting Americans’ lives, say experts

www.theguardian.com

 

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Earth from space: Golden river of toxic waste spills out from deadly mining disaster in South Africa

A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that flooded a South African mining town, killing three people.

www.livescience.com

 

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Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist

Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree

www.theguardian.com

 

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Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist

Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree

www.theguardian.com

Nice work, humans!

 

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Cool.

 

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The environmental justice movement isn’t going anywhere — even as it faces attacks by Trump

The 19th spoke to Jalonne White-Newsome, who headed environmental justice initiatives under Biden, about the executive orders aimed at dismantling its progress.

19thnews.org

 

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Japan's Toyota announces EV and battery push in China and U.S., as its quarterly profit surges

Toyota is developing and making electric vehicles and EV batteries in China under a new partnership with the Shanghai government

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Trump administration to redraw monument boundaries for energy push

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has ordered federal officials to review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national monuments created under previous presidents to protect unique landscapes and cultural resources

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Awesome.

 

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Trump’s EPA to prioritize AI, lobbyists, and staff cuts in ‘mission to traumatize’

New EPA administrator Lee Zeldin’s pillars pledge to help auto industry and have no mention of the climate crisis

www.theguardian.com

 

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The EPA Has Suffered Decades of Attacks — But Trump’s Are the Worst Yet

Trump’s Project 2025-stoked sabotage of the Environmental Protection Agency will unleash rampant carcinogens in the US.

truthout.org

 

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Greenland's ice sheet — the second biggest in the world — is cracking open at alarming speed, scientists discover

New 3D maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet show how huge cracks in the ice that accelerate melting expanded between 2016 and 2021.

www.livescience.com

 

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“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump

More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections.

www.propublica.org

 

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Environmental groups sue over California oil and gas permits

The San Joaquin Valley’s Kern County is home to some of the country’s most polluted cities

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Elon Musk’s journey from climate champion to backing EV-bashing Trump

Musk believes Tesla’s rivals are more vulnerable to Trump’s moves against electric vehicles

www.theguardian.com

 

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River near Buenos Aires turns bright red after suspected industrial dye leak

Residents living near the Sarandí have long complained about pollution in the area

www.theguardian.com

 

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River near Buenos Aires turns bright red after suspected industrial dye leak

Residents living near the Sarandí have long complained about pollution in the area

www.theguardian.com

I thought maybe it was one of those algae blooms. Perhaps not.

 

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Jeff Bezos fund ends support for climate group amid fears billionaires ‘bowing down’ to Trump

Concerns raised as $10bn Bezos Earth Fund halts funding for Science Based Targets initiative, which monitors companies’ decarbonisation

www.theguardian.com

 

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‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 nears

Developing countries urge biggest polluters to act as Trump’s return to the White House heightens geopolitical turmoil

www.theguardian.com