05/12/2018

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Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP24? | Carbon Brief
Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP24? | Carbon Brief

How many delegates are present at the latest UN climate conference in Katowice? Carbon Brief dives into the data to find out.
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E.P.A. Will Ease Path to New Coal Plants (Published 2018)
E.P.A. Will Ease Path to New Coal Plants (Published 2018)

The move will make it easier to build new coal plants in the United States, the latest signal that the federal government is embracing the industry.
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Spain unveils ambitious green energy plan
Spain unveils ambitious green energy plan

Madrid aims to produce all electricity from renewables by 2050 and cut emissions by 90%
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Preening Macron is learning to his cost that you can't save the planet on the back of the poor
Preening Macron is learning to his cost that you can't save the planet on the back of the poor

What a wonderful irony that, as the world’s great and good gathered in Poland on Monday to discuss climate change, the city where they met for the same purpose just three years ago was aflame – set alight by protesters aggrieved by President Macron’s efforts to meet his carbon-reduction targets.
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Subscribe to read | Financial Times
Subscribe to read | Financial Times

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
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Carbon emissions from rich nations set to rise in 2018: IEA
Carbon emissions from rich nations set to rise in 2018: IEA

Carbon dioxide emissions from the world's advanced economies are set to rise slightly in 2018, breaking a five-year decline, mainly due to higher oil and natural gas use, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.
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Opinion | On Climate, the Facts and Law Are Against Trump (Published 2018)
Opinion | On Climate, the Facts and Law Are Against Trump (Published 2018)

A recent government report predicts dire consequences from climate change. That complicates efforts to weaken environmental laws.
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David Attenborough reminds us that more important issues exist than Brexit
David Attenborough reminds us that more important issues exist than Brexit

The language used by Sir David Attenborough when he addressed the latest United Nations summit on climate change in Poland this week was stark. Climate change, he warned, is our greatest threat in
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Trump's disbelief won't stop dangerous climate change
Trump's disbelief won't stop dangerous climate change

Republican platform is not only at odds with science but potentially US voters in 2020
the Guardian the Guardian
China to launch renewable power quota system by year-end
China to launch renewable power quota system by year-end

China will aim to launch a new renewable power quota system before the end of the year, the state planning agency said on Tuesday, part of efforts to make better use of its renewable energy resources and reduce waste.
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Qatar's OPEC exit signals intensifying energy competition beyond oil
Qatar's OPEC exit signals intensifying energy competition beyond oil

It is cementing its role as a chief supplier of lower-carbon energy.
Axios Axios
Australian mining giants 'may be breaking law' by ignoring climate change risks
Australian mining giants 'may be breaking law' by ignoring climate change risks

Investor group finds most companies dismissing climate as a financial risk to their business, in breach of legal requirements
the Guardian the Guardian
Why are people still living in the western US with the constant threat of climate change?
Why are people still living in the western US with the constant threat of climate change?

New Mexicans like me are weighing our future in a fast-drying climate.
Vox Vox
200 MPs don’t want their pension fund supporting climate-harming fossil fuels
200 MPs don’t want their pension fund supporting climate-harming fossil fuels

'We’re now a 200 strong cohort of cross-party MPs who believe it is morally indefensible for parliamentarians to be investing in companies which profit from wrecking our planet'
The Independent The Independent
Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? We’ll Have To, a New Study Finds (Published 2018)
Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? We’ll Have To, a New Study Finds (Published 2018)

To make meaningful progress on climate change, cows and wheat fields will have to become radically more efficient.
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Norway to heavily restrict palm oils linked to devastating deforestation
Norway to heavily restrict palm oils linked to devastating deforestation

'The Norwegian parliament’s decision sets an important example to other countries and demonstrates the need for a serious reform of the world’s palm oil industry,' activist says
The Independent The Independent
The Arctic: we don’t know as much about environmental change in the far north as we'd like to think
The Arctic: we don’t know as much about environmental change in the far north as we'd like to think

Much of our scientific knowledge comes from just two regions in Alaska and Sweden.
The Conversation The Conversation
Progressive lawmakers call for climate change revolution
Progressive lawmakers call for climate change revolution

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez emphasized the need to ‘transform our energy system’ but did not discuss how to pursue it
the Guardian the Guardian
Heavy Rains and Hurricanes Clear a Path for Supercharged Mold
Heavy Rains and Hurricanes Clear a Path for Supercharged Mold

Warmer temperatures and rising CO2 can also ramp up some fungal toxins and allergens 
Scientific American Scientific American
City sues fossil-fuel companies » Yale Climate Connections
City sues fossil-fuel companies » Yale Climate Connections

Mayor Serge Dedina wants the companies to pay the costs of moving schools and roads to higher ground.
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China says three regions failed to meet energy efficiency targets last year
China says three regions failed to meet energy efficiency targets last year

A group of three Chinese regions failed to meet their targets to curb energy consumption growth and improve efficiency last year, the country's top planning authority said in a notice published on Wednesday.
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Just 10 per cent of UK companies have a carbon-cutting strategy
Just 10 per cent of UK companies have a carbon-cutting strategy

Report comes as David Attenborough warns climate change summit that global warming will lead to the collapse of civilisation if action is not taken
The Independent The Independent
Labor backs Greens plan to block Coalition from underwriting coal power
Labor backs Greens plan to block Coalition from underwriting coal power

Crossbenchers are being asked to support a bill preventing the signing of contracts before the next election
the Guardian the Guardian
Nearly 1,400 Aftershocks Rattle Alaska After 7.0 Earthquake - EcoWatch
Nearly 1,400 Aftershocks Rattle Alaska After 7.0 Earthquake - EcoWatch

Roughly 1,400 aftershocks have followed after Friday's monster 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Anchorage, Alaska. The aftershocks all surrounded the original temblor that was centered about 7 miles north of Alaska's largest city. 593 of the aftershocks measured greater than a magnitude 2.0, 17 were at least a 4.0, and five were at least a 5.0.
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Climate Change Is Shrinking Winter Snowpack and Harming Northeast Forests Year-Round - EcoWatch
Climate Change Is Shrinking Winter Snowpack and Harming Northeast Forests Year-Round - EcoWatch

Warmer temperatures are reducing the depth and duration of winter snow cover. Declining snow cover may impair tree health and reduce forests' ability to filter air and water. Continued winter warming could greatly reduce snow cover across the northeastern United States, causing large declines in tree growth and forest carbon storage.
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World Bank to Invest $200 Billion to Tackle Climate Change - EcoWatch
World Bank to Invest $200 Billion to Tackle Climate Change - EcoWatch

As the all-important United Nations climate talks kick off in Katowice, Poland this week, the World Bank Group announced Monday that it will significantly ramp up its investments to fight climate change, and it is urging the wider global community to do so as well.
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Climate change is causing sea levels to rise unevenly around the world
Climate change is causing sea levels to rise unevenly around the world

Experts predict that regions with rapidly rising sea levels, including the Eastern Seaboard of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico, can expect the trend of rising sea levels to continue.
Mail Online Mail Online
With the planet burning, we need to take control ourselves | Jeff Sparrow
With the planet burning, we need to take control ourselves | Jeff Sparrow

Our representatives seem to be incapable of a serious response. Schools and workplaces should become parliaments
the Guardian the Guardian
A Coal Ash Spill Made These Workers Sick. Now, They're Fighting for Compensation. - Inside Climate News
A Coal Ash Spill Made These Workers Sick. Now, They're Fighting for Compensation. - Inside Climate News

For dozens of Tennessee workers who cleaned up the nation’s worst coal ash spill and claimed it made them sick, the recent jury verdict against their employer was a major victory after a five-year slog through the federal courts. The jury found Jacobs Engineering failed to protect the workers, and it concluded that their exposure…
Inside Climate News Inside Climate News
3 Ways the ‘Trump Effect’ Puts the Brakes on International Climate Action - EcoWatch
3 Ways the ‘Trump Effect’ Puts the Brakes on International Climate Action - EcoWatch

As representatives of around 200 countries kicked off the COP24 meeting in Katowice, Poland to develop a rulebook for implementing the Paris agreement, a new study looked at how Trump's decision to withdraw has affected the landmark climate accord. The so-called 'Trump Effect' has significantly slowed the momentum of global climate action.
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Australia Cuts 80% of Plastic Bag Use in 3 Short Months - EcoWatch
Australia Cuts 80% of Plastic Bag Use in 3 Short Months - EcoWatch

Despite a few hiccups along the way, Australia's plastic bag consumption has dropped drastically. Three months after two of the largest supermarket chains banned plastic grocery bags, an estimated 1.5 billion bags have been prevented from use, the Australian Associated Press reported, citing the National Retail Association. Overall, the bans
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