London last summer was the trailer for a climate disaster movie. Here’s how to stop that coming true | Sadiq Khan and Chris Skidmore
There is no greater challenge facing our capital, our country and our world than the climate crisis. The only way we can keep the hope of limiting global heating to 1.5C is if we commit to further and faster action…
Researchers identify this mammal as latest potential cause of climate change, suggest balancing species – Fox News
Researchers claim that moose are potentially a leading cause of climate change and that the species should be balanced, suggesting they are “one of the biggest potential single sources of carbon emissions from wooded parts of Norway.” The Norwegian University…
The 50 States of Climate Change – Outside Online – Outside
Since the 1700s, the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has increased by 40 percent, largely from greenhouse gasses released by people burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal. As a result, the climate is becoming more…
Opinion | Clean Energy Is Suddenly Less Polarizing Than You Think – The New York Times
My whole adult life, the work of fighting climate change was understood as the job of the blue team in America. The red team, we knew, just wasn’t going to play ball. President George W. Bush abandoned the Kyoto Protocol,…
Blocking sun rays finds support in the Senate – E&E News
Senators on both sides of the aisle are open to funding research on solar geoengineering, a little understood and potentially dangerous method of blocking the sun’s rays to quickly reduce global warming. Their receptiveness comes after years of Senate apprehension…
Fight against climate change will worsen existing inequality in global trade: CSE and DTE
In the name of climate action, countries are introducing policies which can spark trade wars
We Face a Climate Abyss, But There Are Sparks of Hope, Robert Pollin Says – Truthout
The energy transition from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to renewable energy sources is moving slowly, and scores of global conferences on climate change over the past few decades have failed to produce the desired results. From the…
What is green energy? How solar power, wind help fight climate change – USA TODAY
The world is in the midst of a shift away from fossil fuels and towards carbon-neutral energy sources, a change expected to be as momentous as the coal that enabled the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s. The United States has pledged…
The ‘Greens’ Are Coming For All Our Cars, Not Just Gas-Powered
Greens (and Reds) Don’t Like Cars, Period Late last month, Joe Biden was mocked for posting a photo of himself in an electric vehicle (a GMC Hummer) that costs $110,000 and up. And for touting a $7,500 federal tax credit that…
Analysis | Nikki Haley wants to address climate change not by reducing carbon, but capturing it – The Washington Post
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