KGW mental health survey shows many concerned about climate change
The survey showed that some people are even opting not to have children due to concerns over climate change. PORTLAND, Ore. — Last year, KGW put out a survey on climate change and mental health, with questions on what type of feelings…
Gina Rinehart tells summit to devote ‘15 minutes each day to spread the mining message’
Australia’s richest woman has a two-word solution for Australia’s economic pressures: more mines. Gina Rinehart, who is worth an estimated $38bn thanks to her mining interests, used a speech to the Queensland Resources Council earlier this week to push for…
Vietnam is going all-in on a climate-change resistant coffee bean
BAO LOC, Vietnam — For decades, the world of coffee has had one star: the arabica bean. It is “complex” and “deliciously refined,” according to companies such as Starbucks that have refused to use any other bean. It has engendered…
Climate change is a major problem. These Boston leaders have solutions. – The Boston Globe
Some of Greater Boston’s most promising tech entrepreneurs are tackling the biggest imaginable task — slowing the pace of global warming. Boston has long been a center of clean energy, driven by innovations spinning out of the Massachusetts Institute of…
Net Zero Grid Batteries Alone Would Bankrupt America
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) cites “the climate crisis” at almost every opportunity. President Biden calls it a greater threat than nuclear war. They and their allies champion “carbon-free” electricity generation by 2035 and nearly fossil-fuel-free energy by…
Mutual bond endures but Canada at a crossroads as king’s coronation looms
More than 800 dives beneath metres-thick ice were not enough to prepare Joe MacInnis for the stress of bringing a member of the British royal family deep into the blisteringly cold depths of the Arctic Ocean. Especially a future king….
The Climate Crisis Gives Sailing Ships a Second Wind – The New Yorker
Annals of a Warming Planet The Climate Crisis Gives Sailing Ships a Second Wind Cargo vessels are some of the dirtiest vehicles in existence. Can a centuries-old technology help to clean them up? By Pagan Kennedy April 27, 2023 Illustration…
A new front in the water wars: Thirsty, giant data centers – The Washington Post
When Jenn Duff heard that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, wanted to build yet another data center in Mesa, Ariz., she was immediately suspicious. “My first reaction was concern for our water,” Duff said. The desert city of half…
Green energy is a bigger opportunity for Australia than the resources boom. Let’s not waste it | Rod Sims
If Australia seizes the opportunity offered by the world’s transition to zero net emissions it can repeat the experience of the China resources boom that peaked about 10 years ago. But this time the opportunity can be sustained for some…
Oregon needs to cut more greenhouse gas emissions to reach climate goals, panel says – Oregon Public Broadcasting
Despite Oregon’s ambitious climate policies and programs to reduce nearly all the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a new report says the state has yet to reach any benchmarks and needs to cut emissions faster to meet those goals….
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