Al Gore on his hopes for the planet: “Job number one is to stop using the sky as an open sewer” – CBS News

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, which are helping warm the planet, increased by 6.2% last year as the economy rebounded after pandemic lockdowns—fueled by a rise in coal-generated power and pollution from trucking.  Former Vice President Al Gore has been warning about…

Young Woman Makes a Special Pouch For Her Cat to Take Him Traveling Around Italy – His Favorite Hobby

Bounty is a traveling cat who loves to discover new places. Snuggled up in his special backpack slung over owner Doina Muravschi, he has enjoyed cycling tours of Italy, mountaineering, and camping, all the while seeing sights that would make the front page of National Geographic. Just recently, Bounty has presumably become the first house […]

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Can we – should we – send life to the nearest star?

A team of researchers has studied what’s needed to send life to the nearest star. They envision small creatures riding tiny spacecraft to Proxima Centauri.

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Inferior conjunction – Venus between sun and Earth – January 8-9

Venus comes to inferior conjunction – passing between Earth and sun – in 2022 at 1 UTC on January 9 (7 p.m. CST on January 8).

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Become a Wildlife Ranger on Idyllic Island Off Scotland Coast With Free Cottage to Live in

A wildlife ranger is being sought for an idyllic island off the north coast of Scotland—and a free cottage to live in is included. The Scottish Wildlife Trust is looking for someone to take over the position of Handa Island Ranger on the remote island off the coast of Sutherland in the Highlands. The successful […]

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Don’t Look Up Doesn’t Get the Climate Crisis – New York Magazine

Photo: Niko Tavernise/Netflix Don’t Look Up is an obscenely overlong, occasionally funny satire of American media and politics. But it aspires to be something more. As he has emphasized in interviews, director Adam McKay conceived of the film as an…

Climate change: UK public more worried than ever about global warming, but still doesn’t want to pay to – iNews

The UK public is considerably more concerned by climate change than it was even a year ago, following a string of wildfires, storms and other extreme events around the world this year, a new survey shows. Some 83 per cent…

Will 2022 finally spell the end for fossil fuels? Here’s what’s on the climate agenda – Euronews

The year is coming to a close and with that, we start looking to what is in store for 2022. The last 12 months have seen people power come out on top with wins on environmental issues around the world….

The Seven Climate Movies (And The One We Need Next) – Forbes

DON’T LOOK UP tells the story of two low-level astronomers, who must go on a giant media tour to … [+] warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet earth. In select theaters December 10, on Netflix December…

NY State Shows The World How To Achieve Net-Zero. Be Afraid

Sometimes, it seems like the world is just flailing away in its concerted efforts to achieve zero carbon emissions. In the U.S., the President can’t get his grand “green” plans through a Congress controlled by his own party. In Europe,…