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Humanity on track to soon hit 1.5ºC Paris Accord limit as atmospheric CO2 nears level not seen in 15 million years	9.7.2020	Raw Story
“It’s still not too late to avoid the worst effects of the #ClimateEmergency. But governments need to act NOW,” tweeted Greenpeace. As a United Nations agency released new climate projections showing that the world is on track in the next five years to hit or surpass a key limit of the Paris agreement, authors of […]
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Trump supporters’ COVID trutherism is built on the same template conservatives have used to deny science for decades	8.7.2020	Raw Story
The worldwide conspiracy is vast — so vast that most of the world’s scientists, journalists and political leaders are in on it. Somehow, in all this time, not a single one of the hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of conspirators has grown a conscience and decided to blow the whistle on the conspiracy. Their goal? To ruin […]
Democratic Leaders Want to Know Why Facebook’s New Oversight Board Won’t Deal With Climate Lies	7.7.2020	Mother Jones
Eighteen months ago, in a belated response to criticism of how Facebook polices content, the company announced it would create an Oversight Board to weigh in on dangerous misinformation campaigns that have overtaken the platform. The new Oversight Board, appointed in May, pledged to “focus on the most challenging content issues for Facebook, including in […]
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As Arctic burns, new data shows June 2020 capped off year tied for hottest on record	7.7.2020	Raw Story
“So I ask again: where are the breaking news?” tweeted teen climate activist Greta Thunberg. “Where are the front pages? Where are the emergency meetings? Where are the adults?” The unprecedented heat and fires that ravaged Siberia last month came at the tail end of a 12-month period that European researchers revealed Tuesday effectively tied with the […]
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Coronavirus Is Creating a Crisis of Energy Insecurity	5.7.2020	Truthout.com
With unpaid bills and energy shutoffs rising during the pandemic, we need to act now to avoid another health emergency.
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Meet the Nuns Who Created Their Own Climate Solutions Fund	5.7.2020	Mother Jones
This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. It’s been five years since Pope Francis’ “Laudato Si,” the celebrated 225-page encyclical in which the pope called for environmental justice and fundamental social change in the face of global warming. To mark the occasion earlier this month, the Vatican […]
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U.S. says leaking nuclear waste dome is safe; Marshall Islands leaders don't believe it	2.7.2020	LA Times: Environment
The DOE says that radioactive leakage from Runit Dome, a respository for U.S. atomic waste, is insignificant. Marshall Islands leaders are skeptical.
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3D-printed fake meat: The healthier, greener future of food?	1.7.2020	Raw Story
Israeli firm Redefine Meat is using 3D printing technology to produce plant-based steaks designed to mimic real meat and plans to start selling them in restaurants later this year. With a handful of other firms working on similar technology, could 3D-printed meat soon provide a healthier and greener alternative to the real thing? The process […]
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Chomsky: We Must Not Let Masters of Capital Define the Post-COVID World	1.7.2020	Truthout.com
The malign forces of capital are working tirelessly to ensure that the system they created and benefit from will ...
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House Democrats’ climate plan would end greenhouse gas emissions by 2050	1.7.2020	Headlines: All Headlines
House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to address climate change that would set a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, while pushing renewable energy such as wind and solar power and addressing environmental contamination that disproportionately harms low-income and minority communities.
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Opinion: Is Trump thinking about quitting the 2020 race? He's an egomaniac so it's not likely	1.7.2020	LA Times: Opinion
The story surfaced like one of those trial balloons we're used to seeing out of political offices and campaigns — Republican insiders telling Fox News that President Trump is grumpy about his reelection prospects and might quit the campaign if his poll numbers don't improve.
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Op-Ed: There have been periods of turmoil before — but not with Trump at the helm	29.6.2020	LA Times: Opinion
The fall election could well turn on whether, after four years of Trump, the country is simply exhausted and needs a respite.
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How a Decade of Neglect and Politics Undermined the CDC’s Fight Against Climate Change.	28.6.2020	Mother Jones
This piece was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity and Columbia Journalism Investigations and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Charlie Rhodes lived alone on a tree-sparse street with sunburned lawns just outside Phoenix, Arizona. At 61, the army veteran’s main connection to the world was Facebook; often, he posted several times […]
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‘Incredibly reckless’: Trump moves to expand fossil fuel drilling in Alaska’s western Arctic region	26.6.2020	Raw Story
“At a time when oil prices are cratering, prioritizing expanding oil and gas drilling anywhere—let alone the Arctic—is ridiculous.” The Trump administration was lambasted Thursday for a proposal to open up most of Alaska’s Western Arctic reserve for fossil fuel drilling—a move conservation groups say would be a “disaster” for the climate and wildlife as […]
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Arizona starts talks on addressing dwindling Colorado River	26.6.2020	Denver Post: News: Local
Arizona is getting a jump start on what will be a yearslong process to address a dwindling but key water source in the U.S. West.
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It’s Time to Nationalize the Fossil Fuel Industry	26.6.2020	Truthout.com
We must institute public ownership of the fossil fuel industry to avert catastrophe, says economist Robert ...
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Editorial: Goodbye, diesel exhaust. California adopts nation's first zero-emission truck rule	26.6.2020	LA Times: Opinion
The rule is among the most ambitious efforts in the world to replace dirty diesel trucks with electric and other zero-emission vehicles.
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How a cognitive failing explains why so many people reject the facts about the pandemic	26.6.2020	Raw Story
Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s ineffective pandemic response on an American “anti-science bias.” He called this bias “inconceivable,” because “science is truth.” Fauci compared those discounting the importance of masks and social distancing to “anti-vaxxers” in their “amazing” refusal to […]
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‘Dixie’ nixed by Dixie Chicks: Band rebrands over links to Confederacy	26.6.2020	Raw Story
The country trio Dixie Chicks are now simply The Chicks, dropping a nickname for the Confederate-era South from their band name. The stealthy switch saw the group amend their social media usernames and release a new song and accompanying video “March March” on Thursday. The song’s lyrics reference current social unrest including anti-racism protests and […]
Plastic ‘has entered’ Antarctic terrestrial food chain	25.6.2020	Raw Story
Scientists have found bits of polystyrene in the guts of tiny, soil-dwelling organisms in the Antarctic, raising concern that microplastics pollution has already “deeply” entered the world’s most remote land-based food systems. While the infiltration of microplastics throughout the oceans is well-known, researchers said their findings provided the first evidence of contamination in the Antarctic […]
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