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Thu, 2011-06-23 09:24 — mdmcdonald
The Climate Change working group is focused on bringing climate science to effective regulatory policy and stimulating the growth of a green economy.

The mission of the Climate Change is to bring climate science to effective regulatory policy and stimulating the growth of a green economy.

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Earth is danger zone in nearly all ecological ways--study

Thu, 2023-06-01 18:00 — mike kraft
Earth is 'really quite sick now' and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says A new study says Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that’s losing its natural areas, but for well-being of people living on it. The study, published Wednesday, looks not just at guardrails for the planetary ecosystem but for the first time it includes measures of “justice,” which is mostly about preventing harm for groups of people.
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Some financial pledges to fight climate change went to strange projects

Thu, 2023-06-01 11:17 — mike kraft
A pledge to fight climate change is sending money to strange places Rich countries promised $100 billion a year to reduce the effects of global warming. Reuters found large sums went to a coal plant, a hotel and chocolate shops. Reuters

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Although a coal plant, a hotel, chocolate stores, a movie and an airport expansion don’t seem like efforts to combat global warming, nothing prevented the governments that funded them from reporting them as such to the United Nations and counting them toward their giving total.

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Analysis: Record breaking heat in Spain, North Africa impossible without climate change

Mon, 2023-05-08 09:56 — mike kraft
Spain's April heat nearly impossible without climate change Record-breaking April temperatures in Spain, Portugal and northern Africa were made 100 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new flash study found, and would have been almost impossible in the past. A group of international scientists did a rapid computer and statistical analysis of a late April heat wave that stretched across the Iberian peninsula into Algeria and Morocco. The peaks of the heat wave varied from 36.9 degrees Celsius (98.4 degrees Fahrenheit) to 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 degrees Fahrenheit) degrees in the four countries.
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How El Nino is expected to cause more weather extremes in the U.S.

Thu, 2023-05-04 11:31 — mike kraft
El Niño is coming. Here's what that means for weather in the U.S. Warmer sea waters have many far-ranging effects. In the new pattern, some parts of the U.S. could get relief from drought, while others might see fewer hurricanes. NPR

As hot as the Earth's weather has been in recent years, it's about to get hotter: El Niño is on the way, with warmer sea temperatures promising new weather extremes, U.S. and international forecasters say.

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Climate change law suits: Supreme Court declines to hear appeals from fossil fuel companies

Tue, 2023-04-25 10:34 — mike kraft
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeals From Fossil Fuel Companies in Climate Change Lawsuits - Inside Climate News WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear five appeals from the fossil fuel industry seeking to move climate change lawsuits it faces to the federal courts. The decision opens the door for Baltimore and other cities, states and counties to pursue their claims for damages from climate-related extreme weather events, flooding and sea-level rise […] Katelyn Weisbrod Inside Climate News

 

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Recent, rapid ocean warming causes alarm among scientists

Tue, 2023-04-25 10:24 — mike kraft
Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists There’s growing concern that the oceans are heating up quickly – and scientists are unsure of the implications. BBC News

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This month, the global sea surface hit a new record high temperature. It has never warmed this much, this quickl

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Administration Recommends $562M Investment to Make U.S. Communities More Resilient to Climate Impacts

Mon, 2023-04-24 10:18 — mike kraft
Biden-Harris Administration Recommends $562M Investment to Make Communities Resilient to Climate Impacts - HS Today The funding for nearly 150 projects across 30 coastal states and territories is designed to make communities and the economy more resilient to climate change.
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World's 2022 weather problems reached record levels--UN weather agency

Fri, 2023-04-21 11:04 — mike kraft
UN's weather agency: 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot Looking back at 2022’s weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organization says last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. The United Nations' climate agency in a Friday report says killer floods, droughts and heat waves hit around the world, costing many billions of dollars. Global ocean heat and acidity levels hit record highs and Antarctic sea ice and European Alps glaciers reached record low amounts. Last year was the fifth or sixth hottest depending on measuring techniques.
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Air pollution, severe heat waves affect U.S. West, Asia

Wed, 2023-04-19 10:21 — mike kraft
California and other Western states see spikes in unhealthy air pollution as national levels improve Ozone smog is improving, but wildfires in the West continue to expose people to dangerous pollutants, according to a new report. NBC News
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EU lawmakers reach deals on emissions trading, carbon tax

Tue, 2023-04-18 09:39 — mike kraft
EU lawmakers adopt deals on emissions trading, carbon tax European Union lawmakers have adopted on Tuesday key pieces of a package designed to achieve the EU’s climate goals of cutting emissions of the gases that cause global warming by 55% over this decade. European Parliament members approved deals to reform the 27-nation bloc’s emissions trading system and to create a new hardship fund for vulnerable households and small businesses affected by higher fuel costs arising from the new measures. The emissions trading system covers about 40% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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