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The middle class have a huge impact on climate change compared to the poor.

Tue, 2023-11-21 10:03 — mike kraft
Revealed: the huge climate impact of the middle classes Carbon emissions of richest 10% are up to 40 times bigger than poorest, and ignoring divide may make ending climate crisis impossible, experts say The Guardian

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Canadian government to launch subsidies for carbon capture, clean tech--source

Mon, 2023-11-20 18:53 — mike kraft
Canada to launch subsidies for carbon capture, clean tech - source Canada's government will present legislation this month to start paying subsidies for carbon capture and net-zero energy projects, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Steve Scherer Reuters
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Germany’s highest court blocks government effort to shift billions in COVID relief funding for climate measures

Fri, 2023-11-17 11:11 — mike kraft

 

Germany's highest court annuls a decision to repurpose COVID relief funding for climate measures Germany’s highest court has annulled a government decision to repurpose 60 billion euros ($65 billion) originally meant to cushion the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic for measures to help combat climate change and modernize the country. AP News

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The court ruled that the government’s move was unconstitutional and said it will have to find other ways of filling the resulting hole in the climate fund.

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Climate change is killing Pacific Northwest's red cedars

Fri, 2023-11-17 11:02 — mike kraft
Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests Iconic red cedars — known as the “Tree of Life” — and other tree species in the Pacific Northwest have been dying because of climate-induced drought, researchers say. AP News

 

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No end to rising greenhouse gases; more than half of world's richest companies quetly lobby againstg climate change policies

Fri, 2023-11-17 10:02 — mike kraft

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Canada's forest fires undermine its efforts to fight climate change and be a major oil nation

Fri, 2023-11-10 18:03 — mike kraft

 

Canada says it can fight climate change and be major oil nation. Massive fires may force a reckoning Thousands of wildfires in Canada have incinerated an area larger than Florida since May. Early estimates say the fires have released into the atmosphere more than three times the carbon dioxide that Canada’s entire economy does in a year. AP News

 

 

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September temperatures set records; 2023 on track to hotest ever; North American Great Lakes affected

Thu, 2023-10-05 11:23 — mike kraft
September sizzled to records and was so much warmer than average scientists call it 'mind-blowing' After a record-smashing hot summer, Earth's warming somehow got even worse in September. The European climate agency says temperatures last month set a new mark for how far above normal they hit. AP News

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Climate change: New U.S. map shows how climate change affects U.S. counties

Tue, 2023-10-03 11:44 — mike kraft

 

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Louisiana's drinking water threatened by salt water; Biden administration to send dsaster assistance

Wed, 2023-09-27 19:16 — mike kraft
Biden to send disaster assistance to Louisiana, as salt water threatens the state's drinking water For the second year in a row, salt water from the Gulf of Mexico has moved further up the Mississippi, threatening drinking water in communities that rely on the river for fresh water. AP News

 

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The increased solar energy and electric vehicle sales boosts hope for climate goals-- report

Wed, 2023-09-27 10:13 — mike kraft
Boost in solar energy and electric vehicle sales gives hope for climate goals, report says Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) is becoming harder but a narrow window remains because clean energy infrastructure has grown around the world, a new report said Tuesday. AP News
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