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Analysis: How various American cities are poised to deal with climate disasters

Fri, 2024-11-22 18:10 — mike kraft
Advice | See if your city is poised to bounce back from the next climate disaster Communities across the United States face extreme weather, but some are prepared to thrive. Find out how your city ranks. Washington Post
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Climate summit proposal agreement calls on rich countries to pay $250B a year

Fri, 2024-11-22 10:38 — mike kraft
Climate proposal would see rich countries pay $250B a year The draft agreement comes with many uncertainties about which nations will provide how much financing to poorer countries, especially with a new Trump era looming in the U.S. Politico
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Analysis: How climate change prompted dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves--new studies

Mon, 2024-11-18 10:44 — mike kraft
Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal Exclusive: Analyses are stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity The Guardian
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Republicans are also working to Trump-proof their district's federal climate control funding

Fri, 2024-11-15 11:55 — mike kraft
It’s not just Democrats. Republicans are working to Trump-proof their climate money | CNN President Joe Biden’s climate law is on the chopping block as Republicans prepare to have full control in Washington. Ella Nilsen, Renée Rigdon CNN

President Joe Biden’s climate law is on the chopping block as Republicans prepare to have full control in Washington.

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Four global policies could eliminate >90% of plastic waste and 30% of linked carbon emissions by 2050 --study

Fri, 2024-11-15 11:31 — mike kraft
Study finds four global policies could eliminate >90% of plastic waste and 30% of linked carbon emissions by 2050 A study released in Science determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste—plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution—by 91% and plastic-related ... University of California - Santa Barbara Phys.org

A study released in Science determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste—plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution—by 91% and plastic-related greenhouse gases by one-third. ...

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Analysis: Impact of Trump's climate policies 'recoverable'. climate change group estimates

Fri, 2024-11-15 11:11 — mike kraft
Researchers say impact of Trump's climate policies 'recoverable' US president-elect Donald Trump's expected climate rollbacks will likely have a "small" impact on global warming, as long as other countries resist the temptation to slacken their own carbon-cutting efforts, ... Kelly MACNAMARA Phys.org

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In a new analysis of countries' climate plans, the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) project said Trump's potential retreat from the green transition could increase global temperatures by around 0.04C by the end of the century.

Bill Hare of Climate Analytics, one of the groups behind the tracker, said the effect could be "really quite small".

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Current U.N. COP climate talks "no longer fit for purpose" --letter by senior U.N. experts

Fri, 2024-11-15 11:04 — mike kraft
COP29: UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say experts Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a "gift of God". BBC News

The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a former UN secretary general and former UN climate chief have said.

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COP29 climate talks urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer countries, but agreement considered difficult

Thu, 2024-11-14 11:48 — mike kraft

COP29 climate talks urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer countries

BAKU, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Developing countries need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to cope with climate change, economists told U.N. talks in Baku, where early efforts to reach a finance deal risk being overshadowed by diplomatic disputes.
 
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Air pollution may be associated with increased eczema, more miscarriage risk --studies

Thu, 2024-11-14 10:42 — mike kraft
Air pollution exposure may be associated with eczema, study finds People living in areas with higher levels of air pollution are more likely to have eczema, according to a new study published November 13, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Dr. Jeffrey Cohen ... Public Library of Science Medical Xpress
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Biden administration finalized a regulation to curb methane leaks; could be difficult for Trump administration to dismantle

Thu, 2024-11-14 10:26 — mike kraft

Biden just finalized a major climate rule. This one could be tricky for Trump to dismantle

The Environmental Protection Agency just finalized one of the Biden administration’s only outstanding climate rules, aimed at cracking down on leaks of methane — a potent planet-warming gas with an outsized impact on the climate.

The rule, proposed nearly a year ago, was mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act, which could make it more difficult for the second Trump administration to dismantle.

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