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18 June 2018
Global warming cooks up 'a different world' over 3 decades
We were warned. In June '88 James Hansen said global warming was here & would worsen. It did. First in a series.
New research finds that few of the millions of planted trees in Africa's Great Green Wall survive due to limited rainfall, grazing livestock, and slow disbursement of pledged funds.
Food group Nestlé says it has withdrawn from a global alliance for cutting methane emissions that aims to reduce the impact of dairy farming on global warming.
As the Trump administration slashes federal support for renewable energy, states like Massachusetts are expanding their own clean energy programs to fill the policy gap — investing billions in solar, battery storage, and grid modernization to curb emissions and stabilize energy costs.
Sprawling AI data centers, hungry for land, water and power, are coming. Plans for the world’s largest, called Wonder Valley, are underway in a drought-stricken region in Alberta.
Recycling doesn’t address any of plastic’s human and environmental impacts. It’s essentially another form of plastic production, one that usually hurts low-income communities.
One facility has emitted cancer-causing chemicals into waterways at levels up to 520% higher than legal limits.
“They're terrorizing these scientists because they want to keep them silent.”
"The reality is, we are not exposed to one chemical at a time.”
A new report assesses the administration’s progress and makes new recommendations
“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”
“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny.