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Arctic & AntarcticaBuildingsCanadaCitiesDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMethaneSub-National Governments
Permafrost in Remote Canadian Arctic Thawing 70 Years Earlier Than Predicted
Permafrost in the remotest parts of the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, providing further evidence that the global climate crisis ... -
U.S. Fertilizer Plants Emit 100 Times More Methane Than They Report, Field Research Shows
There’s a yawning gap between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimate for climate-busting methane emissions in America’s industrial sector and real-world levels of ... -
Cracked, Leaking Storage Tanks Point to Alarming Safety Risks for Leading U.S. LNG Exporter
A series of leaks and cracks in the massive liquefied natural gas storage tanks operated by Cheniere Energy, the Houston company that until recently ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementFinance & InvestmentHydroMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Quebec LNG Megaproject Would Boost Emissions by 37 Million Tonnes Per Year
The GNL Quebec liquefied natural gas megaproject would increase life cycle greenhouse gas emissions by more than 37 million tonnes per year, a group ... -
Oregon Senate Adopts Five-Year Fracking Moratorium
The Oregon State Senate adopted a five-year moratorium on oil and gas fracking last week, after amending a House resolution calling for a 10-year ... -
Batteries/StorageEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsMethaneOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarUnited StatesWind
Roberts: Oil Change International Report Confirms No Space for New Natural Gas Development
That there is vanishingly little space for natural gas in a world that wishes to stay below 2.0°C average global warming is a fact ... -
Sharp Rise in Tropical Methane May Signal New Emissions Feedback Loop
A sharp, unexpected increase in methane emissions from the tropics, possibly a result of a climate feedback loop, now poses a significant threat to ... -
Energy SubsidiesHealth & SafetyMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
With Industry Dating Back to 1859, Pennsylvania Struggles with 200,000+ Orphan Wells
Although pressure is building on the fossil industry to address fugitive emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells, deadbeat drillers and insufficient public funds ... -
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Food Waste Composting Would Save 2.28 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Normalizing and intensifying the composting of food waste ranks #60 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to reduce atmospheric carbon by 2.28 gigatons by 2050. -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMethaneUnited States
Rapid Warming Devastates Alaska Ecosystems, Destroys Ways of Life
Record-high sea surface temperatures, record-low Bering Sea ice, and the early disappearance of river ice in Alaska this winter are among the red flags ... -
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New Zealand Promises Net Zero by 2050 for All Greenhouse Gases Except Methane
New Zealand will cut net emissions to zero for all greenhouse gases except methane by 2050, under a draft law sent to parliament on ... -
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Permafrost Loss Could Produce $70 Trillion in Long-Term Costs, and Abrupt Thawing May Make It Worse
Just a week after researchers placed the cost of Arctic ice and permafrost melt as high as US$70 trillion, albeit over a span of ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMethaneOceans
Canada’s Arctic is Warmest in 10,000 Years as Region Faces ‘Unprecedented’ Change
Canada’s Arctic is the hottest it’s been in 10,000 years, and the Arctic as a whole is being transformed into an “unprecedented state”, according ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureMethane
Rapid Warming Turning Banks Island to Mush, Triggers 60-Fold Increase in Landslides
Rapid regional warming is turning Banks Island in the Canadian High Arctic to mush, according to a new study in the journal Nature Communications, ... -
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Lookback from 2050: NPR Essay Shows How We Got Climate Change Under Control
It’s 2050. We’ve got climate change under control. And we got the job done through mass electrification, reimagining cities, protecting forests, and changing the ...
