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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, ... -
AfricaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBuildingsCanadaCitiesCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEuropeFood SecurityForests & DeforestationJobsMethanePathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSoil & Natural SequestrationSolarSouth & Central AmericaTransitUnited StatesWalking & BikingWind
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 ... -
BioenergyEnergy PoliticsFood SecurityMethanePost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingSoil & Natural SequestrationSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Rural Leaders Must ‘Come Out of Their Foxholes’ on Climate, Farm Writer Urges
It’s time for the “sharp lawmakers and staff” on the U.S. House and Senate agriculture committees to bring their expertise on farm and rural ... -
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Massive Arctic Warming Can Still Be Averted by Rapid GHG Cuts, Carbon Brief Concludes
Climate analysts are taking a second look at a key paragraph in a widely-reported study, published last week by the UN Environment Program, that ... -
Electricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentMethaneOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingUnited States
Shell Aims to Become World’s Biggest Electricity Company, But Devotes Just 5% of Investment to New Energy
Royal Dutch Shell is setting out to remake itself as the world’s leading electric power company by the early 2030s, earmarking US$2 billion per ... -
Marshall: Plugging Methane Leaks Should Be a ‘No-Brainer’ for Canadian Fossils
Even if Canadian fossils are intent on obstructing even the most basic national response to climate change, the least they could do is get ... -
AfricaAir & MarineAustraliaCanadaChinaEuropeFinance & InvestmentMethanePipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingUnited States
Consultant Touts ‘Virtual Pipelines’ to Build Customer Base for LNG
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers are beginning to depend on “virtual pipelines” to move their product to customers located beyond their countries’ regular pipeline ... -
Earlier Arctic Rains Speed Permafrost Loss, Boost Methane Emissions
A study of a single wetland in Alaska suggests that earlier spring rains in the Arctic are speeding up permafrost melt that will in ... -
Atmospheric Methane Increases Could ‘Negate or Reverse Progress’ on CO2 Cuts
Increases in atmospheric methane between 2014 and 2017 could put the targets in the Paris Agreement out of reach, and point to the “urgent ... -
Intensive Silvopasture Could Cut Methane Emissions, Boost Carbon Sequestration in Animal Agriculture
Intensive silvopasture is one of the 20 carbon reduction options that Drawdown lists as Coming Attractions—strategies that weren’t ready for prime time when the book ... -
China Largely Failing to Curb Methane Emissions from Coal Mines
China’s ambitious plans to prevent climate-wrecking methane from slipping out of its coal mines and into the atmosphere have so far proven ineffectual, according ...
