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Warren Releases Environmental Justice Platform
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released a new environmental justice plan this week as she continued her quest for her party’s 2020 presidential nomination. -
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Watt-Cloutier: Protecting the Arctic from Runaway Warming is ‘the Test of Our Time’
Protecting the Arctic from rapid warming is one of the essential steps in averting runaway climate change for the entire planet, Inuit leader Sheila ... -
UK Needs Distance-Based Fees as EVs Drive Down Gas Tax Revenues
The United Kingdom stands to lose billions of pounds per year in gas tax revenues as drivers increasingly shift from internal combustion to electric ... -
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Net Zero Buildings Would Save At Least 1.7 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Net Zero Buildings place #79 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, capable of sequestering 7.1 gigatons of carbon by 2050 if only 9.7% of ... -
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Toronto Unanimously Adopts Climate Emergency Resolution, Still Rebuilds Major Highway
The City of Toronto unanimously adopted a climate emergency resolution Wednesday morning and reaffirmed its plan to bring its greenhouse gas emissions to net ... -
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Warming Will Produce Rapid Sea Level Rise, Annual ‘100-Year’ Storms, Declining Fish Stocks, Shrinking Glaciers Without Fast Climate Action: IPCC
The world’s oceans will rise nearly one metre (three feet) by 2100, 100-year coastal storms and flooding will happen annually, fish stocks will see ... -
#ClimateStrike in Pictures: Quiet, Staid Ottawa Comes to Life
Angry. Joyous. Creative. Determined. Loud. Ottawa isn't a town that usually comes out in large numbers for public marches. For #ClimateStrike September 27, 20,000 ... -
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All Eyes on 2020 After UN Climate (Action) Summit Fails to Deliver
The tepid results of last week’s United Nations Climate Summit pointed to the need for political will to match the urgency of the climate ... -
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UN Climate Summit Falls Short as Major Emitters Fail to Commit
With 77 smaller countries pledging to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but the world’s biggest emitters largely failing to step up, UN ...
