#Young activists call for seat at climate table

#Young activists call for seat at climate table

“#Young activists call for seat at climate table” MILAN, Sept 30 — Young activists attending this week’s climate talks in Milan are asking for a seat at the table during the upcoming U.N. COP26 summit in Glasgow to have a say in how decisions shaping their future are made. Thousands of young campaigners, including Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, converged on Milan this week to have their voices heard and put…

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#It’s time to come together on climate

#It’s time to come together on climate

“#It’s time to come together on climate” Opinion: We are entering what needs to be the most intensive period of carbon reduction planning in our country’s history. Canadians are ready. Rick Smith and Peter Nicholson are the President and Chair, respectively, of the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices Elections, by definition, are moments when the differences…

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#Get ready for climate-change ’emergency’ lockdowns

#Get ready for climate-change ’emergency’ lockdowns

“#Get ready for climate-change ’emergency’ lockdowns” President Biden claims recent hurricanes prove we’re in a “climate crisis” — “code red” for the world, he warns. White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy adds that climate is now a “health emergency.” It’s convenient for politicians to treat every hurricane, tornado and flood as an apocalyptic sign from…

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#Biden’s arrogance, Rolling Stone’s fake news and more

#Biden’s arrogance, Rolling Stone’s fake news and more

“#Biden’s arrogance, Rolling Stone’s fake news and more” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions: This statement: “The people . . . yelling that we’re interfering with free enterprise by doing something about climate change. . . .  They don’t understand.” — President Biden, after he was heckled, Sept. 8 President Joe Biden AFP via…

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#Tree planting efforts aren’t replacing burned US forests

#Tree planting efforts aren’t replacing burned US forests

“#Tree planting efforts aren’t replacing burned US forests” DEER LAKE MESA, NM, Sept 9 — Experimental pine seedlings poke from the rocky New Mexico earth, the only living evergreens on a hillside torched by one of the US West’s drought-driven wildfires. These climate-smart sprouts about 30 miles east of Taos are part of a push to increase…

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#Solar could power 40% of US electricity by 2035: report

#Solar could power 40% of US electricity by 2035: report

“#Solar could power 40% of US electricity by 2035: report” WASHINGTON — Solar energy has the potential to supply up to 40 percent of the nation’s electricity within 15 years — a 10-fold increase over current solar output, but one that would require massive changes in US policy and billions of dollars in federal investment…

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#Over 200 medical journals cosign ‘catastrophic’ warning

#Over 200 medical journals cosign ‘catastrophic’ warning

“#Over 200 medical journals cosign ‘catastrophic’ warning” More than 200 leading health journals have issued a joint statement — a “call for emergency action” by world leaders to protect public health in the face of rising global temperatures and diminishing biodiversity. Prominent peer-reviewed journals including the BMJ, the Lancet and the New England Journal of…

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