#How climate change made Venus impossible to inhabit

#How climate change made Venus impossible to inhabit

“#How climate change made Venus impossible to inhabit” We can learn a lot about climate change from Venus, our sister planet. Venus currently has a surface temperature of 450℃ (the temperature of an oven’s self-cleaning cycle) and an atmosphere dominated by carbon dioxide (96%) with a density 90 times that of Earth’s. Venus is a…

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#Indigenous leadership is crucial to protecting the planet

#Indigenous leadership is crucial to protecting the planet

“#Indigenous leadership is crucial to protecting the planet” Murray Sinclair: Indigenous peoples have lived in balance with ecosystems since time immemorial. Our wisdom does not privilege humans above all other beings—a spirituality of humility, not dominion. Senator Murray Sinclair served as chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whose report includes 94 calls to…

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#Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in three months, Chilean scientists say

#Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in three months, Chilean scientists say

“#Antarctica rocked by 30,000 tremors in three months, Chilean scientists say” SANTIAGO – More than 30,000 tremors have rocked Antarctica since the end of August, according to the University of Chile, a spike in seismic activity that has intrigued researchers who study the remote, snowbound continent. Scientists with the university’s National Seismological Center said the…

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#World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7 percent in pandemic-hit 2020

#World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7 percent in pandemic-hit 2020

“#World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7 percent in pandemic-hit 2020” A locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by 7%, the biggest drop ever, new preliminary figures show. The Global Carbon Project, an authoritative group of dozens of international scientists who track emissions, calculated that the world will have put 37 billion U.S….

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#EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks

#EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks

“#EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks” BRUSSELS — European Union leaders reached a hard-fought deal Friday to cut the bloc’s net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the end of the decade compared with 1990 levels, avoiding a hugely embarrassing deadlock ahead of a U.N. climate meeting this weekend. Following…

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#Denmark to end oil, gas extraction in North Sea

#Denmark to end oil, gas extraction in North Sea

“#Denmark to end oil, gas extraction in North Sea” COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark has decided to end all oil and gas activities in the North Sea by 2050 and has cancelled its latest licensing round, saying the country is “now putting an end to the fossil fuel era.” The Danish Parliament voted late Thursday to…

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#Uber, JetBlue join Amazon-backed Climate Pledge

#Uber, JetBlue join Amazon-backed Climate Pledge

“#Uber, JetBlue join Amazon-backed Climate Pledge” Amazon said Wednesday that five companies, including Uber and JetBlue, have joined its Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos last year pledged to make the largest US e-commerce company net carbon neutral by 2040, as employees and consumers around the…

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#Tapping Tanden burns Bernie-ites and other commentary

#Tapping Tanden burns Bernie-ites and other commentary

“#Tapping Tanden burns Bernie-ites and other commentary” From the left: Tapping Tanden Burns Bernie-ites Neera Tanden, Joe Biden’s pick to run the Office of Management and Budget, “is famous for two things,” notes Matt Taibbi at his TK News site: “Having a puddle of DNC talking points in place of a cerebrum, and ­despising Bernie…

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