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https://www.grid.news/story/climate/2023/01/31/record-2022-profits-show-the-oil-and-gas-industry-remains-strong-as-climate-change-worsens/
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Record 2022 profits show the oil and gas industry remains strong as climate change worsens
Meeting climate targets would mean a rapidly shrinking oil and gas sector, but companies are raking in money and continuing to expand.Dave Levitan (Grid News)
This has profound consequences for climate action, as it shows that people on low incomes within developed countries are contributing less to the climate crisis, while rich people in developing countries have much bigger carbon footprints than was previously acknowledged
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/31/emissions-divide-now-greater-within-countries-than-between-them-study
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Emissions divide now greater within countries than between them – study
Report finds ‘relatively small group’ of rich people contribute disproportionately to emissionsFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
https://electrek.co/2023/01/31/inflation-reduction-act-wont-be-enough-to-meet-paris-climate-goals-says-dieselgate-whistleblower/
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The dominant system of capital and state has already made its choice: it
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/the-battle-of-lutzerath
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The Battle of Lützerath Marks Beginning of a New Stage for Global Climate Movement
The dominant system of capital and state has already made its choice: it wants collapse and will violently confront anyone who opposes it.joao-camargo (Common Dreams)
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/temperature-extremes-plus-ecological-marginalization-raise-species-risk-studies/
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Temperature extremes, plus ecological marginalization, raise species risk: Studies
As human activities have pushed many animal species to the margins of former habitats, some protected areas may not be located in the right places, especially as frequent extreme temperatures shrink their ranges further.Glenn Scherer (Conservation news)
Does anyone working in #environmental #science, #ecoevo or #ecology have experience extracting WorldClim data using R?
I am struggling to extract the montly weather data for selected coordinates from the latest version of WorldClim.
https://www.ecowatch.com/uk-celebs-climate-action-uk-banks.html
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UK Celebs Join Campaign to Get Top UK Banks to Stop Funding Fossil Fuel Expansion
Now, famed screenwriter and director Richard Curtis wants them to curb their dirty spending habits, and he’s enlisting some big names in his campaign including actors Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance.Olivia Rosane (EcoWatch)
La UE está lejos de cumplir los objetivos de consumo de energía renovable
El porcentaje medio es del 21,8% y en España un 20,7%, tres veces menos que Suecia, 62,6%
El consumo en renovables en la UE, apenas alcanzó el 21,8% en 2021. En comparación con 2020, esta fue una disminución de 0,3 puntos porcentuales, el primer descenso desde que comenzó a valorarse este indicador.
Que nadie olvide que biomassa, es decir quemar bosques cuenta como renovables.
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https://murciaeconomia.com/art/89854/la-ue-esta-lejos-de-cumplir-los-objetivos-de-consumo-de-energia-renovable/
En l'actualitat, la humanitat es troba en un camí d'entre 2,2 °C i 3,4 °C d'escalfament, amb 2,4 °C el valor més probable si els països compleixen les reduccions d'emissions que es van comprometre a fer el 2030
Però és probable que els augments de temperatura estiguin a l'extrem superior de la gamma si no es mantenen les promeses i continua el business as usual.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00039-8
Don’t wait for COP: the end of the fossil-fuel age must start now
UN climate conferences are too beholden to oil and gas interests. Like-minded nations must come together to keep climate hopes alive.www.nature.com
Segun Hydrogen Science Coalition, en el proceso de producción de hidrógeno por electrólisis a partir, por ejemplo, de fuentes renovables y durante su transporte por gasoducto, se puede llegar a perder hasta un 80% de la energía invertida.
El gasoductos que transportará en principio hidrógeno será adjudicado a Enagás y costará entre 2.500 y 3.000 millones de euros procedentes de las arcas públicas»
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https://www.energias-renovables.com/panorama/el-hidrogeno-verde-pierde-por-el-camino-20230119
Panorama - El hidrógeno verde pierde por el camino hasta el 80% de la energía invertida en su producción - Energías Renovables, el periodismo de las energías limpias.
Encuentra las últimas noticias sobre energías renovables: eólica, fotovoltaica, termosolar, solar térmica, biomasa, biogás, almacenamiento energético, baterías, movilidad sostenible.Energías Renovables, el periodismo de las energías limpias.
warns that local match requirements are putting rural communities in particular at a disadvantage. Many lack the resources to both apply for grant projects and also to sustain their portion of funding through the lifetime of a project
https://grist.org/cities/the-unexpected-barrier-preventing-american-small-towns-from-accessing-federal-climate-funds/
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The unexpected barrier preventing American small towns from accessing federal climate funds
The infrastructure law allocated more than $50 billion to make America more resilient to climate change. But much of that money comes with a catch.Brett Marsh (Grist)
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/01/20/news/high-tech-capitalist-solutions-climate-crisis-just-feed-racism
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How high-tech, capitalist solutions to the climate crisis just feed racism
UN rapporteur Tendayi Achiume says projects are at the expense of marginalized groups and Indigenous Peoples.Damien Gayle (Canada's National Observer)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/18/climate-change-glacier-antarctica/
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How a seal and a robot helped uncover a potential climate change disaster
Scientists discovered a climate change disaster waiting to happen in one of the most mysterious regions on Earth: vast glaciers in West Antarctica.Chris Mooney (The Washington Post)
Carnivorous oyster mushrooms can kill roundworms with “nerve gas in a lollipop”
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ID'd the culprit as the volatile ketone 3-octanone.Ars Technica
La disminució de la fertilitat als països en desenvolupament no depèn del creixement econòmic, sinó que segueix l'ús anticonceptiu
En un estudi a llarg termini publicat recentment no vam trobar relacions entre fertilitat i creixement econòmic, sinó una forta associació amb l'anticoncepció moderna: les taxes de natalitat als països en desenvolupament van disminuir linealment amb l'augment de l'ús d'anticonceptius.
Això suggereix que un finançament adequat per a la planificació familiar és important per reduir les taxes de natalitat als països amb una fecunditat insosteniblement alta.
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https://overpopulation-project.com/fertility-decline-in-developing-countries-does-not-depend-on-economic-growth-but-follows-contraceptive-use/
Fertility decline in developing countries does not depend on economic growth but follows contraceptive use - The Overpopulation Project
Decline in fertility rate in developing countries being dependent on economic growth is incorrect, being more dependent on contraceptive useOverpopulation Research Project (The Overpopulation Project)
L'allunyament del món de la seva dependència actual dels combustibles fòssils serà el projecte tècnic més gran, car i complex mai intentat pels humans. Si falla, podria significar la fi de la civilització industrial.
Una transició lluny dels combustibles fòssils no és opcional; d'alguna forma o altra, és inevitable.
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https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-12-19/can-civilization-survive/
Can Civilization Survive? These Studies Might Tell Us - Resilience
Trained analysts are using computer-based models to gauge what the energy transition will mean, and how it can best be accomplished. But, so far, transition modeling has received remarkably little attention from policy makers or the general public.Resilience (Resilience.org)

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Study suggests the thousands of dams clogged with sediment pose a threat to water supplies
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/11/worlds-large-dams-could-lose-quarter-of-capacity-by-2050-says-un
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incentives to mine and process critical battery minerals, funding to revamp EV and battery manufacturing facilities and build new ones, and more
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2023/01/11/federal-safety-watchdog-concerned-about-ev-weight-size-in-crashes/69800056007/
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Federal safety watchdog concerned about EV weight, size in crashes
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said EVs are important in addressing the climate crisis, but must come with safety considerations.Riley Beggin (The Detroit News)
Smart AC works by using advanced sensors, triggers and AI algorithms to vastly optimize cooling and heating, saving users electricity, money and climate-related guilt
https://www.jpost.com/cybertech/article-728230
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Congress routinely authorizes tax breaks of about $20.5 billion annually to encourage fossil energy production. However, the actual cost to society is about $662 billion when we count fossil fuel’s social, public health and environmental impacts
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3805766-how-congress-forces-us-to-cause-climate-change/
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How Congress forces us to cause climate change
As we prepare our income tax filings for 2022, we know Congress will spend some of our money on things we don’t like. We can shrug off most of it.William S. Becker, opinion contributor (The Hill)
https://www.miragenews.com/leafy-areas-linked-to-better-heart-health-study-926159/
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https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-rr-turbines-birds-letter-20230109-5tdjb45v35b6ro3k23fokrzwly-story.html
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Climate change a far bigger environmental danger (to birds and humans) than wind turbines | READER COMMENTARY
Whatever danger turbines pose to birds, it's not even close to how greenhouse gas emissions threaten the planet and nearly all its inhabitants.Baltimore Sun
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FRANKFURT/MUNICH, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Hurricane Ian in the United States and floods and Australia helped to make 2022 one of the costliest years on record for natural disasters
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/hurricanes-floods-bring-120-billion-insurance-losses-2022-2023-01-09/
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Hurricanes and floods bring $120 billion in insurance losses in 2022
Hurricane Ian in the United States and floods and Australia helped to make 2022 one of the costliest years on record for natural disasters, Munich Re said on Tuesday, warning that climate change was making storms more intense and frequent.Reuters
https://www.marinij.com/2023/01/06/want-to-help-mitigate-climate-change-treat-your-soil-like-gold/
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Want to help mitigate climate change? Treat your soil like gold
By unlocking soil’s profound ability to capture carbon, you can help mitigate climate change while growing a beautiful garden at the same time..Marie Narlock (Marin Independent Journal)
Join us! https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html
Let's fight the #eWaste 'tsunami' with over 4500 Eiffel towers worth generated a year (see comment).
With this right, millions of devices can stay in use and out of landfills and new devices aren't produced & shipped unnecessarily!
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Open letter for the right to install any software on any device - FSFE
Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. We enable people to use, understand, adapt, and share software.FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2023/01/01/pretending-nature-based-solutions-will-solve-the-climate-crisis-is-perverse-and-delusional.html
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Pretending ‘nature-based solutions’ will solve the climate crisis is perverse and delusional
We cannot hide behind language that tells a bizarre story about how the planet we are in the process of destroying is simultaneously going to save us.Toronto Star
https://time.com/6243776/brazil-lula-amazon-environment-minister/
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Brazil's Lula Taps an Amazon Activist for Environment Minister
Brazil's President-elect announced Thursday that Amazon activist Marina Silva will be the country's next minister of environment.FABIANO MAISONNAVE / AP (Time)
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Local authorities across the country have approved high carbon infrastructure projects such as airport expansions and motorways despite declaring climate emergencies and making commitments to become net zero within the next decade
https://inews.co.uk/news/councils-approve-airport-expansions-oil-drilling-motorways-despite-net-zero-2030-2026291
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Councils approve airport expansions, oil drilling and motorways despite pledges to hit net zero by 2030
Campaigners say they fear councils are not taking their climate commitments seriously as many continue to support high carbon infrastructure projects in their local areasLucie Heath (iNews)
https://www.mtlblog.com/a-survey-revealed-canadians-biggest-worries-for-2023-theyre-pretty-gloomy
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A Survey Revealed Canadians' Biggest Worries For 2023 & They're Pretty Gloomy
Once a time of optimism, the heralding of the new year might nowadays feel more like a meditation in worst-case scenarios. And a recent Leger survey reveals just how gloomy some Canadians' outlook for 2023 has become.Thomas MacDonald (MTL Blog)
Less snow is falling in a warming world, but higher temperatures also allow the air to hold more water, creating additional precipitation
https://www.nytimes.com/article/climate-change-snow-storms.html
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https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/heres-why-climate-change-is-making-air-travel-more-dangerous-according-to-experts/4008382/
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Here's Why Climate Change Is Making Air Travel More Dangerous, According to Experts
U.S. airlines have made steady improvements to their overall accident rate in recent years. But turbulence continues to be a major cause of accidents and…Ben Finley (NBC New York)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/millions-of-dollars-in-federal-pollution-fines-sit-unused-in-conservation-fund-audit_4937332.html
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Millions of Dollars in Federal Pollution Fines Sit Unused in Conservation Fund: Audit
Millions of dollars collected by the federal government through fines levied on big polluters have sat unused in a conservation fund intended to be used for environmental initiatives, a recent audit found.Peter Wilson (The Epoch Times)
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/2022/12/21/spain-records-hottest-year-ever-in-2022
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https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/12/21/ray-of-hope-climate-action-professionals-share-why-2022-was-an-optimistic-year
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'Ray of hope’: Climate action professionals share why 2022 was an optimistic year
As we look back at 2022, it’s not all doom and gloom when it comes to climate action.Lottie Limb (Euronews.com)
https://www.thenational.scot/news/23205447.plans-double-onshore-wind-capacity-scotland-2030-announced/
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https://www.ehn.org/plastic-regulation-2658993359.html
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Lawmakers push Biden administration to act faster on plastic pollution
A new letter urges President Biden to “set meaningful standards to address the global plastic pollution crisis at home and beyond.”Brian Bienkowski (EHN)
https://globalnews.ca/news/9362154/alberta-winter-cycling-edmonton-calgary/
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Winter cycling in Alberta growing more popular
When Edmonton city council approved $100 million to build out a network of bike lanes, many condemned the decision, saying Alberta’s climate is not conducive to cycling.Stephanie Swensrude (Global News)
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3780934-congress-must-invest-in-international-climate-action-while-it-has-the-chance/
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Congress must invest in international climate action while it has the chance
By Christmas, the world will know if the U.S. is serious about fulfilling climate finance commitments.Dan Lashof, opinion contributor (The Hill)
https://www.romania-insider.com/romanians-among-least-concerned-climate-change-survey
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Romanians among those least concerned about climate change, survey shows
Two-thirds of global respondents in a recent Ipsos survey expect more extreme weather in 2023 than this year, but onlradu.dumitrescu (Romania Insider)