Climate Change

Virtually all emperor penguin colonies doomed for extinction by 2100 as climate change looms, study finds

05/08/21
Author: 
Rachel Pannett
Link: 
Washington Post
An emperor penguin stands on Peka Peka Beach on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand. (Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald/AP)

Aug. 4, 2021

Nearly all of the world’s emperor penguin colonies may be pushed to the brink of extinction by 2100, a study has found, as the United States moves to list them as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

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Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
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Scientists expected thawing wetlands in Siberia’s permafrost. What they found is ‘much more dangerous.’

05/08/21
Author: 
Steven Mufson
Link: 
Washington Post
Permafrost, seen at the top of the cliff, melts into the Kolyma River outside of Zyryanka, Russia, in July 2019. A new study has found that methane is being released not only from thawing wetlands but also from thawing limestone. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)

Aug. 2, 2021

Scientists have long been worried about what many call “the methane bomb” — the potentially catastrophic release of methane from thawing wetlands in Siberia’s permafrost.

But now a study by three geologists says that a heat wave in 2020 has revealed a surge in methane emissions “potentially in much higher amounts” from a different source: thawing rock formations in the Arctic permafrost.

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Climate Change
Climate Science
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Solutions to reach net-zero emissions farming

05/08/21
Author: 
Claire Asher
Link: 
Mongabay
Banner image: A shepherd with grazing sheep. Image via Pixabay (Public domain).
 30 July 2021
  • Agriculture and food account for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, making these sectors critical in efforts to address our current overshoot of the climate planetary boundary. They are also having profound impacts on freshwater, biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles.
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Agriculture
Climate Change
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Fare-Free is Transformational

05/08/21
Author: 
Poverty Free Thunder Bay
Link: 
The Bullet
Poverty Free Thunder Bay - logo

PUBLIC GOODS  •  August 5, 2021  •  

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Climate Change
Social
Transportation
Urban
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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan bets big on U.K. gas network

05/08/21
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
Despite committing to net-zero by 2050 earlier this year, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is upping its stake in the United Kingdom’s second-largest gas network. Photo via BigStock

Aug. 5, 2021

Despite committing to net-zero by 2050 earlier this year, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) is upping its stake in the United Kingdom’s second-largest gas network.

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Canada
Climate Change
Labour - Unions
LNG - Fracking
Social
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What carbon activists can learn from the campaign to end asbestos production in Canada

05/08/21
Author: 
Ross Belot
Link: 
National Observer
The Jeffrey Mine in Quebec was once the largest chrysotile asbestos mine in the world. Photo by Eric Launier / Flickr
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Capitalism
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Oil - Pipelines
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Our leaders look climate change in the eyes, and shrug

05/08/21
Author: 
Hamilton Nolan
Link: 
The Guardian
‘Capitalism is a machine made to squeeze every last cent out of this planet until there is nothing left.’ Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

Aug. 4, 2021

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Capitalism
Climate Change
Global
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Earth's Energy Imbalance Bolsters Human-Made Climate Disruption Theory

04/08/21
Author: 
Denise Chow
Link: 
NBC News
Earth's horizon seen from the International Space Station as it orbits above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, on Nov. 21.NASA

Aug. 1, 2021

For decades, Earth’s energy system has been out of whack.

Stability in Earth's climate hinges on a delicate balance between the amount of energy the planet absorbs from the sun and the amount of energy Earth emits back into space. But that equilibrium has been thrown off in recent years — and the imbalance is growing, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications.

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Climate Change
Climate Science
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Hawaii's Big Island hit by drought and record wildfires

04/08/21
Author: 
Caleb Jones
Link: 
National Observer
Traffic was backed up for miles on Waikoloa Road and Queen Kaahumanu Highway after a mandatory evacuation was ordered as a wildfire approached the Waikoloa Village area in Hawaii on Aug. 1, 2021. Photo by Associated Press/ Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today

August 3rd 2021

Firefighters have gotten more control over a wildfire in Hawaii that forced thousands of people to evacuate over the weekend and destroyed at least two homes on the Big Island, but officials warned strong winds Monday could raise the danger again.

Authorities have lifted evacuation orders but warned they could be reinstated at any time and that people should be ready to go.

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Climate Change
Global
Social
USA
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As scorching temperatures hit southern Europe, residents scramble for resources

03/08/21
Author: 
Colleen Barry, Suzan Fraser, Ayse Wieting, Dusan Stojanovic, Menelaos Hadjicostis: Milan, Italy; Ankara, Turkey; Istanbul; Belgrade, Serbia; Nicosia, Cyprus - The Associated Press
Link: 
The Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-as-scorching-temperatures-hit-southern-europe-residents-scramble-for/

Aug. 1, 2021

A heat wave baking southeast Europe has fueled deadly wildfires in Turkey and threatened the national grid in Greece as governments scrambled Monday to secure the resources needed to cope with the emergency.

Temperatures reached 45 C (113 F) in inland areas of Greece and nearby countries and are expected to remain high for most of the week.

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Climate Change
Global
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