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21/07/24
Author: 
Marty Hart-Landsberg
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July 21, 2024

We are in real trouble. Global carbon dioxide emissions (the main cause of global warming) continue to rise, hitting a new high in 2023. Last year was also the hottest in recorded history and, year by year, more Americans are feeling the consequences. Yet, we have seen only modest attempts to bring emissions down.

19/07/24
Author: 
David Beers and Patrick Condon
UBC professor of landscape architecture and urban design Patrick Condon discusses his provocative new book. Photos supplied.

July 19, 2024

The UBC prof and Tyee contributor blames runaway land speculation and offers fixes in his new book ‘Broken City.’ A Tyee exchange.

18/07/24
Author: 
Stewart Prest
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not the only national leader threatened by a surge in support for populist parties by young and marginalized voters. Photo by paparazzza via Shutterstock.

July 3, 2024

They feel betrayed and ignored — including in BC and Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his federal Liberals are largely regarded to be running on fumes, particularly in the aftermath of the stunning Liberal byelection loss in Toronto-St. Paul’s. The upset is a vivid signal that Canadians are ready for change.

16/07/24
Author: 
Andy Kroll, Propublica and Nick Surgey
Ziklag, an charity organization for rich Christians, aims to take dominion over what it sees as the seven major spheres of public life, which it calls “mountains”: business, science and technology, family, arts and media, church, education and government.,Nesma Moharam, special to ProPublica

July 14, 2024

Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying To Sway the Election and Change the Country

The little-known charity is backed by famous conservative donors, including the families behind Hobby Lobby and Uline. It’s spending millions to make a big political push for this election — but it may be violating the law.

 “This story was originally published by ProPublica.”

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14/07/24
Author: 
Chris Hatch
More than 60% of the world population faced extreme heat that was made at least three times more likely by climate change during June 16-24, 2024.

July 14, 2024

The PR pros will tell you not to bother talking about arcane topics like 1.5 degrees — no normies understand the significance, and it just sounds like a little-bitty thing, anyway. They’re probably right. And maybe that explains why we just lived through the first full year above 1.5 C with only perfunctory coverage by the global media.

13/07/24
Author: 
Bob Berwyn
Tourists shield themselves from the sun while visiting the Palace Museum during a heat wave on July 6 in Beijing, China. Credit: VCG via Getty Images

July 9, 2024

New data shows the planet’s fever stayed above a crucial target for a full year, but it would need to do that for decades to breach the Paris Agreement limit.

Last month wasn’t only the hottest June by far in the observed temperature record, but marked the first-ever 12-month stretch of the Earth’s average temperature exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius of temperature rise above the pre-industrial baseline against which human-caused warming is measured.

12/07/24
Author: 
Charlie Smith
Sonia Furstenau

July 12, 2024

Sonia Furstenau has called on the government to prioritize evidence-based solutions over political maneuvering

B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau issued the following statement on July11:

“These recommendations align with the 2022 all-party Health Committee report, which declared unanimous support for safer supply.

11/07/24
Author: 
David Gelles
A data center in San Jose, Calif. A.I. is having a profound impact on energy demand around the world.Credit...Jim Wilson/The New York Times

July 11, 2024

The soaring electricity demands of data centers and A.I. are straining the grid in some areas, pushing up emissions and slowing the energy transition.

A few weeks ago, I joined a small group of reporters for a wide-ranging conversation with Bill Gates about climate change, its causes and potential solutions. When the topic turned to the issue of just how much energy artificial intelligence was using, Gates was surprisingly sanguine.

11/07/24
Author: 
Harriet Barber
‘Nature is raising a flag’: more than 760,000 hectares have burned in the Pantanal already this year. Photograph: Harriet Barber

July 9, 2024

Blackened trees, dead animals and scorched earth – early wildfires have already devastated Brazil’s Pantanal and local people worry they may lose the battle to save them

Perched atop blackened trees, howler monkeys survey the ashes around them. A flock of rheas treads, disoriented, in search of water. The skeletons of alligators lie lifeless and charred.

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