The company was an early adopter of electrified vehicles but has since fallen behind The US is slowing moving toward adopting policies that would put more electric vehicles on the road, but for Toyota, it’s not slow enough. The Japanese automaker, which is the largest car company in the world, has been quietly lobbying policymakers... Continue Reading →
While terrifying wildfires and flash floods make headlines across the globe, researchers are offering a starkly honest road map for cities looking for the swiftest path to greater resilience. In British Columbia, over 300 fires are burning around the province, the largest being the Sparks Lake Fire north of Kamloops, CBC reports. Formally listed as out... Continue Reading →
Terrifying Headlines Sweep the Globe as Climate Impacts Accelerate Worldwide
How Climate Change boosts Killer Heatwaves
Climate change is making extreme heat - like the recent Pacific heatwave - more common and more intense. This extreme weather has huge effects on human health, and as the global warming continues, temperatures will continue to become more deadly. In fact, some parts of the world may have even - temporarily - crossed the... Continue Reading →
Extreme Weather Is ‘New Normal’ Thanks To Decades Of Climate Inaction
“Extreme temperatures and extreme weather events like this are the new normal—a new normal that has been brought to us by decades of climate inaction,” says Chris Hayes. Video Source...
The American Conservation Coalition favors taking steps to combat climate change, and believes more young Republicans are concerned about protecting the Earth. The group's executive vice president, Danielle Butcher, joins Elaine Quijano on CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss their approach. Video Source...
Conservative group looks to increase action on climate change
In San Francisco, we're finally starting to put away our masks. With 74% of the city's residents over 12 fully vaccinated, for the first time in more than a year we're enjoying walking, shopping, and eating out, our faces naked. So I was startled when my partner reminded me that we need to buy masks... Continue Reading →
Teetering on the existential edge, we have one more last, best chance for survival
Northeastern Siberia is a place where people take Arctic temperatures in stride. But 100-degree days are another matter entirely. MAGARAS, Russia — The call for help lit up villagers’ phones at 7:42 on a muggy and painfully smoky evening on Siberia’s fast-warming permafrost expanse. “We urgently ask all men to come to the town hall... Continue Reading →
As Frozen Land Burns, Siberia Fears: ‘If We Don’t Have the Forest, We Don’t Have Life’
The American Petroleum Institute receives millions from oil companies – and works behinds the scenes to stall or weaken legislation When Royal Dutch Shell published its annual environmental report in April, it boasted that it was investing heavily in renewable energy. The oil giant committed to installing hundreds of thousands of charging stations for electric vehicles... Continue Reading →
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
The global consensus on how climate change will affect the planet is documented every few years by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an entity within the United Nations that compiles research on the subject with the assistance of thousands of volunteer scientists. The five reports compiled since 1990 have documented both updated estimates... Continue Reading →
You should not be surprised that climate predictions may have been too conservative
Support for coal, oil and gas remains high despite pledges to tackle climate crisis The G20 countries have provided more than $3.3tn (£2.4tn) in subsidies for fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement was sealed in 2015, a report shows, despite many committing to tackle the crisis. This backing for coal, oil and gas is... Continue Reading →
‘Reckless’: G20 states subsidised fossil fuels by $3tn since 2015, says report
Climate crisis researchers worry about the channel’s reach to perpetuate misinformation and advance political goals Fox News Media, the company that owns the reactionary, climate crisis-skeptical Fox News, is launching a weather channel this year – a development that has climate crisis experts worried. Fox Weather, a 24-hour channel devoted to all things meteorological, promises... Continue Reading →
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