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News & UpdatesMay 20, 2019 Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment
Source: The Guardian
The Guardian has updated its style guide to introduce terms that more accurately describe the environmental crises facing the world. Instead of “climate change” the preferred terms are “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown” and... May 15, 2019 The relationship between corporations and climate change
Source: World Finance
This sentiment was echoed last year by a Ceres initiative, known as the Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy, or BICEP, when over 1,000 companies signed on to a “coordinated effort to combat climate... May 13, 2019 Another Montana and Wyoming coal operator declares bankruptcy
Source: KBZK TV
GILLETTE, Wyo.- One of the last big coal companies operating in Montana and Wyoming declared bankruptcy Friday. Cloud Peak Energy, which operates three coal mines in the Powder River Basin, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday... May 13, 2019 CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415 parts per million for the first time in human history
Source: Tech Crunch
For the first time in human history — not recorded history, but since humans have existed on Earth — carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has topped 415 parts per million, reaching 415.26 parts per million, according to sensors at... May 9, 2019 Britain Just Went a Week Without Coal For the First Time in 137 Years
Source: Gizmodo
Coal may have helped birth the Industrial Revolution in Britain, but the nation is working hard to leave it behind. And it just hit a big milestone: This marks the first time since 1882 that Britain has run a week without coal. May 9, 2019 $2.5 trillion 'Holy Grail' found? Breakthrough discovery could lead to 100 percent recyclable plastics, scientists say
Source: Fox News
Plastic pollution in the world's oceans may have a $2.5 trillion impact, negatively affecting "almost all marine ecosystem services," including areas such as fisheries, recreation and heritage. But a breakthrough from scientists... May 8, 2019 Climate Change Suddenly Matters in the 2020 Race. Are the Candidates Ready?
Source: Politico
The polls say this one really could be a climate election. A top climate thinker games out what it means for the candidates. May 6, 2019 As Sea Levels Rise, Expect More Floods
Source: Eos
According to the Fifth Assessment Report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the global mean sea level is expected to continue rising throughout the 21st century. May 2, 2019 Maine becomes the first state to ban Styrofoam
Source: CNN
Food containers made of Styrofoam, also known as polystyrene, will be officially banned from businesses in Maine after governor Janet Mills signed a bill into law Tuesday May 1, 2019 Charge a carbon fee. Let the market fix climate change. [Opinion]
Source: Houston Chronicle
hances are, as a Houstonian, you work with energy or petrochemicals in some way. If you’ve been here a few years, you lived through Harvey and have the scars to prove it. As both the world’s energy capital and a city exposed to... |
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