ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP via Getty Images U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is no fan of renewable energy. He has said solar power is too expensive to work at scale, threatened to impose steep taxes on solar panels arriving from abroad, and advanced seemingly unfounded claims that many rabbits “get […] Click here to view original […]
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A sign warning residents to boil water after Hurricane Helene. Photo: Paul Hennessy/Anadolu via Getty Images As Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton roared through the Gulf of Mexico, all three threatened Tampa Bay water systems. Why it matters: It’s another symptom of how American infrastructure isn’t ready for climate […] Click here to view original
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The Big Story Fossil fuel pollution hits record high: Research Planet-warming carbon emissions reached a new high this year, according to research published Wednesday by the Global Carbon Project. © AP Photo/J. David Ake The total emissions for the year are projected at 41.6 billion metric tons , an […] Click here to view original
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Global carbon dioxide emissions as a whole — including both fossil fuels and land use change — are projected to reach 41.6 billion metric tons in 2024, a 2 percent increase over 2023. Charlie Riedel/AP Carbon dioxide emissions from global fossil fuel use are projected to reach a record […] Click here to view original
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[Song Chen/China Daily] That climate change is becoming an increasingly bigger challenge for humankind was evident, more clearly than ever, in 2023 when average global temperatures rose 1.45 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, making it the warmest year since records began in 1850. China, too, felt the heat, quite […] Click here to view original
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The volcanic layers in the Northwest could hold megatons of planet-warming emissions but the infrastructure needed for that is new and costly Columbia River Basin basalt cliffs in Washington. (Dan Coe/Washington Geological Survey) Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created […] Click here to view original
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