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The Northeast and Midwest are enduring what is, in some places, the worst outbreak of spongy moths on record. One of the factors driving the proliferation of very hungry caterpillars is climate change-spurred drought, which allows spongy moths to breed with abandon, producing up to a million caterpillars per acre. Trees are resilient, but this outbreak has been especially long and damaging
https://grist.org/health/whats-behind-the-record-outbreak-of-spongy-moths-in-the-eastern-us/
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What’s behind the record outbreak of spongy moths in the eastern US?
The Northeast and Midwest are enduring what is, in some places, the worst outbreak of spongy moths on record — thanks, in part, to climate change.Zoya Teirstein (Grist)
Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work
Groundbreaking new research also reports that 11% of surveyed have faced physical violence in their reporting
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/05/climate-crisis-journalists
#journalists #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
‘Climate crunch time’: Battle to secure planet’s future will be won or lost in next 18 months, says Antonio Guterres
Humanity is playing Russian roulette with planet Earth due to its dangerous actions that have accelerated the climate emergency. Decisions by global leaders in the next 18 months will decide the fate of billions, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in an address on World Environment Day
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/climate-change/-climate-crunch-time-battle-to-secure-planet-s-future-will-be-won-or-lost-in-next-18-months-says-antonio-guterres-96536
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‘Climate crunch time’: Battle to secure planet’s future will be won or lost in next 18 months, says Antonio Guterres
UN chief urges countries to slash emissions, protect people and nature from climate extremes, boost climate finance and clamp down on fossil fuel industrywww.downtoearth.org.in
America isn't making enough renewable energy to prevent severe climate change
In the United States specifically, the IEA says that renewable energy infrastructure needs to increase 50% more quickly than it already is based on 2022 numbers
https://qz.com/us-green-energy-2030-goals-1851518641
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America isn't making enough renewable energy to prevent severe climate change
A report from the International Energy Agency lays out the challengeMelvin Backman (Quartz)
Lethal heat will make Australia's north 'unliveable'
— Australia's leading news site
Australia's north will be “unliveable” in the coming decades because the heat and humidity will be so intense that it will be deadly for humans
#Australia #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Trump presidency would risk $1 trillion in clean energy investment: Report
A new analysis report by Wood Mackenzie estimates that a projected $1 trillion in low carbon energy investments would be in jeopardy if Donald Trump is re-elected as the president in the November 5 election
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Trump presidency would risk $1 trillion in clean energy investment: Report
A new analysis report by Wood Mackenzie estimates that a projected $1trillionin low carbonenergyinvestments would be in jeopardy if Donald Trump is re-elected as the president in the November 5 electionReuters (India Today)
Florida Governor deletes 'climate change' from state laws amid rising sea levels
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging energy bill that deletes the phrase "climate" eight times and eliminates entire sections addressing global warming
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Florida Governor deletes 'climate change' from state laws amid rising sea levels
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging energy bill that deletes the phrase quotclimatequot eight times and eliminates entire sections addressing global warmingIndia Today Environment Desk (India Today)
Missing the forest for the trees: The role of forests in Earth's climate goes far beyond carbon storage
The fragrant vapors emitted by trees react in the atmosphere to form aerosols, which reflect incoming solar radiation and cool the Earth
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Missing the forest for the trees: The role of forests in Earth’s climate goes far beyond carbon storage - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The fragrant vapors emitted by trees react in the atmosphere to form aerosols, which reflect incoming solar radiation and cool the Earth.Jessica McKenzie (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx8qv1nvdppo
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Climate change: Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers
Scientists say the South American nation's last glacier is now just an ice field.Aleks Phillips (BBC News)
Vermont passes bill to charge fossil fuel companies for damages from climate change
The legislation — the first of its kind in the U.S. — would require companies with high emissions to help pay for destruction caused by climate-fueled extreme weather
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Vermont passes bill to charge fossil-fuel companies for climate damages
Vermont lawmakers have passed a so-called "Climate Superfund Act" designed to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage from weather disasters fueled by climate change.Maura Barrett (NBC News)
