EU warns deadly flooding and wildfires show climate breakdown is fast becoming the norm

https://halifax.citynews.ca/2024/09/18/eu-warns-deadly-flooding-and-wildfires-show-climate-breakdown-is-fast-becoming-the-norm-2/

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EU warns deadly flooding and wildfires show climate breakdown is fast becoming the norm

BRUSSELS (AP) — Devastating floods through much of Central Europe and deadly wildfires in Portugal are joint proof of a “climate breakdown” that will become the norm unless drastic action is taken, the European Union’s head office said Wednesday.

^{News Staff (CityNews Halifax)}

How Halloween pumpkins contribute to the climate crisis

But there’s a sinister side to the fun

After Halloween ends, people throw their pumpkins away, and they’re hauled off to landfills. Pumpkins in landfills rot — & when they do, those gourds expel gas

methane is at least 28 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere over a century-long period

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/halloween-pumpkins-climate-crisis-b2606240.html

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How Halloween pumpkins contribute to the climate crisis

Pumpkins are methane emitters – a major component of greenhouse gas emissions

^{Julia Musto (The Independent)}