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Climate News: Sometimes, life gets in the way; Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Paris deal in doubt: Playing God With the Atmosphere


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Life often stands in the way of goals, but eventually, the fog lifts and you get back to the essence of those aims - "Playing God With the Atmosphere";

"Why won’t Chris Packham have a real debate on climate?";

"‘Outrageous’ climate activists get in the faces of politicians and oil bosses – will it work?";

"Global battery rollout doubled last year – but needs to be six times faster, says IEA";

"Deadly Dubai floods made worse by climate change";

"E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From Coal-Burning Power Plants";

"“Guiding compass to 1.5C”: COP29 presidency unveils plans for global climate action";

"Tanya Plibersek rejects claims renewable projects are being held up by approval delays";

"Global heating and urbanisation to blame for severity of UAE floods, study finds";

"Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Australia’s Paris deal in doubt";

"Circular Action Guide";

"‘Just do it!’ Wisconsin couple built a net-zero home";

"Could fossil fuel companies be charged with homicide?";

"Clean image, dirty truth | Between the Lines";

"The truth about getting to net zero, according to the numbers – video";

"Honda Commits to E.V.s With Big Investment in Canada";

"Tesla Fell Behind, Then Leapt Ahead of ExxonMobil in Market Value This Week";

"Alabama Coal Mine Keeps Digging Under A Rural Community After Hundreds of Fines and a Fatal Explosion. Residents Are Rattled";

"In Wyoming, a Tribe and a City Pursue Clean Energy Funds Spurned by the Governor";

"How an obscure atmospheric phenomenon causes catastrophic flooding in California";

"NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record";

"A long, hot U.S. summer is looming, forecasters say";

"Cities' heat solutions are mainly Band-Aids";

"How Phoenix is preparing for its next brutally hot summer";

"Climate Damage Costs Could Total $38 Trillion per Year by 2050, Study Finds";

"‘It’s Got to Be a Fight’: Author Adam Welz on Surviving Climate Breakdown and Saving Species of a ‘Tarnished Eden’";

"Worst wine harvest in 62 years blamed on ‘extreme’ weather and climate change";

"Will There Be Less Wind to Fuel Wind Energy?";

"Dozens of Climate Activists Arrested at Citibank Headquarters in New York City During Earth Week";

"How to talk to a climate doomer (even if that doomer is you)";

"Doctor: To fight asthma, fight global warming";

"Tensions rise over who will contribute to new climate finance goal";

"State of the climate: 2024 off to a record-warm start";

"Climate activist's 'Kafkaesque' trial";

"Climate Impact of Primary Plastic Production";

"Building a Net Zero Ready Home: Episode 1";

"Sinking land is a problem for cities all over the world";

"I’m asking BP to take its share of responsibility for my son’s death, and will take it to UK court if I have to";

"Could this pink rice be the food of the future? Scientists say it’s more nutritious than normal rice";

"How the EPA will spend $27 billion in carbon-reduction funds";

"Kiwis are learning how to fight climate change – polls";

"A global study just revealed the world’s biggest known plastic polluters";

"Ministers of Germany, Brazil, South Africa and Spain: why we need a global tax on billionaires";

"Hot Oceans Worsened Dubai’s Dramatic Flooding, Scientists Say";

"Mining Giant BHP Makes $39 Billion Bid for Rival Anglo American";

"Nearly Half the States Sue E.P.A. Over New Limits on Deadly Pollution";

"Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines";

"Biden Administration Pauses Approvals of New Gas Export Terminals";

"New Pollution Rules Aim to Lift Sales of Electric Trucks";

"So Much Produce Comes in Plastic. Is There a Better Way?";

"Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution";

"State of the science on plastic chemicals";

"For Earth Day 2024, experts are spreading optimism – not doom. Here's why.";

"This state is quickly becoming America's clean energy paradise. Here's how it's happening";

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