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    Agricultural Emissions to Push World Past 1.5°C of Warming, New Study Warns

    Agricultural Emissions to Push World Past 1.5°C of Warming, New Study Warns

    Food production to meet modern human diets is expected to contribute enough emissions to push global warming past the 1.5°C target, according to a new study. The analysis found that emissions from current global food systems, which are primarily focused on meat, dairy and rice production, could contribute at least 0.7°C of warming by 2100, […]

    Plastic Consumption Could Nearly Double by 2050 Without Ambitious UN Treaty

    Plastic Consumption Could Nearly Double by 2050 Without Ambitious UN Treaty

    Negotiators working on a legally binding United Nations treaty to end plastic pollution will need to be as ambitious as possible with the final document.  That’s the main takeaway from a new report from Back to Blue — a collaboration between Economist Impact and the Nippon Foundation — released Monday. The report modeled what would […]

    13 Dead as ‘Historic’ Storm Lashes Southeast, Midwest and Northeast

    13 Dead as ‘Historic’ Storm Lashes Southeast, Midwest and Northeast

    After bringing a “once-in-a-generation” snowfall to the California mountains, an extreme weather system moved eastward late last week and into the weekend, bringing high winds to the Southeast and more snow to the Midwest and Northeast.  The storm system knocked out power for nearly half a million people and led to at least 13 deaths, […]

    Climate Crisis Increases Human-Wildlife Conflict

    Climate Crisis Increases Human-Wildlife Conflict

    In 2019, an archipelago in the Russian Arctic Ocean declared a state of emergency when an aurora of polar bears muscled their way into a settlement and began nosing through the garbage.  At the time, experts said that the climate crisis likely caused the polar bear invasion, as dwindling sea ice forced them to seek […]

    How Bad Are SUVs for the Climate?

    How Bad Are SUVs for the Climate?

    SUVs are often seen as the symbol of excessive fossil fuel consumption, but how bad are they really for the climate?  Very, it turns out. New data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) released last week found that the carbon dioxide emissions from SUVs rose by nearly 70 million tonnes in 2022 to reach a […]

    West Coast Sees ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Winter Storms

    West Coast Sees ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Winter Storms

    The usually mild West Coast is seeing an unusually snowy winter, with flakes falling from Portland, Oregon to Phoenix.  In California, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for 13 counties Wednesday as back-to-back storms have buried mountain communities.  “This rain and snow bucked the trend and it’s highly unexpected,” meteorologist and former National […]