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Could Your Cat Give You the Plague?

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/14/2024 - 16:45
Human cases are rare in the United States, but in some Western areas cats that hunt rodents can become infected — and even pass on the disease to their owners.
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Three Climate Takeaways From Indonesia’s Presidential Election and the Vote for Subianto

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/14/2024 - 13:11
The presumed winner supports policies that have led to a boom in coal-burning, but also to the creation of a nascent electric-battery industry.
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Locust Swarms Could Expand Their Range in a Hotter, Stormier World

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/14/2024 - 13:00
The crop-devouring pests love arid conditions and the occasional downpour. Global warming is offering more of both.
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A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We Thought’

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/14/2024 - 12:06
A new study weighed a range of threats and variables in an effort to map out where the rainforest is most vulnerable.
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Shell Sees Demand Surging for Liquefied Natural Gas

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/14/2024 - 11:27
Asia will be the dominant consumer, while the U.S. will be the key supplier. In Europe, where L.N.G. has been a lifeline, the need will continue despite environmental concerns.
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Climate Change Is No Laughing Matter. Or Is It?

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/14/2024 - 09:05
Comedians, no strangers to tackling difficult and taboo subjects with humor, are increasingly turning their attention to the climate crisis.
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Iceland Is Living in our Future

NYTimes - Environment - Wed, 02/14/2024 - 08:49
Clean power, melting glaciers and carbon capture.
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This Arctic Circle Town Expected a Green Energy Boom. Then Came Bidenomics.

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/13/2024 - 17:58
Generous subsidies are helping the United States steal green industries from Europe, as countries race to secure the energy supplies of the future.
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Are You Getting Sticker Shock From Your Electric Bills? We Want to Hear About It.

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/13/2024 - 11:20
Electricity prices have increased across the country in recent years and we want to know about your bill.
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U.S. Gas Producers Are Racing to Sell to Asia. And Mexico Is Key.

NYTimes - Environment - Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:19
By next year, American natural gas will start flowing across Mexico to a major export terminal on the Pacific, reflecting a global energy landscape transformed by U.S. dominance in gas.
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How Earth Might Have Turned Into a Snowball

NYTimes - Environment - Mon, 02/12/2024 - 22:29
A team of scientists thinks the planet may have been thrust into its longest ice age because less gas leaked out of volcanoes.
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Wildfire Smoke Will Worsen, New Study Shows, and Protections Are Few

NYTimes - Environment - Mon, 02/12/2024 - 22:28
Climate change is amplifying wildfires, and more smoke means higher risk of heart and lung disease from inhaling tiny particles that can drift far and wide, researchers said.
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Is There a Climate Cost to Collecting Climate-Friendly Stuff, Like Mugs?

NYTimes - Environment - Sat, 02/10/2024 - 08:52
A selling point of the Stanley Tumbler, today’s ‘it’ mug, is sustainability: one mug to replace many disposables. But things get complicated when you end up with lots of anything.
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In a Victory for Poland Spring, Maine Rejects New Groundwater Limits

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/09/2024 - 14:14
The bottled-water company last year tried to kill legislation aimed at protecting aquifers at a time when many are at risk nationally.
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Monarch Butterfly Numbers Are Down Sharply at Wintering Areas in Mexico

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/09/2024 - 08:06
Scientists said the decline appeared to be driven by hot, dry conditions in the United States and Canada that reduced food supply.
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Grading Biden’s Big Law

NYTimes - Environment - Fri, 02/09/2024 - 07:19
The climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act is popular with businesses. But its cost is expected to double over the next decade, and its outlook is uncertain.
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Michael Mann Awarded $1 Million in Defamation Lawsuit

NYTimes - Environment - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 22:49
The researcher had sued two writers for libel and slander over comments about his work. The jury awarded him damages of more than $1 million.
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Why the Cost of Biden’s Climate Law Keeps Going Up

NYTimes - Environment - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 19:05
Forecasters say the president’s clean-energy incentives will be more effective than they had originally expected, in part because of new federal regulations.
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Climate Information on Trial: Michael Mann’s Defamation Trial Wraps Up

NYTimes - Environment - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 16:24
The scientist Michael Mann is challenging attacks on his work in a defamation suit that’s taken 12 years to come to trial.
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What Does the 1.5 C Marker of Global Warming Mean?

NYTimes - Environment - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 14:54
Recent temperature rises have come uncomfortably close to a key benchmark: 1.5 degrees Celsius. It’s a bad sign for the world’s climate goals, but it’s not game over. Not yet.
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