Official Climate Change Thread
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This 20-ton door is the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel's last line of defense against floods, MTA says
The agency closed the tunnel temporarily over the weekend to test the flood door as hurricane season picks up.
gothamist.com
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Pristine forests and grinding poverty: why shouldn’t Brazil’s Amapá state embrace oil wealth?
The state’s dilemma sums up a core problem faced by the president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: how to reconcile environmental commitments with the need for development
www.theguardian.com
Mapped: Population Density of Brazil
Brazil is ranked seventh in the world with a total population of 217 million people.
www.visualcapitalist.com
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Here’s Where Kamala Harris Stands on Climate
She pursued polluters as attorney general in California and later staked out bold positions as a senator, including sponsorship of the Green New Deal.
ADevilYouKhow
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Hundreds of people may have died from heat in one Arizona county in a sign of — CNN
Hundreds of people may have died from heat in Arizona’s Maricopa County amid another record-breaking summer in the state.
apple.news
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Silicon Valley Investors’ Plans for a New City Put on Hold
The East Solano Plan, a proposal for a walkable urban community in a rural corner of the San Francisco Bay Area, stoked tension, fear and mistrust among some neighbors.
Hopefully it’s scraped entirely
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Amtrak Passengers Face Record Delays From Extreme Weather
The dated U.S. rail infrastructure is struggling to stay operational as climate change accelerates and intense heat waves, downpours and high winds become more frequent.
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After She Lost Her Home in a Fire, an Opportunity Rose From the Ashes
The fire-resistant house she built in Napa, Calif., with the insurance money was “so different — and I like different.”
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We’ve discovered the world’s trees absorb methane – so forests are even more important in the climate fight than we thought
A large-scale study proves that trees absorb methane through their bark, with climate benefits at a global scale.
theconversation.com
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Sunday was world’s hottest ever recorded day, data suggests
Preliminary data from Copernicus suggests temperature records were shattered, taking world into ‘uncharted territory’
www.theguardian.com
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Park Fire now 4th largest in California history — CBS News
The Park Fire raging across Northern California has now burned nearly 400,000 acres as Cal Fire says statewide wildfires this year have burned up 29 times the amount of land compared to 2023.
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‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers — Guardian US
Married couple from Bristol attract awe and abuse on X with photos that show ‘staggering’ changes in the Alps
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EPA takes emergency action to stop use of dangerous pesticide — The Washington Post
The pesticide, known as DCPA, is known to harm fetuses and “needs to be removed from the market immediately,” an EPA official said.
apple.news