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Exposing a Hidden Climate Threat: Methane ‘Super Emitters’
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Vast amounts of methane are escaping from oil and gas sites nationwide, worsening global warming, even as the Trump administration weakens restrictions on offenders.
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NYT Climate “That’s a crazy amount of emissions.” See for yourself. 7h
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NYT Climate What you can't see can hurt the planet: methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and leaks are plentiful. We went hunting for them with equipment that reveals the unseen. 7h
One Thing Your City Can Do: Reduce Food Waste
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Also this week, the U.N. climate talks in Madrid
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NYT Climate It's your NYT Climate FWD: newsletter, with items on cities fighting food waste and the American presence at the climate talks in Madrid. Why not subscribe? 22h
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NYT Climate “The reason I am here in Madrid is really pretty simple,” Mr. Bloomberg said. “I am here because no one from the White House is here.” In the NYT Climate FWD: newsletter 22h
Greta Thunberg Is Time Person of the Year for 2019
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The 16-year-old from Stockholm rose to global prominence this year with her impassioned pleas for governments to take far-reaching action to avert climate catastrophe.
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NYT Climate Greta Thunberg, who over the course of a year has become a household name for her ongoing work to fight climate change and has led millions around the globe to take action, was named Time magazine's person of the year on Wednesday. 22h
California Bans Insurers From Dropping Policies Made Riskier by Climate Change
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The state's unusual decision exposes the insurance industry’s miscalculation of the cost of climate change.
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NYT Climate “Insurers are already dropping customers because of wildfire risk. In parts of the state where no insurance company will even return your call, I don’t see how the situation can get worse for residents.” 3d
As Water Runs Low, Can Life in the Outback Go On?
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In Australia’s vast interior, rivers and lakes are disappearing. “We’re starting to glimpse what the future is going to be like,” one scientist said.
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NYT Climate “People think about climate change as this very faraway prospect, but in fact, it’s here now.” 3d
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NYT Climate “We’re starting to glimpse what the future is going to be like — It’s possible that parts of Australia will become uninhabitable.” 3d
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NYT Climate “We’re starting to glimpse what the future is going to be like — It’s possible that parts of Australia will become uninhabitable.” 4d
Florida Keys Deliver a Hard Message: As Seas Rise, Some Places Can’t Be Saved
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A project to calculate the cost of raising roads shows that some places may not justify the vast expense, casting doubt on the future of those areas.
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NYT Climate Which places deserve to be protected from climate change? In the Florida Keys, officials are running the numbers. 4d
‘The Amazon Is Completely Lawless’: The Rainforest After Bolsonaro’s First Year
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Deforestation in the world’s largest rainforest, an important buffer against climate change, has soared under President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil.
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NYT Climate “The environmental criminals feel more and more empowered.” 4d
Climate Change Is Accelerating: ‘Things Are Getting Worse’
Henry Fountain - Nytimes.com 8d 19 tweets
The acceleration climate change's effects have brought the world “dangerously close” to abrupt and irreversible changes, scientists warned. 
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NYT Climate In a recent commentary, scientists said that the acceleration of ice loss and other effects of climate change have brought the world “dangerously close” to abrupt and irreversible changes, or tipping points 4d
World’s Oceans Are Losing Oxygen Rapidly, Study Finds
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A new report found that oxygen levels in the world’s oceans declined by 2 percent over 50 years, threatening marine life around the planet.
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NYT Climate Oxygen levels in the ocean are declining according to a new report, and that's bad news for the planet.  4d
Australia Burns Again, and Now Its Biggest City Is Choking
Damien Cave - Nytimes.com 6d 22 tweets
In Sydney, fresh air and ocean breezes have long been treated as a daily birthright. Not anymore.
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NYT Climate At the top of Sydney Tower, the city’s tallest building, Chinese tourists said they were shocked by how little they could 6d
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NYT Climate Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, assailed by critics for his inaction on climate change, acknowledged Friday that the smoke plaguing Sydney “has been very distressing to people.” He recommended downloading an app that tracks the bush fires. 6d
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NYT Climate In Sydney, Australia, asthmatics are showing up in emergency rooms in greater numbers. Schools are canceling sports and recess. In houses built to be open to the elements, people are taping their windows shut. 6d
One Thing You Can Do: Be Smart About Holiday Lights
Lisa Friedman, Nadja Popovich - Nytimes.com 8d 1 tweets
Also this week: air pollution in augmented reality, and new climate talks
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NYT Climate It's your weekly NYT Climate FWD: newsletter, with items on getting less wasteful holiday lights, American involvement in the latest round of climate talks, and that blockbuster feature on particulate air pollution. Why not subscribe? 8d
Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good
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New research finds that the extinction of this flightless bird was completely our fault.
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NYT Climate The northern seas were once full of great auks. But environmental change shouldn't be blamed as a factor in their extinction. It was just our never-ending appetite for the flightless birds. 8d
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NYT Climate A new study of the flightless great auk suggests that “there was no reason for them to go extinct if they hadn’t been hunted" by humans. 8d
What’s ‘Fair’ When It Comes to Carbon Emissions?
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The average American and Australian generates nearly 3½ times the global average of carbon dioxide pollution.
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NYT Climate From : The United States and Australia together emit one sixth of the world’s fossil fuel emissions despite having less than a twentieth of the population. Is that fair? 8d
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit a Record in 2019, Even as Coal Fades
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Global consumption of coal declined unexpectedly this year, but a surge in oil and gas pushed up greenhouse gas emissions over all.
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NYT Climate For the third straight year, CO2 emissions from fossil fuels increased worldwide to a new record 8d
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NYT Climate Carbon dioxide emissions rose yet again in 2019, as rising oil and natural gas use worldwide was more than enough to offset the decline of coal 9d
See How the World’s Most Polluted Air Compares With Your City’s
Nadja Popovich - Nytimes.com 9d 40 tweets
From the Bay Area to New Delhi, explore air pollution around the world.
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NYT Climate We visualized the damaging, tiny particles that wreak havoc on human health. From the Bay Area to New Delhi, see how the world’s worst pollution compares with your local air. 9d
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NYT Climate Seeing is understanding. 9d
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NYT Climate Under high levels of particulate pollution, “you can’t function, you can’t thrive,” said Alexandra Karambelas, an environmental analyst and research scientist affiliated with Columbia University. “Having access to clean air is kind of a basic human right.” 9d
Senate Confirms Dan Brouillette to Lead Energy Department
Lisa Friedman - Nytimes.com 10d 3 tweets
The former lobbyist becomes President Trump’s second energy secretary, succeeding Rick Perry.
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NYT Climate Senate confirms Dan Brouillette to head the Energy Department as President Trump's second secretary of energy. by 10d
How Life on Our Planet Made It Through Snowball Earth
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Rusty rocks left over from some of our planet’s most extreme ice ages hint at oases for survival beneath the freeze.
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NYT Climate Scientists discovered oases just beneath the ancient ice sheets that likely helped life persevere through the period known as Snowball Earth 10d
Fire Blight Spreads Northward, Threatening Apple Orchards
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Growers in northern states are combating virulent outbreaks of a disease as seasons grow warmer, orchards have been reconfigured for higher yields and new varieties may be more vulnerable.
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NYT Climate Fire blight, easily managed for a long time in apple and pear orchards, is becoming more virulent as the climate changes and as growers alter the way the trees are configured to produce higher yields. 10d
Dead Whale, 220 Pounds of Debris Inside, Is a ‘Grim Reminder’ of Ocean Trash
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The sperm whale washed up on a Scottish beach with a stomach full of rope, netting and plastic. “What was unusual in this case was the sheer volume,” a local expert said.
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NYT Climate A dead whale that washed up on a beach in Scotland had about 220 pounds of rope, netting and plastic in its stomach 10d
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NYT Climate A dead whale that washed up on a beach in Scotland had about 220 pounds of rope, netting and plastic in its stomach 9d
‘Turn Off the Sunshine’: Why Shade Is a Mark of Privilege in Los Angeles
Tim Arango - Nytimes.com 11d 10 tweets
Shade in Los Angeles sits at the intersection of two crises: climate change and income inequality. City officials are rushing to deploy cover to hundreds of bus stops and plant 90,000 trees.
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NYT Climate “Maybe you haven’t thought about it this way, but shade is an equity issue." Climate change makes Los Angeles less hospitable to pedestrians. 11d
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NYT Climate “Maybe you haven’t thought about it this way, but shade is an equity issue." Climate change makes Los Angeles less hospitable to pedestrians. 9d