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Coronavirus Delays Key Global Climate Talks

Somini Sengupta🥭 - Nytimes.com 43h 4 tweets

This year’s United Nations-sponsored climate talks, widely regarded as the most important climate meeting of the last four years, were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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NYT Climate The conference scheduled for November was particularly important because the goal was to spur countries to revise and strengthen their targets for greenhouse-gas reductions, as required by the Paris agreement every five years. 22h

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Out of Retirement, Into the Coronavirus Fight

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These are a few of the retired nurses, doctors and other health care workers helping to shore up a system under siege.

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NYT Climate "I have a path to help out. It feels like a gift." Meet the retired doctors and nurses raising their hands to help fight the coronavirus. 49h

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Vodka From Thin Air: An Unusual Climate Prize Hits a Coronavirus Snag

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Inventors were about to test their ideas for making money by selling things made out of carbon dioxide, the main culprit in global warming. Then the pandemic struck.

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NYT Climate The Challenge: Turn carbon dioxide into something useful. The Prize: $20 million. The problem: Coronavirus has disrupted the competition. 3d

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NYT Climate Scientists from around the world were preparing to test ways of turning carbon dioxide into something valuable. Then the coronavirus struck. 4d

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Trump Administration, in Biggest Environmental Rollback, to Announce Auto Pollution Rules

Coral Davenport - Nytimes.com 4d 45 tweets

The Trump administration has finalized new fuel efficiency standards, lowering expectations from 54 miles per gallon by 2025 to 40 miles a gallon by 2030.

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NYT Climate After years of fighting the Trump administration will finalize new fuel economy standards, lowering expectations from 54 miles per gallon by 2025 under the Obama administration to 40 miles a gallon by 2030.nyti.ms/39reKQ3 by @CoralMDavenport 4d

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NYT Climate After years of fighting, the Trump administration will finalize new fuel economy standards, lowering expectations from 54 miles per gallon by 2025 under the Obama administration to 40 miles a gallon by 2030. 3d

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Now Is the Time to Take Care of Your Lungs. Here’s How.

Nytimes.com 7d 10 tweets

If you’re one millions of Americans exposed to air pollution, you may be at a greater risk of catching the coronavirus — and of having a more severe infection.

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NYT Climate Strange but true: Indoor air can sometimes be worse than outdoor air. 6d

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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Find Opposition Within: Staff Scientists

Coral Davenport - Nytimes.com 7d 23 tweets

Federal scientists and lawyers, told to undo regulations that some have worked on for decades, have embedded data into technical documents that environmental lawyers are using to challenge the rollbacks.

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NYT Climate Government scientists and lawyers see a civic and professional duty. Trump administration loyalists see a movement to intentionally undermine the president. 7d

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NYT Climate “You work hard on stuff that is good for the world, for a long time, for years, and then it’s trashed, and you’re told you have to participate in trashing it.” 7d

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NYT Climate “You work hard on stuff that is good for the world, for a long time, for years, and then it’s trashed, and you’re told you have to participate in trashing it.” 3d

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E.P.A., Citing Coronavirus, Drastically Relaxes Rules for Polluters

Lisa Friedman - Nytimes.com 8d 45 tweets

The agency said it would not penalize companies that violate rules on monitoring and reporting pollution discharges.

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NYT Climate The E.P.A. has relaxed pollution compliance for companies constrained by coronavirus. A former top Obama official called it "an open license to pollute." 8d

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NYT Climate The E.P.A. has relaxed pollution compliance for companies constrained by coronavirus. A former top Obama official called it "an open license to pollute." 6d

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NYT Climate The E.P.A. has relaxed pollution compliance for companies constrained by coronavirus. A former top Obama official called it "an open license to pollute." 3d

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Australia’s Record Heat Means Another Blow to Great Barrier Reef

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For the third time in five years, abnormally warm water has caused a “mass bleaching” of coral, and some of it will not survive. Scientists say global warming is killing reefs worldwide.

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NYT Climate For the third time in five years, abnormally warm water has caused a “mass bleaching” of coral, and some of it will not survive. Scientists say global warming is killing reefs worldwide. 8d

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NYT Climate An addition to the list of things damaged by Australia's record heat: The Great Barrier Reef. 8d

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NYT Climate For the third time in five years, abnormally warm water has caused a “mass bleaching” of coral, and some of it will not survive. Scientists say global warming is killing reefs worldwide. 3d

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In Coronavirus, Industry Sees Chance to Undo Plastic Bag Bans

Hiroko Tabuchi - Nytimes.com 8d 12 tweets

Backers of single-use plastic bags, battered by a series of bans nationwide, are using the health scare to argue their bags are cleaner and safer.

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NYT Climate Disposability — once a dirty word — has become a selling point as hygiene takes priority over sustainability. How plastics manufacturers are using the coronavirus outbreak to fight bans on single-use bags. 8d

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NYT Climate “The plastics industry is shamelessly trying to exploit this health crisis,” said Judith Enck, a former regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency and founder of the advocacy group, Beyond Plastics. 8d

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NYT Climate Single-use bags were on the way out in many places, but disposability has become a selling point as hygiene takes priority over sustainability. Plastics manufacturers are using coronavirus to fight bag bans; their arguments are ... arguable. 8d

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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Wins a Victory in Dakota Access Pipeline Case

Lisa Friedman - Nytimes.com 9d 9 tweets

A federal judge on Wednesday struck down permits for the pipeline and ordered a new environmental review of the project.

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NYT Climate Here is the NYT story on the decision, from @LFFriedman 9d

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NYT Climate Judge delivers a major victory for opponents of Dakota Access pipeline 9d

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NYT Climate Judge delivers a victory to opponents of Dakota Access pipeline 8d

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Coronavirus Doesn’t Slow Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks

Lisa Friedman - Nytimes.com 9d 11 tweets

The administration is pushing ahead with efforts to roll back environmental protections and impose new limits on how science can be used for making rules.

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NYT Climate As much of his government battles the coronavirus, President Trump is pushing ahead with regulatory rollbacks due to be completed in the coming weeks, including a limit on science that could impact public health rules.nyti.ms/39e3c2E by @LFFriedman 9d

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NYT Climate As much of his government battles the coronavirus, President Trump is pushing ahead with regulatory rollbacks due to be completed in the coming weeks, including a limit on science that could impact public health rules.nyti.ms/3bz3hQc by @LFFriedman 6d

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Greta Thunberg Says It’s ‘Extremely Likely’ That She Had Coronavirus

Somini Sengupta🥭 - Nytimes.com 10d 4 tweets

The Swedish climate activist, 17, announced on Tuesday that she and her father were recovering from symptoms of Covid-19.

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NYT Climate Cough, shivers, fatigue: Greta Thunberg says she had symptoms of coronavirus and asks young followers to stay at home. 10d

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Traffic and Pollution Plummet as U.S. Cities Shut Down for Coronavirus

Nadja Popovich - Nytimes.com 12d 17 tweets

A satellite that detects pollution linked to cars and trucks shows declines over major metropolitan areas, including Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York.

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NYT Climate Driving is down, so emissions are down — so much that satellites can see the difference. 12d

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NYT Climate Driving is down, so emissions are down — so much that satellites can see the difference. 12d

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NYT Climate “There’s basically no rush hour anymore, or at least not what we would recognize as a rush hour,” said Trevor Reed, a transportation analyst. 11d

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As Natural Disasters Strike, a New Fear: Relief Shelters May Spread Virus

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The Red Cross has issued new guidelines for its shelters, screening people for symptoms and keeping bed six feet apart. That strategy will soon be tested.

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NYT Climate And here's water 13d

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NYT Climate The start of flood season is causing a new coronavirus problem: What happens when disaster survivors start clustering together in shelters? 11d

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How the Coronavirus Crisis May Hinder Efforts to Fight Wildfires

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As many firefighters should be preparing for wildfire season, they are grappling with the fact that how they live and work could spread the coronavirus.

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NYT Climate What happens when wildfire season collides with a pandemic? 14d

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NYT Climate As the seasons of flood and wildfire approach, planners are worrying about dealing with natural disasters and the coronavirus at the same time. Here's fire 13d

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NYT Climate What happens when wildfire season collides with a pandemic? 12d

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New York’s Last Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing

Anne Barnard - Nytimes.com 14d 5 tweets

The community is fearful of what will happen once it shutters.

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NYT Climate New York’s last coal-fired power plant is closing 14d

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Expect a Soggy U.S. Flood Season, but Less Severe Than Last Year’s

John Schwartz - Nytimes.com 15d 4 tweets

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects major to moderate flooding for 23 states, but not as bad as last year’s ruinous spring.

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NYT Climate Moderate to major flooding could hit 23 states this spring, but it's not expected to be as bad as last year's watery mess. 15d

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NYT Climate Moderate to major flooding could hit 23 states this spring, It's not expected to be as bad as last year's watery mess, but the new coronavirus could strain resources. 11d

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Climate Voters Still Want More From Biden

Lisa Friedman - Nytimes.com 15d 8 tweets

Joseph R. Biden Jr. keeps winning, and winning voters who say they care about climate change. But some of the most ardent climate activists still are not with him.

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NYT Climate He keeps winning, even among voters who say climate change is important, but the most ardent climate voters still aren't cottoning to Joseph R. Biden Jr.nyti.ms/2QtKeyi by @LFFriedman 15d

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Coronavirus Halts Street Protests, but Climate Activists Have a Plan

Nytimes.com 15d 16 tweets

With elections in the United States and key summit talks this year, organizers are working to keep climate change on the public agenda.

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NYT Climate “We are people who listen to the scientists and it would be hypocritical of us to not treat this as a crisis.” 15d

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NYT Climate “We are people who listen to the scientists and it would be hypocritical of us to not treat this as a crisis.” 15d

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NYT Climate “Intersecting crises will be a feature of our times,” one protest organizer said. “We can’t let one stop action on the other.” 15d

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Where the Virus and Climate Intersect

John Schwartz - Nytimes.com 16d 11 tweets

Should Airline Bailouts Come With Conditions? And, Climate as a ‘Threat Multiplier’

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NYT Climate On what really matters, @khayhoe says, "It’s the health and safety of our friends, our family, our loved ones, our communities, our cities and our country. That’s what the coronavirus pandemic threatens, and that’s exactly what climate change does, too.” 16d

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NYT Climate On what really matters, @khayhoe says, "It’s the health and safety of our friends, our family, our loved ones, our communities, our cities and our country. That’s what the coronavirus pandemic threatens, and that’s exactly what climate change does, too.” 15d

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NYT Climate On what really matters, @khayhoe says, "It’s the health and safety of our friends, our family, our loved ones, our communities, our cities and our country. That’s what the coronavirus pandemic threatens, and that’s exactly what climate change does, too.” 14d