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70 'Climate Emergency' Protesters Arrested Outside The New York Times

70 'Climate Emergency' Protesters Arrested Outside The New York Times

According to a report by Reuters, police arrested 70 environmental protesters outside the New York Times headquarters who laid down in the street and attempted to scale the building to demand that the newspaper start referring to climate change as ‘climate emergency.’ A police spokesman reportedly said that New York …

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Methane levels at all-time high after near-record increase in gas 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide

Methane levels at all-time high after near-record increase in gas 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide

[ad_1] Global methane levels have hit an all-time high after what appears to be a near-record yearly atmospheric increase in the potent greenhouse gas. The concentration of methane in the Earth’s atmosphere reached nearly 1,875 parts per billion in 2019, up from the previous year’s 1,866 parts per billion, according to preliminary data …

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‘Worst case scenario’: Polar ice caps and Greenland ice sheet melting six times faster than in 1990s

‘Worst case scenario’: Polar ice caps and Greenland ice sheet melting six times faster than in 1990s

[ad_1] The polar ice caps and the Greenland ice sheet are melting six times faster than they were in the 1990s, according to the most complete picture of polar ice-sheet loss to date. The high melt rate corresponds to the “worst case scenario” model for global warming set out by the Intergovernmental Panel …

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Remaking Appalachia green | The Seattle Times

Remaking Appalachia green | The Seattle Times

[ad_1] It looked like a scene of wanton destruction, all the more shocking for happening on federal land under the watchful eye of a U.S. forester. Two snarling yellow bulldozers plowed up and down a hillside, pushing over anything in their path. Shrubs and small trees snapped under the dozers’ …

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