"Are Trees Talking Underground? For Scientists, It’s In Dispute."
"From Ted Lasso to TED Talks, the theory of the “wood-wide web” is everywhere, and some scientists argue that it is overblown and unproven."
Source: NYTimes, 11/07/2022
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"War Fallout, Aid Demands Overshadow Climate Talks In Egypt"
"When world leaders, diplomats, campaigners and scientists descend on Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt next week for talks on tackling climate change, don’t expect them to part the Red Sea or other miracles that would make huge steps in curbing global warming."
Source: AP, 11/04/2022Few Corporations On Pace To Reach Long-Term Net Zero Emissions Targets
"More than 90 percent of large companies that have stated commitments to reaching net-zero emissions will miss such goals at their current pace, according to a new report."
Source: The Hill, 11/04/2022"Egypt Crushes at Home the Climate Action It’s Championing Abroad"
"The road to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh has been strewn with hurdles for global climate crisis activists, but Egyptian advocates have it worse".
Source: Bloomberg Green, 11/04/2022Fossil Fuel Projects, Stalled A Year Ago, Now Making A Comeback
"World leaders reckon with a flurry of new activity on natural gas and coal ahead of the climate summit".
Source: Washington Post, 11/04/2022"U.S. EPA To Set Tougher Heavy Duty Emissions Rules In 2023"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday it plans to issue tougher greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy duty trucks and other larger vehicles through at least the 2030 model year by the end of 2023."
Source: Reuters, 11/04/2022"A Warming Siberia, Wracked by Wildfires, Nears a Crucial Threshold"
"Rapid warming of the Arctic has led to the extreme wildfire seasons experienced in Siberia in recent years, scientists said Thursday, and such severe fires are likely to continue."
Source: NYTimes, 11/04/2022India's Delhi Wrestles With 'Hazardous' Air Pollution, Primary Schools Shut
"Authorities in New Delhi ordered primary schools to shut from Saturday, and told schools to stop outdoor activities for older children as air in the world's most polluted capital had become a severe risk to health."
Source: Reuters, 11/04/2022"Gaming Google: Oil Firms Use Search Ads To Greenwash, Study Says"
"Nearly a year after Google pledged to ban search ads pushing climate disinformation, researchers say they are still rife".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 11/04/2022"In Nevada, A Tribe And A Toad Halt A Renewable Power Plant"
"An Adele song blasted from a stereo. Workers put up a fence near a massive heat exchanger and other equipment awaiting assembly here in the Nevada desert. After about a decade of grinding its way through the federal permitting process, Ormat, a geothermal company, was building a new power plant in Dixie Valley to produce renewable energy."
Source: Washington Post, 11/04/2022"Large Dams May Threaten Survival Of Platypus Populations, Research Finds"
"Major dams have disrupted gene flow between platypus populations, making them more vulnerable to threats, according to new research."
Source: Guardian, 11/04/2022"Nations Must Increase Funding to Cope With Climate Shocks, U.N. Warns"
"Failing to help developing nations brace for disruption will lead to increased conflict and widespread suffering, the United Nations wrote in a new report."
Source: NYTimes, 11/03/2022Over 130 Power Plants Won't Clean Up Leaking Toxic Coal Ash Pits and Ponds
"EPA coal ash regulations issued in 2015 allow polluting utilities to self-regulate. And a giant loophole exempts coal ash piles that stopped receiving coal plant waste before that year."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/03/2022"Lack Of Graphite Could Gum Up American EV Market"
"President Joe Biden’s ambitions for an American-made electric vehicle industry have a graphite problem."
Source: E&E News, 11/03/2022Egyptian Regime Criticized As Climate Activist Arrested Before Cop27
"Concern over country’s human rights record after Indian Ajit Rajagopal arrested on walk to raise awareness about climate crisis"
Source: Guardian, 11/03/2022
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