If Greenland’s ice sheet saw rapid melting during a period of moderate warming, it “may be more sensitive to human-caused climate change than previously understood – and will be vulnerable to irreversible, rapid melting in coming centuries,” the study authors said in a statement....
The updated standards say students should learn that enslaved people “developed skills” that “could be applied for their personal benefit,” and that in teaching about mob violence against Black residents instructors should note “acts of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans.”
Six in ten Americans (60 percent) think extreme weather events in the United States over the past few years are related to climate change, while 34 percent do not think they are related to climate change.
“The jury’s finding of sexual abuse therefore necessarily implies that it found that Mr. Trump forcibly penetrated her vagina,” Kaplan wrote, calling it the “only remaining conclusion.”
Yes, it means fracking hot rock, so that you can circulate a fluid between two wells. The fossil fuels industry uses fracking to connect pores within rock formations so that oil and gas can be removed.
Leading Nasa climate expert says July likely to be hottest month on record (www.theguardian.com)
Biden Administration Moves to Raise the Cost of Drilling on Federal Lands (www.nytimes.com)
The royalty rates paid by oil, gas and coal companies for the right to drill and mine on land owned by the public have not changed since 1920....
How Extreme Heat Affects Workers and the Economy (www.nytimes.com)
Long-lost Greenland ice core suggests potential for disastrous sea level rise (www.cnn.com)
If Greenland’s ice sheet saw rapid melting during a period of moderate warming, it “may be more sensitive to human-caused climate change than previously understood – and will be vulnerable to irreversible, rapid melting in coming centuries,” the study authors said in a statement....
EU climate chief Frans Timmermans says he wants to lead combined center-left bloc in Dutch elections (apnews.com)
South Korea accused of paying lip service to climate action after deadly floods (www.theguardian.com)
World will miss 1.5C warming limit - top UK expert (www.bbc.com)
UK’s green halo fades under Sunak leadership | UN climate leaders write to Number 10 about PM’s ‘lackadaisical’ attitude to global warming (www.ft.com)
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Florida approves Black history standards decried as ‘step backward’ (wapo.st)
The updated standards say students should learn that enslaved people “developed skills” that “could be applied for their personal benefit,” and that in teaching about mob violence against Black residents instructors should note “acts of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans.”
US-China climate talks brought goodwill, modest progress (www.reuters.com)
Majority of Americans Expect Climate Change To Negatively Affect World In Their Lifetime (poll.qu.edu)
Why Heat Waves Are Deepening China’s Addiction to Coal (www.nytimes.com)
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Extreme weather: the climate crisis in four charts (www.theguardian.com)
Are the current heatwaves evidence that climate change is speeding up? (www.economist.com)
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How Biden's climate law will — and won’t — transform America (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Gas boiler lobby trying to delay UK’s heat pump plans, leak shows (www.theguardian.com)
Nine climate protesters arrested in US congressional office building (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Global Warming Is Bringing More Change Than Just Heat (www.nytimes.com)
Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll (wapo.st)
“The jury’s finding of sexual abuse therefore necessarily implies that it found that Mr. Trump forcibly penetrated her vagina,” Kaplan wrote, calling it the “only remaining conclusion.”
Energy industry uses whale activists to aid anti-wind farm strategy, experts say (www.theguardian.com)
Fervo Energy hits milestone in using oil drilling technology to tap geothermal energy (www.cnbc.com)