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The US has a long way to go to make up for its part in the climate crisis The US plans to officially ratchet up its climate commitments going into Earth Day tomorrow, but many advocates are skeptical that it will be ambitious enough to balance out the nation’s inordinate role in creating the climate crisis. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/22396522/us-climate-change-commitment-paris-agreement-joe-biden

Apple launches $200 million fund for climate change Apple has created a $200 million fund to invest in forestry projects to help remove carbon from the atmosphere while also generating financial returns for its investors, the company said Thursday. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/15/22385552/apple-200-million-fund-climate-change-environment

Biden's Earth Day Summit Is a Crucial Opportunity for Climate Action Science has a stark message for us all. In this decade, we could lose the fight for the Paris Agreement climate goals, with profound consequences for life on Earth, now and in the future. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bidens-earth-day-summit-is-a-crucial-opportunity-for-climate-action/

The US officially rejoins the Paris climate change agreement One of the first things President Biden did after his inauguration was to sign an executive order saying the US will rejoin the Paris Agreement. Today, that move is official. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken posted a tweet saying the US "is once again a Party to the Paris Agreement. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/us-rejoin-paris-agreement-official-190909769.html

Earth Day Summit Will Mark U.S. Return to Global Climate Talks President Biden plans to host a high-level Earth Day summit, delivering on a campaign pledge and challenging his climate policy team to ready ambitious and credible commitments that can stand up to global scrutiny. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-day-summit-will-mark-u-s-return-to-global-climate-talks/

Biden’s First Climate Actions Include Rejoining Paris Agreement Joe Biden will spend his first hours as president trying to obliterate much of the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda, restore public land protections and reestablish the United States as a global leader on climate change policy. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bidens-first-climate-actions-include-rejoining-paris-agreement/

Earth Hasn’t Warmed This Fast in Tens of Millions of Years Scientists just completed one of the most comprehensive investigations of Earth’s climate history—and the findings aren’t favorable. They found that the planet could eventually warm to levels it hasn’t reached in at least 34 million years. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-hasnt-warmed-this-fast-in-tens-of-millions-of-years/

COVID-19 Could Permanently Transform Transportation COVID-19 has left city squares abandoned and our streets empty. Unemployment in the United States has already topped 15 percent, and the European Union’s economy is projected to shrink by more than 7 percent in 2020. Continue Reading . . . https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/covid-19-could-permanently-transform-transportation/

The United Nations climate change conference underway here in Poland could play a critical role in the fight to stem greenhouse gas emissions and keep temperatures from rising to unsafe levels. The Trump Administration showed up to pitch fossil fuels. from http://time.com/5475293/trump-fossil-fuels-cop-24-katowice/ http://time.com/images/newsletter-time.png

Think recent climate disasters have been bad? Just wait, researchers at the University of Hawaii predicted Monday. from https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/climate-change-going-make-life-earth-whole-lot-worse-report-n938101 https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2018_47/2651861/181119-hurricane-florence-north-carolina-floding-cs-234p_1c05fafaa04553c2e1d0977b8a1fa568.fit-760w.jpg

Ever-mindful of calculable uncertainty and climate deniers, the authors give "odds of roughly 5 in 1 million" of these changes occurring naturally, without human influence. from https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-have-shifted-the-earth-s-seasons-for-the-first-time-with-climate-change https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2018-07/processed/LAinHazeHumansAlteredSeasons2_600.jpg

https://t.co/3jLE5AE5or : Extreme weather events linked to climate change impact on the jet stream. https://t.co/4y0PQfRWsC — Mike (@mikezmac) March 28, 2017

Trump’s plan for energy independence sacrifices the environment https://t.co/jcy02ADHl7 via @engadget — Mike (@mikezmac) January 21, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/mikezmac

Reported by The Washington Post “President-elect donald trump is interviewed Saturday by Chris Wallace of “Fox News Sunday” in Trump Tower in New York. (Richard Drew/AP) Global warming — “it’s a hoax.” donald trump has said that more than once. So it’s understandable that the request by the president-elect’s transition team for the names of individual Energy Department employees and contractors who worked on the issue makes them worry that the trick could be on them……  http://ift.tt/2gIIeRs