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@slrpnk.nethttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/19/russia-china-global-security-climate-breakdown
‘Risk’ analyses largely ignore the dangers of the climate crisis. Unless we wake up to them, they will soon outweigh all others, says Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/climate/us-methane-greenhouse-gas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L04.THCp.XJ87XbatJ-0O
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19092024/tyson-foods-emission-reduction-promise-lawsuit/
The Environmental Working Group alleges that the world’s second-largest meat producer is misleading consumers by labeling a line of its beef “climate smart.”
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2024/09/18/coal-to-die-at-major-arizona-power-cooperative/75256154007/
Arizona's largest member-owned power provider will be mostly renewable in 2031, officials say, due in part to new federal funding.
https://grist.org/climate/mapping-the-lone-star-tick-vector-borne-diseases/
Emory University researchers are mapping the reach of the lone star tick, which can carry the Heartland virus, a vector-borne disease.
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/can-we-eat-our-way-out-of-the-climate-crisis/
Curbing the carbon footprint of what we eat won’t require an agricultural revolution. It's already happening in farms and ranches across the country.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/19/oil-donations-universities
Student-led analyses raise concerns of conflict of interest at six universities, including Princeton, Columbia and Cornell
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6qvpe0dxqo
The current drought is concerning because it comes relatively early in the Amazon's dry season.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/business/european-union-deforestation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L04.QcbF.BeJbaXK-0W28
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/climate/prehistoric-earth-temperatures.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L04.g0To.qgrzXIloa82B&smid=url-share