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Report Reveals How US Taxpayers Are Unwittingly Subsidizing Climate Lies

Report Reveals How US Taxpayers Are Unwittingly Subsidizing Climate Lies

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Report Reveals How US Taxpayers Are Unwittingly Subsidizing Climate Lies | Common Dreams

https://www.commondreams.org/news/taxpayer-subsidies-climate-disinformation

A new report identifies nearly 140 "climate disinformation organizations" in the United States financed by wealthy donors who receive massive subsidies from the nation's taxpayers.

Report Reveals How US Taxpayers Are Unwittingly Subsidizing Climate Lies | Common Dreams
Just 0.7% of land hosts one-third of unique, endangered species, study

Just 0.7% of land hosts one-third of unique, endangered species, study

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Just 0.7% of land hosts one-third of unique, endangered species, study

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/09/just-0-7-of-land-hosts-one-third-of-unique-endangered-species-study/

Just 0.7% of the world’s land surface is home to one-third of the world’s most threatened and unique four-legged animals, a recent study has found. In the vast evolutionary tree of life, some animals, like rats, have many closely related species that are at no immediate risk of extinction. But others, like the red panda […]

Just 0.7% of land hosts one-third of unique, endangered species, study
‘Red Flags’ on Climate: U.S. Methane Emissions Keep Climbing | Satellite data shows the U.S. releasing more and more of the potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, despite pledges to cut back.

‘Red Flags’ on Climate: U.S. Methane Emissions Keep Climbing | Satellite data shows the U.S. releasing more and more of the potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, despite pledges to cut back.

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‘Red Flags’ on Climate: U.S. Methane Emissions Keep Climbing

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/climate/us-methane-greenhouse-gas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L04.THCp.XJ87XbatJ-0O

Satellite data shows the U.S. releasing more and more of the potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, researchers said, despite pledges to cut back.

‘Red Flags’ on Climate: U.S. Methane Emissions Keep Climbing
‘No joke’: Delaware adopts new laws on offshore wind, electric vehicles and more to fight climate change

‘No joke’: Delaware adopts new laws on offshore wind, electric vehicles and more to fight climate change

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Del. Gov. John Carney signs new climate change laws

https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-offshore-wind-electric-vehicles-laws-climate-change/

Delaware is the lowest-lying state in the U.S., leaving it vulnerable to the effects of climate change, lawmakers and advocates say.

Del. Gov. John Carney signs new climate change laws
Sweden cuts tax on flying despite admitting it would increase emissions | Campaigners criticise decision to scrap tax introduced in 2018 amid rise of ‘flight shame’ movement

Sweden cuts tax on flying despite admitting it would increase emissions | Campaigners criticise decision to scrap tax introduced in 2018 amid rise of ‘flight shame’ movement

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Sweden cuts tax on flying despite admitting it would increase emissions

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/19/sweden-cuts-flying-tax-emissions

Campaigners criticise decision to scrap tax introduced in 2018 amid rise of ‘flight shame’ movement

Sweden cuts tax on flying despite admitting it would increase emissions
The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food | Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into price of food. Some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat

The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food | Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into price of food. Some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat

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The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/19/climate/food-costs-protein-environment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L04.ncVO.sjNum7Qmyn0i

Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat.

The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food
Climate change is sending ticks into new areas. Georgia researchers are on it.

Climate change is sending ticks into new areas. Georgia researchers are on it.

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Climate change is sending ticks into new areas. Georgia researchers are on it.

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.

Climate change is sending ticks into new areas. Georgia researchers are on it.
‘Vast’ carbon sink of mud on seabed needs more protection, study shows | Landmark research finds 244m tonnes of organic carbon is stored in top 10cm of marine sediment in British waters

‘Vast’ carbon sink of mud on seabed needs more protection, study shows | Landmark research finds 244m tonnes of organic carbon is stored in top 10cm of marine sediment in British waters

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‘Vast’ carbon sink of mud on seabed needs more protection, study shows

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/19/vast-carbon-sink-of-mud-on-seabed-needs-more-protection-study-shows

Landmark research finds 244m tonnes of organic carbon is stored in top 10cm of marine sediment in British waters

‘Vast’ carbon sink of mud on seabed needs more protection, study shows
Car industry calls for shift in EU emissions targets amid slowing EV sales | Automotive lobby group warns ‘multibillion-euro fines’ will punish manufacturers without relaxation of rules

Car industry calls for shift in EU emissions targets amid slowing EV sales | Automotive lobby group warns ‘multibillion-euro fines’ will punish manufacturers without relaxation of rules

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Car industry calls for shift in EU emissions targets amid slowing EV sales

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/19/car-industry-calls-for-shift-in-eu-emissions-targets-amid-slowing-ev-sales

Automotive lobby group warns ‘multibillion-euro fines’ will punish manufacturers without relaxation of rules

Car industry calls for shift in EU emissions targets amid slowing EV sales
Business Lobby Group Pushes Oil & Gas Industry Agenda on Climate

Business Lobby Group Pushes Oil & Gas Industry Agenda on Climate

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Business Lobby Group Pushes Oil & Gas Industry Agenda on Climate

https://blog.ucsusa.org/laura-peterson/business-lobby-group-pushes-oil-gas-industry-agenda-on-climate/

Middle-school drama abounds among the power players in the Business Roundtable, whose companies' public positions on climate conflict with the association's actions.

Business Lobby Group Pushes Oil & Gas Industry Agenda on Climate