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@chat.maiion.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/07/progress-on-slowing-deforestation-could-boost-climate-efforts-say-experts-aoe
Reduction in primary forest loss in Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as Brazil and Colombia, offers hope for tropical forests across the world
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/texas-power-grid-holds-during-222939315.html
(Bloomberg) -- The Texas power grid is withstanding a string of triple-digit temperature days in the state, spurring households and businesses to use a record amount of electricity. Most Read from BloombergTexas Power Prices to Surge 800% on Sunday Amid Searing HeatNetanyahu Seeks to Change How Judges Are Named, Then Stop RevampMusk Says He May Need Surgery, Will Get MRI on Back and NeckUkraine Black Sea Drone Attacks Signal Rapidly Expanding WarShort Seller Hindenburg Nabs Tiny Gains Off $173 B
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/glacial-break-causes-major-flooding-alaska-destroys-structures/story?id=102056193
A glacier lake outburst flood is wreaking havoc near Juneau, Alaska, where structures have been destroyed as a result of a break on the Mendenhall Glacier.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/07/is-the-climate-crisis-finally-catching-up-with-antarctica-finding-the-answer-has-never-been-more-pressing
Our inability to confidently predict sea level rise between an extremely challenging two metres and a civilisation-ending 10 metres is an exemplar of the problem facing researchers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/passive-home-design-massachusetts-2c89a18d
Three side-by-side houses in Boston are designed to offer clean inside air, reduced emissions and little to no energy costs.
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/08/07/over-a-1-trillion-needed-for-developing-nations-climate-transition.html
The lack of resources has made it challenging for those countries to reduce their high carbon emissions and shift to clean energy faster, she noted.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-approved-chevron-fuel-ingredient-cancer-risk-plastics-biofuel
An EPA document shows that a new Chevron fuel ingredient has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable — even greater than another Chevron fuel’s sky-high risk disclosed earlier this year.
https://www.voanews.com/a/solar-power-initiative-giving-hope-to-nigeria-hospitals/7213818.html
Nigeria’s unreliable power grid is not only slowing down the country’s economic growth, but health workers say it can lead to unwanted hospital shutdowns at night. But one startup is giving hospitals hope. Alhassan Bala has this report, narrated by Haruna Shehu.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/06/us/york-fire-california-nevada-update/index.html
The massive York Fire that ignited in the Mojave National Preserve is almost fully contained after more than a week of expansion in California and Nevada, according to fire officials.
https://grist.org/energy/nevada-shows-states-how-to-build-workforce-for-solar-energy-boom/
The state has jumped to the forefront in retraining workers for jobs at large-scale solar plants, and workers from other states are flocking there for guidance.