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The Overview Effect

Grist

Nothing could have prepared the man who played Star Trek ’s Captain Kirk for the profound shock of seeing his home planet from 65 miles above. The 90-year-old man, the oldest person to go to space, said humans can’t continue “burying our heads in the sand” about climate change, and that “we’re at a tipping point.”.

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The Transformation of Earth Day: What Has Changed and What To Expect – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

More carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use is released into the environment, increasing from ~25 GtCO2 in 1999 to ~37 GtCO2 in 2019. The 1970s were coined the Environmental Decade for a reason. Trump also pulled America out of the Paris climate agreement. billion hectares, rising to 4.92 billion hectares in 2015.

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Earth Day History: Transformation of a Celebration – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

More carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use is released into the environment, increasing from ~25 GtCO2 in 1999 to ~37 GtCO2 in 2019. The 1970s were coined the Environmental Decade for a reason. Trump also pulled America out of the Paris climate agreement. billion hectares, rising to 4.92 billion hectares in 2015.