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The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again.

Grist

The new research adds to the urgency of conversations about climate change, just weeks before leaders all over the world are expected to travel to Dubai to meet for the United Nation’s annual climate change conference, COP28. Hansen was the first to sound the alarm on climate change in 1988 in testimony to Congress.

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How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves

Grist

The blistering weather had many people wondering: Is this climate change? Although the event was exceedingly abnormal — a 1-in-1,000-year event in today’s climate, according to some estimates — researchers say that without global warming it would have been at least 150 times rarer and several degrees cooler.

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Why We Should All Be Concerned About the Environment

The Environmental Blog

What is climate change and why should we be concerned about it. Climate change refers to a broad array of environmental degradation that is predicted to result from increasing levels of atmospheric CO2, including global warming , alterations in precipitation, sea level changes, and more extreme weather events.

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EDP Renewables Completes Riverstart the Largest Solar Park in Indiana

Green Living Guy

The development is now the largest solar array by capacity in the […]. EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) has completed construction on the 200-megawatt (MW) Riverstart Solar Park. It’s in Randolph County, Indiana, approximately 80 miles northeast of Indianapolis.

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Conservationists from six nations vow to save the Irish Sea

Envirotec Magazine

The Irish Sea is under significant and increasing pressure from climate change and activities like fishing, aquaculture, development, shipping, aggregates, military activity, recreation and pollution. The Irish Sea will also be affected by global warming. per cent is fully protected.

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Paris Agreement poses major stranded asset risk to Indonesian palm oil, research warns

Business Green

More than nine million hectares of land earmarked for potential palm oil cultivation in Indonesia risks becoming stranded assets if investments and regulations shift towards supporting the global climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement, new research suggests. The research warns that under a 1.5C The research warns that under a 1.5C

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New solar roadmap shows how Long Island can produce more electricity than the region uses each year

Renewable Energy World

To address the effects of stronger storms, flooding, and extreme heat due to climate change, New York State has adopted bold legislation requiring 70% of the state’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030. Mid- to large-scale solar arrays, like the one at the H.