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Pandemic Lockdowns Caused 'Just a Tiny Blip' in Climate-Polluting Emissions, WMO Finds

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But, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ) , this year's sudden drop off in travel — and transportation fuel consumption — didn't lead to sizable declines in planet-heating emissions. Tags: COVID-19 World Meteorological Organization methane emissions Robert Howarth Permian Basin

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Meet the Climate Science Deniers Who Downplayed COVID-19 Risks

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Read time: 9 mins On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization ( WHO ) declared that the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019 , which causes the disease COVID -19, was officially a “public health emergency of international concern.” At the time, there were cases confirmed in 19 countries and deaths in China had reached 170.

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Indigenous Youth Rally Calls on Biden to Cancel Line 3 and Dakota Access Pipelines

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But a day later, Indigenous youth and organizers opposing the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines rallied in front of the White House against the two fossil fuel pipelines. Tags: Enbridge Line 3 pipeline Dakota Access Pipeline Indigenous Environmental Network Biden administration

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Community solar, urban trees and the digitization of employee engagement

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Earlier this year, Akamai’s sustainability organization teamed up with its wellness team, corporate foundation and employee resource groups to create a platform, managed with WeSpire software, that is used to share information and manage engagement. . To support those efforts, Microsoft has organized access to a number of resources. .

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2020 Was a Busy Year for Taking the Climate Fight to the Courts

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All around the world, communities, organizations, and especially young people turned to the courts in 2020 in strategic attempts to hold governments and polluting companies accountable for exacerbating the unfolding climate emergency.

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Exposé Shows Rise of Heartland Institute’s Climate Denial Efforts Overseas, Using Dark Money and a YouTuber

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Part of those efforts include the climate science-denying organization touting its newest representative, a young German YouTube “influencer,” Naomi Seibt , whom Heartland markets as the deniers’ answer to breakout youth climate activist Greta Thunberg.

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‘Uninsurable and Unhedgeable’: Central Banks Warn of Financial Crisis from Climate Change

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Read time: 6 mins A future climate disaster, or “green swan” event, could bring down the global financial system, according to a new report from the Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ), an international financial organization that serves as a bank for central banks around the world.