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Climate change fueled the Australia fires. Now those fires are fueling climate change.

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That’s not a record, he said, noting that considerably more carbon was emitted in 2011 and 2012, when very large fires raged across Australia’s northern territory and out west. But in New South Wales, this year’s wildfire emissions are off the charts. It’s a great example of a positive feedback of climate change,” Hughes said.

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Governments Are Sending Oil Executives to COP26 Despite Climate Pledges. Here’s a Look at the Fossil Fuel Influence in Glasgow

DeSmogBlog

Abuleif is Saudi Arabia’s chief negotiator at COP26, a position he has held since 2012. Felipe Bayón, the CEO of Ecopetrol, the largest oil company in Colombia and the fourth largest in South America, traveled with the official delegation. The Saudi delegation is replete with many more former employees of Aramco.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Citing global warming as the cause, the suit alleged that, “sea ice forms later in the year, attaches to the coast later, breaks up earlier, and is less extensive and thinner, thus subjecting Kivalina to coastal storm waves and surges. An avid birder, he first went to South America to visit friends.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

million square kilometers, the second lowest in the 42-year satellite record, behind only September 2012. In fact, physics tells us that for every 1 degree Celsius of warming, our atmosphere can hold about seven percent more moisture. A summary from the NSIDC shows how bad the situation was in autumn 2020.