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House hunters are fleeing climate change, causing a new kind of gentrification

Grist

This story is already playing out in a number of coastal communities in South Florida, where sea-level rise is an imminent threat. The number of home sales in the region has steadily dropped since 2013, dragging down the once-high waterfront property prices.

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You Can't Say You Haven't Been Warned

Green Market Oracle

A half century ago climate models accurately predicted global warming. A brief review of climate science shows us that we have known about the dangers of a warming planet since the 1950s. In 2013 The U.S. In fact, in the 1960s the fossil fuel industry's own science revealed that they are causing global warming.

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What effect will the “Code Red” climate report have on COP26?

Renewable Energy World

.” The report’s authors support this position with a wealth of grim landmarks, including: The global surface temperature of the planet was 1.09C higher in the decade between 2011-2020 than between 1850-1900. The recent rate of sea level rise has nearly tripled compared to 1901-1971. What can be done?

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Scientists Have Now Linked Worsening Western Wildfires to Top Polluters

DeSmogBlog

That research demonstrates that the carbon majors contributed to more than 40 percent of global temperature rise, more than 25 percent of sea level rise, and over 50 percent of ocean acidification between 1880 and the 2010s. The Alder fire in the Druid Complex in Yellowstone National Park, August 19, 2013.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

Motivated by New York Governor Cuomo’s willingness to consider banning hydrofracking, Jacobson worked through the night to layer New York’s pollution, human health, morbidity and global warming data into a cohesive model. Meeting of The Solutions Project and Sierra Club at Cornell University on April 20, 2013. © Jon Wank.

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Why We Need Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Green Market Oracle

Fifty years ago, climate models accurately predicted that greenhouse gases cause global warming (Hausfather et al, 2020). In 2013 the IPCC warned us to reduce emissions (IPCC AR5, 2013). In 2013 the IPCC warned us to reduce emissions (IPCC AR5, 2013). Special Report - Global Warming of 1.5°C

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'We can end the climate wars': Can Australia's 'greenslide' election provide renewed momentum for COP27?

Business Green

Albanese, a veteran politician who served as deputy prime minister under the last Labor government that was voted out in 2013, is to be sworn into office today. The country's national climate action plan under the Paris Agreement remained worryingly underpowered, aligned with as much as up to 4C of global warming, according to some experts.