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Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate

GreenBiz

Risk, doubt, and the burden of proof in the climate debate. Excerpted from " Industrial-Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, from the Slave Trade to Climate Change " by Barbara Freese, published by the University of California Press. Barbara Freese. Sat, 05/16/2020 - 14:20.

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Time is running out to adapt to climate change, new IPCC report says

Grist

Now, in a new international report released on Monday, they argue the clock is also ticking on efforts to adapt to the devastating consequences of climate change. Meanwhile, climate change is amplifying human conflicts and causing widespread damage to people’s physical and mental health. David McNew / Getty Images.

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The Deadly Connection Between Climate Change, COVID-19, Wildfires, Hurricanes and Tornadoes

Green Market Oracle

However, this year these events are being compounded by a global pandemic. It is becoming increasingly clear that climate change is exacerbating both extreme weather and wildfires it is also making diseases like the coronavirus worse. Extreme weather is one of the most pervasive and persuasive manifestations of climate change.

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Climate Change is Affecting the Range of Chickadees

Rinexii

According to researchers at Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Villanova University, and Cornell University, that border is moving due to climate change. Carolina Chickadees are moving farther and farther North, as winter in the North continues to warm. Chickadees are adaptable, but many bird species aren’t.

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The link between extreme weather and climate change

Clean Energy Canada

While these events are indeed linked to climate change, direct attribution is often approached by media with hesitation. Extreme weather attribution is a growing field of climate science, with an increasing number of studies dedicated to establishing the role that climate change plays in our changing weather patterns.

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Could energy-storage-as-a-service be key to cutting carbon emissions?

Envirotec Magazine

Energy storage can help mitigate climate change, but it is still on low levels and needs to triple by 2050 to keep global warming below 2°C. Reforming our energy system is one of the most important measures to mitigate climate change. Globally, only 3% of power capacity is being stored.

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Jordan Peterson’s New Online School Will Be Rife with Climate Crisis Deniers

DeSmogBlog

Shermer has hosted prominent climate crisis deniers such as Steve Koonin and Michael Shellenberger on his podcast. Canadian conservative newspaper columnist Rex Murphy, who has referred to global warming as an “anti-Western ideology,” is also on board, with a course “on poetry and Paradise Lost.”