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What makes Al Gore hopeful: Tech innovation, science-based targets and the racial 'awakening'

GreenBiz

A global coalition fronted by former Vice President Al Gore promises granular insights and data into those sources — down to individual power plants, ships or factories. What’s more, Gore observes that we’re still emitting 152 million tons of heat-trapping pollution into the atmosphere every 24 hours. Where did they originate?

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A sunken river valley could hold the key to protecting the Texas coast

Grist

Between 7,000 and 9,000 years ago, as glaciers melted, sea levels rose rapidly, burying miles of the Trinity River Valley — along with its mounds of sand — beneath the seafloor. The eight scientists aboard alternate 12-hour shifts, so there’s always someone awake to monitor the equipment.

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Addressing Inequities In The Mental Health Burden Of Climate Change

Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Achieving and sustaining that level of action requires that people are not incapacitated by climate anxiety or despair. Source: Marazziti et al.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

It’s important for business owners and global citizens to understand the source of this change to be empowered to anticipate and adapt to these changes and potentially help reverse them through intentional, sustainable action. . The WAIS holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by around 3.3 The Holocene. The Anthropocene.

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How oysters and seagrass could help the California coast adapt to rising seas

Grist

Nichols oversees Coastkeeper’s living shorelines program, a project in partnership with California State University, Long Beach, and California State University, Fullerton, that restores ecosystem structures like oyster beds and eelgrass meadows, which protect shorelines from waves, erosion, and sea-level rise.

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Global Briefing: Paris Olympics targets zero food waste and more plant based meals

Business Green

African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. French and sustainable cuisine in the spotlight during the Games. And it pledged to halve the amount of single-use plastic in catering, in response to high expectations, particularly from athletes and consumers, to reduce plastic pollution.

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What Abandoning Fossil Fuels Could Look Like in the Arab World

DeSmogBlog

As a backdrop to the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, it’s a fitting venue for a planet-wide shift that scientists say needs to happen: The region has extensive deposits of oil and gas, but also immense, untapped potential for renewable energy. Our conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.