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The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again.

Grist

degrees C target was initially established as a target in Paris in 2015 after a push by developing nations at a previous COP, to bring attention to the fact that global warming does not impact all nations equally. Even so, the past eight years were the hottest in recorded history , the result of the warming effects of climate change.

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A Quick Look at Alternate Energy for Your Business

Energy Refuge

The world is becoming more aware of the dangers of greenhouse gasses and the pollution creating carbon emissions, believed to be responsible for symptoms of global warming. With this awareness, businesses that consume large amounts of power or contribute to this pollution are looking at ways to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Conservationists from six nations vow to save the Irish Sea

Envirotec Magazine

The Irish Sea is under significant and increasing pressure from climate change and activities like fishing, aquaculture, development, shipping, aggregates, military activity, recreation and pollution. The Irish Sea will also be affected by global warming. Oceans store 20-35 per cent of human-made carbon emissions.

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New solar roadmap shows how Long Island can produce more electricity than the region uses each year

Renewable Energy World

Spatial data scientists from the Conservancy and Defenders of Wildlife’s Center for Conservation Innovation used advanced mapping techniques to identify low-impact sites for solar arrays in Nassau and Suffolk counties and show their energy generation potential. Mid- to large-scale solar arrays, like the one at the H.

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Vodka made from captured carbon dioxide? That’s the spirit.

Grist

Crystal-clear liquid flows from the array into big plastic drums, which chemists wheel toward a tall metal still. LanzaTech plans to launch a demonstration line of “recycled pollution” clothing early next year. A small solar array sits on the building’s Brooklyn rooftop, but most of its electricity is drawn from the grid.

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Connecticut losing ground on building emissions despite efficiency programs

Renewable Energy World

Continuing to subsidize polluting fossil fuels defies logic,” said Shannon Laun, a staff attorney for the Conservation Law Foundation, in a statement. “If Connecticut’s Global Warming Solutions Act calls for a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and 80% by 2050. Activists met the news with incredulity.

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Using Recycled Paper Is Not Just About Saving Trees

Unsustainable

Of course, we all know that deforestation isn’t just about cutting down trees, it is also about damaging a whole ecosystem as “the majority of the world’s biodiversity (the huge array of insects, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, plants and trees) lives in, and depends on, forests” iv 2.