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The Chilling Question About This Week’s Record Heat Wave

DeSmogBlog

This story was originally published by The Energy Mix Weekender , and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. A very different psychology kicks in, one our brains would normally discount/reject. But one that is much more useful, if alarming.”

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A world of equal weight: How an Aboriginal family’s battle with fossil fuels started with a walk

Grist

This story is adapted from the forthcoming book WARMTH which will be published by Penguin Books in August. In a low voice he tells us stories of another world, the Dreaming, which enfolds our own like a shroud. In a low voice he tells us stories of another world, the Dreaming, which enfolds our own like a shroud.

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

It was a warm January morning, and my forehead was sweating under my orange hardhat. I will never forget the first time I killed a tree. I pulled the starter rope of my chainsaw, lifted the roaring silver blade, and sliced through a small Douglas fir. The tree barely made a sound as it fell. I love all trees, but I’m especially moved by oaks.

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The Economic Case for ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Is Getting Worse. Cue the Lobbyists.

DeSmogBlog

Climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are bringing new economic headwinds to the gas-derived hydrogen fuel’s prospects. The push to sell “blue hydrogen” as a clean energy fuel — which experts have called a misleading rebrand of fossil fuels — hit another setback this month.

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. This book explains how events like these are influenced by climate change and offer ways you can get involved in the fight for solutions. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1. Climate action 4.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

It is true that we have always heard ‘scary’ stories about sea ice disappearing and polar bears going extinct. When will the Arctic Ocean melt and what will be the impact for shipping and for the Earth? Summary -In September 2020, ice volume in the Arctic Ocean was just one quarter of what it was in 1979.

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'A survival guide for humanity': The green economy reacts to the IPCC Synthesis Report

Business Green

The central message from the latest review of climate science is remarkably bleak: The world is running out of time to stabilise global temperatures at relatively safe levels, with current policies and levels of investment nowhere near sufficient to secure a liveable future for all.