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West accused of ‘climate hypocrisy’ as emissions dwarf those of poor countries
Feb 01, 2022 17:43According to analysis by the Center for Global Development (CGD), in the first two days of January, the average Briton was already responsible for more carbon dioxide emissions than someone from the Democratic Republic of the Congo would produce in an entire year. This study highlights the “vast energy inequality” between rich and poor countries.
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'Alarming' levels of 'forever chemicals' found in water near US bases in Okinawa
Jan 02, 2022 21:30As the U.S. military continues construction of a controversial new base at Henoko Bay, Okinawa, the recent discovery of extreme levels of highly toxic "forever chemicals" in local waterways and groundwater has renewed long-standing opposition to the American occupation of large portions of the Japanese archipelago.
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Melting of ice sheets Is dramatic, but melting of permafrost means mass death
Dec 19, 2021 21:00Recent scientific research has found that, by 2050, the key drivers of major climate change will be feedback loops at both ends of the temperature spectrum.
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'Unsettling': New study reveals Arctic Ocean warming for over a century
Dec 02, 2021 20:27New research published recently revealed the Arctic Ocean has been warming for decades longer than scientists previously understood, raising fresh concerns as the polar region faces the growing threat of a total loss of the seasonal ice that is crucial to the survival of the imperiled marine ecosystem.
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Hundreds of toxic chemicals are coursing through US tap water
Nov 18, 2021 18:46Since 2019, more than 320 toxic substances have been detected in U.S. drinking water systems, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization.
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COP26 leaves too many loopholes for fossil fuel industry
Nov 16, 2021 17:54Despite the overwhelming evidence that most of the world’s fossil-fuel reserves must stay in the ground, governments are still approving new projects. The UK government has 40 fossil-fuel projects in the pipeline despite being the host of COP26. Australia, too, continues to approve new gas and coal developments.
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Settler attacks on Palestinian olive harvest 'most dangerous in years’
Nov 14, 2021 17:44Palestinian olive farmers say attacks 'under the watchful eye' of the Zionist regime army have destroyed the otherwise festive harvest season.
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How the Israeli regime occupation ravages the environment in Palestine?
Nov 14, 2021 17:42Not a single day passes without a Palestinian tree or an orchard being set ablaze or cut down. ‘Clearing’ the Palestinian environment is, and has always been, the prerequisite of constructing or expanding the illegal settlements. For these illegal units to be built, countless trees have to be ‘removed’, along with the Palestinians who have planted them.
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Capitalism's only plan for climate is collapse
Nov 12, 2021 21:15If we continue not acting against the real cause of the climate crisis—the capitalist mode of production and the capitalist worldview—they will take it as a social license to carry on with collapse.
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Fossil fuel lobbyists have larger presence at COP26 than any single country: Report
Nov 12, 2021 21:06A coalition of watchdog groups estimated that fossil fuel industry representatives have a larger presence at COP26 than officials from any single country, a finding that further intensified environmentalists' concerns about the legitimacy of the high-stakes climate summit.