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Climate change and environment news curated by John Irving. Slight emphasis on Canadian issues.

 Ottawa, Canada
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I've recently started posing at 't-h-r-e-a-d-s' under the handle @ aquarianagediary FWIW.
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Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here’s why you’d better get used to it @borenbears #ClimateCrisis apnews.com/article/smoky-air…
Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here's why you'd better get used to it

Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here's why you'd better get used to it

Forecasters say the only break much of America can hope for anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smoke from fire-struck Canada is brief bouts of shirt-soaking sweltering heat and humidity from a...

apnews.com
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Canada, home to a massive boreal forest, lobbied to limit U.S., EU anti-deforestation bills #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-bo…
Canada, home to a massive boreal forest, lobbied to limit U.S., EU anti-deforestation bills | CBC...

Canada, home to a massive boreal forest, lobbied to limit U.S., EU anti-deforestation bills | CBC...

Canada's forest industry is a $34-billion business. But as climate change accelerates, many worry about the true cost of logging, including the states of New York and California, which introduced...

cbc.ca
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"It beggars belief that the UN thought it a good idea to allow an authoritarian petro-state to host an already compromised Cop28." @ProfBillMcGuire #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Let’s face reality. Fossil fuel interests have destroyed the Cops – we need something new | Bill...

Let’s face reality. Fossil fuel interests have destroyed the Cops – we need something new | Bill...

It beggars belief that the UN thought it a good idea to allow an authoritarian petro-state to host the already compromised summit, says Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of climate hazards

theguardian.com
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Coastal residents fear ‘hideous’ seawalls will block waterfront views #ClimateChange @GeoffDembicki theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
Coastal residents fear ‘hideous’ seawalls will block waterfront views

Coastal residents fear ‘hideous’ seawalls will block waterfront views

Aesthetics and social inequity are cause for concern as locals grapple with proposals to protect cities from climate change

theguardian.com
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Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s "Oil company drove some of the leading science of the era only to publicly dismiss global heating." @olliemilman #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming theguardian.com/business/202…
Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s

Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s

Oil company drove some of the leading science of the era only to publicly dismiss global heating

theguardian.com
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Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’? #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Amazon nytimes.com/2023/01/04/magaz…
Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’? (Published 2023)

Has the Amazon Reached Its ‘Tipping Point’? (Published 2023)

Some Brazilian scientists fear that the Amazon may become a grassy savanna — with profound effects on the climate worldwide.

nytimes.com
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World still ‘on brink of climate catastrophe’ after Cop27 deal @fionaharvey #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Cop27 theguardian.com/environment/…
World still ‘on brink of climate catastrophe’ after Cop27 deal

World still ‘on brink of climate catastrophe’ after Cop27 deal

Experts say biggest economies must pledge more cuts to carbon emissions but hail agreement to set up loss and damage fund

theguardian.com
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Alaska cancels snow crab season, threatening key economic driver #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Alaska nbcnews.com/science/environm…
Alaska cancels snow crab season, threatening key economic driver

Alaska cancels snow crab season, threatening key economic driver

Scientists are still evaluating the cause or causes of the snow crab collapse after a stretch of record-breaking warmth in Bering Sea waters spiked in 2019.

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The uninsurables: how storms and rising seas are making coastlines unliveable #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange theguardian.com/environment/…
The uninsurables: how storms and rising seas are making coastlines unliveable

The uninsurables: how storms and rising seas are making coastlines unliveable

With 10% of Canadian homes now uninsurable due to extreme weather, the climate crisis forces people to make hard choices about where they live

theguardian.com
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Almost 70% of animal populations wiped out since 1970, report reveals theguardian.com/environment/…
Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals

Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals

Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists

theguardian.com
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Extreme heat could make parts of Asia, Africa uninhabitable in decades #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Africa #Asia #India washingtonpost.com/climate-e…

Extreme heat could make parts of Asia, Africa uninhabitable in decades

Climate change is making heat waves deadlier, a report from the United Nations and the Red Cross warns.

washingtonpost.com
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Scientists Can No Longer Ignore Ancient Flooding Tales #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis theatlantic.com/science/arch…
Scientists Can No Longer Ignore Ancient Flooding Tales

Scientists Can No Longer Ignore Ancient Flooding Tales

Indigenous stories from the end of the last Ice Age could be more than myth.

theatlantic.com
Tens of thousands of salmon found dead after Canada drought #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis bbc.com/news/av/world-us-can…
Tens of thousands of salmon found dead after Canada drought

Tens of thousands of salmon found dead after Canada drought

Researchers in British Columbia discovered a shocking sight when they walked to the creek.

bbc.com
Wood from B.C. forests is being burned for electricity billed as green — but critics say that's deceptive. "Pellets from virgin forests fuel the U.K.'s Drax Power Station, backed by politicians and subsidies." cbc.ca/news/canada/wood-pell…

Wood from B.C. forests is being burned for electricity billed as green — but critics say that's...

The largest power station in the U.K., Drax, burns wood pellets sourced from B.C.’s old growth and untouched forests to create electricity. Scientists and environmentalists argue it’s a false...

cbc.ca
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The climate crisis? Guardian reporting on the issue dates back as far as 1890. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis theguardian.com/environment/…
The climate crisis? The Guardian has been investigating it for more than 100 years

The climate crisis? The Guardian has been investigating it for more than 100 years

Climate warnings have been around for decades. Guardian reporting on the issue dates back as far as 1890

theguardian.com
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King Charles abandons plans to attend Cop27 ‘following Liz Truss’s advice’ #Cop27 #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency theguardian.com/uk-news/2022…
King Charles abandons plans to attend Cop27 ‘following Liz Truss’s advice’

King Charles abandons plans to attend Cop27 ‘following Liz Truss’s advice’

Prime minister reportedly raised objections to him going during personal audience at Buckingham Palace

theguardian.com
In one tiny German town, nobody worries about energy bills #Renewables #europeanenergycrisis apnews.com/article/russia-uk…
In one tiny German town, nobody worries about energy bills

In one tiny German town, nobody worries about energy bills

While most Europeans are watching their energy bills soar as the war in Ukraine drives up the price of natural gas, oil and electricity, the tiny German town of Feldheim has been energy self-suffic...

apnews.com
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In wake of Fiona, Newfoundlanders fear the sea in communities that thrived on it for centuries theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
In wake of Fiona, Newfoundlanders fear the sea in communities that thrived on it for centuries

In wake of Fiona, Newfoundlanders fear the sea in communities that thrived on it for centuries

Some in Port aux Basques, N.L., are conflicted about whether to rebuild or move away after a storm that threatened their lives and levelled their homes

theglobeandmail.com

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