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Scientists Claim Human Activities Likely Lead Extreme Heatwaves

Climate forecasters are predicting that the recent heat wave in the United Kingdom and North America, will become a normal summer occurrence by 2050 despite skeptics.

Zenger

CTA needs to get rid of diesel buses, not add more

The CTA seems to be asleep at the wheel, with plans to buy 500 new diesel buses that will continue spewing greenhouse gases well past 2030.

Chicago Sun-Times

UK's 40C heatwave will be normal in 30 years due to burning fossil fuels, study shows

Britain's worrying scorching temperatures of 40C will most likely be the norm within 30 years, according to research - as the extreme conditions could be a risk to lives and livelihoods

Daily Mirror

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Extreme heatwaves could become common due to greenhouse gases, scientists warn

Global warming caused by man-made greenhouse gases will mean extreme heatwaves could become 30% more frequent by 2050 if appropriate measures are not taken, according to scientists

Daily Mirror

How hot will it be in Scotland in 50 years time? Met Office predictions explained

Scotland could see soaring temperatures by the 2070s if greenhouse gas emissions continue to be high. Summer temperatures could hit 35C

Daily Record

Inaction on aging trees leads to less CO2 absorption

Although the size of Japan's forested areas has hardly changed, the amount of greenhouse gases absorbed by forests fell by as much as 20% in the six years through fiscal 2020.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Commentary: States and the EPA can still regulate greenhouse gases, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling

Last month's decision by the Supreme Court striking down the Clean Power Plan is a blow to the fight against climate change, but it’s not a total knockout. Other existing laws protecting the environment are untouched by the decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. The broad powers of…

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Rampant wildfires once led to global mass extinction, scientists say. Can it happen again?

A long time ago, the carbon was rock, buried in the earth as securely as a secret. Then an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale began. The rocks burned, and the atoms inside them disassembled into carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Los Angeles Times

How California will fight Supreme Court’s limits on EPA climate enforcement

LOS ANGELES — Many public officials and environmental advocates in California were dismayed by Thursday’s Supreme Court decision to limit federal authority on greenhouse gases from power plants, citing a collective blow to the monumental challenge of tackling global warming.

Los Angeles Times

U.S. Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s authority in regulating greenhouse gases

The high court said a cap on power plants’ carbon dioxide emissions that forces a transition to other fuels may be a “sensible” solution to the climate crisis, but that Congress did not give the Environmental Protection Agency the broad authority to make such requirements. Texas was one of 17…

The Texas Tribune

Supreme Court Rejects Broad EPA Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases from Power Plants (Updated)

Chief Justice Roberts writes for a six-justice majority in West Virginia v. EPA.

Reason

EU Countries Approve Climate Measures after Long Talks

European Union countries reached a deal backing stricter climate rules that would eliminate carbon emissions from new cars by 2035 following hard-fought talks that dragged into the early hours of Wednesday. The 27 EU members found a common agreement on draft legislation aimed at slashing EU greenhouse gases by at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A new farming proposal to reduce carbon emissions involves a lot of trust – and a lot of uncertainty

After decades of avoiding inclusion in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), New Zealand’s primary production sector has begrudgingly acknowledged that reducing on-farm emissions of greenhouse gases is an imperative.

The Conversation

Greenhouse gases must be legally phased out, US scientists argue

A petition calls on the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate emissions under the Toxic Substances Control Act

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German judges visit Peru glacial lake in unprecedented climate crisis lawsuit

Rising greenhouse gases have caused Lake Palcacocha to swell in size which makes the area at risk for a devastating outburst flood

Benzinga

Gold Production Releases Five Times More Greenhouse Gases Into The Air Than Bitcoin Mining

If you were to ask 100 people what is worse for the environment, Gold or Bitcoin, I would not be surprised if the majority said Bitcoin. However, they would be very wrong. Bitcoin and the energy crisis

The Hindu

Union Minister calls for steps to bring global warming under control

‘Cumulative emissions of greenhouse gases have to stay within the limits of the Global Carbon Budget’

Chicago Sun-Times

To protect the planet, enact green parts of Build Back Better

Already, stronger storms, flooding, rising oceans, bigger wildfires, droughts and heat waves are wreaking havoc around the world. Without reductions in greenhouse gases, it will get far worse.

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City announces plan to expand air pollution monitoring, cut greenhouse gases by 60%

By 2025, Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to have a “robust outdoor air quality monitoring network” and also is pushing for a big emissions cut by 2040.

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