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July 25, 2020 cc admin

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LIVE: UN chief, Prince Charles, rally ‘coalition of the willing’ to end biodiversity destruction

Here's our special LIVE coverage of the UN Summit on Biodiversity, where activists and senior UN officials are calling for urgent action on biodiversity, to help ensure sustainable development for all.
Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels

Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” levels of hunger and left hundreds of thousands homeless, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
LIVE: UN Climate Change Roundtable - a 'just transition' through climate action is key says Guterres

Live coverage of the High-Level UN Climate Change Roundtable, featuring UN chief António Guterres, designed to rally momentum for more ambitious action to limit global warming and ensure sustainable post-pandemic recovery plans. Highlights UN chief warns that 'the world has a fever and is burning up' Watch the roundtable live on UN Web TV UK and UN to co-host December climate event.

New Hampshire, Climate, and Public Health: New Commission Seeks to Up the State’s Game

Alex Iby/UnsplashStates continue to push forward on climate and clean energy, and Stanford University student and 2020 UCS Schneider Sustainable Energy Fellow Myles Haigney has been supporting a new New Hampshire commission focused on the very related issues of emissions and pollution. I’m pleased to offer here his take on issues and opportunities for the Granite State. Myles Haigney A new state...
My Testimony on Climate Change Before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform

Last week, I had the opportunity to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on the Environment, at a hearing entitled ‘Climate Change, Part IV: Moving Towards a Sustainable Future.’ Below is my oral testimony, as prepared (shortened a bit during delivery to respect time constraints). Also, here is a link to my written testimony, as submitted...
Michigan Governor Whitmer’s Big Step Forward on Climate Leadership

Josh G./FlickrYesterday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a broad set of actions called the MI Healthy Climate Plan to help move the state toward a healthier and more prosperous future. The headline grabber is a bold and ambitious goal for Michigan to achieve economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050, established through Executive Directive 2020-10. That is the kind of strong leadership we...
Why Environmental Justice Needs to Be on the Docket in the Presidential Debates

Photo: Ed Rojas, UnsplashEarlier this week, when Fox News announced the lineup of topics for the upcoming presidential debate, climate change and environmental justice were nowhere to be seen. Among the many lamentable things about that is that moderator Chris Wallace, who is scheduled for this Tuesday’s debate, has shown that he is fully capable of asking sharp questions on...
Climate, Clean Energy, and Environmental Justice in Massachusetts: The Legislature’s Next Move

J. Rogers/UCSThe Massachusetts Senate and House have each passed important bills for advancing climate, clean energy, and environmental justice. Here’s how the final steps can land us in the right place for this year. First, details about a key piece of the first sentence above: It was down to the wire, but the Massachusetts House did indeed pass its climate and...
The THRIVE Resolution Puts Forth a Bold and Just Economic and Climate agenda

Bureau of Land Management/FlickrLast week, the Transform, Heal, and Renew by Investing in a Vibrant Economy (THRIVE) resolution was introduced in the House by Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM). THRIVE has 85 original Congressional cosponsors and has been endorsed by more than 200 organizations—including the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)—and sets an ambitious and just agenda for economic renewal and climate...

The Limits Of Green Energy Confirm The Reality Of Fossil Fuels

In a previous life as a tour guide in the Eternal City of Rome, I would explain Raphael’s famous “Athens School” in the eponymous rooms and former papal apartments inside the Vatican. There the two most consequential philosophers in history are side by side: Plato pointing up to the world of ideas, and Aristotle pointing down to the world of matter. We...
La Nina Is Here: What It Means For Global Temperatures

As equatorial sea surface temperatures (SSTs) across the east-central and the eastern Pacific Ocean continue to cool, what effect will La Nina have on global temperatures this year? La Niña conditions were present in August, and there’s a 75% chance they’ll hang around through the winter. NOAA has issued a La Niña Advisory. Just how did we arrive at this conclusion, and what does...
AP Pushes Sea-Level Alarmism For Island Nations Despite No Acceleration

Among the top Google News search results today for “climate change” is the Associated Press (AP) story, “Leaders to UN: If the virus doesn’t kill us, climate change will.” In the article, the AP claims that some island nations like Tuvalu will completely disappear within 75 years due to rising seas. Scientific evidence, however, demolishes such claims. The current sea-level rise is...
Sorry Pennsylvania, Biden Says No More Coal Or Oil Plants In U.S.

Former Vice President Joe Biden said during the presidential debate on Tuesday night that, under his administration, the country will not build any more coal or oil plants in America. “Nobody’s going to build another coal-fired plant in America. No one’s going to build another oil-fired power plant in America. They’re going to move to renewable energy,” Biden said. Biden’s promise that...
New Study Reports NYC Is Sinking…As Sea Levels Defy Alarmist Predictions

In New York City, like the rest of the world, alarming rates of accelerated sea-level rise continue to…not happen. In 1986, Dr. James Hansen, the Godfather of global warming alarmism, claimed Earth’s temperature would rise by about 4°F between 1986 and 2010. That didn’t happen. In 1988, Hansen predicted that within 20 years (2008), New York City’s West Side Highway would be underwater...
Fact Check: Joe Biden Claims He Doesn’t Support Green New Deal

CLAIM: Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed to not support the Green New Deal during Tuesday’s presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio. VERDICT: FALSE. Biden’s own campaign website describes the Green New Deal as a “crucial framework” in combating what it claims is a “climate crisis” in a section titled, “THE BIDEN PLAN FOR A CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE”: Vice President Biden...

LIVE: UN chief, Prince Charles, rally ‘coalition of the willing’ to end biodiversity destruction

Here's our special LIVE coverage of the UN Summit on Biodiversity, where activists and senior UN officials are calling for urgent action on biodiversity, to help ensure sustainable development for all.
LIVE: UN Climate Change Roundtable - a 'just transition' through climate action is key says Guterres

Live coverage of the High-Level UN Climate Change Roundtable, featuring UN chief António Guterres, designed to rally momentum for more ambitious action to limit global warming and ensure sustainable post-pandemic recovery plans. Highlights UN chief warns that 'the world has a fever and is burning up' Watch the roundtable live on UN Web TV UK and UN to co-host December climate event.
Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels

Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” levels of hunger and left hundreds of thousands homeless, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
FROM THE FIELD: Protecting the post-pandemic planet

An emphasis on sustainable development and fighting climate change will benefit countries around the world as they recover from the unprecedented economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, says the UN Development Programme, (UNDP).
UN chief and UK premier announce December climate summit

With the COVID-19 pandemic having disrupted plans to hold the annual international UN climate meeting - known as the COP - this year, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom have announced that they will instead co-host a “landmark global event” on 12 December, the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
UN report highlights links between ‘unprecedented biodiversity loss’ and spread of disease

The continued degradation of the environment is increasing the likelihood of diseases spreading from animals to humans, warns a UN report on biodiversity, released on Tuesday.
Reversing land degradation can ‘pre-empt and manage’ conflicts

To help prevent conflicts and at the same time protect the planet, “we all must tackle environmental degradation”, a top UN official told the Security Council on Thursday.
Ozone treaties ‘inspiring examples’ of political will, UN chief says on International Day

The United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, on Wednesday, recognizing the success of landmark global agreements in helping restore the protective layer around Earth.
Climate change: Record northern heat, fuels concerns over US wildfire destruction

The northern hemisphere experienced its warmest August ever, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday, amid searing conditions that have contributed to devastating wildfires on the west coast of the United States.
A youthful 75: New generation carries the torch for UN values

75 years on from the founding of the UN, young people are being enlisted to share their visions of a better planet, and help decide the next chapter of the Organization.
Science, solidarity and solutions needed against climate change: Guterres

Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere are at record levels, and emissions that saw a temporary decline due to the pandemic are heading towards pre-COVID levels, while global temperatures continue to hit new highs, according to a major new UN report.
Women are key to response and recovery out of the COVID era: Deputy UN chief

Young women are fighting interconnected battles for “environmental, economic and racial justice”, the deputy UN chief said in a discussion on Thursday.

Spalte Splits

In summer 2020, a huge piece of ice split off from the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf.
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Superior Fall Colors

In autumn, the leaves on deciduous trees change colors as they lose chlorophyll, the molecule that plants use to synthesize food.
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Mapping Shallow Seafloors

By combining satellite measurements with ship-based sonar data, researchers are working to fill the gaps in coastal ocean maps.
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Bobcat Fire Scorches Southern California

The fire is among the largest Los Angeles County has ever faced.
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The Gambia

The smallest country in mainland Africa hugs its namesake river.
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Iraq Lakes Bounce Back

After decades of low water levels, two of Iraq’s popular lakes appear to be filling again.
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Extreme Monsoon Rains in Pakistan

The 2020 rainy season has caused fatal flooding and crop loss across Pakistan.
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Cracking Icy Secrets of New Penguin Colonies

Populations of gentoo penguins are growing, and remote sensing data are helping scientists figure out why.
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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Second-Lowest Extent

The Arctic sea ice extent continues its long-term downward trend.
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Persistent Phytoplankton

The waters off of Newfoundland were colored by coccolithophore blooms for two months.
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The Arctic Hasn’t Been This Warm for 3 Million Years — and That Foreshadows Big Changes for the Rest of the Planet

Extreme shrinkage of summer sea ice is just the latest evidence of rapid Arctic warming — and what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay there.
The Western Wildfire Cataclysm Looks as Bad From Space as on the Ground — Maybe Worse

Only from the vantage point of space can we see the full horrific scope of the wildfires.
George Washington Carver’s Legacy Went Beyond Peanuts

The famed scientist made lasting contributions to environmental and sustainable farming.
Warmth Pouring Out of Siberia Sends Arctic Sea Ice Plummeting to Second Lowest Extent on Record

Even the normally frozen North Pole had some open water when visited by a historic Arctic expedition toward summer's end.
With August in the Books, 2020 Remains Likely to Be the Warmest Year on Record

But a just declared La Niña — which tends to cool things off a bit — could make it a "toss-up."
How Our Changing Climate Will Make Hurricanes Worse

Stronger wind speeds, rising sea levels and increases in water temperature add up to create more potential for destruction.

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