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Why the EPA puts a higher value on rich lives lost to climate change

There is one number that the Environmental Protection Agency relies on to decide which climate policies to pursue. So why does that number assume the lives of richer people are worth more?

WEKU

Why helping whales to flourish can help fight climate change

The ocean is one of the planet’s great carbon sinks, absorbing nearly a third of the atmosphere’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Climate change is fueling extreme weather. How do we make a difference?

California is digging out from the damage left behind by nine atmospheric rivers that passed in the last few weeks. The storms they created affected almost every region of the state with extreme flooding, massive mountain snowfall, mud slides, landslides and 20 deaths.

Chicago Tribune

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Shell’s Grand Plan to Fight Climate Change (and Continue to Cause It)

The company is investing billions of dollars in zero- and low-carbon energy solutions, but selling oil and gas at record profits is a hard habit to break.

Businessweek

In Spain, storks' trash diet driven by climate change

Europe’s storks used to fly south to Africa’s Sahel region to spend the winter, stopping off in Spain along the way

The Independent UK

A story for every place, not jobs and growth: Revive reflects global trends in policy – cultural and otherwise

Federal Labor is engaged in urgent reform, making up for the “lost decade” under the Coalition. The Voice, industrial relations, climate change, universities, health, Asian-Pacific diplomacy, research and development are all undergoing significant policy review. We can now add the new National Cultural Policy, dubbed Revive.

The Conversation

Texas’ teacher pension fund divested from investment firms accused of “boycotting” oil and gas industry

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas was following a new state law targeting investment firms that seek to invest in companies that don’t worsen climate change.

The Texas Tribune

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Markets meant to limit climate change

Attempts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions are not restricted to environmental and technological approaches, as economic instruments are meant to support campaigns against global warming.

Bangkok Post

The EU shows its weaknesses again amid another looming migration crisis

The 2015 European migration crisis still impacts the European Union today. More than 1.3 million displaced people sought asylum in the EU, the most since the Second World War.

The Conversation

Queensland homeowners who've never been flooded hit with steep insurance increases as effects of climate change and inflation kick in

A range of factors are leading to increased premiums across flood-affected areas, as insurers attempt to offset $5 billion in losses from the 2022 east-coast flood disaster and mitigate future disaster risk.

ABC News

Climate risk in an unfair world

Meg Parsons and Iresh Jayawardena explain why managing climate risk is a complex social justice issue.

Newsroom.co.nz

How climate change could fare in the UK's new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The UK government has announced its business department will be split into separate departments for science, business and energy. The new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to give it its full name, represents the return of an energy and climate-focused department after a seven-year hiatus.

The Conversation

Insulate Britain activist jailed for eight weeks for contempt of court

David Nixon disobeyed judge’s order not to mention climate crisis as motivation during trial over road-blocking protest

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps given net zero brief - what's his voting record on climate issues like?

Shapps is now in charge of energy security as well as the portfolio to meet emissions targets - but what is his voting record on climate?

The National (Scotland)

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The Conversation

Hurricane Harvey more than doubled the acidity of Texas' Galveston Bay, threatening oyster reefs

Most people associate hurricanes with high winds, intense rain and rapid flooding on land. But these storms can also change the chemistry of coastal waters. Such shifts are less visible than damage on land, but they can have dire consequences for marine life and coastal ocean ecosystems.

The Independent UK

ExxonMobil should ‘own up and pay up’ for heating planet, government’s climate adviser says

Lord Deben, a cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher, says oil and gas giant is refusing to take ‘any responsibility’ for role it played in accelerating climate change

France 24

Meet the guardians of the glaciers in the French Alps

Glaciers are increasingly threatened by climate change. The French Alps are home to more than 4,000 of these fascinating natural monuments, of which 80 to 90 percent are set to disappear by 2100 due to global warming. Among the most emblematic glaciers is the Mer de Glace, or Sea of…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Nuclear threats? Climate change? What catastrophe will lead to doomsday?

If you needed a reminder that all is not well with the world, the Doomsday Clock moved forward once again in January. It’s now set for 90 seconds until midnight — closer to doom than ever before.

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The Orange County Register

Dirty truth: Study suggests new way climate change is fueling itself

Healthy, undisturbed soil sinks carbon, storing what’s generated when plants and other living things decompose so it doesn’t get released as a planet-warming greenhouse gas.

Insider UK

BP profits reach £23 billion after spike in oil and gas prices

Oil and gas giant comes in for criticism as it lowers the ambition of its climate change pledges

The Conversation

The new climate denial? Using wealth to insulate yourself from discomfort and change

While the days of overt climate denial are mostly over, there’s a distinct form of denial emerging in its stead. You may have experienced it and not even realised. It’s called implicatory denial, and it happens when you consciously recognise climate change as a serious threat without making significant changes…

Newsroom.co.nz

Defining braided rivers will help avoid future disasters

Lawmakers are being urged to bridge the legal and scientific divide over braided rivers

The Conversation

The future of flight in a net-zero-carbon world: 9 scenarios, lots of sustainable biofuel

Several major airlines have pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by midcentury to fight climate change. It’s an ambitious goal that will require an enormous ramp-up in sustainable aviation fuels, but that alone won’t be enough, our latest research shows.

The Conversation

As climate change and overuse shrink Lake Powell, the emergent landscape is coming back to life – and posing new challenges

As Western states haggle over reducing water use because of declining flows in the Colorado River Basin, a more hopeful drama is playing out in Glen Canyon.

Bangkok Post

Bangkok is still sinking, and fast

Getting Bangkok ready for the results of climate change is crucial for saving the city from sinking under rising sea levels, climate experts say.

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