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Europe reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 5% last year

Thu, 2024-05-16 12:46 — mike kraft

How Europe reduced its greenhouse gas emissions last year The European Union's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5% last year, official data published this week showed, continuing a trend of declining emissions in Europe. Kate Abnett Reuters

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Millions more older adults at risk in the future from extreme heat

Thu, 2024-05-16 12:30 — mike kraft

Extreme heat will put millions more older adults at risk in the future By 2050, as many as an additional 246 million adults 69 and older could experience temperature extremes that exceed 37.5° Celsius. Aimee Cunningham Science News

The new projection suggests that more than 23 percent of the global population of these older adults — largely concentrated in Africa and Asia — will encounter this intense heat, compared with 14 percent today.

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The 2024 Europe report on health and climate change: unprecedented warming demands unprecedented action-Lancet study

Thu, 2024-05-16 11:53 — mike kraft

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Climate change’s economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049--study

Thu, 2024-05-16 10:19 — mike kraft

New study calculates climate change's economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049 A new study says climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world that’s not warming, with the poorest areas and those least responsible for heat-trapping gases taking the biggest monetary hit. AP News

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Climate change significantly worsened heat waves inAsia, parts of Mideast

Wed, 2024-05-15 12:37 — mike kraft

Climate change worsened deadly heat waves in April and May across Asia In the Philippines, the record heat was "virtually impossible" without climate change. Andrew Freedman Axios

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Extreme heat, spanning Lebanon to the Philippines since April, is being blamed for hundreds of deaths. It's added to the suffering of people who lack access to air conditioning, including displaced persons in the Middle East, the study notes.

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Human, Animal and Plant Diseases are being fueled by enviornmental changes--study

Fri, 2024-05-10 11:38 — mike kraft

Several large-scale, human-driven changes to the planet — including climate change, the loss of biodiversity and the spread of invasive species — are making infectious diseases more dangerous to people, animals and plants, according to a new study.

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Analysis: A step to counter climate change increases in urban flooding --"sponge cities"

Wed, 2024-05-08 14:29 — mike kraft

As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here's how communities can become 'sponge cities' "When it rains, it pours" once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters. Now it's becoming a statement of fact about rainfall in a changing climate. Franco Montalto Phys.org

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Scientists find the fingerprints of climate change on Dubai’s and Yemen's deadly floods

Fri, 2024-04-26 11:13 — mike kraft

Dubai’s deadly floods were made worse by climate change, scientists find | CNN The record-breaking rain that fell over the UAE and Oman was driven partly by the climate crisis, an analysis shows, pointing to the role of burning fossil fuels. Angela Dewan CNN

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U.S.EPA tough new rules would require coal-fired power plants to capture 90 % of emissions or shut down

Thu, 2024-04-25 10:03 — mike kraft

Tough new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down A rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. AP News

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Nearly 40% of people in the US live with unhealthy air pollution --study

Wed, 2024-04-24 19:14 — mike kraft

Nearly 40% of people in the US live with unhealthy air pollution, report says | CNN More people across the United States – nearly 40% – live in places with unhealthy levels of polluted air, according to a new report from the American Lung Association. Jacqueline Howard CNN

...Extreme heat, drought and wildfires are among the factors that have contributed to a rise in deadly air pollution, especially in the Western part of the country, said Katherine Pruitt, author of the report and senior director of the American Lung Association’s Nationwide Clean Air Policy.

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