Rising, Burning Tides

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  13 hours ago

  US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate

  ABC News

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The United States committed Saturday to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking …

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  Curious Curator

  11 hours ago

  What’s the big deal about Earth getting 2°C hotter?

  newsreadeck.com - - Dec 1, 2023, 12:04 PM

  Thirty-five years after NASA scientist James Hansen testified before the United States Congress about the specter of climate change, Earth is on pace …

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  12 hours ago

  Pope pleads with global leaders to find breakthrough on climate change

  NBC News - By Reuters

  Francis said it was necessary to move decidedly ahead with greater energy efficiency, renewable energy, the “elimination of fossil fuels” and a change of a wasteful lifestyle. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Pope Francis on Saturday called on the U.N. climate summit to strive for a essential …

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  1 day ago

  Flight Takes Off Two Hours Earlier Than Scheduled to Get VIP Delegation to Dubai For COP28 Summit, Leaving Passengers Behind

  paddleyourownkanoo.com - Mateusz Maszczynski

  Nepal Airlines has come under fire after a scheduled flight from Kathmandu to Dubai departed two hours earlier than planned because the country’s …

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  2 days ago

  Pressure builds to eliminate fossil fuel use as oil executive takes over climate talks

  Associated Press - SETH BORENSTEIN

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pressure to phase out fossil fuels mounted Thursday on the oil company chief who took over fragile international climate negotiations that opened in Dubai on Thursday in what some say are contradictory dual roles. United Nations and climate talks leaders might have …

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  4 days ago

  Extreme Rainfall Increases Drastically With Global Warming, Study Finds

  ecowatch.com - Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

  According to a recent study by scientists from Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, some newer climate models greatly …