The End of the World? Or The Beginning of a New One?

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  Katie Fritchen

  

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  It's Crucial We Phase Out Fossil Fuels, Despite Outrageous COP28 Claims

  ScienceAlert - Steve Pye

  According to the president of COP28, the latest round of UN climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates, there is "no science" indicating that …

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  Katie Fritchen

  

  2 days ago

  Al Gore Says Fossil Fuel Industry Has 'Captured the COP Process'

  commondreams.org - Jake Johnson

  Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said Sunday that fossil fuel interests have effectively seized the reins of the United Nations climate summit …

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  Katie Fritchen

  

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  Ancient methane escaping from melting glaciers could potentially warm the planet even more

  CBS News - By David Schechter, Haley Rush, Chance Horner, Aaron Munoz

  As mighty glaciers melt in the Arctic, new research finds million-year-old methane gas trapped beneath the ice is surfacing, with a potential to …

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  Katie Fritchen

  

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  The World's Biggest Nuclear Fusion Reactor Just Came Online

  ScienceAlert - Science Alert

  The world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor in operation was inaugurated in Japan on Friday, a technology in its infancy but billed by …

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  Katie Fritchen

  

  5 days ago

  The iceberg cometh: It's the size of Oahu, and it's moving into the open ocean

  NPR - Bill Chappell

  Ships plying the frigid waters near the Antarctic Peninsula, south of South America, will need to keep an eye on their radar for a floating island of ice: "The largest iceberg in the world, A-23a, is on the move into open ocean!" as the British Antarctic Survey recently announced. "It's a trillion …

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  Katie Fritchen

  

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  UN declares PFAS pollution in North Carolina a human rights violation

  grist.org - Katie Myers

  Its declaration marks the first time the international body has used such a framework to address the threat of “forever chemicals” in the U.S. The …