[GWSG] New diet; retirement plan; green new deal; Climate Solutions; Ant. sea ice; Ant. mass loss; heat a/c; EVs on show

[Tilley, Al]

1. A planetary health diet devised by an international commission addresses both human health and the health of the planet. “This analysis is the most advanced ever conducted.” It is plant-based, though it includes dairy, fish, and meat, and resembles such healthy dietary traditions as Mediterranean and Okinawan. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/16/new-plant-focused-diet-would-transform-planets-future-say-scientists
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New plant-focused diet would ‘transform’ planet’s future, say scientists | Environment | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/16/new-plant-focused-diet-would-transform-planets-future-say-scientists>
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‘Planetary health diet’ would prevent millions of deaths a year and avoid climate change


To put it negatively, our current diet is catastrophic for both our health and the planet’s. https://phys.org/news/2019-01-human-diet-catastrophic-planet.html
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Human diet causing 'catastrophic' damage to planet: study<https://phys.org/news/2019-01-human-diet-catastrophic-planet.html>
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The key to both goals is a dramatic shift in the global diet—roughly half as much sugar and red meat, and twice as many vegetables, fruits and nuts, a consortium of three dozen researchers ...



2. If we were to begin now phasing out all fossil fuel burning by retiring carbon-producing vehicles, ships, power plants, factories, and planes at the end of their useful lives, we would have a 64% chance of limiting warming to 1.5C. Dairy and meat consumption would also have to end. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/immediate-fossil-fuel-phaseout-could-arrest-climate-change-study
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Immediate fossil fuel phaseout could arrest climate change – study | Environment | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/immediate-fossil-fuel-phaseout-could-arrest-climate-change-study>
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The study found there is a 66% chance of staying below 1.5C above pre-industrial levels if immediate action is taken. Photograph: Alamy Climate change could be kept in check if a phaseout of all ...



3. Yale Climate Connections offers six things to know about the green new deal. https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/01/six-things-about-green-new-deal/
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Six things about 'Green New Deal' » Yale Climate Connections<https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/01/six-things-about-green-new-deal/>
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The 'Green New Deal' has inspired lots of conversation in the climate world. Here are a few key points to consider. President Franklin D.Roosevelt’s 1932 pledge promised a ‘new deal’ for the American people. Time now for a ‘green new deal’? When the decks seem stacked against a nation ...



4. Hal Harvey’s book Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy provides a framework for designing and implementing policies which work. This interview provides lots of info and is something of a sketch of the book. https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/11/16/18096352/climate-change-clean-energy-policies-guide
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Climate change policies that work: a simple guide - Vox<https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/11/16/18096352/climate-change-clean-energy-policies-guide>
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Climate change is such a large and sprawling problem — there are so many forces involved, so many decision makers at so many levels — that solving it can seem hopelessly complex. There are so ...



5. Fourteen million years ago a variation in the axial tilt of the earth led to a diminution of Antarctic sea ice, which facilitated melting of the ice sheets and consequent sea level rise. Our buildup of greenhouse gasses is creating a similar condition. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190114114237.htm
Antarctic ice sheet could suffer a one-two climate punch -- ScienceDaily<https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190114114237.htm>
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Roughly 15 million years ago, when Earth's atmosphere was supercharged with carbon dioxide, oceans warmed and sea ice around Antarctica disappeared, causing a significant part of the Antarctic ice ...



6.  The Antarctic is losing six times more ice mass each year than it was in 1979. There is no reason to expect the acceleration to diminish so long as atmospheric carbon remains high. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190114161150.htm
Antarctica losing six times more ice mass annually now than 40 years ago: Climate change-induced melting will raise global sea levels for decades to come -- ScienceDaily<https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190114161150.htm>
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Antarctica experienced a sixfold increase in yearly ice mass loss between 1979 and 2017, according to a new study. Glaciologists additionally found that the accelerated melting caused global sea ...



7. The Dutch firm SoundEnergy is manufacturing an industrial air conditioner which uses ambient heat alone as its source of energy. As air conditioning using conventional technology is expected to take an ever-larger share of our energy, this is big news. https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/01/18/this-dutch-startup-converts-heat-into-cold-via-a-stirling-engine-and-could-just-save-the-planet/?utm_medium=40digest.7days2.20190118.carousel&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign#34e675d36744
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This Dutch Startup Converts Heat Into Cold Via A Stirling Engine, And Could Just Save The Planet - forbes.com<https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/01/18/this-dutch-startup-converts-heat-into-cold-via-a-stirling-engine-and-could-just-save-the-planet/?utm_medium=40digest.7days2.20190118.carousel&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign#34e675d36744>
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This is an environmental catastrophe waiting to happen. It sounds like magic, or a perpetual motion machine, but it relies on well-understood principles of thermo acoustics and was originally ...



8. Electric vehicles from the 2019 Detroit Auto Show include the Nissan Leaf + and the Chevy Bolt, along with stranger transportation. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-hybrids/charged-up-the-evs-of-the-2019-detroit-auto-show/ar-BBSi7f7?ocid=spartandhp#image=BBSi8sc|1
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The Weird and Wonderful EVs of the 2019 Detroit Auto Show | Automobile Magazine<https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-hybrids/charged-up-the-evs-of-the-2019-detroit-auto-show/ar-BBSi7f7?ocid=spartandhp#image=BBSi8sc|1>
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Detroit isn’t usually a hotbed for EVs, but this year's show had a number of new electric cars and concepts on the floor—check them all out here.



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