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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">1. US emissions were up 3.4% last year, thanks to an increase in the burning of natural gas and Trump’s efforts at defeating emissions controls—as well as his failure to enact new ones.
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greenhouse gas emissions spiked in 2018 — and it couldn’t happen at a worse time - The Washington Post</a></div>
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Reporter covering climate change, energy and the environment. U.S. carbon dioxide emissions rose an estimated 3.4 percent in 2018, according to new research — a jarring increase that comes as ...</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">2. An international assessment of national efforts to deal with climate change puts Sweden, Morocco, and Lithuania at the top and Iran, the US, and Saudi Arabia at the bottom. No one is doing
enough yet to keep us well below 2C. India’s strong performance is particularly heartening. Scandinavia in general does well. <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/climatenewsnetwork/swedes-top-climate-change-resisters-league?e=ea792e87f2" id="LPlnk62877" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">https://mailchi.mp/climatenewsnetwork/swedes-top-climate-change-resisters-league?e=ea792e87f2</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">3. Humans are the only species to be experiencing low sperm count. Global warming’s effects on sperm could be a major factor in extinctions.
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Disclosure statement. Kris Sales does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant ...</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">4. Most of Miami’s septic tanks are already malfunctioning due to sea level rise. Groundwater level, not sea level, determines the vulnerability of buried infrastructure. The first sign than
your neighborhood is becoming unlivable is not the water lapping at your door, but a malfunctioning water supply, power, or sewer system. Thanks to Janet Stanko for the story.
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A Miami-Dade neighborhood that relies on septic tanks experiences flooding during the 2016 King Tide. A new report commissioned by the county shows that half of the county’s septic tanks break ...</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">5. The Green New Deal, as represented in the proposal in preparation to be submitted to the House, is accommodating the interests of labor and Indians as well as other members of the larger
community. It amounts to a proposal for the foundation of a sustainable society.
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Deal is changing as we speak. Here’s why | Grist</a></div>
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Elizabeth Warren. Beto O’Rourke. Those are just a few of the high-profile names either leading the development of or jumping to endorse today’s environmental cause ...</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">6. The Green New Deal has met with enthusiastic support, including among Republican voters.
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The pledge stipulates that,. in signing it, “a politician and their campaign will adopt a policy to not knowingly accept any contributions over $200 from the PACs, executives, or front groups of ...</div>
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