Climate Crisis Could Cause a Third of Plant and Animal Species to Disappear Within 50 Years: Study
28 Feb 2020

Climate Crisis Could Cause a Third of Plant and Animal Species to Disappear Within 50 Years: Study

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/14/climate-crisis-could-cause-third-plant-and-animal-species-disappear-within-50-years Published on Friday, February 14, 2020 by Common Dreams “Successful implementation of the Paris agreement targets could help reduce extinctions considerably, possibly to 16% or less by 2070,” according to lead author Cristian Román-Palacios. By Jessica Corbett, … Continued

‘The Saddest Thing Is That This Won’t Be Breaking News’: Concentration of CO2 Hits Record High of 416 ppm
28 Feb 2020

‘The Saddest Thing Is That This Won’t Be Breaking News’: Concentration of CO2 Hits Record High of 416 ppm

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/12/saddest-thing-wont-be-breaking-news-concentration-co2-hits-record-high-416-ppm Published on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 by Common Dreams “Emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation need to be reduced to ZERO to stop this trend!” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer Residents look on as flames burn through … Continued

Temperature in Antarctica Soars Past 69°F as NOAA Reports Last Month Was World’s Hottest January on Record
21 Feb 2020

Temperature in Antarctica Soars Past 69°F as NOAA Reports Last Month Was World’s Hottest January on Record

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/13/temperature-antarctica-soars-past-69degf-noaa-reports-last-month-was-worlds-hottest Published on Thursday, February 13, 2020 by Common Dreams While the reading in Antarctica still needs to be confirmed, the Brazilian scientists who logged it called the new record “incredible and abnormal.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer … Continued

Warning of ‘Untold Human Suffering,’ Over 11,000 Scientists From Around the World Declare Climate Emergency
4 Dec 2019

Warning of ‘Untold Human Suffering,’ Over 11,000 Scientists From Around the World Declare Climate Emergency

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/05/warning-untold-human-suffering-over-11000-scientists-around-world-declare-climate Published on Tuesday, November 05, 2019 by Common Dreams “Scientists have a culture of reticence when it comes to making statements like this, but the emergency is rapidly accelerating, and the scientists are very clear: this is … Continued

‘Horrifying’ New Research Shows Rising Sea Levels Could Wipe Out Major Cities, Displace 150 Million People by 2050
13 Nov 2019

‘Horrifying’ New Research Shows Rising Sea Levels Could Wipe Out Major Cities, Displace 150 Million People by 2050

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/30/horrifying-new-research-shows-rising-sea-levels-could-wipe-out-major-cities-displace Published on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 by Common Dreams “Climate change is shrinking the planet, in the scariest possible way.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer Cars and motorcycles drive on a road flooded due to high tide … Continued

Citing ‘Moral Duty to Take Radical Action,’ Over 700 Scientists Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience to Fight Climate Crisis
18 Oct 2019

Citing ‘Moral Duty to Take Radical Action,’ Over 700 Scientists Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience to Fight Climate Crisis

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/14/citing-moral-duty-take-radical-action-over-700-scientists-endorse-mass-civil Published on Monday, October 14, 2019 by Common Dreams “We believe that the continued governmental inaction over the climate and ecological crisis now justifies peaceful and nonviolent protest and direct action, even if this goes beyond the … Continued

PA to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
4 Oct 2019

PA to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

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Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-10-04/climate-change-air-quality/pa-to-join-regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative/a67976-1 October 4, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania is taking a major step forward in its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Gov. Tom Wolf has … Continued

Tell Congress to Support Clean Energy Incentives
1 Aug 2019

Tell Congress to Support Clean Energy Incentives

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From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): We just experienced the hottest June ever recorded.1 As global temperatures rise, heat waves like the one that swept across the U.S. in mid-July have become more common — and each summer, it gets hotter. It even … Continued

‘A Hotter Future That’s Hard to Imagine’: Super-Charged by Climate Crisis, New Study Warns of ‘Killer Heat’ Set to Overtake US
24 Jul 2019

‘A Hotter Future That’s Hard to Imagine’: Super-Charged by Climate Crisis, New Study Warns of ‘Killer Heat’ Set to Overtake US

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/16/hotter-future-thats-hard-imagine-super-charged-climate-crisis-new-study-warns-killer Published on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 by Common Dreams “If we wish to spare people in the United States and around the world the mortal dangers of extreme and relentless heat, there is little time to do … Continued