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Portugal used 100% renewable energy sources to run the country for a week

Mon, 2023-11-20 17:58 — mike kraft

Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels. Canary Media

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Most US farmers still reject planting cover crops although they help the enviornment

Fri, 2023-11-03 15:40 — mike kraft

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Group of 20 agree to increase clean energy but no deal on phasing out fossil fuels

Mon, 2023-09-11 15:08 — mike kraft

Group of 20 countries agree to increase clean energy but reach no deal on phasing out fossil fuels Group of 20 leaders have agreed to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal. AP News

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Global water reservoir volumes decline despite new dams construction boom-- study

Fri, 2023-06-16 15:30 — mike kraft

Global water reservoir volumes decline despite construction boom, study says Global reservoir volumes fell during the last 20 years despite a construction boom that drove up storage capacity, a new study showed on Tuesday, suggesting that new dams will not be enough to solve growing strain on the world's water supplies. David Stanway Reuters

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Some financial pledges to fight climate change went to strange projects

Thu, 2023-06-01 16:17 — mike kraft

A pledge to fight climate change is sending money to strange places Rich countries promised $100 billion a year to reduce the effects of global warming. Reuters found large sums went to a coal plant, a hotel and chocolate shops. Reuters

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Although a coal plant, a hotel, chocolate stores, a movie and an airport expansion don’t seem like efforts to combat global warming, nothing prevented the governments that funded them from reporting them as such to the United Nations and counting them toward their giving total.

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Biden signs executive order on climate change to require net-zero emissions from federal government by 2050

Fri, 2021-12-10 00:09 — mike kraft

Biden signs executive order on climate change to require net-zero emissions from federal government by 2050 President Biden issued an executive order Wednesday that would reduce the federal government’s greenhouse gas emissions within the next decade and reach net-zero federal emissions by 2050. YahooNews

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At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change-- new study

Tue, 2021-10-12 17:22 — mike kraft

At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change, new study shows Researchers used machine learning to analyze more than 100,000 studies of weather events and found that four-fifths of the world’s land area has suffered impacts linked to global warming. Washington Post

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Gaps in CDC and states reporting data on breakthrough Covid cases hampers response

Fri, 2021-08-27 16:43 — mike kraft

Holes in reporting of breakthrough Covid cases hamper CDC response The agency originally tried to track all infections in vaccinated people, from mild to severe. But in May it decided to focus on the most severe cases. Erin Banco POLITICO

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is using outdated and unreliable data on coronavirus breakthrough infections to help make major decisions, such as who gets booster shots, according to three officials with direct knowledge of the situation.

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ANALYSIS: Dr. Debora Birx says number of US coronavirus deaths could have been "decreased substantially"

Sun, 2021-03-28 18:44 — mike kraft

Analysis: Birx shares her chilling conclusion as America arrives at a moment of introspection on the coronavirus The US may finally be getting a handle on the coronavirus pandemic, but for so many Americans, it's too late, and that disconnect is raising fresh questions about why the US couldn't have done more earlier. Analysis by Maeve Reston, CNN CNN

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Facing sweltering soldiers and flooded ports, NATO addresses climate change

Thu, 2021-03-25 01:20 — mike kraft

Facing sweltering soldiers and flooded ports, NATO to focus on climate change Biden administration makes possible a shift that couldn’t happen under Trump. Michael Birnbaum, Missy Ryan Washington Post

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