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New York has a chance to generate all its electricity from clean energy by 2030 | Ross Barkan
If Democrats act, New Yorkers will begin to get the government they deserve. With climate cataclysms here, the political system can’t afford more delays
It has been, for progressives in New York, a trying year.
Major pieces of legislation that were supposed to reshape the state to safeguard the working class have stalled out. A bill to create a statewide single-payer healthcare system is no closer to passage than it was several years ago. A push to guarantee new protections for tenants as rents soar in New York City could not find the votes. And ambitious legislation to combat climate that did have the votes to go through the state legislature was halted by the speaker of the state assembly.
Ross Barkan is a journalist based in New York City. He is the author of Demolition Night, a novel, and The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York
Continue reading...‘Forever chemicals’ are killing whales – and harming us | Ella Al-Shamahi
Their use is linked to the rise in whale strandings on British beaches, but partial bans keeps letting industry off the hook
In the aftermath of 9/11, scientists noticed a curious impact on the stress hormones of North Atlantic right whales. Ships are ubiquitous in our oceans but, for a brief window, immediately after the planes flew into the twin towers, there was a dramatic drop in traffic along the North Atlantic eastern seaboard, reducing underwater noise. While the world above ground was reeling, our underwater neighbours were thriving.
So often we think of the golden age of whaling as being over. Japanese and Icelandic whaling ships are now pariahs in the international community. But too often, out of sight is out of mind, and it remains easy to ignore the impact of our actions above ground on marine life. However, whales are increasingly forcing us to take note, as more of them than ever are beaching on our shores.
Continue reading...Young people wanted in UK forestry amid critical shortage of tree surgeons
Institute of Chartered Foresters says 70% more staff must be recruited to meet current tree planting targets
When Kevin Martin was a child he spent days beneath the canopy of Hampshire woodlands while his father, a tree surgeon, scaled the heights of oak and ash above him.
Twenty years later, with a degree and with research for a master’s under way, Martin is in charge of tending to the 14,000 trees at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. With trees at the forefront of UK strategies to reach net zero by 2050, Martin and others like him are key professionals on the frontline of the fight to mitigate the impact of climate change and adapt to the changing conditions.
Continue reading...CP Daily: Friday June 10, 2022
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CCA and RGGI emitters add to holdings, while speculators in both markets reduce net positions
Three Minnesota CCO dairy digesters apply for LCFS programme
The bioluminescent world of glowing lifeforms – in pictures
Photographer Callie Chee captures the weird and wonderful landscapes that spring to life in the dark
(Please do not pick or eat any mushrooms found growing wild)
New US-listed energy transition ETF to follow global carbon allowances alongside gas and metals
Punishing heatwave expected across the US south-west this weekend
Models indicate that there could be between 25 and 30 extreme events a year by mid-century
Millions across the US south-west are bracing for a weekend of sweltering heat as forecasts threaten record-setting high temperatures that will top 100F in several states.
Heat advisories and excessive heat warnings have been issued across portions of roughly half a dozen states and daily records could be broken in more than 75 cities.
Continue reading...Eighty five nations seek ‘share of proceeds’ from voluntary carbon market
‘Worse than half-baked’: Johnson’s food strategy fails to tackle cost or climate
Labour says leaked white paper suggesting more fish farming and venison ‘borders on preposterous’
Boris Johnson’s new food strategy for England contains virtually no new measures to tackle the soaring cost of food, childhood hunger, obesity or the climate emergency, a leaked version of the white paper shows.
The strategy, seen by the Guardian and due to be published on Monday, was supposed to be a groundbreaking response to recommendations from the restaurateur Henry Dimbleby, who wrote two government-commissioned reports on obesity and the environment.
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