We call for labels on points of sale of fossil fuels that inform customers about the climate and health effects of burning these fuels. It is a low-cost, scalable intervention that connects the long-term hazards to the act of choosing a fuel. Such labels are an important tool in raising awareness about invisible fossil fuel harms, encouraging clean energy alternatives, and to normalize some of the behavioral changes associated with a cleaner transportation system
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Experts call for climate and health labels on gas pumps
Leading authorities in climate, health, communication and policymaking call for climate and health labels on points of sale of fossil fuels. Signat...
Illinois carbon capture project faces early corrosion issues, raising long-term safety concerns EHN Curators The nation’s first carbon capture and storage project, located in Decatur, IL, has violated Safe Drinking Water Act regulations due to corrosion in a monitoring well, according to the EPA https://www.dailyclimate.org/illinois-carbon-capture-project-faces-early-corrosion-issues-raising-long-term-safety-concerns-2669227683.html #Illinois #USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Least climate change resistant cities in Canada list includes Oshawa, Hamilton https://hamilton.insauga.com/least-climate-change-resistant-cities-in-canada-list-includes-oshawa-hamilton/ #Oshawa #Hamilton #Ontario #canada #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Rapport climatologique 2023 : La Suisse a connu la deuxième année la plus chaude depuis 1864
Rapport climatologique 2023 : La Suisse a connu la deuxième année la plus chaude depuis 1864 - MétéoSuisse
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Fossil Phaseout Pledge at Risk as UN Climate Finance Negotiations Bog Down Mitchell Beer 7–9 minutes Petrostates preparing for this year’s United Nations climate summit, COP29, are pushing to roll back the signature commitment to phase out fossil fuels that countries adopted at the end of last year’s COP negotiations
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Fossil Phaseout Pledge at Risk as UN Climate Finance Negotiations Bog Down
Petrostates preparing for this year’s United Nations climate summit, COP29, are pushing to roll back the signature commitment to phase out fossil...
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11% originate from flowering plants and 25% of prescription drugs come from plant-derived ingredients. Life-saving drugs like common chemotherapy medicine Paclitaxel originate from yew tree bark, penicillin, & compounds found in fungi Climate change and biodiversity loss puts a halt on how medicinal innovation develops losing an important drug every two years due to biodiversity loss as extinction rates are 100 to 1000 times faster than previous years
As The World’s Biodiversity Shrinks, Medicinal Innovation Stalls - Blavity
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Centuries-old golf course falls into sea as result of drastic coastal erosion: 'Another three years maximum and I think it'll be under' The area has lost 230 feet in the last 30 years
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Centuries-old golf course falls into sea as result of drastic coastal erosion: 'Another three years maximum and I think it'll be under'
The coast of Montrose in eastern Scotland eroded seven meters last year, more than twice the average rate of three meters' erosion predicted.
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The New York City Panel on Climate Change predicts that by the 2050s, flood-prone areas in Lower Manhattan could experience inundation as frequently as every five years. Climate experts warn that the combination of rising sea levels and more severe storms could lead to catastrophic flooding events https://hsuoracle.com/this-coastal-city-new-york-could-be-first-disappear-underwater/ #Manhattan #USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
Consistent shift to warmer temperatures since 2000: OBWB Temperature indicators for the Okanagan show a consistent shift to warmer average temperatures and more than double the number of extreme heat events than “normal” according to the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB)
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Consistent shift to warmer temperatures since 2000: OBWB
Temperature indicators for the Okanagan show a consistent shift to warmer average temperatures and more than double the number of extreme heat even...
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500 finance institutions call on governments to ramp up climate and nature policies ahead of COP29 The 2024 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis was signed by 534 financial institutions and delivered to governments and policymakers on Tuesday (17 September)
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500 finance institutions call on governments to ramp up climate and nature policies ahead of COP29 - edie
More than 500 financial institutions and representatives, collectively worth more than $29trn in assets under management, have written to national ...
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