Robert SanscartierAfter record year, unreliable weather pushes Canada’s maple syrup production to five-year low
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Tropical cyclones over the South China Sea suppress the monsoonal rainfall in southern China
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-023-00534-9
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California wildfires created toxic chromium, research finds
As climate change intensifies wildfires, scientists are trying to figure out just how dangerous their smoke can be for human health
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Opinion
Why corporations crumble on climate pledges
Because automakers spout empty promises, it’s clear that only strong Environmental Protection Agency standards can make automakers keep their word. And the EPA’s draft rules need to be strengthened to drive the progress we need
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/12/corporations-climate-pledges-crumble/
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Climate negotiators eye compromise on fossil fuel exit
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-climate-eye-compromise-fossil-fuel.html
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Climate change causing 60% of plants and insects to fall out of sync
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-climate-insects-fall-sync.html
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Climate change causing 60% of plants and insects to fall out of sync
Seasonal timings of plants are advancing an average of four times faster than insects, throwing key interactions like pollination out of sync. This is according to new findings from researchers at the University of Oxford and Chinese Academy of Sciences that will be presented at the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting in held Belfast December 12–15.
Biden Should Abolish Secretive Corporate Tribunals that Bypass the Law
A legal regime known as investor-state dispute settlements erode environmental regulation and increase fossil fuel industry profits
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/corporate-tribunals-isds-climate-biden/
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New Poll Shows Strong Support for Making Oil and Gas Companies Pay for Climate Damages
Voters are more inclined to support a candidate that prioritizes legislation to hold oil and gas companies accountable for costs of climate damages
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UK Climate minister leaves COP summit early
It’s astounding that the minister responsible for delivering climate action is deserting COP28 with crucial negotiations hanging in the balance
https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate/uk-climate-minister-leaves-cop-summit-early
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Climate activist Al Gore blasts COP28 outcome as biggest failure in history—it ‘reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word’
Christiaan Hetzner
5–6 minutes
Al Gore warned the Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees centigrade could die now that world leaders failed to agree on phasing out fossil fuels
https://fortune.com/2023/12/12/climate-cop28-dubai-uae-failure-fossil-fuels-lobby-al-gore/
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