"El Niño normally lasts for a couple of years and is happening on top of a long-term trend of human-driven #GlobaWarming.
#ElNiño strengthening into next year could make 2024 the hottest year on record. El Niño can add up to 0.2°C to global temperatures."
Strap in. This El Niño is barely getting started, and the world is already <waves around> like this.
https://theconversation.com/what-el-nino-means-for-the-worlds-perilous-climate-tipping-points-209083
"#Biofuels are included in many proposed strategies to reduce anthropogenic #GreenhouseGas emissions and limit the magnitude of #GlobaWarming."
The #RFS increased corn prices by 30%, which expanded US #corn cultivation, increased annual nationwide #fertilizer use, decreased water quality, and caused enough domestic land use change #emissions that the #carbon intensity of corn #ethanol produced under the RFS is no less than #gasoline and likely at least 24% higher.
Biofuels are included in many proposed strategies to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and limit the magnitude of global warming. The US Renewable Fuel Standard is the world’s largest existing biofuel program, yet despite its prominence, ...
" #WorldBank president David Malpass [appointed by Donald Trump] said he would leave his post by the end of June, months after running afoul of the White House for failing to say whether he accepts the scientific consensus on #GlobaWarming."
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/15/david-malpass-world-bank-president-steps-down
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