MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it has revoked a crucial federal permit for the proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, a project popularly known as PolyMet, saying the permit did not comply with the water quality standards set by a sovereign downstream tribe.
The Icelandic puffin population has shrunk by 70% in the last thirty years. The Managing Director of the Icelandic Travel Industry Association (SAF) has stated that this is bad news for the ecosystem and for companies within the tourist sector, who have marketed the puffin as a kind of national symbol. Decline much worse than […]
“Disconcerting” news about new record reached in 2022 CO2 emissions. Still, it’s important to note that output was lower than expected. “Increased deployment of renewable energy, electric vehicles and heat pumps together helped prevent an additional 550 megatons of carbon dioxide emissions,” IEA says.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide in 2022 than in any other year on records dating to 1900, a result of air travel rebounding from the pandemic and more cities turning to coal as a low-cost source of power.
It's really quite striking to see how many new daily record lows have been set so far this year for global sea ice...
+ More graphical perspectives at: https://zacklabe.com/global-sea-ice-extent-conc/
+ Data from https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index
Antarctic sea ice reaches another record low, @NSIDC finds. This year’s minimum extent is 136,000 sq. k. smaller than the record low set last year.
#Antarctica #ClimateChange #SeaIce #Ocean #climate
Hope is the thing with feathers…
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/icelandic-town-goes-all-out-save-baby-puffins-180981518/
#longreads
Zack Labe