Sea levels are starting to rise faster. Here’s how much South Florida is expecting ( www.miamiherald.com )
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Worth noting, though the article doesn't make it explicit: Republicans currently hold a majority in the US house of representatives, and they're the ones trying to get climate provisions out of US law as a condition for passing legislation.
I'll note that the big spending announcement happened shortly after thousands of mostly HQ and engineering staff at Amazon signed an open letter asking the firm to decarbonize, so it can be seen as a way to buy influence and limit labor action.
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A collision of climate change, urban sprawl and poor infrastructure has pushed Mexico City to the brink of a profound water crisis....
But “as it gets warmer earlier, we see a larger amount of mosquitoes earlier,” said Max Vigilant, director of mosquito and vector control in Harris County, where Houston is located. “We are getting hotter temperatures earlier.”...
Una confluencia de factores como el cambio climático, la expansión urbanística y una infraestructura deficiente ha llevado a Ciudad de México al borde de una severa crisis de agua....
I work for a large biotech manufacturer doing field work. I -- and thousands of other field engineers -- are assigned company cars, which are all ICEs....
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To be clear: we're going to use renewable hydrogen for some things, such as fertilizer manufacturing — there isn't any other way to do them sustainably. There are applications for which it's one of the most expensive choices, such as home heating, and a whole host of industrial processes and aviation sitting in between.
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A realistic understanding of their costs and risks is critical....