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Big Oil Worries About Methane, Even If Trump Doesn’t

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Joe Nocera is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business. He has written business columns for Esquire, GQ and the New York Times, and is the former editorial director of Fortune. He is co-author …

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Amid Palm Oil Boycott, India Wants To Produce More Of It

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For generations, R. Elamparithi’s family farmed rice paddies in a lush corner of southeast India that’s also dotted with coconut palms and banana groves. But 10 years ago, a representative from a near…

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This Insane Plan to ‘Prop Up’ Antarctica Could Help Save The World – ScienceAlert

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This Insane Plan to 'Prop Up' Antarctica Could Help Save The World
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There's enough ice stacked on top of Antarctica to raise seas around the globe by almost 200 feet (60 metres). While it takes time for major changes to occur with that much ice, Antarctica is melting faster than we thought, according to a study …
Antarctica warming could fuel disastrous sea-level rise, study findsAnchorage Daily News
Huge Artificial Wall Under Antarctica Could Stop Glaciers Melting and Prevent Sea Level RiseNewsweek
At this rate, Earth risks sea level rise of 20 to 30 feet, historical …Washington Post
Axios –Nature –European Geosciences Union –The Cryosphere
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European Union & California Step Up Carbon Market Cooperation

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The European Union and the US State of California announced last week at the Global Climate Action Summit held in San Francisco their intention to strengthen their bilateral cooperation on carbon markets to maximize and leverage climate action

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Huge Artificial Wall Under Antarctica Could Stop Glaciers Melting and Prevent Sea Level Rise – Newsweek

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Newsweek

Huge Artificial Wall Under Antarctica Could Stop Glaciers Melting and Prevent Sea Level Rise
Newsweek
Princeton's Michael Wolovick and John Moore, from the Beijing Normal University, say an artificial wall to stop warm water getting to Antarctica's glaciers would prevent further melting. This wall would be “the biggest civil engineering projects that …
Scientists think a giant artificial wall propped up under Antarctica's ice sheets could stop catastrophic sea level riseBusiness Insider India
Could a giant underwater wall help save glaciers from collapse?Fast Company
Propping up glaciers to avoid cataclysmic sea level risePhys.Org
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Wolf Administration Discusses Trends and Preparations for Extreme Weather – PAHomePage.com

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Wolf Administration Discusses Trends and Preparations for Extreme Weather
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PennDOT Deputy Secretary for Planning Jim Ritzman and Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration George McAuley outlined the impacts of this year's weather, as well as ongoing and future measures to plan for increased extreme weather.
PennDOT: Extreme weather damage to roads, bridges tops $ 105 millionABC27

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