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On average, sea levels on U.S. coasts will climb 10 to 12 inches in the next 30 years and 2 feet by the end of the century, according to a historic report this week from NOAA and NASA. The report confirms that "things are going to get bad fast," a sea level rise researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison said.
Also this week, a new study found that corn-based ethanol, which has been touted as a low-carbon alternative to traditional gasoline and a key component of the country's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, may actually be worse for the climate than fossil-based gasoline, and has other environmental downsides.
New Federal Report Warns of Accelerating Impacts From Sea Level Rise
BY BOB BERWYN
The global average sea level is rising 2 inches per decade and speeding up, but in some regions, the rate is more than twice that fast.
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Corn-Based Ethanol May Be Worse For the Climate Than Gasoline, a New Study Finds
BY GEORGINA GUSTIN
Long touted as a renewable fuel emitting 20 percent fewer greenhouse gasses than gasoline, ethanols' emissions may be 24 percent higher. If verified, one expert said the finding shows ethanol failed spectacularly.
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Nature's Say: How Voices from Hawai'i Are Reframing the Climate Conversation
BY AUDREY GRAY
A virile alternative to doomerism is emerging from the Pacific Islands.
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BY KATIE SURMA
Creating conservation areas is a key part of the United Nations 30 by 30 plan. But poorly designed and managed "Fortress Conservation" parks have been rife with human rights abuses.
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A Florida Chemical Plant Has Fallen Behind in Its Pledge to Cut Emissions of a Potent Greenhouse Gas
BY PHIL MCKENNA
Documents show that Ascend Performance Materials, the nation's largest emitter of nitrous oxide, is still emitting significant amounts of the climate super-pollutant. Read More
New Faces on a Vital National Commission Could Help Speed a Clean Energy Transition
BY JAMES BRUGGERS
With two Biden appointees, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is more likely to favor Democrats, who want it to respond to the booming demand for renewable energy. Read More
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BY ELENA SHAO
The amount of water pumped from underground vastly exceeds what nature can replenish. And conservation has been a tough sell, especially amid worsening droughts. Read More
Inside Clean Energy: Texas Is the Country's Clean Energy Leader, Almost in Spite of Itself
BY DAN GEARINO
The Lone Star State led the nation in new renewable energy capacity in 2021, and is poised to continue to be the leader. Read More
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A California Water Board Assures the Public that Oil Wastewater Is Safe for Irrigation, But Experts Say the Evidence Is Scant
BY LIZA GROSS
Studies in Kern County, performed by oil industry consultants, cannot answer fundamental safety questions about irrigating crops with "produced water," the board's own panel of experts concedes.
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‘Things Are Going to Get Bad Fast’: New Federal Report Warns of Accelerating Impacts From Sea Level Rise
