After almost a decade of talks, the nations have committed to drastically lower emissions of planet-warming gases from the world's planes by 2050, a milestone in efforts to ease the climate effects of a fast-growing sector. My latest nytimes.com/2022/10/07/cli…

South Asia’s annual monsoon brings life-giving water to nearly a quarter of humanity.

But climate change is making the monsoon more erratic, less dependable and even dangerous, with more violent rainfall as well as worsening dry spells.
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Scientists are modeling the path of the plume of methane gas from the pipeline leaks caused by explosions -- highlighting the work of ICOS RI nytimes.com/live/2022/09/3…

People like small pickup trucks? Wait till y'all find out about kei trucks. Check out this old article from Hiroko Tabuchi.

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NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia ft.com/content/ef2654…

Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people.

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Oil industry executives downplayed their companies’ own public messages about efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and weakened industry-wide commitments to push for climate policies, documents obtained by congressional investigators show. nyti.ms/3xo9k7u

I keep seeing this claim that you have to use a cotton tote bag 20,000x for it to be more environmentally friendly than plastic bags. Can it really be true? Short thread...

Wildfires prompted the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to cancel an open-air performance of The Tempest. Heat and smoke damaged the throat of Pearl Jam's lead singer. How Summer Stages Are Threatened by Climate Change: nytimes.com/2022/08/11/art…

The UNDP, of the world’s largest sustainable development agencies, has worked with energy companies to quash opposition and keep oil flowing, even in sensitive areas. A must-read investigation from Sarah Hurtes julieturkewitz nytimes.com/2022/08/10/wor…

“Our world can get all its energy needs from renewables at a price below that of fossil fuels. When we first proposed this, we were ridiculed, but this paper shows our ideas are now scientific mainstream' — AukeHoekstra

Issey Miyake, the Japanese designer whose name became a global byword for cutting-edge fashion in the 1980s, died on Aug. 5. He was 84.

Best known for his origami-like designs, he also produced Steve Jobs’s signature black turtleneck.
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Joe Manchin's backing of the Senate's historic climate bill came with big benefits for a pipeline industry that has become one of his major donors. nyti.ms/3JRd2vv