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NOAA index tracks how greenhouse gas pollution amplified global warming in...
Radiative forcing caused by atmospheric greenhouse gases, 1979-2022. The NOAA Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI) tracks increases in the warming influence of heat-trapping gases generated by human...
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide hits new peak in 2023, growing at near-record rate...
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration at Mauna Loa observatory, 1958-2023. In 2023, heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere increased to a record high in its annual Spring peak, jumping...
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“Worthless”: Chevron’s carbon offsets are mostly junk and some may harm –...
Illustration showing that Chevron omits more than 90 percent of its emissions in its “net zero” “aspiration”. Though Chevron is quick to proffer its “net zero” commitment as proof of its commitment to...
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China is pumping out carbon emissions in 2023 as if COVID never happened –...
Graph showing energy generation mix in China in the first four months of both 2019 and 2023. Data: National Bureau of Statistics of China. Graphic: David Stern and Khalid Ahmed By David Stern and...
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World energy system struggled in face of geopolitical and environmental...
Primary energy global consumption (left) and share of global primary energy by source (right), 2000-2022. Primary energy demand growth slowed in 2022, increasing by 1.1 percent, compared to 5.5...
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Removing carbon from Earth’s atmosphere may not “fix” climate change –...
Changes of sea surface temperature (SST) gradient anomalies and the spatial distribution of SST to a changing CO2 pathway. (A) Time evolution of latitudinal gradient of sea surface temperature anomaly...
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Wildfires in Canada’s Northwest Territories have released 97 megatons of...
CAMS Daily total cumulative carbon emissions from Canada wildfires in 2023, compared with emissions since 2003. Data for 2023 are current through August 2023. Growth in fire emissions have surpassed...
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Forests are no longer our climate friends – “As extreme as this year’s...
The Bald Mountain Wildfire burns in the Grande Prairie Forest Area in Alberta on 12 May 2023. Government of Alberta Fire Service / Canadian Press / AP By David Wallace-Wells 6 September 2023 (The New...
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Why carbon capture is no easy solution to climate change – “Not all...
A person points at a stack of trays holding treated limestone, used to absorb CO2 from the air, at Heirloom’s new plant, in Tracy, California, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on 9 November...
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Petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report – “These...
Planned increase in fossil fuel production for 2030 relative to 2021, in exajoules. Data: The Production Gap: SEI, Climate Analytics, E3G, IISD and UNEP 2023. An exajoule is equal to one quintillion...
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