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Potent greenhouse gases and ozone depleting chemicals called CFCs are back on the rise following an international ban
Emissions of a small group of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), man-made chemicals that destroy Earth’s protective ozone layer and fuel global warming, are back on the rise after their production was all but banned more than a decade ago, a new study concludes. Emissions of the vast majority of CFCs have steadily declined since countries phased out […]
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Installing solar-powered refrigerators in developing countries is an effective way to reduce hunger and slow climate change
Many developing nations have little cold storage and lose much of their perishable food before it gets to markets. Climate-friendly refrigeration can provide huge environmental and social benefits.
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The Senate just quietly passed a major climate treaty
America is in the middle of a mini–golden Age of climate policy.
Evoking Biden, Sen. Tom Carper says bipartisanship isn't dead
Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.) has an unshakable faith in bipartisanship, even in a politically polarized era.
15 things biodiversity protectors are watching out for in 2022
Every year, a group of scientists and conservation practitioners led by William Sutherland, professor of conservation biology at the University of Cambridge, creates and publishes a “horizon scan” of global trends with impacts for biodiversity.
Hydrofluorocarbons are global warming super-culprits. The Senate should eliminate them
President Biden submitted Tuesday an obscure international treaty to the Senate. It's a big deal.
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Biden submits treaty fighting climate super-pollutants for Senate approval
The move on hydrofluorocarbons, which are hundreds of times as potent as carbon dioxide, comes just days after global climate talks wrapped up at COP26.
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