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Photographs Capture What Life Is Like In One Of The World’s Dirtiest Pits
In the wake of the Paris Climate Agreement, it is pretty shocking to see these photographs taken in the Shanxi province in Northern China. Shanxi is the leading producer of coal in the most populated country in the world, with about 260 billion metric tonnes of coal deposits, a third of China’s total. The region…
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Ban Cars
Today, 195 countries will announce that even a global effort to reduce emissions probably won’t prevent the catastrophic warming of the planet. But there is a way we can reach our climate goals. It’s not a pledge. It’s not a tax. It’s easier than that. We ban cars.
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Why Cities Are Better At Fighting Climate Change Than Countries
As the second week of global climate negotiations gets underway, the world waits for national leaders to make meaningful commitments to save the planet. But it’s become clear that cities, not countries, are leading the way in the fight against climate change.
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This Is What Will Happen To Antarctica In 100 Years
In more temperate parts of the world, ice is just ice, but in Antarctica, ice is everything. It defines Antarctica: Earth’s southern polar ice cap, a 14-million square kilometre ice sheet, covers 98 per cent of the continent. But within the next hundred years, Antarctica stands to lose much of that ice, especially in its…