"Climate Crisis: Record Ocean Heat In 2020 Supercharged Extreme Weather" [1]
"The world’s oceans reached their hottest level in recorded history in 2020, supercharging the extreme weather impacts of the climate emergency, scientists have reported."
"The world’s oceans reached their hottest level in recorded history in 2020, supercharging the extreme weather impacts of the climate emergency, scientists have reported."
"Talk of global warming was out, and relations among the eight countries that make up the council, once a highly collaborative group and a steady force for climate action, became dysfunctional."
"The ad opens with two apple-cheeked little girls hiking, camping and taking their wobbly first turns on skis. A mother speaks about her children’s future with worry in her voice. You brace yourself for the inevitable pitch to buy life insurance or an SUV. Instead, the ad, which will debut this week in the swing states of Arizona, North Carolina and Wisconsin, is one of the most sophisticated and well-funded efforts to spread the word on the urgency of climate change in a decade."
"EPA has finalized a rule that leaves untouched an Obama-era requirement that new coal plants partially capture their carbon dioxide emissions — walking away from its proposal more than two years ago to scrap that mandate in favor of laxer standards."
Watch the Jan 27 recording [26] of the Society of Environmental Journalists' 9th annual look ahead at the year's key energy and environmental issues. Hosted by National Geographic Society and co-sponsored by the Wilson Center, the event kicked off with a prerecorded interview with new White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, followed by a live interview with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, and SEJ's annual panel of leading journalists offering their predictions for the year ahead.
"Two Trump administration officials have been reassigned over the posting of debunked papers, with the imprimatur of the White House, that questioned the scientific consensus on climate change."
"Washington, Oregon and British Columbia pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions. In a decade full of big talk and some epic battles, they all failed."
"Joe Biden could mark his first day as president with one or more executive orders announcing plans to rejoin the Paris Agreement, submit a global deal on refrigerants for ratification and deliver on the sweeping climate pledges he made on the campaign trail."
"The Democratic takeover in the Senate increases the likelihood that lawmakers will seek to curb climate-related financial risks, according to observers. That has a lot to do with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), a longtime Wall Street critic who is set to become chairman of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee."
"At least 50 countries committed to protecting 30% of the planet, including land and sea, over the next decade to halt species extinction and address climate change issues, during a global summit Monday aimed at protecting the world’s biodiversity."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-crisis-record-ocean-heat-2020-supercharged-extreme-weather
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[7] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/13/climate-crisis-record-ocean-heat-in-2020-supercharged-extreme-weather
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-trump-admin-s-climate-denial-left-its-mark-arctic-council
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[14] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12012021/trump-administration-arctic-council/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-scientists-mothers-urge-americans-act
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[18] https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2021-01-12/mothers-are-increasingly-worried-about-climate-change-a-new-ad-campaign-has-female-scientists-speaking-directly-to-them
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-trump-epa-aims-tie-bidens-hands-rulemaking-surprise
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[24] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063722349
[25] https://www.sej.org/rsvp-sejs-2021-journalists-guide-energy-environment
[26] https://vimeo.com/503178691
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/late-burst-climate-denial-extends-era-trump-disinformation
[34] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/climate/trump-disinformation-climate-change.html
[35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/lost-decade-how-climate-action-fizzled-cascadia
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada
[38] https://www.invw.org/2021/01/11/how-climate-action-fizzled-in-cascadia/
[39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/heres-what-might-be-bidens-first-climate-order
[40] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063722175
[41] https://www.sej.org/headlines/top-senator-warns-banks-account-climate
[42] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063722171
[43] https://www.sej.org/headlines/50-countries-vow-protect-30-land-and-sea-2030
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[45] https://apnews.com/article/50-countries-protect-land-sea-climate-3450a3ef2bafb1149b7bb0931914eefc
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change?page=459
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[48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change?page=457
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change?page=458
[50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change?page=461
[51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change?page=462
[52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change?page=463
[53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change?page=464
[54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change?page=1247