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World News@lemmy.world•German Solar Boom to Save Gas Use This Summer, Easing Iran ShockEnglish
1·4 days agoI recommend:
- Normal browser
- JavaScript enabled
- uBlock origin
- Don’t do anything to remove the gift token from the URL
Should load just fine
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Climate@slrpnk.net•‘Fingerprint of climate change’: April heat wave could break a record in Philadelphia | Climate change makes balmy April temperatures twice as likely, according to a research nonprofit.1·4 days agoSomebody partly opened it to make a fountain for kids to cool off under
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Does Burning Wood Actually Fight Climate Change? Despite industry claims, scientists say using wood pellets is little better than fossil fuels.2·5 days agoIt’s more that converting a power plant from burning fossil fuels isn’t going to improve things, as the change in forest cover associated with that conversion results in similar emissions. We need to stop burning stuff at scale.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Does Burning Wood Actually Fight Climate Change? Despite industry claims, scientists say using wood pellets is little better than fossil fuels.4·6 days agoYeah, so long as the number of home users does not rise, they can be ok. Most of the world getting off fossil fuels can’t shift to wood
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Does Burning Wood Actually Fight Climate Change? Despite industry claims, scientists say using wood pellets is little better than fossil fuels.6·6 days agoThe basic answer is that when the power plant is far from the clearcuts, they can pretend it’s being fed using waste sawdust. Been a big issue with the UK importing from North America.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Does Burning Wood Actually Fight Climate Change? Despite industry claims, scientists say using wood pellets is little better than fossil fuels.5·6 days agoThe problem is that you can’t supply power plants at any scale using waste sawdust. They clearcut to make pellets to feed the power plants
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Does Burning Wood Actually Fight Climate Change? Despite industry claims, scientists say using wood pellets is little better than fossil fuels.5·6 days agoWood pellets are exactly that kind of large industrial operation, with the pellets mostly shipped to power plants
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Student Athletes Feel the Heat as States Adapt to Climate Change | Exertional heatstroke is a leading cause of death in high school sports. What should states do to prevent it?4·6 days agoIt’s important to not just teach, but actively take measures during athletic practice on hot humid days to prevent kids from overheating. That can mean practice in an air conditioned space, providing ice, ice vests, shifting practice to cooler mornings, etc
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future5·11 days agoA few people go for zen gardens, but there is a lot of low-water vegetation out there. Some municipal utilities even publish books about it
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Climate@slrpnk.net•$900 a year: That's how much climate change costs the average U.S. household2·12 days agoYeah, we’ve just started making big changes
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Climate@slrpnk.net•CBS axed its last climate reporting pillar | CBS’ climate coverage was already shifting toward misleading framing before the network reportedly cut its last dedicated climate reporter7·13 days agoI’d rather see them displaced by actual news.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Americans’ Shifting Views on Energy Issues | A growing majority of Republicans prioritize the development of fossil fuel energy sources like oil and natural gas2·14 days agoAlso, he’s getting allies to fire journalists who cover climate.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Americans’ Shifting Views on Energy Issues | A growing majority of Republicans prioritize the development of fossil fuel energy sources like oil and natural gas2·16 days agoThe kids are not their parents. Their surveys are generally ok.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Americans’ Shifting Views on Energy Issues | A growing majority of Republicans prioritize the development of fossil fuel energy sources like oil and natural gas7·16 days agoThe Republican party was, but the voters weren’t on board with it. That has changed.

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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•FEMA Official Says He Teleported to Waffle House. Experts Are Dubious.English
31·16 days agoThe kind of expert Waffle House hires or feeds:
among roughly two dozen workers and regulars interviewed this week at Rome’s three Waffle House locations, none said they were aware of anyone traveling to the 24-hour restaurants by paranormal means,
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Why thousands of New Yorkers swap gas for induction stoves in clean energy push: ‘It makes sense; States from California to Georgia are promoting induction stoves for climate, health and cost benefits3·16 days agoThat’s why NYC is using induction stoves with batteries that can trickle charge over a day










Not sooner so much as more likely. We’re into the 40% to 50% range now