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Data that fuel gaslighting about the climate

Datacenters are notorious for their power consumption and their effect on climate change. Now, the explosive growth of AI adds an extra dimension. But there is more, like huge underreporting of emissions, and the real climate costs of LNG.
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The Hague, Netherlands, first city to ban fossil advertising

The Hague is the first city in the world to ban fossil advertising through local law (ordinance). The city council voted in favor of the initiative proposal from the Hague Party for the Animals that regulates this ban.
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Basic standard of living for everyone no longer sustainable

To sustain even a basic standard of living for everyone, we need to dramatically change our economic systems and technologies, new research reveals.
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Report: Rich countries suppress climate protesters, violate rights

Democratic governments should stop using increasingly harsh, overly broad, and vague criminal laws against climate protesters and activists, Climate Rights International said in a new report 
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Protein Transition as an Economic Driver

A Protein Transition Map highlights protein innovations in the Netherlands and can guide international participants in the protein transition.
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Ancient Wild Relatives Hold Key to Climate-Proofing Global Wheat Supply

Crop wild relatives that have survived changing climates for millions of years may provide the solution to adapting wheat, humanity’s most widely grown crop, to climate change.
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The market for lithium is blocking the energy transition

Increasing supplies of earth metals such as lithium and cobalt drive prices down. Good news, you might say. But it is holding back the energy transition.
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Perovskite to set off a revolution in solar energy

Perovskite, not silicon, is the future for harvesting solar energy. Several universities are currently working on breakthroughs and making great strides in improving the efficiency with which solar energy is generated.
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CO2 puts heavier stamp on temperature than thought

A doubling of the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere could cause an increase in the average temperature on earth from 7 to even a maximum of 14 degrees.
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Home gas leaks double when hydrogen added – lab tests

Plans to fuel homes with hydrogen suffered a further blow as the first published lab tests reveal that leaks rise sharply when hydrogen is added to regular household fossil gas.