When I became a climate solutions reporter did I think I would end up interviewing an LA Laker? No I did not. (did NOT get hit by NBA player's ball... in the end 🏀🌬️) Find out why we're talking only on @npr.org 🌍https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-5003066/beef-climate-change-american-men-masculinity

Eating less beef is a climate solution. Here's why that's hard for some American men

Climate researchers have long grappled with how to get Americans to eat less beef, a food with a huge global warming impact. Now some are thinking about it through the lens of gender.

“The state of California sued ExxonMobil on Monday, accusing the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastics recycling and contributing to the flood of bottles, bags and wrappers polluting waterways in the state and worldwide.” 🍿

California accuses ExxonMobil of lying about plastics being recyclable

The state alleges the oil company deceived “the public to convince us that plastic recycling could solve the plastic waste and pollution crisis.”

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Carbon intensity of electricity generation

Carbon intensity is measured in grams of carbon dioxide-equivalents emitted per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated.

Showing the relation between GDP and CO2 is a weird way to establish that countries successfully decarbonized their electricity grid. World in Data provide a better way to visualize this, through CO2 equivalent per kWh, even if unfortunately they don't show the data before 1990.

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Les étranges errements scientifiques de Patrick Hetzel, le nouveau ministre de la Recherche

Sur l’hydroxychloroquine, mais aussi les vaccins anti-Covid, l’homéopathie ou les médecines alternatives, l’ex-député a défendu des positions très éloignées de la rationalité scientifique.

Excellente idée.

où à l'époque des débats sur le glyphosate.

La petite politique allemande. Toujours dans la compromission, le paraître, et la médiocrité (même s'ils ont pas le monopole évidemment). Leur prochaine élection ça va être funky.

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Some incorrect conclusions are being drawn from this recent paper on the effectiveness of climate policies around the world. What does the paper actually show? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... EnergySky GreenSky Climatesky

Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades

Meeting the Paris Agreement’s climate targets necessitates better knowledge about which climate policies work in reducing emissions at the necessary scale. We provide a global, systematic ex post eval...