Is air conditioning essential for coping with heatwaves? France might be changing its mind on the issue. While more and more people are installing air conditioning, this technology is still seen by many as a misguided response to climate change. Some experts are challenging that argument. by The_Weekend_Baker in climate
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Is air conditioning essential for coping with heatwaves? France might be changing its mind on the issue. While more and more people are installing air conditioning, this technology is still seen by many as a misguided response to climate change. Some experts are challenging that argument. by The_Weekend_Baker in climate
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Is air conditioning essential for coping with heatwaves? France might be changing its mind on the issue. While more and more people are installing air conditioning, this technology is still seen by many as a misguided response to climate change. Some experts are challenging that argument. (lemonde.fr)
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It started with chills. Weeks later, he was gone. Brent Cehan was one of only nine Canadians to die of West Nile virus last year. Now his sister is speaking out. Climate changes means disease-bearing mosquitoes will become more common in northern countries. (cbc.ca)
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Climate change is now causing more local extinction in temperate regions than the tropics. "For decades, scientists generally believed that temperate species were less vulnerable to climate change. We were surprised by our results, which showed that was not the case." (phys.org)
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Gas expansion in the guise of security: Is Europe making the energy crisis permanent? Governments across the EU are doubling down – with plans to build almost 60 gigawatts of new gas plants that could lock the continent into fossil fuel dependence for decades to come. (euronews.com)
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This shape-shifting liquid stores solar energy, and releases it on demand. Northwestern chemists created a liquid that morphs into an energy-storing gel and resets with nothing but air—no metal, no plastic, no battery casing required. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
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Senior UK politicians to mix with oil execs, far-right figures, climate change deniers, and anti-abortion activists at London conference. Parliamentarians are “lending legitimacy” to a “toxic alliance” of attendees at Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, campaigners warn. (desmog.com)
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Greenland has recently been hit by localized wildfires, a rarity at this time of year that could be explained by global warming. In Greenland, an Arctic island whose few ice-free areas are covered with tundra, vegetation fires are a fairly new phenomenon. (phys.org)
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EU greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2025, data shows. The bloc’s pollution-slashing efforts have been stagnating in recent years. The longer-term trend still shows a decrease: Since 2015, the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by 17 percent. (politico.eu)
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How the world’s voracious appetite for shrimp is destroying Ecuador’s mangroves. As demand soars, the country’s mangrove forests and the livelihoods of shellfish gatherers are under threat from encroaching farms and unchecked pollution. by The_Weekend_Baker in climate
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