Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
LATEST ARTICLES BY Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
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Environment
Fossil fuel industry was aware of climate threats as early as 1954, new documents show
February 5, 2024“With the discovery of these Air Pollution Foundation documents, it is now possible to date the earliest sponsorship of climate science by the fossil fuel industry to 1954."
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Environment
World’s food system must be transformed for health of people and planet, study finds
January 31, 2024“Our food systems — the way we produce, market, and consume food — are part of the political, social, economic, ecological, and cultural fabric of our communities."
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Un estudio encuentra niveles alarmantemente altos de ‘sustancias químicas eternas’ en los estuarios
January 29, 2024Un nuevo estudio ha descubierto que los pequeños estuarios costeros contienen concentraciones de sustancias perfluoroalquiladas (PFAS) "sustancias químicas permanentes" lo suficientemente altas como para indicar un problema mundial.
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Environment
Study finds alarmingly high levels of “forever chemicals” in small estuaries
January 29, 2024“The increasing proportion of wastewater to fresh water in streams, a trend projected to extrapolate to temperate regions due to climate change, consequently leads to chronic exposure of estuaries to elevated PFAS concentrations."
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Environment
Successful in vitro fertilization breakthrough could save northern white rhino
January 26, 2024"Now I think with this achievement, we are very confident that we will be able to create northern white rhinos in the same manner and that we will be able to save the species.”
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Environment
Draft EU plan would see fossil fuel consumption decline by 85 percent by 2040
January 25, 2024The European Union is in the process of drafting a climate target for 2040 to serve as a bridge between its net greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 55 percent by 2030 and its goal of net zero by 2050.
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Environment
Biden admin greenlights largest U.S. offshore wind farm off Virginia coast
November 8, 2023The administration has a goal of 30 gigawatts of capacity by 2030.
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Environment
Washington state wildfires endanger animals, homes, crops, renewable energy farms
July 25, 2023"It's a firefighter’s worst nightmare because the humidity is dropping precipitously. The winds are picking up. And so the fire carries extremely fast.”
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