Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
LATEST ARTICLES BY Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
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Fossil fuel industry’s methane emissions soared to near record high in 2023, despite international climate pledges
March 27, 2024Human activities like agriculture, oil and gas production, and the accumulation of food waste in landfills produce methane — a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
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February was ninth consecutive month of record-shattering global temperatures
March 19, 2024“Global sea ice extent (coverage) was the fourth smallest in the 46-year record, at 460,000 square miles below the 1991–2020 average."
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California debe triplicar su tasa de reducción de emisiones de carbono
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California must triple its rate of carbon emissions reductions to reach 2030 target, report finds
March 18, 2024Transportation emissions in California — which went up 7.4 percent from 2020 to 2021 — make up almost 40 percent of its carbon footprint.
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El humo de los incendios forestales de California afecta el doble a las comunidades indígenas
March 15, 2024Las comunidades indígenas de California están expuestas a niveles desproporcionados de partículas en cantidades mucho mayores de lo que se pensaba anteriormente, según un nuevo estudio.
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California wildfire smoke affects indigenous communities nearly two times more than expected
March 4, 2024“Analyses spanning 2006 to 2020 revealed that Native American and Alaska Native, multiracial, and non-Hispanic white populations had consistently disproportionate outdoor wildfire PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] exposure."
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“We’re going to follow science”: University of Florida Student Senate adopts Green New Deal
February 22, 2024“Science has said for decades that climate change is human caused. This is not even a debate any more."
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Humans could consume 60 percent more natural resources by 2060, UN finds
February 20, 2024Raw materials consumption worldwide is already four times higher than it was in 1970.
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