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Big Fossil: News links for February 2019

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Emissions: Past, present and no future

ABC News [Australia]   Treaty on HFCs aims to curb global warming from greenhouse gases in air conditioning, refrigeration

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BBC News   Big rise in atmospheric CO2 expected in 2019

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Bloomberg   More Cooling, Less Heating and (Maybe) Less Energy Use: The somewhat surprising potential consequences of climate change and the southward shift of U.S. population.

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Carbon Brief   Analysis: Fossil-fuel emissions in 2018 increasing at fastest rate for seven years

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Carbon Brief   China’s methane emissions rise despite tougher laws, satellite data shows

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Carbon Brief   Eight charts show how ‘aggressive’ railway expansion could cut emissions

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Economist   Efforts to make buildings greener are not working

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Euractiv   ‘Energy sobriety’: A disruptive notion catching on in France

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Euractiv   How to ramp up energy efficiency investment for Europe’s net-zero emissions future

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Guardian   Analysis warns of lack of progress on 2020 global emissions target

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Guardian   Australia’s record on emissions and sustainability condemned by OECD review

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Guardian   Carbon emissions up as Trump agenda rolls back climate change work

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Guardian   Immediate fossil fuel phaseout could arrest climate change – study

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Guardian   New plant-focused diet would ‘transform’ planet’s future, say scientists

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Guardian   What goes up: are predictions of a population crisis wrong?

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Inside Climate News   America's No. 2 Natural Gas Fracking State Sets a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target

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Inside Climate News   Industrial Agriculture, an Extraction Industry Like Fossil Fuels, a Growing Driver of Climate Change

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Reuters   Saudi Arabia sees domestic energy use falling, plans renewables push

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The Conversation   Immediate phase out of fossil fuels could keep warming below 1.5°C

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The Guardian   Bitcoin as big oil: the next big environmental fight?

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The Washington Post   How we can combat climate change: The world has until 2030 to drastically cut our emissions. Where do we begin?

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Vox   Air travel is surging. That’s a huge problem for the climate.

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Washington Post   U.S. greenhouse gas emissions spiked in 2018 — and it couldn’t happen at a worse time

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Wiley/AGU100/Earth’s Future   Detection of Fossil and Biogenic Methane at Regional Scales Using Atmospheric Radiocarbon

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Cleaner tech: How much can it help?

Yale   The Cement Industry, One of the World’s Largest CO2 Emitters, Pledges to Cut Greenhouse Gases

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Yale   The Tiny Insect That Holds Major Clues for Improving Renewable Energy

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Daily Mail [UK]   Rolls-Royce reveals plan to smash speed record with the world's first 300 mph electric airplane

 

Yale   'Bright Future': New book argues that nuclear power is worth another look: The authors say coal is a bigger threat.

 

Axios   Nuclear energy could be competitive, but it requires pricing carbon

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Sydney Morning Herald   Records 'blown away' as rising power bill fears trigger solar PV surge

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EcoWatch   World's Largest Solar + Battery Plant Unveiled in Hawaii

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Yale   Policy incentives needed to boost clean tech efforts

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Guardian   Ion age: why the future will be battery powered

 

Reuters   India's electric vehicle goals being realized on two wheels, not four

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Bloomberg   If All Vehicles Go Electric, That’s Just Step One

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Axios   Solar storage technology is having its time in the sun

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Scientific American/E&E News   Climate Concerns Are Pushing Oil Majors to Look beyond Fossil Fuels

 

Guardian Australia   Labor promises to 'supercharge' hydrogen industry as green groups say 'no role for coal'

 

Eco-Business   Battery boom aids climate change battle

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Eco-Business   Car companies aren’t even trying to sell electric cars

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Reuters   Party is over for dirt-cheap solar panels, says China executive

 

Washington Post   Bill Gates comes to Washington — selling the promise of nuclear energy

 

Reuters   France to double renewables capacity under 10-year energy plan

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Reuters   Dutch need drastic measures to reach 2020 climate goals

 

Washington Post   The Energy 202: Bill Gates is selling Washington on the promise of nuclear power

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Coal:

The dumbest fuel

CNN [US]   Solar and wind are booming, while coal keeps shrinking

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DW [ Germany]   Germany: Renewables overtake coal as main power source

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DW [Germany]  Germany to stop using coal by end of 2038

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Financial Review [Australia]   GMO's Jeremy Grantham says thermal coal is 'dead meat'

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Forbes   Coal Isn't Dead. China Proves It.

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Reuters   China's 2018 coal imports at four-year high despite government curbs

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Reuters   Germany to phase out coal by 2038 in move away from fossil fuels

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Reuters   Germany's 2019 hard coal imports seen rising after mining ends

 

Time   In a Pioneering Effort to Curb Climate Change, Germany Sets Goal to End Coal Use by 2038

Photo Attributions

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Cleaner technologies: Photo by: Marufish

Emissions: Photo by: Michael Elleray

Coal: Photo by: USDA NRCS Montana / Flickr

Oil: Photo by: liquidcrash

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