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World's biggest oil producer wants trucks' emissions  E&E Climatewire

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"Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world's biggest oil producer, is working on technology to collect carbon dioxide emissions from heavy-duty trucks. Saudi officials hope to store that carbon dioxide at refueling stations and use it to harvest more oil"

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Amplification of heat extremes by plant CO2 physiological forcing   Nature

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"Plants influence extreme heat events... [Feedbacks from vegetation] to a quadrupling of CO2 [have the effect of] increasing summer heat wave occurrence by 20 days or more… Our results indicate CO2-driven vegetation changes enhance future heat wave frequency and intensity"

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UN floats draft rulebook for international emissions trade, keeps [Certified Emissions Reductions] on the table  Carbon Pulse

"UN officials on Friday released a draft paper to help guide governments working on a year-end deadline to finalise rules on international emissions trade under the Article 6 of the Paris Agreement"

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At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system   

MIT Technology Review

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“Ken Caldeira, [a senior scientist at the Carnegie Institution] says it’s clear we’re overhauling the energy system about an order of magnitude too slowly… the world has barely even begun to confront the problem"

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When Disaster Is Always Looming   Slate

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"Rising temperatures melt more of the snowpack… Sometimes [the glacial lakes] grow too big… [water] can drain out of the moraine with... enough force to wipe out roads, fields, even whole human settlements"

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Perspectives... from Finnish Lapland: Local insights on the global imaginary of Arctic [solar] geoengineering  Geoforum

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"This paper synthesizes perspectives from [Finland's north]. Rather than approaching solar geoengineering from the perspective of Arctic or local interests, respondents took a global view of its prospects and governance."

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When It Comes to Climate Change, the Ocean Never Forgets   Hakai Magazine

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"The deep ocean is like a roast in the oven, remaining hot long after the heat’s been turned off… According to [climate scientist Kirsten Zickfeld’s research], the deep ocean will hold on to its heat for centuries, if not millennia"

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Regional Climate Impacts of Stabilizing Global Warming at 1.5 K Using Solar Geoengineering Earth's Future

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"Solar geoengineering may reduce global mean impacts but is imperfect... at the regional level, where the effects of climate change are experienced. Our results should galvanize research into the regionality [aspect]"

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Mass die-offs are driving efforts to create hardier corals 

The Economist

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"The biggest killer [of coral] is warming seawater…. If oceans are changing faster than coral can adapt... why not, [a growing number of] researchers argue...speed up evolution? One way to do this would be selective breeding"

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[Massachusetts] Gov. Baker Announces Climate Resiliency Bond Bill   WBUR News

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"The $1.4 billion bond bill... would authorize the governor to spend the money at a future date... "for critical infrastructure and the prevention, adaptation and mitigation of climate change"

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Photo:  By Jenna Muirhead via Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr

Second tripartite [Western Climate Initiative] auction to feature over 103 million allowances   Carbon Pulse

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"California, Quebec, and Ontario will conduct their second quarterly auction of the year on May 15, which will include over 13.4 million previously unsold [greenhouse gas allowance] units"

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US coal hasn’t set aside enough money to clean up its mines  Climate Home News

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"As the US coal industry winds down, does it have enough money set aside to clean up the vast pits, walls and broken mountains left behind? A Climate Home News investigation has found the answer is no"

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