From February 2021

News in many countries was dominated by extremes of both cold and warm in the Northern Hemisphere, but commentators struggled to see climate change connections. 

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As big business comes to grips with new political realities, new questions are arising such as who will decommission the methane-belching abandoned oil wells of defunct corporate entities and how to make climate investments flow to distributed renewables.

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Worrisome new studies continue to

pour in from the frontlines

including this one regarding

permafrost methane,

this one to do with the Amazon 

basin's slow slide to carbon

catastrophe, and this report

which spotlights the vast

scope of fossil fuels' impact

on human health.

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                                                  Meanwhile various                                                                  secondary climate change                                                      effects gnaw away at                                                              society largely unnoticed                                                        such as the fact that new weather regimes are impacting infrastructure, and cities are already under pressure from climate refugees. Also, The Guardian suggests we need a new compact between old and young folks as we confront climate change, and The Washington Post states that national pledges are 'far too meager' to properly tackle the climate crisis.

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For more links, here’s the shortlist of 100+ worthy news stories.