Thursday, November 12, 2026

Tag: carbon dioxide

Greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2025, WMO says

Carbon dioxide reached 426.8 parts per million, up from 377.5 when the UN weather agency began its bulletin in 2004

Climate change is worsening seasonal allergies by boosting plant pollen production

Higher carbon dioxide levels and warmer temperatures are causing plants to increase their pollen production, which can be severe for allergy sufferers.

A time capsule from 2048

What will turbocharged carbon do to our children?

Air pollution is killing millions and rising exponentially—a shift in agriculture...

We must find a better way to prevent land use from changing.

Reintroduction of 170 European bison could help remove CO2 equivalent of...

A new study by researchers from Yale University and Memorial University of Newfoundland has found that a herd of 170 bison being reintroduced to the Țarcu mountains of Romania could help sequester carbon dioxide emissions.

Iceland opens biggest operational CO2 plant in the world

The plant, named Mammoth, is the second commercial facility opened by the company to aid in the reduction of fossil fuel emissions to combat the effects of climate change.

Dead last (with an emphasis on dead!)

Unfortunately, on a planet they are helping to overheat in a remarkable fashion, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, and Saudi Arabia have largely taken steps toward ever more carbon dioxide emissions.

Wildfires unleash deadly air crisis as Western USA chokes on toxic...

Rising wildfire smoke nullifies decades of air quality gains.

Carbon dioxide in atmosphere reaches highest levels in millions of years,...

“We have known about this for half a century, and have failed to do anything meaningful about it. What’s it going to take for us to wake up?”

‘Biggest story in the world right now’: Humanity has flipped Amazon...

The findings, said one expert, “show that the uncertain future is happening now.”

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10 Reasons Hakeem Jeffries Should Not Be the Next Speaker of the House

“Here are ten reasons why Jeffries should not be Speaker.”
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The real Dem bombshell – the new coalition’s breakthrough fusion of agendas and values

“The times, they are a-changin’ and progressive Dems, new and old, lead the redemption of America.”
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Blue Tsunami, Meet the Senate Filibuster

Democrats will hold at least 54 Senate seats when the new Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2027, but ending debate on a bill still takes 60 votes.

Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...

Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
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House moves to vote on impeaching Hegseth over Iran war, boat strikes

Rep. Thomas Massie's eight articles allege at least 243 deaths in strikes on suspected drug boats, and impeachment would need three Republican votes.