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Mar92021 by adminNo Comments

Demand for legal pot driving growth of industry’s swelling carbon footprint

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March 8 (UPI) -- Demand for commercial marijuana continues to grow as more and more states legalize pot. To meet the seemingly insatiable demand, commercial growers are expanding their indoor production. According to a new study, published Monday in the journal Nature Sustainability, indoor growing operations are responsible for the industry's swelling carbon footprint. Advertisement Previous studies have highlighted the ill effects of the commercial marijuana industry on local water resources and wildlife habitats, but the latest survey is one of the first to provide a broad view of the sector's climate impacts. "We knew the emissions were going to be large, but because they hadn't been fully quantified previously, we identified this as a big research opportunity space," lead study autho...

Feb62021 by adminNo Comments

Jenson Button test driving electric SUV for new rally series highlighting climate change

Technology

Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button has spent two days in the Welsh Valleys test driving a 100% electric SUV, ahead of a new rally series aimed at highlighting climate change.The racing driver - originally from Somerset but now living in California - spoke to Sky News on a forest test track in South Wales. He will drive the 550 horse-power electric SUV in the Extreme-E race event starting in April and said he is looking forward to learning about environmental challenges in some of the world's most remote areas. Image: Button has spent two days test driving a 100% electric SUV The 41-year-old will lead one of 10 teams set to race in Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Greenland, Brazil and Senegal this year."We're racing in five different loca...

Jan62021 by adminNo Comments

Global warming to keep driving winds poleward, deep sea dust suggests

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Jan. 6 (UPI) -- New analysis of dust grains dredged from the bottom of the North Pacific suggests the westerlies moved toward the poles during the warmest stretches of the Pliocene, between 3 and 5 million years ago. Scientists on Wednesday published their findings in the journal Nature. Advertisement The westerlies, sometimes called the anti-trades, are a series of prevailing winds blowing from west to east across the middle latitudes. Over the last several decades, scientists have noticed the winds slowly migrating away from the equator, inching into higher and higher latitudes. "Much of the work that has been done in describing changes to the westerlies over the last several decades suggests that warming caused by greenhouse gases may be a major contributor to this movement of the wes...

Sep252020 by adminNo Comments

Global warming driving California wildfire trends – study

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Climate change is driving the scale and impact of recent wildfires that have raged in California, say scientists.Their analysis finds an "unequivocal and pervasive" role for global heating in boosting the conditions for fire. California now has greater exposure to fire risks than before humans started altering the climate, the authors say.Land management issues, touted by President Donald Trump as a key cause, can't by themselves explain the recent infernos. See the devastation of the US wildfires in maps Will Trump's rejection of climate science backfire? The worst wildfires in 18 years have raged across California since August.They have been responsible for more than 30 deaths and driven thousands of people from their homes. Th...

Sep192020 by adminNo Comments

The pandemic is driving millions of America’s ‘working poor’ to the edge

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Miami resident Willie Mae Daniels, with granddaughter, Karyah Davis, 6, was laid off from her job as a food service cashier at the University of Miami on March 17.Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesIn just the past six months, more than 22 million American jobs have been lost, and fewer than half have so far returned. Even when they were working, many people weren't earning enough to get by.Trying to survive on low-paying jobs prompted journalist David Shipler in 2004 to write, The Working Poor: Invisible in America. Over five years, he interviewed families across the country who were in the job market but unable to lift themselves out of poverty.With so many people out of work during the pandemic, Shipler fears the problems he wrote more than a decade ago will only get muc...