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**Solar and Wind Cheapest Sources of Power in Most of the World**
*by silence7 (<https://redd.it/ga90ch>)*
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-04-28/solar-and-wind-cheapest-sources-of-power-in-most-of-the-world
**Don’t Let Larry Summers Block Climate Progress Again | He torpedoed clean energy plans in the Obama administration. Now he’s advising Joe Biden.**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/ga974j>)*
https://newrepublic.com/article/157459/dont-let-larry-summers-block-climate-progress
**Michael Moore produced a film about climate change that’s a gift to Big Oil- Planet of the Humans deceives viewers about clean energy and climate activists.**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/ga9fff>)*
https://www.vox.com/2020/4/28/21238597/michael-moore-planet-of-the-humans-climate-change?utm_campaign=Carbon%2520Brief%2520Daily%2520Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%2520newsletter
**Oyster flatulence worries climate scientists**
*by stankmanly (<https://redd.it/gaaw48>)*
https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/oyster-flatulence-worries-climate-scientists/
**The world is on lockdown. So where are all the carbon emissions coming from?**
*by Sustain-Illustrated (<https://redd.it/gac6gt>)*
**The world is on lockdown. So where are all the carbon emissions coming from?**
https://grist.org/climate/the-world-is-on-lockdown-so-where-are-all-the-carbon-emissions-coming-from/
**Don’t look now, but the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season could break records**
*by fungussa (<https://redd.it/gacdza>)*
https://grist.org/climate/dont-look-now-but-the-2020-atlantic-hurricane-season-could-break-records/
**Global Warming Effect on Major US Cities: Average Temperature Change (1960-2020)**
*by Slates77 (<https://redd.it/gadpq9>)*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucVlN6l-ZG8
**Kia Niro EV gets popular mechanics car of the year, not “green” car of the year, but Car of the Year**
*by thecheapgeek (<https://redd.it/gae8r9>)*
https://www.torquenews.com/1083/kia-niro-ev-popular-mechanics-car-year-why-you-should-care
**Don’t look now, but the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season could break records**
*by fungussa (<https://redd.it/gag5un>)*
https://grist.org/climate/dont-look-now-but-the-2020-atlantic-hurricane-season-could-break-records/
**Satellite data show Amazon rainforest likely drier, more fire-prone this year**
*by Splenda (<https://redd.it/gagh3b>)*
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/satellite-data-show-amazon-rainforest-likely-drier-more-fire-prone-this-year/
**Planet of the Ecofascists: Almost everything in Michael Moore’s supposed documentary Planet of the Humans is out of date, which undermines any potential the film had to bring important critiques of technological solutions to climate change to light.**
*by silence7 (<https://redd.it/gaijky>)*
https://www.drillednews.com/post/planet-of-the-ecofascists
**UN chief: don't use taxpayer money to save polluting industries António Guterres calls for coronavirus aid to be directed at firms with green credentials**
*by Tommy__Douglas (<https://redd.it/gamenu>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/28/un-chief-dont-use-taxpayer-money-to-save-polluting-industries?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
**Why we need to take immediate action for our climate, and society: The U.S. currently gets around 80% of its energy from fossil fuels, and only around 11% from Renewable Energy. This video explains where we are in terms of Energy Usage, and where we need to go to be Carbon Free, or Net-zero!**
*by sparkprogress (<https://redd.it/gaofy7>)*
https://youtu.be/dlLXepKGWjA
**Microplastics disrupt hermit crabs' ability to choose shell study suggests**
*by ECOisLOGICAL (<https://redd.it/gassh9>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/29/microplastics-disrupt-hermit-crabs-ability-to-choose-shell-study-suggests
**Why Britain’s 2.5 billion paper coffee cups are an eco disaster | Environment**
*by ECOisLOGICAL (<https://redd.it/gasu0r>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/26/why-britains-25-billion-paper-coffee-cups-are-an-eco-disaster
**Coronavirus updates: Lockdowns 'causing record fall in CO2 emissions'**
*by chefranden (<https://redd.it/gau9um>)*
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-52481788
**Trump's coronavirus failures offer warnings and lessons about future climate change challenges- Faced with COVID-19, most Americans embraced scientific consensus and understood that collective action could protect us. The same can be true for our ailing planet.**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/gav0us>)*
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-coronavirus-failures-offer-warnings-lessons-about-future-climate-ncna1195931?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87210043&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--hdl_K2aqfGkw7DYtoQUVhdXVCxwAv0RHQ8RSwkRB9ACusj1TfW-3LNoPfFWRPTdFAKB_UsYe0eLx8EEr1QiEA0DYsOQ&_hsmi=87210043
**Warren calls for SEC to require climate risk disclosures**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/gavb4q>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/495336-warren-calls-for-sec-to-require-climate-risk-disclosures?utm_campaign=Carbon%20Brief%20Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
**This Luxury Tower Has Everything: Pools. A Juice Bar. And Flood Resilience. | Unless we learn to adapt, only the rich will be able to avoid the ravages of climate change.**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/gavii9>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/opinion/climate-change-architecture-design.html?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87210043&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--hdl_K2aqfGkw7DYtoQUVhdXVCxwAv0RHQ8RSwkRB9ACusj1TfW-3LNoPfFWRPTdFAKB_UsYe0eLx8EEr1QiEA0DYsOQ&_hsmi=87210043
**Air France offered a 7-billion € package on the condition that it does not sell tickets between Paris and cities located under 2.5-hour train ride (TGV)**
*by Sustain-Illustrated (<https://redd.it/gaxro0>)*
**Air France offered a 7-billion € package on the condition that it does not sell tickets between Paris and cities located under 2.5-hour train ride (TGV)**
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-economy-idUSKBN22B2EL
**Clean air in Europe during lockdown ‘leads to 11,000 fewer deaths’ | Environment**
*by ECOisLOGICAL (<https://redd.it/gaxtp8>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/30/clean-air-in-europe-during-lockdown-leads-to-11000-fewer-deaths
**Greenhouse Gas Emissions Predicted To Fall Nearly 8% — Largest Decrease Ever**
*by guanaco55 (<https://redd.it/gaz380>)*
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/30/848307092/greenhouse-gas-emissions-predicted-to-fall-nearly-8-largest-decrease-ever
**More intense hurricanes mean only lizards with big toes can survive. Scientists show rare example of rapid evolution across genus and geography.**
*by maximus321 (<https://redd.it/gb1gad>)*
https://massivesci.com/articles/anolis-lizards-anoles-adapt-toepads-hurricanes-climate-evolution/
**A Satellite Lets Scientists See Antarctica’s Melting Like Never Before**
*by silence7 (<https://redd.it/gb1h49>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/30/climate/antarctica-ice-climate-change.html
**Reductions in pollution during lockdown could lead on to warmer weather, experts say**
*by best_vegan_julien (<https://redd.it/gb3kt5>)*
https://vegnum.com/coronavirus-reductions-in-pollution-during-lockdown-could-lead-on-to-warmer-weather-experts-say/
**Have you seen Michael Moore's new documentary 'Planet Of The Humans'? What are your thoughts on its theses, one of which is that renewables cannot save us? I've been shocked at how vigorously it has been panned by critics and environmentalists. Does this movie have ANY defenders?**
*by Gillcavendish (<https://redd.it/gb3okb>)*
**Have you seen Michael Moore's new documentary 'Planet Of The Humans'? What are your thoughts on its theses, one of which is that renewables cannot save us? I've been shocked at how vigorously it has been panned by critics and environmentalists. Does this movie have ANY defenders?**
I was initially delighted to see that Michael Moore had worked on a documentary focusing on the environment and climate change, but then the reaction against it was so swift and overwhelmingly negative.
What are your thoughts on this new documentry?
**Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore - Planet of the Humans is wildly unscientific, outdated, full of falsehoods, and benefits fossil fuel industry promoters and climate deniers.**
*by fungussa (<https://redd.it/gb407t>)*
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/planet-humans-film-moore/
**Climate Change Effect on Major US Cities: Average Temperature Change (1960-2020)**
*by Slates77 (<https://redd.it/gb57pz>)*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucVlN6l-ZG8
**Question**
*by YouWantSuckySucky (<https://redd.it/gb8lo8>)*
So, I live in a city(Tegucigalpa, Honduras) that is heavily polluted due to forest fires (A pyromaniac is loose). Today it started raining, but the clouds were green. They look like Fallout 4’s rad storms! The time was sunset, and I’m wondering if...
**Clean air in Europe during lockdown ‘leads to 11,000 fewer deaths’ Study into effects of coronavirus curbs also finds less asthma and preterm births**
*by Tommy__Douglas (<https://redd.it/gbaxsl>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/30/clean-air-in-europe-during-lockdown-leads-to-11000-fewer-deaths?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
**Environmental documentary draws millions of views and backlash: Don Pittis | CBC News | Eco Planet News**
*by mycojohn (<https://redd.it/gbenuk>)*
https://ecoplanetnews.com/2020/05/01/environmental-documentary-draws-millions-of-views-and-backlash-don-pittis-cbc-news/
**Emma Thompson Stars as Vegan climate activist Eco-Loon in Extinction Rebellion Movie**
*by best_vegan_julien (<https://redd.it/gbfkug>)*
https://vegnum.com/emma-thompson-stars-as-vegan-eco-loon-in-extinction-rebellion-movie/
**The Business of Burps: Scientists Smell Profit in Cow Emissions**
*by thinkcontext (<https://redd.it/gbgu8h>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/business/cow-methane-climate-change.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage
**Antarctica And Greenland Are Losing Thousands Of Gigatons of Ice — That's A Lot | lost enough ice in the last 16 years to fill Lake Michigan**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/gbhg4w>)*
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/30/848398472/antarctica-and-greenland-are-losing-thousands-of-gigatons-of-ice-thats-a-lot
**Build sustainable infrastructure and create clean jobs for a resilient future**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/gbhn3b>)*
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/495437-build-sustainable-infrastructure-and-create-clean-jobs-for-a?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=87274643&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_DoGqRrqtoGhoeYBSiSo585w-MaUftxuP0mNHgTCUdYeX1cI4t86X4DJ0gufrHeKOUcPY8&utm_content=87274643&utm_source=hs_email
**The Courts Are Failing Us on Climate Change**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/gbhohq>)*
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-courts-are-failing-us-on-climate-change-1843163414?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=87274643&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9hmScDLMM-NfGfcQhc0QaSNKpHsb3NhQ-ZvgLtg2oX2MhIXwqyTRYuAvmMWof1acpWYiok&utm_content=87274643&utm_source=hs_email
**PIPELINE EXPOSED: Texas law enforcement moonlighting as Kinder Morgan pipeline security guards**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/gbhtll>)*
https://www.kxan.com/investigations/pipeline-exposed-texas-law-enforcement-moonlighting-as-kinder-morgan-pipeline-security-guards/?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=87274643&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9THypLQzTkCqWRPqVSeXCUn9HoQCG8crQc4C7qAEYvukuMnfh28iBmaeHINSFAABP7NIV8&utm_content=87274643&utm_source=hs_email
**Climate activists call for Michael Moore’s ‘shockingly misleading’ new doc to be taken down**
*by GlobalClimateChange (<https://redd.it/gbjf3r>)*
https://globalnews.ca/news/6881814/climate-expert-denounces-michael-moore-doc/
**Michael Moore's 'Planet of the Humans' Documentary Peddles Dangerous Climate Denial**
*by Mynameis__--__ (<https://redd.it/gblgqi>)*
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/05/michael-moores-planet-of-the-humans-documentary-peddles-dangerous-climate-denial/
**The Federal Reserve Is Accelerating the Climate Crisis: Bailing out money-losing fossil fuel companies is not sound economic policy.**
*by silence7 (<https://redd.it/gbm9d8>)*
https://newrepublic.com/article/157555/federal-reserve-accelerating-climate-crisis
**"Only renewables are holding up during the previously unheard-of slump in electricity use." New report from IEA projects bleak year for fossil fuels but banner 2020 for renewables as pandemic triggers "the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades."**
*by Renewable_Chad (<https://redd.it/gbmdf3>)*
**"Only renewables are holding up during the previously unheard-of slump in electricity use." New report from IEA projects bleak year for fossil fuels but banner 2020 for renewables as pandemic triggers "the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades."**
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/30/iea-projects-demand-renewable-energy-surge-post-pandemic-while-fossil-fuels-collapse