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After spending a week in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, I’m now gearing up to attend the 29 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the Framework Convention on ClimateChange in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11-22.
Climatechange has affected our lives in seemingly inconsequential but sad ways, like white Christmases becoming green Christmases just within the span of my childhood, but also in substantial ways, like excessively hot summers and increased flooding, to name […].
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DO: Pay your fair share of the costs of climatechange. cities, counties, and states over climate damages and deception; and 39 cases brought by seven coastal parishes and the State of Louisiana seeking damages for coastal erosion around oil fields. Chevron alone is facing a $9.5
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cranks its air conditioners to get through historic high temperatures , the need for energy that slows, not hastens, climatechange is more apparent than ever. Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by naturalgas. And now, as the U.S.
NPSs avoid the need for investment in pipelines and traditional distribution system infrastructure by meeting on-system naturalgas demand with alternative solutions like energy efficiency and heat pumps.
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