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    • CO2 Levels Are as High as They Were Three Million Years Ago

      Posted by Erik Nelson on April 11, 2019

      https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/warming-temperatures-could-transform-antarctica-plant-filled-land-green-180971880/ The last time Earth had this much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, trees were growing at the South Pole  By Meilan Solly APRIL 4, 2019 Climate…


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    • Vanishing Nutrients

      Posted by Erik Nelson on December 30, 2018

      Vanishing Nutrients It’s a hazard of climate change you probably haven’t heard of  by Elena Suglia on December 10, 2018 Is it possible to starve yourself…


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    • World’s Water Could Become Scarce if the Amazon Rainforest Is Destroyed

      Posted by Erik Nelson on November 25, 2018

      World’s Water Could Become Scarce if the Amazon Rainforest Is Destroyed The world is already facing a severe water crisis. By Joe McCarthy and Erica…


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    • How Amazon forest loss may affect water — and climate — far away

      Posted by Erik Nelson on November 24, 2018

      How Amazon forest loss may affect water — and climate — far away A surge in deforestation under Brazil’s new president could ‘tip’ the Amazon, affecting…


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    • Lisa DiCaprio, Five Years of Activism: NYC Commits to Fossil Fuel Divestment, Spring 2018 Sierra Atlantic

      Posted by Shannon Cuthbert on June 7, 2018

      by Lisa DiCaprio, Conservation Chair, Sierra Club NYC Group At a January 10, 2018, press conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and several NYC pension trustees, including…


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    • New Reports Emerge Linking Gas Emissions with Human Activity

      Posted by Shannon Cuthbert on April 1, 2018

      Two new reports take a closer look at the link between human activities and increased greenhouse gas emissions. The first, a study coming from researchers at the University of Michigan…


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    • Anti-pipeline ‘protest against climate change crisis’ found a legal ‘necessity’

      Posted by Shannon Cuthbert on April 1, 2018

      More than a dozen protesters who clambered into holes dug for a high pressure gas pipeline said they had been found not responsible by a judge after hearing them…


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    • Carbon Farming Could Stabilize the Climate

      Posted by Shannon Cuthbert on February 14, 2018

      The San Francisco Bay Area’s upscale restaurateurs and market owners know Loren Poncia’s Stemple Creek Ranch for its premium grass-finished organic beef and lamb. But during an early fall…


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    • Carbon Farming: A Potential End to Climate Change?

      Posted by Shannon Cuthbert on February 14, 2018

      We can’t say we weren’t warned. For years, scientists have argued that human civilization must prevent the planet’s average annual temperature from rising by more than 2 degrees Celsius—or…


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    • NY’s Commitment to Climate, Renewable Energy and Equity

      Posted by Shannon Cuthbert on January 4, 2018

      Sierra Club Applauds Major Commitment to Climate, Renewable Energy and Equity By Governor Cuomo in 2018 State of the State New York Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out a bold climate…


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    Join us for the next Sustainability Series meeting Join us for the next Sustainability Series meeting Wednesday (12/09) at 7:00pm. For this meeting we will discuss Population and Land Use Impact on Zoonotic Epidemics. Follow the link in our bio for more information on the speakers and to register in advance for this webinar.
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