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The latest news on climate change in the world and why it matters to each of us in simple words at the Mainland Times. An overview of the weather and the effects of global warming and all things environmental.
Eating Microplastics Could Cause Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Study Finds
Ingesting microplastics may be linked to irritable bowel disease. A new study published in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Environmental...
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The Climate Impacts We Saw in 2021
If we’re lucky, history will remember 2021 as the year that even rich nations finally stopped talking about the climate...
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Coal Workers Urge Manchin to Support Build Back Better
The United Mine Workers of America rallied in support of the Build Back Better Act, calling on Sen. Joe Manchin,...
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Wheel of Time is set thousands of years from now, yet it’s still burdened with today’s climate change
The epic fantasy series has been turned into a tv show on Amazon. JAN THIJS/AMAZON STUDIOSWheel of Time, the 14-book...
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Reversing Trump Rollback, Biden’s EPA Announces Historically Ambitious Vehicle Emissions Standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday finalized greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and light trucks that it...
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Largest U.S. Power Company Is Lobbying Against Rooftop Solar
Florida Power & Light, the largest energy company in the U.S., is pushing for policies that hurt the rooftop solar...
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To harness the North Sea winds, we must understand its complicated seabed geology
For any country blessed with easy access to the shallow and windy North Sea, offshore wind will be key to...
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Carbon colonialism must be challenged if we want to make climate progress
The UK has set ambitious net zero targets, but is overlooking its imported emissions. Digifly840/PixabayAssessments of the UN climate conference...
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Alaska’s Dalton Highway Is Threatened by Climate Change and Facing a Highly Uncertain Future
Floodwaters, thawing permafrost and moving underground debris fields have left one climate expert wondering whether maintenance crews can ever catch...
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Wärtsilä claims 48MWh Netherlands BESS will be Europe’s first large-scale LFP battery project
Rendering of the 48MWh GIGA Storage Buffalo project. Image: GIGA Storage. The largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project in...
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