‘The brutal weather has been supercharged by human-induced climate change, scientists say. Climate models for three decades have predicted exactly what the world is seeing this summer.’

Source: Hot summers, wildfires: Scientists say it’s climate change, and they told you so – Chicago Tribune

‘Carbon farming is a more natural spin on carbon sequestration. “Carbon farming is a funny title,” says David Burton, a soil scientist and professor at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. “It’s really about implementing a series of conservation practices in our traditional agriculture system that enhances storing organic matter— i.e. storing carbon in the soil itself.”’

Source: Can Carbon Farming Reverse Climate Change?

‘A bumper half-year for wind power has helped to deliver nearly 50 per cent renewables for Spain in the first six months of 2018, joining forces with hydro and solar to cover 45.8 per cent of the European nation’s electricity demand.’

Source: Spain nears 50% renewables for first half 2018, led by wind power : RenewEconomy

‘SB 100, authored by Sen. Kevin de León, is the bill that, if passed, could solidify the new, bigger, bolder target. California would be the second state in the nation to pass this high of a target – only behind Hawaii. A handful of other states are considering aiming at 100 percent clean energy, including Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Pennsylvania.’

Source: 100% by 2045: California evaluates one of the nation’s biggest clean energy goals

‘Air pollution contributed to more than three million new cases of diabetes globally in 2016, roughly 14 percent of all new cases that year, to a study published in this month’s issue of the Lancet Planetary Health.’

Source: Air pollution linked to diabetes