Dr Royer found that the most widely-used plastic, the stuff used to make shopping bags, is the one that produces the greatest amount of these warming gases.

At the end of the study, after 212 days in the sun, this plastic emitted 176 times more methane than at the start of the experiment.

Source: Plastic pollution: How one woman found a new source of warming gases hidden in waste – BBC News

‘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

‘Ocasio-Cortez wants to make the US run 100% on renewable energy by 2035. Scientists warn that the window of opportunity for staving off dangerous levels of climate change is rapidly closing, and dramatically (and quickly) reducing emissions is the most direct route to avoiding potential environmental catastrophe. ‘

Source: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s climate plan is the only one that matches scientific consensus on the environment. qz.com.

‘…most electric heaters use more energy and cost more to operate than heaters fueled by natural gas, at least in California, given the state’s lower natural gas prices when compared to electricity. Will that change soon enough to make electric heaters make both economic and environmental sense? And what can the state learn from other U.S. states and European countries who have already embraced electric heat?’

Source: Are electric water and space heaters the greenhouse gas solution for California? | BERC

‘A bill passed last night in the Massachusetts Senate removes the state’s caps on net metering, sets a 100% renewable energy  mandate, boosts the state’s energy storage procurement target to 2 GW and more. But can it pass the House?’

source: pv-magazine-usa.com

‘Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials working closely with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global warming, counter negative news coverage and promote Administrator Scott Pruitt’s stewardship of the agency.’

Source: Emails show cooperation among EPA, climate-change deniers – abcnews