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How vulnerable is Wall Street to climate change? The Fed wants to find out. Climate Change

How vulnerable is Wall Street to climate change? The Fed wants to find out.

Regulators have long known that climate change poses a threat to the U.S. financial system. Major disasters like hurricanes and wildfires can wipe out buildings and crops, causing losses for the banks that make loans against these assets. Even efforts to take on climate change could cause problems: A rapid,…
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January 19, 2023
UN leader attacks fossil fuel companies in Davos for sowing doubt on climate change Climate Change

UN leader attacks fossil fuel companies in Davos for sowing doubt on climate change

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres slammed fossil fuel companies, singling out ExxonMobil, in a grim table-setting speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos Wednesday morning. Why it matters: Addressing the world's elite, Guterres elevated the findings of a study published last week in the journal Science, which showed that…
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January 18, 2023
Opinion: Enough denial; Alberta should start talking about a just transition Climate Change

Opinion: Enough denial; Alberta should start talking about a just transition

Published Jan 18, 2023  •  Last updated 1 day ago  •  3 minute read 48 Comments A worker walks past a Caterpillar 797 heavy hauler at a machine shop at Syncrude Canada, north of Fort McMurray, Alta., on Tuesday August 15, 2017. Vincent McDermott/Fort McMurray Today/Postmedia Network ORG XMIT: POS1708222038156011 ORG…
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January 18, 2023
Sea Urchins Keep Surviving As Marine Life Languishes in the Florida Keys Climate Change

Sea Urchins Keep Surviving As Marine Life Languishes in the Florida Keys

The creatures are essential for healthy marine ecosystems. Published January 16, 2023 10:30AM EST Marine life in the Florida Keys is negatively impacted by two nefarious forces: human activity and climate change. The former involves fishing, tourism, and diving, while the latter causes a spike in intense hurricanes. As such,…
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January 17, 2023
Ocean Science Analytics Develops Online Courses to Support Workforce Skill Development Climate Change

Ocean Science Analytics Develops Online Courses to Support Workforce Skill Development

Flexible online training courses supporting workforce skill development in processing of large acoustic datasets and oceanographic data analysis are now offered by Ocean Science Analytics. As the pace of environmental monitoring increases globally to address ecosystem health in the face of climate change and the new blue economy, biologists and…
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January 13, 2023