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Oh snap! Massive turtle surfaces in Brainerd, sets social networks atwitter

Oh snap! Massive turtle surfaces in Brainerd, sets social networks atwitter

“My daughter all of a sudden said, ‘Mom, be quiet. I can hear something breathing,’” Shala Holm recalled as the dinosaur-like creature approached them while they fished in a kayak on the Mississippi River. Her picture of the snapping turtle is rocketing around online.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Gore announces fossil fuel emissions inventory at UN summit

Gore announces fossil fuel emissions inventory at UN summit

A detailed inventory of the top known sources of greenhouse gas emitters launched by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt on Wednesday found that the top 14 individual polluters are all gas and oil fields and their associated facilities, despite their emissions being “significantly underreported.”
by The Associated Press

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UN experts urge stringent rules to stop net zero greenwash

UN experts urge stringent rules to stop net zero greenwash

Oil companies pledging to get their emissions down to net zero better make sure they’ve got a credible plan and aren’t just making false promises, U.N. experts said in a report Tuesday urging tough standards on emissions cutting vows.
by The Associated Press

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Money will likely be the central tension in the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations

Money will likely be the central tension in the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations

Global efforts to limit climate change can't happen without more aid. Rich countries promised $100 billion to poorer ones to cope with global warming but seven years later, have yet to deliver.
by Michael Copley

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