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IMO Fails Duty to Protect Climate and the Arctic

Ocean Conservancy

As you may remember, we weren’t overjoyed at the results last session , which settled on a profoundly underwhelming short term measure to address the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in addition to a diluted “ban” on heavy fuel oil (HFO) use in the Arctic that will only take effect in 2029.

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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

From 2013 to 2014, Indian coal production was 565 million tonnes; from 2022 to 2023, that had increased by 58% to 893 million. billion tonnes by 2029-2030. To boost domestic supply rather than be reliant on coal, India has aggressively expanded its coal mines. million tonnes, rising to 1.025 billion tonnes by 2031-2032.

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In Chicago, Flooding Overwhelmingly Strikes Communities of Color

Circle of Blue

In the early 1970s, Chicago embarked on one of the region’s most ambitious and expensive infrastructure projects to date: the Tunnel and Reservoir Project or “Deep Tunnel,” a massive storage system that will be able to hold more than 20 billion gallons of water when it’s finished in 2029. . A Feat of Engineering or “Missed Opportunity”?

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Astro2020 Decadal Survey calls for ‘great observatory’ to succeed Hubble

Physics World

The $1bn GMT will be located at Las Campanas in Chile’s Atacama Desert and is on-track for first light in 2029. Construction began in 2014 but was halted a year later as native Hawaiians protested over how the astronomical community approached building the telescope on Mauna Kea, which they regard as sacred.