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"Island-Wide Blackout Sweeps Puerto Rico After Power Plant Fire"

"A fire that broke out at the Costa Sur power plant in Puerto Rico late Wednesday forced an island-wide outage, the biggest blackout this year so far due to an ailing electric grid. Power may not be restored to some parts of the island until Friday, according to Puerto Rico’s electricity grid operator."

Source: Earther, 04/08/2022

"Bringing Back Fire: How Burning Can Help Restore Eastern Lands"

"For millennia, North American ecosystems benefited from fire, mostly set by Indigenous people. Now, a movement is growing, particularly in the eastern U.S., to reintroduce controlled burns to forests and grasslands and restore the role of fire in creating biodiverse landscapes."

Source: YaleE360, 04/08/2022

"NOAA: Potent Heat-Trapping Methane Increases At Record Pace"

"Global atmospheric levels of the potent but short-lived greenhouse gas methane increased a record amount last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, worrying scientists because of the large role methane has in climate change."

Source: AP, 04/08/2022

"The Razor's Edge of A Warming World"

"As we hurtle toward an ever-hotter future, GQ spotlights eight places whose very identities depend on a simple calculation: If we limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, these places could be saved. In a 2-degree scenario, they would be irredeemably lost."

Source: GQ, 04/07/2022

"How The War In Ukraine Could Speed Up Europe's Climate Plans"

"The war in Ukraine has made getting more fossil fuels to Europe a top priority of the Biden Administration, in order to wean European Union members off Russian energy. But this comes as both Europe and the U.S. are behind on their goals to quickly reduce carbon emissions to avoid the worst consequences of climate change."

Source: NPR, 04/07/2022

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