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In 2024 the world’s demand for the following hit a record high:
• #oil 🛢️
• #gas ⛽
• #coal 🪨
• #nuclear ☢️
• #hydropower 🌀

But also on this list are #renewables ♻️

🖋️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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Renewables Join Fossil Fuels in Supplying Record Energy Demand: Report - EcoWatch
World demand for oil, gas, renewables, coal, nuclear and hydropower hit a record high in 2024, according to the London-based Energy Institute
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July 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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#Firework season is upon us. Most people already know about the hazards of improper fireworks usage, but even when everything goes to plan, there’s still a cost to be paid in the form of #airpollution. 🎆

📽️ Brynne Rardin
July 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Buzzing on over to a brand new type of hotel 🐝 🏨

New research led by conservationists with University of Southern Queensland has found that #bee hotels can play an essential role in helping bee populations recover from #wildfires.

🖋️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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Bee Hotels Can Help Native Pollinators Recover in the Wake of Climate-Fueled Wildfires: Study - EcoWatch
Bee hotels can play an essential role in helping native bee populations recover from wildfires, new research has found.
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July 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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“When finished eating, people tend to just toss what’s left... but from the environmental perspective, what happens after actually matters a lot.”

New research has found that #recycling #foodwaste can lead to a reduction in #emissions.

🖋️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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Recycling Food Waste Could Dramatically Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Study - EcoWatch
Recycling food waste by composting, anaerobic digestion and “refeed” can reduce GHG emissions dramatically compared to landfill disposal.
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July 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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"Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites." — William Ruckelshaus
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June 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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#Desertification is rampant around the world, and if left unchecked can cause upwards of 1.5 million km² of #agricultural land loss by 2050. Two-thirds of the land on Earth is already beginning a process of desertification, accelerated by #climatechange, drought, and poor management.

📽️ Ian Powell
June 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Sharks, and rays, and offshore wind... oh my! 🦈

In new research, scientists from the Wageningen University & Research have confirmed regular activity by #sharks and #rays at #offshorewind farms around the #Netherlands.

🖋️ Paige Bennett

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Are Sharks and Rays Using Offshore Wind Farms as Habitats? - EcoWatch
Wageningen University & Research scientists have confirmed regular activity by sharks and rays at offshore wind farms around the Netherlands.
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June 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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2.43 million tons. That is how much #carbondioxide could be removed if the 482 million acres identified in a new map by a team of researchers as the best places to regrow #forests across the world are #reforested. 🌲

🖋️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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New Maps Show Best Places for Global Reforestation: Study - EcoWatch
Researchers have revealed new maps meant to show the best places to regrow forests across the world to tackle the climate crisis.
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June 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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The collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC), a system of #ocean currents that pulls warm water from the #SouthernHemisphere to the #NorthernHemisphere, could put some parts of the globe in a “deep freeze". 🥶

🖋️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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Collapse of AMOC Could Bring ‘Profound Cooling’ to Northern Europe: Study - EcoWatch
Collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could put some parts of the globe in a “deep freeze,” according to a new study.
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June 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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"A crucial step towards giving marine life back their voice in the blue planet’s symphony." 🐋

At the UN Ocean Conference, a coalition of ministers launched an effort to reduce #noisepollution that harms #marine #ecosystems.

🖋️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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37 Countries Commit to Tackling ‘Invisible Yet Powerful Threat’ of Ocean Noise Pollution - EcoWatch
At UNOC, a coalition from 37 countries launched an effort to reduce underwater noise pollution that harms marine biodiversity and ecosystems.
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June 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The #summersolstice is a highly regarded day for cultures around the #world 🌎☀️.

The #sun feeds us, warms us, and is overall an amazing thing to have around. Our lives are dictated by its rising and setting, so what better day to appreciate it than when it’s highest in the sky?

📽️: Brynne Rardin
June 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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In a shocking turn of events, #President #DonaldTrump announced he is planning to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “as it exists today” after the 2025 #hurricane season. 🌀 💸

🖋️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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Trump Plans to ‘Wean off of FEMA' After Hurricane Season, Saying States Can ‘Handle It’ - EcoWatch
President Donald Trump announced that he is planning to eliminate FEMA “as it exists today” after the 2025 hurricane season.
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June 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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“We’re on the brink of making high seas history." 🌊🇺🇳

On the first day of the United Nations Ocean Conference, 18 new countries ratified the #HighSeasTreaty for a total of 49 — just 11 shy of the 60 needed for the treaty to be enforced.

🖋️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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18 New Countries Ratify High Seas Treaty at 2025 UN Ocean Conference - EcoWatch
At the United Nations Ocean Conference, 18 new countries ratified the High Seas Treaty for a total of 49 — just 11 shy of the 60 needed.
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June 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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“Another year, another record. It's sad." 🌎 🏭 🔥

For the first time in millions of years, #Earth’s atmosphere contained an average of 430.2 parts per million (ppm) of #carbondioxide, the result of humans burning #fossilfuels.

🖋️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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Earth’s Atmosphere Contains More CO2 Than It Has in Millions of Years - EcoWatch
For the first time in millions of years, Earth’s atmosphere contained an average of 430.2 ppm of CO2, a result of humans burning fossil fuels.
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June 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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“The findings of our study highlight the urgent need to understand how extreme weather can alter disease dynamics.”

As #climatechange brings worsening #extremeweather, #scientists are warning that conditions are more suitable for #disease. 🦠

🖋️ Paige Bennett

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Extreme Weather Boosts Pathogens and Disease Spread, Study Finds - EcoWatch
Increasing heatwaves and other extreme weather brings conditions more suitable for pathogens to spread disease, scientists warn.
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June 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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“It’s open season. It’s just ‘let’s use everything we have against the bears now.’ It completely blows my mind."

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission officials are moving forward with plans for a #blackbear hunt. 🐻

🖋️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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Wildlife Advocates Condemn Proposed ‘Barbaric’ Florida Black Bear Hunt - EcoWatch
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials are moving forward with plans for a black bear hunt in the state in December.
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June 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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While the #ParisAgreement targets no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius of #globalwarming, a new study warns that the amount of sea level rise that will come with that amount of warming could still lead to “catastrophic” inland migration.

✒️ Paige Bennett

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Sea Level Rise Could Drive ‘Catastrophic’ Inland Migration Even if Warming Is Limited to 1.5°C, Study Says - EcoWatch
A new study warns that the amount of sea level rise that would come with 1.5°C of warming could still lead to "catastophic" inland migration.
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June 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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The UN is celebrating World Oceans Day with a simple message: keep wonder alive. 🌊

Let wonder fuel that passion for discovery. Believe that you can still be amazed by our oceans, and they will surprise you every day.

What moments of the ocean fill you with wonder?

📽️ Brynne Rardin
June 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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“I’m not suing because I want to — I’m suing because I have to."

A new youth #climate #lawsuit alleges that the #Trump administration is engaging in unlawful overreach via #executiveorders that boost the production of #fossilfuels.

✒️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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22 Young Americans Sue Trump Administration to Block Executive Orders Pushing Fossil Fuels Over Renewables - EcoWatch
A climate lawsuit by 22 young Americans says that the Trump administration violates their constitutional rights to life, health and safety.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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“We also rely on the ocean and its photic zones for the air we breathe, the fish we eat, and for the general health and wellbeing of the planet. Taking all of that into account, our findings represent genuine cause for concern.”

✒️ Paige Bennett

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Oceans Are Getting Darker, Shrinking the Livable Space for Marine Life, Study Finds - EcoWatch
One-fifth of the world’s oceans, spanning around 75 million square kilometers, has been getting darker over the past 20 years.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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“This has some important implications, not just for those states that participate, but also for those who don’t.” ⚡

State action to reduce #carbon #emissions can make a difference, even in the absence of a federal #climate strategy.

✒️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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States Can Take Meaningful Climate Action, Even Without Federal Support: Study - EcoWatch
State action to reduce carbon emissions and address climate change can make a big difference, even without a strong federal climate strategy.
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May 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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In #Panama, forest cover on #Indigenous lands has remained stable at almost double the rate of protected areas due in great part to deeply-ingrained cultural values, a new study has found. 🌲🌾

✒️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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Cultural Values on Indigenous Lands Help Forests Thrive at Nearly Twice the Rate of Protected Areas: Study - EcoWatch
Forest cover on Indigenous lands in Panama has remained stable at almost double the rate of protected areas.
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May 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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No scripts, no retakes. We’re going LIVE y’all!

Tela Coral is taking over our Instagram airwaves to bring us a special report directly from the field in Honduras. 🇭🇳🪸

SUNDAY, JUNE 1 @ 3PM CST.

Bring your questions! We’ll bring the answers!
May 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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A new report from Bee:wild — a #science-led campaign to save #bees and other #pollinators worldwide — outlines the 12 biggest emerging threats to bees over the next five to 15 years. 🐝

✒️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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Experts Identify Emerging Threats to Bees, From Wars to Microplastics and Light Pollution - EcoWatch
A new report from Bee:wild outlines the 12 biggest emerging threats to bees over the next five to 15 years.
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May 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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“With climate change intensifying and billions of people still lacking basic necessities, addressing both challenges simultaneously is not only possible but essential." 🏭 💸

✒️ Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

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It’s Possible to End Global Poverty Without Compromising Climate Goals, New Research Shows - EcoWatch
Ensuring that everyone on Earth has a decent standard of living is possible in accordance with reducing emissions quickly and decisively.
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May 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM