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Tiny Uruguay gets 95 percent of its electricity from renewable energy. -
The dramatic decarbonization happened over just ten years, and the price of power is now actually lower than before. With its ambitious pledge to slash emissions 88 percent by 2017, Uruguay is one of several small countries making climate action look easy. Climate Central
We have to agree to disagree.
—Joji Morishita, Japan’s Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission, defends the country’s choice to send a “scientific” whaling fleet to Antarctica despite opposition from around the world. Australia is threatening to take legal action.
At least 36 critically endangered Florida panthers have died this year. -
The subspecies narrowly escaped extinction 20 years ago, but the population still only tops out at 180 cats at most. New fencing to be built next year on a particularly deadly stretch of the Alligator Alley highway may help reduce collisions with cars—which killed 25 panthers in 2015. TakePart
Cities and companies pledge to cut 3.5 billion tons of carbon. -
An analysis of more than 2,100 cities and 1,700 companies finds that collectively, the carbon cuts they’ve promised exceed the annual emissions of India—the world’s third-largest carbon polluter. The findings were announced today at COP21. Hopefully world leaders were taking notes. Bloomberg
India says it will cut coal if rich nations pony up for renewables. -
India is on track to become the world’s biggest importer of coal by 2020, saying its development needs trump climate concerns. But yesterday a senior negotiator at COP21 said the country is willing to use less coal and more clean energy if it gets financial support from developed nations. BBC
Google makes massive clean energy investment. -
Today the tech giant purchased an additional 842 megawatts of renewable energy capacity across three continents, bringing its overall total to 2 gigawatts. The company’s goal is to power 100 percent of its operations with renewable energy—with this latest move, it’s 37 percent of the way there. Wired