John Defterios: The carbon budget is the idea that there are only so many more millions or billions of tons of greenhouse gases that can be emitted before humanity hits a 1.5 degree target. He says if you take into consideration these positive feedback loops, including the fires, there's probably in fact much less time than that. Defterio: How can this be mitigated and what should California do about it?
Protests have become as bold as they are widespread—mostly against the country’s unsustainable zero-covid policies, but increasingly against the ruling regime itself. California’s wildfires have been growing more intense, and a new analysis shows just how much those blazes undo the good work of the state’s green policies. And a look at the evolution of the Great British Lad.
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