California to launch its 'own damn satellite' to track greenhouse gases
by Emily Holden and Oliver Milman in San Francisco from on (#3YTE3)
Announcement at climate summit comes after former US secretary of state John Kerry warns that international action is slowing
California is set to launch a satellite to track greenhouse gases, as former US Secretary of State John Kerry and island nation leaders warned that the world is far off course to avoid the worst effects of rising temperatures.
Gov. Jerry Brown announced plans for the satellite on the last day of a climate change summit hosted by San Francisco, in a final rebuke to President Donald Trump's denial of man-made warming.
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