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For the tens of millions of Americans who rent, whose roofs and yards are unsuitable for solar panels, or whose wallets aren’t ample enough to cover upfront costs of $20,000 or more, collecting on the promise of getting cheap, clean energy from the sun...
by Meteor Blades
on Sun Jan 07, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
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If we could just capture carbon dioxide, pulling it from the air and safely storing it indefinitely, then this whole climate change problem would be easy enough to solve. That's what fossil fuel companies want you to think so they can keep selling...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
on Tue Dec 12, 2023 at 06:13 AM PST
with 20 Recommends
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Leaked letters from an alarmed OPEC reveal the pressure being exerted on member states against the possibility of COP28 agreeing to a phase-out of fossil fuels.� According to The Guardian , 13 Opec ...
by boatsie
on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 10:29 AM PST
with 17 Recommends
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With 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists attending COP28, the 24-page negotiating text circulating Tuesday represents the first time in almost 30 years of meetings that the role of fossil fuels in driving global warming is mentioned. Way too late in the...
by boatsie
on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 11:12 AM PST
with 23 Recommends
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If you’re still in doubt that carbon offsetting is a scam, just take a look at the latest hotshot carbon offset company, Blue Carbon, which is literally taking advice from a convicted fraudster who ran an Italian telecomms company into the ground. Blue...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
on Fri Dec 01, 2023 at 06:20 AM PST
with 14 Recommends
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Lisa Kudrow and Randy Rainbow are delightful proof the complaint voiced early in the 21st Century that politicians had killed parody was wrong. Self parody is also still going strong. Because, as many regular Earth Matters readers know, the 28th...
by Meteor Blades
on Sun Oct 01, 2023 at 08:00 AM PDT
with 108 Recommends
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Fake Twitter bots designed to discredit November’s COP28 and greenwash this year’s sponsor, the UAE,� are� promoting the Emirates’ climate credentials, according to reporting in today’s New ...
by boatsie
on Fri Jun 16, 2023 at 10:58 AM PDT
with 12 Recommends
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When it comes to the climate crisis, we can’t afford to lose any time ramping up renewable energy, which is still our only viable option for slashing emissions quickly enough to meet international climate goals. However, many people still claim that a...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
on Tue Jan 17, 2023 at 06:45 AM PST
with 14 Recommends
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Climate Shorts
Ocean heat shatters record with warming equal to 5 atomic bombs exploding "every second" for a year. Researchers say it's "getting worse."
John Abraham, a professor at the ...
by boatsie
on Sat Jan 14, 2023 at 11:28 AM PST
with 17 Recommends
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As Climeworks yesterday announced the debut of the world’s largest carbon-capture system in Iceland, Bloomberg says the United States is experiencing a “climate capture goldrush.” Incentivized by the $12 billion pledged for carbon-capture efforts in...
by boatsie
on Fri Jan 13, 2023 at 03:42 PM PST
with 18 Recommends
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A planned carbon capture pipeline that would be the largest of its kind faces opposition from communities in every state the 2,000-mile pipeline and its accompanying facilities would extend into. Residents in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota,...
by April Siese
on Wed Oct 26, 2022 at 11:49 AM PDT
with 58 Recommends
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The liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry has already made its mark for the worse in Southwest Louisiana and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast. Three projects—two export terminals and a more than 137-mile-long pipeline—now threaten Texas’ Rio Grande...
by April Siese
on Tue Oct 18, 2022 at 11:57 AM PDT
with 33 Recommends
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Last week, Floodlight News published an excellent piece digging into the legislation being pushed by former Shell exec and Louisiana state Sen. Sharon Hewitt that not only benefits the industry she left but her oil and gas-loving husband, Stan, who...
by April Siese
on Mon May 09, 2022 at 02:51 PM PDT
with 44 Recommends
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If you were to tune into the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest presser for its third report—this time focused on climate change mitigation—the words of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres would shock you. “The jury has...
by April Siese
on Mon Apr 04, 2022 at 01:34 PM PDT
with 49 Recommends
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Dr. Jennifer Wilcox, who is the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, literally wrote the book on carbon capture and storage (CCS). During an interview for the Economist Impact’s Sustainability Week, she...
by April Siese
on Thu Mar 24, 2022 at 02:20 PM PDT
with 28 Recommends
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Three states have joined forces in hopes of creating a regional hydrogen hub that would power them more cleanly. The governors of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma signaled on Thursday that they would work together to submit a proposal to the...
by April Siese
on Fri Mar 11, 2022 at 01:47 PM PST
with 44 Recommends
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Carbon dioxide removal is the process of removing carbon pollution from the atmosphere via natural and technological methods, and will be an important tool for restoring a safe climate — once we’ve pretty much stopped sending more carbon dioxide into...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
on Tue Jan 18, 2022 at 06:33 AM PST
with 11 Recommends
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) once again appears to be the wrong investment for the U.S. My friend and former colleague at CBS News, Irina Ivanova, dug deep into why the country is so willing to shell out billions on a technology that’s lacking at...
by April Siese
on Tue Jan 25, 2022 at 11:33 AM PST
with 36 Recommends
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As the talks continue through the night in Glasgow and a new draft document is expected tomorrow, dignitaries like Christina Figueres stress the importance of countries revisiting their nationally determined commitments (NDCs) every year, not every...
by boatsie
on Fri Nov 12, 2021 at 12:54 PM PST
with 34 Recommends
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Today’s Climate Brief covers Cop26 News, the Downside of carbon Capture and Storage, and how the international community came together to address previous climate catastrophes.
COP26 News: The ...
by boatsie
on Tue Oct 26, 2021 at 05:00 PM PDT
with 16 Recommends
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