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Minority Communities Face Greatest Risk as Atlantic Coast Pipeline Pushes Into Rural America
Promising jobs and property tax revenue, owners of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline are pushing ahead against grassroots resistance and expert testimony, both maintaining that ... -
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Canadian Sustainable Beef Standard is ‘Marbled with Loopholes’
Lacking real substance, marbled with loopholes, and in need of a crash course in regenerative agriculture is Corporate Knights’ assessment of the green burger ... -
Landfill Methane Would Save 2.5 Gigatons of Emissions by 2050
Producing energy from landfill methane ranks #58 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to reduce atmospheric emissions by the equivalent of ... -
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U.S., Canadian Fossils to Lead $1.4 Trillion in New Oil and Gas Development Through 2024
Fossils in the United States and Canada are leading plans to invest another US$1.4 trillion in new oil and gas extraction projects over the ... -
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Nine Climate Tipping Points Could Pose ‘Existential Threat to Civilization’, Scientists Warn
With this year’s United Nations climate conference set to kick off in Madrid Monday morning, the Earth is in danger of crossing as many ... -
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Record GHG Concentrations Prompt Call for Drastic Action to Reduce Emissions
A pair of alarming reports from United Nations agencies shows greenhouse gas emissions at record levels and rising at a faster annual rate, meaning ... -
New Zealand Legislates Net Zero by 2050 with Cross-Partisan Support
New Zealand has adopted a legislated target to hit net zero carbon emissions by 2050. -
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Thawing Arctic Tundra Emits 600 Megatonnes More Carbon Per Year Than It Absorbs
Thawing Arctic permafrost is now emitting 600 million tonnes more carbon each year than its resident plants like lichen and wild blueberry can absorb ... -
‘Fountain’ of Escaping Methane Leaves Arctic Researchers Transfixed
Russian, Chinese, and Swedish scientists on a recent expedition to study the environmental consequences of marine permafrost melt in the Eastern Siberian Sea report ... -
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Waste-to-Energy as a ‘Bridge’ Strategy Would Save 1.1 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Waste-to-Energy ranks #68 in Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to cut carbon emissions by 1.1. gigatons over a 30-year period. -
Road Tests Show LNG Trucks Producing Higher NOx Than Diesel, with Little or No GHG Benefit
Trucks fuelled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) produce twice to five times the oxides of nitrogen as the equivalent running on diesel, and only ... -
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Dozens of Countries Agree to Tackle Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
Faster, more coordinated reductions in short-lived climate pollutants (SLPCs) may be one of the lower-profile but more important results of last week’s United Nations ... -
Rice Intensification Would Save 3.13 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
A change in rice cultivation methods known as a System of Rice Intensification (SRI) lands at #53 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. Wider ...
