Methane
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China Largely Failing to Curb Methane Emissions from Coal Mines
China’s ambitious plans to prevent climate-wrecking methane from slipping out of its coal mines and into the atmosphere have so far proven ineffectual, according ... -
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‘Planetary Health Diet’ Would Cut Emissions, Protect Biodiversity by Halving Red Meat Consumption
The world’s first-ever science-based “planetary health diet” is calling for a “new global agricultural revolution” in which red meat and sugar consumption is cut ... -
60% of Canada’s Food Production is Wasted, Leading to 56.6 Megatonnes of Emissions
Nearly 60% of all food produced in Canada each year ends up nourishing no one at all, but is instead either lost or wasted, ... -
Faster Global Permafrost Melt Raises Risk of New Methane Releases
Permafrost regions from the Arctic to Antarctica to the world’s highest peaks are melting at ever accelerating rates, according to a new study last ... -
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Policy Moves, Front-Line Action Could Make 2019 a ‘Breakthrough Year’ for Climate Solutions
After a bruising year of climate change news, including alarming reports of far worse in the future and an incomplete result at the United ... -
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Schumer to Trump: No Infrastructure Bill in 2019 Without Action on Climate
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is demanding a novel quid pro quo from Donald Trump as the 2019 legislative session looms—if the ... -
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Latest Urgent Climate Assessments ‘Largely Ignore’ Risk of Warming-Induced Feedbacks
Three recent studies pointing to the urgent need for climate action still underestimate the risk of “self-reinforcing feedbacks” that will begin rapidly warming the ... -
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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Asleep at the Switch: Canada’s Pathway to 1.5°C Means Phasing Out Natural Gas
There’s a massive gap in Canadian climate strategy that is big enough and serious enough to undercut every other effort to turn the country ... -
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‘Rewilding’ Ecosystems Could Cut Methane Emissions, Boost Forest Carbon Storage
Conservation scientists are taking a serious look at “rewilding” key ecosystems by reintroducing large species like lions and elephants, giant tortoises and donkeys, in ... -
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Climate Home News Compiles ‘37 Things to Know’ About IPCC’s 1.5°C Report
The UN published a summary on the science of 1.5°C global warming on Monday. It’s a big deal. -
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Alarming Findings in IPCC Report Become ‘Thunderous Call to Action’
With representatives of more than 130 countries and about 50 scientists gathered in Incheon, South Korea to negotiate final details of the IPCC’s 1.5°C ... -
BREAKING: $40-Billion LNG Canada Project to be Announced as Early as Today
The biggest infrastructure project in Canadian history could be finalized as early as today, with news reports yesterday that Royal Dutch Shell and its ...
