Supply Chains & Consumption
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CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSupply Chains & ConsumptionTar Sands/Oil Sands
New Federal Assessment Rules Exempt Cement Plants, Fracking, In-Situ Tar Sands/Oil Sands
New cement plants, fracking fields, and in-situ tar sands/oil sands projects should not be exempt from review under the federal government’s new Impact Assessment ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaChinaCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsEuropeInternational Security & WarSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Trump’s ‘Buy Greenland’ Push Reflects U.S. Interest in Rare Mineral Supplies, Arctic Geopolitics
While Donald Trump’s recent ruminations about “buying Greenland” proved excellent fodder for political satirists, there is realpolitik at work in the White House’s sudden ... -
Enviros Warn of ‘Propaganda’ as Indonesia Sets Permanent Moratorium on Logging Primary Forest
Indonesia has announced that a 2011 moratorium on logging primary forest will be made permanent, but environmental groups looking at gaps in the plan ... -
Hyperloop Could Cut Travellers’ Transportation Emissions by 90 to 95%
Drawdown lists the Hyperloop as a Coming Attraction—a climate solution in development that is not yet ready for prime time, but might be by ... -
EuropeFinance & InvestmentJobsLegal & RegulatoryPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWind
Biggest-Ever Renewables Procurement Makes New York a U.S. ‘Epicentre’ for Offshore Wind
Offshore wind developers Ørsted and Equinor and industrial workers along the eastern United States coast were the biggest winners last week as New York ... -
Household Recycling Would Save 2.77 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Household recycling ranks #55 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It could eliminate 2.77 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions at a net cost of ... -
BuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaDrawdownSoil & Natural SequestrationSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWater
Replacing Cotton with Industrial Hemp Could Reduce Demand for World’s ‘Dirtiest Crop’
Substantially replacing cotton with industrial hemp is one of the 20 carbon reduction options that Drawdown lists as Coming Attractions—strategies that weren’t ready for ... -
AsiaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDrive to 1.5IndiaPathways to 1.5Supply Chains & Consumption
Early Fossil Plant Shutdowns Will be Needed to Hit 1.5°C Average Warming Target
The world already has enough fossil fuel plants and high-emitting industrial facilities, buildings, and cars to drive average global warming above a 1.5°C threshold, ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOceansOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & Consumption
Documentary Short Declares Plastic Recycling ‘Like a Band-Aid on Gangrene’
“Recycling is Like a Band-Aid on Gangrene” is the title of Memorial University geographer Max Liboiron’s recent documentary short celebrating her research into microplastics ... -
Air & MarineAuto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon Levels & MeasurementInternational Security & WarOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
U.S. Military Exceeds National Emissions of Portugal, Sweden
While steadily recognizing climate change as a top threat to national security, the Pentagon continues to produce more carbon emissions than some mid-sized European ...
