@richconant
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Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Major at Colorado State University youtu.be/EywdScHMwbE via @YouTube
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Firms are flocking to invest in geoengineering projects. Could they turn a profit by preventing peril? | @by_srmiller in @NoemaMag noemamag.com/inside-silicon-…

Inside Silicon Valley’s Grand Ambitions To Control Our Planet’s Thermostat | NOEMA

Firms are flocking to invest in geoengineering projects. Could they turn a profit by preventing peril?

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Simon Evans@DrSimEvans11 Mar 2024
🚨BREAKING🚨 UK emissions in 2023 fell to lowest since 1879, new @CarbonBrief reveals 💷Emissions now 53% below 1990, as GDP up 82% ❤️‍🔥Drop in 2023 largely unrelated to policy ⛰️Coal now lowest since 1730s (!) 🚗Transport is largest sector, then buildings ⚡️Power now likely emits less than farms🐄 1/ carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-…
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Pueblo is a clean energy leader. But you might have to look close to see it. | News From The States newsfromthestates.com/articl…

Pueblo is a clean energy leader. But you might have to look close t...

PUEBLO — Ruben Peña welcomes visitors from all over the world to the sprawling railroad testing facility he helps manage on the shortgrass prairie of eastern Pueblo County.

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via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/09/22/busin…

For Many Big Food Companies, Emissions Head in the Wrong Direction (Published 2023)

Several of the world’s largest food and restaurant companies have not made progress on their goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Some are even producing more.

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Group judging corporate climate claims overhauls itself after criticism reuters.com/sustainability/b…

Group judging corporate climate claims overhauls itself after criticism

The group that has become the go-to judge of corporate climate targets globally is separating itself into two and overhauling its governance in a bid to address conflict of interest concerns and...

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SB 253 Scope 3 Emissions Disclosure Bill Passes In California - CleanTechnica cleantechnica.com/2023/09/13…

SB 253 Scope 3 Emissions Disclosure Bill Passes In California - CleanTechnica

A new law -- SB 253 -- in California will require any business with more than $1 billion in revenue to disclose all its climate emissions.

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Emissions and energy impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act | Science science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
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The world’s brutal climate change report card, explained vox.com/climate/23864312/cli… via @voxdotcom

The world’s brutal climate change report card, explained

The first international climate change stocktake says trying is not enough.

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coloradoan.com/story/news/20…

Fort Collins' Broadcom cut greenhouse gas emissions 60% or more, boosting city's progress

Back in 2016, Broadcom was the city's biggest polluter. It's cut its emissions significantly and is now the city's No. 2 emitter of greenhouse gases.

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The science is clear: sustainable development and climate action are inseparable nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

The science is clear: sustainable development and climate action are inseparable

Nature - Sustainability cannot be achieved without climate action, and vice versa. What’s needed is a fight on both fronts.

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Carbon offsets aren’t helping the planet — four ways to fix them nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Carbon offsets aren’t helping the planet — four ways to fix them

Nature - Pricing credits according to how much carbon is removed, for how long and how reliably, would direct funding to the most effective climate solutions.

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The future of bioenergy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

The future of bioenergy

Energy from biomass plays a large and growing role in the global energy system. But because of the land constraint, the intrinsically low yields of energy per unit of land area, and rapid technolog...

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via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/08/26/world…

Labeled Climate Culprits, European Farmers Rebel Over New Standards (Published 2023)

Asked to cut herds, move or even shut down to help meet E.U. environmental goals, agricultural workers say too much is demanded of them. Their anger is reshaping the political landscape.

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How AI could spark the next pandemic vox.com/future-perfect/2023/… via @voxdotcom

How AI could spark the next pandemic

New research highlights how language-generating AI models could make it easier to create dangerous germs.

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‘Breakthrough’ could explain why life molecules are left- or right-handed | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
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Accounting for Carbon Offsets

Markets for carbon trading function poorly, and many traded offsets do not actually perform as promised. Without robust protocols for monitoring offsets and in the absence of proper accounting...

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Carbon is forever

Nature Climate Change - Carbon dioxide emissions and their associated warming could linger for millennia, according to some climate scientists. Mason Inman looks at why the fallout from burning...

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Credibility gap in net-zero climate targets leaves world at high risk | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Credibility gap in net-zero climate targets leaves world at high risk

Looking at policies instead of promises shows that global climate targets may be missed by a large margin

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Microbes take the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’ nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Microbes take the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’

Nature - Bacteria that snip fluorine–carbon bonds can degrade certain kinds of PFAS, a class of environmental pollutant.

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