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Revealed: How Big Dairy Is Milking Net Zero

DeSmogBlog

Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight

GreenBiz

Given the state of Congress today, and our more general state of political polarization, it may be hard to resist the eye-roll — but resisting it is more important than ever. In 2001’s Whitman v. We need to suppress the friendly fire even within the climate action community.

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The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools

Green Market Oracle

At this ag-ed powerhouse, popular courses include Food Systems and Intro to Sustainable Agriculture, and researchers are working to enhance carbon sequestration through crushed-rock soil amendments and devising seaweed-based cattle feed amendments to slash dairy cows’ methane emissions.

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RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight

AGreenLiving

Given the state of Congress today, and our more general state of political polarization, it may be hard to resist the eye-roll — but resisting it is more important than ever. In 2001’s Whitman v. We need to suppress the friendly fire even within the climate action community.

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RBG left these 4 lessons for the climate fight

AGreenLiving

Given the state of Congress today, and our more general state of political polarization, it may be hard to resist the eye-roll — but resisting it is more important than ever. In 2001’s Whitman v. We need to suppress the friendly fire even within the climate action community.

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

Eighteen of the 19 warmest years all have occurred since 2001, with the exception of 1998. While CO 2 may be the greatest contributor to climate change, other gases such as methane and nitrous oxide are also responsible for creating the greenhouse effect, therefore, solutions must also focus on the reduction of these gases.

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‘Gathering Storm’: How ‘Rogue’ Companies are Buying up North Sea Oil and Gas

DeSmogBlog

Meanwhile, Apache Corporation, which is headquartered in the United States and has an interest in 23 North Sea licences, has a political action committee (PAC) that regularly donates to US congressional candidates known to be friendly to the oil and gas industry, including Rep. Find out more about EnQuest in its company profile.