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Pipe upgrade project set to slash methane footprint of Britain's gas network

Business Green

Estimated to cost up to £28bn, the project is coordinated by ENA's Gas Goes Green initiative, which is bringing together all Britain's gas network companies in a bid to deliver the world's first zero-carbon gas grid. The current iron pipes carry methane-based natural gas. We need to decarbonise the gas that we use.

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Beavers could be contributing to warming in the Arctic

AGreenLiving

When they form new bodies of water, they contribute to the thawing of frozen permafrost, which is a natural reservoir for methane and carbon dioxide. These beavers carry dead trees and shrubs to create dams, resulting in new lakes that flood the permafrost soil and release methane.

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New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say 

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“It is feared that a further rise in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere could lead to a higher average surface temperature on Earth, which could have far-reaching environmental, social and economic consequences,” wrote the authors of a 1987 internal Shell publication entitled “Air Pollution: an Oil Industry Perspective.”

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Above the canopy: The peatland rainforest towers aiming to transform climate science

Business Green

A small metal platform at the top, 48 metres above the floor of a peatland rainforest reserve, provides a unique, 360-degree vantage point to witness one of the most biodiverse, carbon-rich habitats left on Earth. In fact, peatland contains up to 50 per cent carbon content, compared to the two per cent typically found in mineral soil.

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